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Iowa Code § 400.18 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 400 / Section 400.18
Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension.
Status: in_force

(1) A person holding civil service rights as provided in this chapter shall only be removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended with just cause and upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that an act or failure to act by the employee is in violation of law, city policies, or rules, or that the employee is physically or mentally unfit as determined under guidelines established pursuant to section 400.8A. This subsection shall not be construed to modify the rights, requirements, or procedures provided in section 400.8A or other rights, requirements, or procedures provided by law.

(2) An employee who is removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended may request a hearing before the civil service commission to review the appointing authority’s, police chief’s, or fire chief’s decision to remove, discharge, demote, or suspend the employee.

(3) The city shall have the burden to prove that the act or failure to act by the employee was in violation of law, city policies, or department rules not in conflict with any collective bargaining agreement or law. For purposes of this chapter, the city shall establish each element of the charges specified under section 400.22 by a preponderance of the evidence. The city shall have the burden to prove that the punishment imposed upon the employee is proportionate, reasonable, and just in the totality of the circumstances under the factors provided in section 400.27, subsection 1, paragraph “b”.

(4) A person subject to a hearing has the right to be represented by counsel at the person’s expense or by the person’s authorized collective bargaining representative.

(5) A collective bargaining agreement to which a bargaining unit that has at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees as defined in section 20.3 is a party shall provide additional procedures not inconsistent with this section for the implementation of this section.

[SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5702; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.18; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.18]2009 Acts, ch 111, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §57, 64; 2025 Acts, ch 82, §4, 12
Iowa Code § 504.101 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Revised Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act”.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §1, 192
Iowa Code § 80D.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80D / Section 80D.4
Training.
Status: in_force

Training for individuals appointed as reserve peace officers shall be provided by instructors in a community college or other facility, including a law enforcement agency, selected by the individual and approved by the law enforcement agency and the academy. Upon satisfactory completion of training required by the academy, the academy shall certify the individual as a reserve peace officer.

[C81, §80D.4]90 Acts, ch 1092, §4; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §121; 2001 Acts, ch 104, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 47, §3
Iowa Code § 535B.7A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535B / Section 535B.7A
Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

It is a violation of this chapter for a licensee to engage in any of the prohibited acts or practices in section 535D.17.

2009 Acts, ch 61, §30, 39; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §43
Iowa Code § 313.66 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.66
Mississippi bridges purchased.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may purchase one-half of any bridge and its approaches for highway traffic over the Mississippi river on the boundary of the state and which is in receivership and is a connecting link between a primary road or primary road extension in a city of the state and a corresponding road or extension thereof in an adjoining state, providing proper approval is granted by the court having jurisdiction of such receivership.

(2) The department is authorized to make payment for any such bridge and its approaches from the primary road fund provided however, that in no event shall the amount of such payment be more than one hundred thousand dollars for any one bridge and approaches thereto, and provided further that such purchase shall not be completed or payment made therefor until the adjoining state shall either have purchased or agreed to purchase ownership of the remaining one-half of said bridge and approaches, and agrees to pay the costs of repairing or maintaining such portion of the bridge and all approaches.

(3) The department, after the purchase of any such bridge, is authorized to take possession thereof and maintain such portion of the bridge and its approaches thereto free of tolls as a part of the primary road system.

(4) Before the purchase of any such bridge shall be completed by the department under the provisions of this section, the purchase thereof shall first be approved by the following tax levying and tax certifying bodies located in the district:

(4) (a) The board of supervisors.

(4) (b) The city councils.

(4) (c) The school board or boards.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.66]2014 Acts, ch 1092, §71
Iowa Code § 456A.18 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456A / Section 456A.18
Report of funds.
Status: in_force

The director shall, at least monthly, make return and pay to the treasurer of state all moneys then in the director’s hands belonging to the funds created in section 456A.17.

[C31, §1703-d23, 1820; C35, §1703-g18; C39, §1703.45; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §107.18]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1832C93, §456A.182005 Acts, ch 3, §75
Iowa Code § 303.89 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.89
State poet laureate designated — nominating committee.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.470; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 462A.66 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.66
Inspection authority.
Status: in_force

An officer of the commission or any peace officer who is trained in enforcing, and who in the regular course of duty enforces, boating and navigation laws may stop and inspect a vessel being launched, being operated, or being moored on the waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the commission to determine whether the vessel is properly registered, numbered, and equipped as provided under this chapter and rules of the commission. An officer may board a vessel in the course of an inspection if the operator is unable to supply visual evidence that the vessel is properly registered and equipped as required by this chapter and rules of the commission. The inspection shall not include an inspection of an area that is not essential to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter and rules of the commission.

[82 Acts, ch 1028, §31]C83, §106.66C93, §462A.662005 Acts, ch 137, §17
Iowa Code § 252H.3A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252H / Section 252H.3A
Adding a party.
Status: in_force

A mother or father may be added as a proper party defendant to a support order upon service of a notice as provided in this chapter and without a court order as provided in the rules of civil procedure.

2007 Acts, ch 218, §181, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 20
Iowa Code § 327B.4 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327B / Section 327B.4
Private carriers exempt.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 143, §34, 35.
Iowa Code § 639.51 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.51
Sheriff’s return.
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall return upon every attachment what the sheriff has done under it, which must show the property attached, the time it was attached, and the disposition made of it, by a full and particular inventory; also the appraisement above contemplated when such has been made.

[R60, §3224; C73, §3010; C97, §3923; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12127; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.51]
Iowa Code § 261A.46 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261A / Section 261A.46
Obligations not liability of state or political subdivision.
Status: in_force

Obligations issued pursuant to this subchapter are not debts of the state or of any political subdivision of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, but the obligations are limited obligations of the authority payable solely from the funds or securities, pledged for their payment as authorized in this subchapter, unless the obligations are refunded by refunding obligations issued under this subchapter, which refunding obligations shall be payable solely from funds or securities pledged for their payment as authorized in this subchapter. All revenue obligations shall contain on their face a statement to the effect that the obligations, as to both principal and interest, are not obligations of the state, or of any political subdivision of the state, but are limited obligations of the authority payable solely from revenue or securities pledged for their payment. Expenses incurred in carrying out this subchapter are payable solely from funds provided under this subchapter, and this subchapter does not authorize the authority to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision of the state.

85 Acts, ch 210, §16; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 611.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 611 / Section 611.4
Equitable proceedings.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff may prosecute an action by equitable proceedings in all cases where courts of equity, before the adoption of this Code, had jurisdiction, and must so proceed in all cases where such jurisdiction was exclusive.

[R60, §2611; C73, §2508; C97, §3427; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10941; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.4]
Iowa Code § 175B.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 175B / Section 175B.3
Iowa farmers’ market nutrition program — establishment and administration.
Status: in_force

An Iowa farmers’ market nutrition program is established.

(1) The department shall administer the Iowa farmers’ market nutrition program as a state agency approved by the United States department of agriculture to participate in the federal programs. The department may apply to and submit a state plan for approval by the United States department of agriculture as required to administer the Iowa farmers’ market nutrition program.

(2) The department and any other state agency, local government agency, or nonprofit entity participating in the federal programs shall cooperate as necessary in order to carry out the federal programs, including by entering into written agreements. The department and any other state agency shall cooperate under the auspices of the governor.

2007 Acts, ch 84, §3
Iowa Code § 464A.1A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 464A / Section 464A.1A
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commission” means the natural resource commission.

(2) “Department” means the department of natural resources created under section 455A.2.

(3) “Director” means the director of the department.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1875C87, §112.1AC93, §464A.1A
Iowa Code § 452A.75 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 452A / Section 452A.75
Penalty for false certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who makes a false certificate, false fuel invoice, false fuel receipt, or false fuel sales ticket in any report, return, application, claim, or evidence required or provided for by this chapter or under any rule or regulation shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice.

(2) Prosecution for an offense specified in this section shall be commenced within six years following its commission.

[C27, 31, §5093-a4, -a6, -a7, -a8; C35, §5093-f31; C39, §5093.31; C46, 50, 54, §324.58, 324.59; C58, 62, 66, §324.74; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §324.75]83 Acts, ch 160, §2C93, §452A.7599 Acts, ch 152, §36, 40; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 29A.13 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.13
Appropriated funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Operating expenses for the national guard including the purchase of land, maintenance of facilities, improvement of state military reservations, installations, and weapons firing ranges owned or leased by the state of Iowa or the United States shall be paid from funds appropriated for the support and maintenance of the national guard. Claims for payment of such expenses shall be subject to the approval of the adjutant general. Upon approval of the adjutant general the claim shall be submitted to the director of the department of administrative services.

(2) Payment for personnel compensation and authorized benefits shall be approved by the adjutant general prior to submission to the director of the department of administrative services for payment.

[S13, §2215-f41; C24, 27, 31, §466; C35, §467-f43; C39, §467.45; C46, 50, §29.45; C54, 58, 62, §29.13; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.13]2003 Acts, ch 145, §147; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Iowa Code § 423.13A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.13A
Administration effectiveness of agreements with retailers.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any ruling, agreement, or contract, whether written or oral, express or implied, entered into after July 1, 2013, between a retailer and a state agency that provides that a retailer is not required to collect sales and use tax in this state despite the presence in this state of a warehouse, distribution center, or fulfillment center that is owned and operated by the retailer or an affiliate of the retailer shall be null and void unless such ruling, agreement, or contract is approved, by resolution, by a majority vote of each house of the general assembly.

(2) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means the executive branch, including any executive department, commission, board, institution, division, bureau, office, agency, or other entity of state government. “State agency” does not mean the general assembly, or the judicial branch as provided in section 602.1102.

2013 Acts, ch 122, §2
Iowa Code § 507E.3A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507E / Section 507E.3A
Fraudulent sales practices penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits the offense of fraudulent sales practices if the person, with the intent to defraud another person in connection with any sale, solicitation, or negotiation of insurance in this state, willfully does any of the following:

(1) (a) Employs any deception, device, scheme, or artifice to defraud.

(1) (b) Misrepresents, conceals, or suppresses any material fact.

(1) (c) Engages in any act, practice, or course of business which operates as a fraud or deceit upon any person.

(2) A person who violates subsection 1 commits a class “D” felony.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection 2, a person commits a class “C” felony if the person violates subsection 1, and such violation results in a loss of more than ten thousand dollars.

2016 Acts, ch 1122, §5; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §143
Iowa Code § 16.33 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.33
Assistance by state officers, agencies, and departments.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §111, 114; . See §16.11.
Iowa Code § 105.31 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 105 / Section 105.31
License renewal and reissuance transition provisions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §180.
Iowa Code § 554.3604 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3604
Discharge by cancellation or renunciation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument by an intentional voluntary act, such as surrender of the instrument to the party, destruction, mutilation, or cancellation of the instrument, cancellation or striking out of the party’s signature, or the addition of words to the instrument indicating discharge; or by agreeing not to sue or otherwise renouncing rights against the party by a signed record. The obligation of a party to pay a check is not discharged solely by destruction of the check in connection with a process in which information is extracted from the check and an image of the check is made and, subsequently, the information and image are transmitted for payment.

(2) Cancellation or striking out of an endorsement pursuant to subsection 1 does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the endorsement.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §76, 121, 122; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §150; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §25
Iowa Code § 541A.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541A / Section 541A.7
Individual development account state match fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual development account state match fund is created in the state treasury under the authority of the department. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated to the fund shall not revert to any other fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(2) Moneys available in the fund for a fiscal year are appropriated to the department to be used to provide the state match for account holder deposits in accordance with section 541A.3. At least eighty-five percent of the amount appropriated shall be used for state match payments and the remainder may be used for the administrative costs of the operating organization. Administrative costs include but are not limited to accounting services, curriculum costs for financial education or asset-specific training, and costs for technical assistance contractors.

2008 Acts, ch 1178, §16, 17; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1229
Iowa Code § 313.62 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.62
Department authority.
Status: in_force

The authority herein given to the department to enter into agreements for, accept, take over, operate and maintain such bridges may be exercised by the said department independently or in cooperation with other governmental agencies within this state or in adjoining states.

[C46, §313.31; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.62]
Iowa Code § 558.26 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.26
Section 558.26
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1052, §10.See §558.20.
Iowa Code § 80.30 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80 / Section 80.30
Individual qualifications.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 35, §32.
Iowa Code § 214A.10 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214A / Section 214A.10
Transfer pipes.
Status: in_force

A wholesale dealer, retail dealer, or other person shall not, within this state, use the same pipeline for transferring motor fuel, including gasoline, or oxygenate from one container to another, if the pipeline is used for transferring kerosene or other flammable product used for open flame illuminating or heating purposes.

[C31, 35, §5093-d10; C39, §5095.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §323.10; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §214A.10]89 Acts, ch 75, §9; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §48; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §83
Iowa Code § 262.27 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.27
Colonel of cadets — governor’s award.
Status: in_force

(1) The commandant and instructor of military science and tactics at each of the institutions for higher learning is given the rank of colonel of cadets, and the governor shall issue such commission upon the request of the president of such institution.

(2) The governor of Iowa is hereby authorized to annually confer an appropriate award to any outstanding reserve officer training corps cadet or cadets at each university. Such award shall be on behalf of the people of the state of Iowa.

[S13, §2644-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3939; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.27]
Iowa Code § 535.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535 / Section 535.4
Illegal rate prohibited — usury.
Status: in_force

No person shall, directly or indirectly, receive in money or in any other thing, or in any manner, any greater sum or value for the loan of money, or upon contract founded upon any sale or loan of real or personal property, than is in this chapter prescribed.

[R60, §1790; C73, §2079; C97, §3040; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9406; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, S79, C81, §535.4]
Iowa Code § 729A.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 729A / Section 729A.3
Local ordinances.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prohibit political subdivisions from enacting ordinances which are consistent with this chapter. Local ordinances reasonably regulating the time, place, or manner of the exercise of constitutional rights are permissible.

92 Acts, ch 1157, §10
Iowa Code § 509A.13A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 509A / Section 509A.13A
Continuation of group insurance covering spouses.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Eligible retired state employee” means a former employee of the government of the state of Iowa, including but not limited to any departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, or commissions of the state of Iowa, who is receiving the minimum level of retirement benefits for eligibility under this section and who is participating in a state health or medical group insurance plan which covers the former employee and the former employee’s spouse at the time of the death of the former employee.

(1) (b) “Minimum level of retirement benefits for eligibility under this section” means any of the following:

(1) (b) The eligible retired state employee has received retirement benefits under the retirement system established in chapter 97A based upon the completion of at least twenty-two years of membership service.

(1) (b) The eligible retired state employee has received retirement benefits under the retirement system established in chapter 97B.

(1) (b) The eligible retired state employee has received retirement benefits under the retirement system established in chapter 602, article 9.

(1) (c) “State health or medical group insurance plan” means a health or medical group insurance plan for employees of the state.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in the event of the death of an eligible retired state employee, the surviving spouse of the eligible retired state employee whose insurance would otherwise terminate because of the death of the eligible retired state employee may elect to continue to be a member of the state health or medical group insurance plan by requesting continuation in writing to the department of administrative services within thirty-one days after the death of the eligible retired state employee. The surviving spouse shall pay the total premium for the state health or medical group insurance plan and shall have the same rights to change programs or coverage as state employees.

94 Acts, ch 1183, §81; 98 Acts, ch 1183, §71, 79; 99 Acts, ch 200, §21; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286