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Iowa Code § 476.83 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.83
Complaints.
Status: in_force

Any person may file a written complaint with the commission requesting that the commission determine compliance by a public utility with the provisions of section 476.78, 476.79, or 476.80, or any validly adopted rules to implement these sections. Upon the filing of a complaint, the commission may promptly initiate a formal complaint proceeding and give notice of the proceeding and the opportunity for hearing. The formal complaint proceeding may be initiated at any time by the commission on its own motion. The commission shall render a decision in the proceeding within ninety days after the date the written complaint was filed, unless additional time is requested by the complainant.

89 Acts, ch 103, §14; 96 Acts, ch 1196, §13; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §14; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 321O.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321O / Section 321O.2
Applicable law.
Status: in_force

(1) The operation of a personal delivery device is governed exclusively by this chapter and any applicable ordinance regulating personal delivery devices adopted by a local authority, as defined in section 321.1, that is not inconsistent with this chapter.

(2) For the purposes of this title, a personal delivery device operated in compliance with this chapter shall not be considered a vehicle.

(3) A claim for personal injury or property damage arising from the operation of a personal delivery device shall be subject to the laws applicable to such claims arising from the conduct of pedestrians.

2021 Acts, ch 119, §4
Iowa Code § 674.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 674 / Section 674.2
Petition to court.
Status: in_force

The verified petition shall be addressed to the district court of the county where the applicant resides and shall state and provide for each person seeking a name change:

(1) The name at the time the petition is filed of the person whose name is to be changed and the person’s county of residence. If the person whose name is to be changed is a minor child, the petition shall state the name of the petitioner and the petitioner’s relationship to the minor child.

(2) A description including height, weight, color of hair, color of eyes, race, sex, and date and place of birth.

(3) Residence at time of petition and any prior residences for the past five years.

(4) Reason for change of name, briefly and concisely stated.

(5) A legal description of all real property in this state owned by the petitioner.

(6) The name the petitioner proposes to take.

(7) A certified copy of the birth certificate to be attached to the petition. If a certified copy of the birth certificate is not available, the reason for the unavailability shall be stated and another form of identification, which may include documents provided by the United States department of immigration and naturalization service, shall be attached in lieu of the certified copy of the birth certificate.

[S13, §4471-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12646, 12647; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §674.2, 674.3; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §674.2, 674.6; 81 Acts, ch 201, §2]90 Acts, ch 1008, §1, 2; 99 Acts, ch 150, §2
Iowa Code § 537.2102 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.2102
Scope.
Status: in_force

Part 2 applies to consumer credit sales. Parts 3 and 4 apply to consumer loans. Part 5 applies to other charges and modifications with respect to consumer credit transactions. Part 6 applies to other credit transactions.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.2102]
Iowa Code § 626.45 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.45
Receiver — decree — costs.
Status: in_force

The court may appoint a receiver, and shall determine the amount due on the security agreement, the value of the property levied upon, and all other questions properly presented, and may continue and preserve or dismiss the lien of the levy, the costs to be taxed to the losing party as in other cases.

[C97, §3988; S13, §3988; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11693; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.45]
Iowa Code § 161C.6 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161C / Section 161C.6
Organic nutrient management program.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 46, §1.
Iowa Code § 34A.15 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 34A / Section 34A.15
911 communications council established — duties.
Status: in_force

(1) A 911 communications council is established. The council consists of the following fourteen members:

(1) (a) One person appointed by the commissioner of public safety.

(1) (b) One person appointed by the Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association.

(1) (c) One person appointed by the Iowa peace officers association.

(1) (d) One person appointed by the Iowa emergency medical services association.

(1) (e) One person appointed by the Iowa professional fire fighters.

(1) (f) One person appointed by the Iowa firefighters association.

(1) (g) One person appointed by the Iowa chapter of the national emergency number association.

(1) (h) One person appointed by the Iowa chapter of the association of public-safety communications officialsinternational, inc.

(1) (i) One person appointed by the Iowa emergency management directors association.

(1) (j) Two persons appointed by the Iowa telephone association, with one person appointed to represent telephone companies having fifteen thousand or more customers and one person appointed to represent telephone companies having less than fifteen thousand customers.

(1) (k) Two persons appointed by the Iowa wireless industry. One appointee shall represent cellular companies and the other appointee shall represent personal communications services companies.

(1) (l) One person appointed by the Iowa geographic information council established by executive order of the governor.

(2) The auditor of state or the auditor of state’s designee shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member.

(3) The council shall advise and make recommendations to the director and program manager regarding the implementation of this chapter. Such advice and recommendations shall be provided on issues at the request of the director or program manager or as deemed necessary by the council.

(4) The council may provide grants, subject to available moneys in the 911 emergency communications fund, to public safety answering points agreeing to consolidate pursuant to section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph “f”.

(5) A member of the council shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s duties, if such member is not otherwise reimbursed for such expenses.

(6) The authority of the council is limited to the issues specifically identified in this section and does not preempt the authority of the utilities commission, created in section 474.1, to act on issues within the jurisdiction of the utilities commission.

96 Acts, ch 1219, §64; 98 Acts, ch 1101, §10 – 13, 16; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §459, 460; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §9; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §9; 2012 Acts, ch 1111, §11; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §37; 2016 Acts, ch 1100, §2; 2017 Acts, ch 136, §14, 15; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §181, 182; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 57.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 57 / Section 57.1
Standing to bring contest — grounds for contest.
Status: in_force

(1) Elections may be contested under this chapter as follows:

(1) (a) The election of any person to any county office, to a seat in either branch of the general assembly, to a state office, to the office of senator or representative in Congress, or to the office of presidential elector may be contested by any eligible person who received votes for the office in question.

(1) (b) The outcome of the election on a public measure may be contested by petition of the greater of ten eligible electors or a number of eligible electors equaling one percent of the total number of votes cast upon the public measure; each petitioner must be a person who was entitled to vote on the public measure in question or would have been so entitled if registered to vote.

(2) Grounds for contesting an election under this chapter are:

(2) (a) Misconduct, fraud or corruption on the part of any election official or of any board of canvassers of sufficient magnitude to change the result of the election.

(2) (b) That the incumbent was not eligible to the office in question at the time of election.

(2) (c) That prior to the election the incumbent had been duly convicted of a felony, as defined in section 701.7, and that the judgment had not been reversed, annulled, or set aside, nor the incumbent pardoned or restored to the rights of citizenship by the governor under chapter 914, at the time of the election.

(2) (d) That the incumbent has given or offered to any elector, or any precinct election official or canvasser of the election, any bribe or reward in money, property, or thing of value, for the purpose of procuring the incumbent’s election.

(2) (e) That illegal votes have been received or legal votes rejected at the polls, sufficient to change the result of the election.

(2) (f) Any error in any board of canvassers in counting the votes, or in declaring the result of the election, if the error would affect the result.

(2) (g) That the public measure or office was not authorized or required by state law to appear on the ballot at the election being contested.

(2) (h) Any other cause or allegation which, if sustained, would show that a person other than the incumbent was the person duly elected to the office in question, or would show the outcome of the election on the public measure in question was contrary to the result declared by the board of canvassers.

[C51, §339, 341, 368, 380, 387; R60, §569, 571, 598, 610, 617; C73, §692, 718, 730, 737; C97, §1198; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §981; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §57.1; 81 Acts, ch 34, §39]86 Acts, ch 1112, §3; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §72, 115
Iowa Code § 311.19 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 311 / Section 311.19
Assessment five hundred dollars or less.
Status: in_force

(1) Assessments of five hundred dollars or less against any tract of land, and assessments against lands owned by the state, county, or city, shall be due and payable from the date of levy by the board of supervisors, or in the case of any appeal, from the date of final confirmation of the levy by the court.

(2) In case of assessments on lands owned by the county, the assessments shall be paid from the county treasury. In case of assessments on lands owned by the state, the assessments shall be paid out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. In case of assessments on lands owned by a city, the assessments shall be paid from any available city fund.

[C24, §4710; C27, 31, 35, §4753-a3; C39, §4753.03; C46, §311.13; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §311.19]83 Acts, ch 123, §113, 209; 98 Acts, ch 1107, §6; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §96; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 148E.10 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148E / Section 148E.10
Section 148E.10
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2000 Acts, ch 1053, §14.
Iowa Code § 504.1106 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1106
Merger with foreign corporation or foreign unincorporated entity.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in section 504.1102, one or more foreign business or nonprofit corporations or foreign unincorporated entities may merge with one or more domestic nonprofit corporations if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) (a) The merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign corporation is incorporated or foreign unincorporated entity is organized and each foreign corporation or foreign unincorporated entity complies with that law in effecting the merger.

(1) (b) The foreign corporation or foreign unincorporated entity complies with section 504.1104 if it is the surviving corporation of the merger.

(1) (c) Each domestic nonprofit corporation complies with the applicable provisions of sections 504.1101 through 504.1103 and, if it is the surviving corporation of the merger, with section 504.1104.

(2) Upon the merger taking effect, the surviving foreign business or nonprofit corporation, or foreign unincorporated entity, is deemed to have irrevocably appointed the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in any proceeding brought against it.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §130, 192; 2012 Acts, ch 1049, §18, 19
Iowa Code § 622.91 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.91
Signature and seal — presumption.
Status: in_force

The signature and seal of such officers as are authorized to take depositions or affidavits, having a seal, and the simple signature of such as have no seal, are presumptive evidence of the genuineness thereof, as well as of the official character of the officer, except as otherwise declared.

[C51, §2476; R60, §4037; C73, §3696; C97, §4679; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11348; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.91]
Iowa Code § 147.138 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.138
Contingent fee of attorney reviewed by court.
Status: in_force

In any action for personal injury or wrongful death against any physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor, physician assistant, or nurse licensed under this chapter or against any hospital licensed under chapter 135B, based upon the alleged negligence of the licensee in the practice of that profession or occupation, or upon the alleged negligence of the hospital in patient care, the court shall determine the reasonableness of any contingent fee arrangement between the plaintiff and the plaintiff’s attorney.

[C77, 79, 81, §147.138]95 Acts, ch 108, §7; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141; 2020 Acts, ch 1020, §3, 12
Iowa Code § 249A.26A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249A / Section 249A.26A
State and county participation in funding for rehabilitation services for persons with chronic mental illness.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 218, §122.See §249A.26.
Iowa Code § 15E.86 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.86
President.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1225, §39.
Iowa Code § 12A.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.3
Special obligations.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this chapter are payable solely out of the moneys, assets, or revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds pursuant to the enabling legislation and any bond reserve funds established in accordance with this chapter, and are not an obligation, indebtedness, or debt of the state or any political subdivision of the state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitations. Bonds issued under this chapter shall contain a statement that the bonds are issued pursuant to this chapter or the enabling legislation; are payable solely from the moneys, assets, and revenues pledged for their payment and any bond reserve funds established; do not constitute an obligation, indebtedness, or debt of the state or any political subdivision of the state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitations; and that the issuer and the state have no obligation to satisfy any deficiency or default of any payment of the bonds using any moneys, assets, or revenues other than those specifically pledged in the enabling legislation for payment of the bonds, and any bond reserve funds established by the issuer. The issuer shall not pledge the credit or taxing power of the state or any political subdivision of the state; create an obligation, indebtedness, or debt of the state or any political subdivision of the state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitations; or make its bonds payable out of any moneys except those pledged in the enabling legislation and any bond reserve funds established by the issuer.

2007 Acts, ch 133, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1065, §3
Iowa Code § 351.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 351 / Section 351.9
Section 351.9
Status: repealed

Repealed by 94 Acts, ch 1173, §42.
Iowa Code § 8A.103 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.103
Department — purpose — mission.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is created for the purpose of managing and coordinating the major resources of state government including the human, financial, and physical resources of state government.

(2) The mission of the department is to implement a world-class, customer-focused organization that provides a complement of valued products and services to the internal customers of state government.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §3; 2013 Acts, ch 129, §2
Iowa Code § 507C.55 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.55
Claims of nonresidents against insurers domiciled in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) In a liquidation proceeding begun in this state against an insurer domiciled in this state, claimants residing in foreign countries or in nonreciprocal states shall file claims in this state, and claimants residing in reciprocal states shall file claims either with the ancillary receivers in their respective states or with the domiciliary liquidator. Claims shall be filed on or before the last date fixed for the filing of claims in the domiciliary liquidation proceeding.

(2) Claims belonging to claimants residing in reciprocal states shall be proved either in the liquidation proceeding in this state as provided in this chapter or in ancillary proceedings in the reciprocal states, if a claim filing procedure is established in the ancillary proceeding. If notice of the claims and opportunity to appear and be heard is afforded the domiciliary liquidator of this state as provided in section 507C.56, subsection 2, with respect to ancillary proceedings, the final allowance of claims by the courts in ancillary proceedings in reciprocal states shall be conclusive as to amount and as to priority against special deposits or other security located in such ancillary states, but shall not be conclusive with respect to priorities against general assets under section 507C.42.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §55; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §33
Iowa Code § 100.30 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100 / Section 100.30
Investigation may be private.
Status: in_force

Investigation by or under the direction of the state fire marshal or the fire marshal’s designated subordinates may in their discretion be private. They may exclude from the place where such investigation is held all persons other than those required to be present, and witnesses may be kept separate from each other and not allowed to communicate with each other until they have been examined.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1650; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §100.30]
Iowa Code § 440.1 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 440 / Section 440.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
Iowa Code § 501B.10 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.10
Effect of judgment or order.
Status: in_force

A judgment or order against an unincorporated nonprofit association is not by itself a judgment or order against a member or manager.

2010 Acts, ch 1112, §10, 33
Iowa Code § 558.21 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.21
Section 558.21
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1052, §10.See §558.20.
Iowa Code § 607A.26 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.26
Preservation of records.
Status: in_force

The clerk or jury manager shall preserve all records and lists compiled and maintained in connection with the identification and service of jurors for four years, or for any longer period ordered by the state court administrator or chief judge of the judicial district.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §34; 2017 Acts, ch 133, §17
Iowa Code § 523.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523 / Section 523.5
Proportionate representation.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 137, §30.
Iowa Code § 441.36 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.36
Change of assessment — notice.
Status: in_force

All changes in assessments authorized by the board of review, and reasons therefor, shall be entered in the minute book kept by said board and on the assessment roll. Said minute book shall be filed with the assessor after the adjournment of the board of review and shall at all times be open to public inspection. In case the value of any specific property or the entire assessment of any person, partnership, or association is increased, or new property is added by the board, the clerk shall give immediate notice thereof by mail to each at the post office address shown on the assessment rolls, and at the conclusion of the action of the board therein the clerk shall post an alphabetical list of those whose assessments are thus raised and added, in a conspicuous place in the office or place of meeting of the board, and enter upon the records a statement that such posting has been made, which entry shall be conclusive evidence of the giving of the notice required. The board shall hold an adjourned meeting, with at least five days intervening after the posting of said notices, before final action with reference to the raising of assessments or the adding of property to the rolls is taken, and the posted notices shall state the time and place of holding such adjourned meeting, which time and place shall also be stated in the proceedings of the board.

[R60, §740; C73, §831; C97, §1371, 1372; S13, §1371, 1372; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7130, 7131; C46, 50, 54, 58, §405.23, 442.3, 442.4; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.36]
Iowa Code § 100C.12 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100C / Section 100C.12
Collection of fees.
Status: in_force

(1) If, prior to June 30, 2020, an alarm system contractor charged its customers an amount equal to the costs the political subdivision of the state imposed on the alarm system contractor for permits associated with placing or keeping an alarm in service, as shown on a separate line item on the customer’s invoice, the alarm system contractor may continue to collect from its customers such fees until December 31, 2020. The alarm system contractor shall pay to the political subdivision of the state or its designee the fees collected under this section in accordance with the instructions of the political subdivision or the political subdivision’s designee.

(2) Fees collected by an alarm system contractor under this section shall not be subject to audit by a political subdivision or the political subdivision’s designee.

2020 Acts, ch 1121, §89, 90
Iowa Code § 315.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 315 / Section 315.7
Accounting and disbursements.
Status: in_force

The account of the fund shall be kept by the director of the department of administrative services and the treasurer of state and shall show the amount of the fund including all credits to the fund and disbursements. Upon certification by the department in accordance with rules adopted by the director of the department of administrative services, the director of the department of administrative services shall issue warrants for disbursements from the fund.

85 Acts, ch 231, §8; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2021 Acts, ch 51, §4
Iowa Code § 554.9803 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9803
Security interest perfected before effective date.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1052, §35, 37.