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Iowa Code § 403A.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 403A / Section 403A.8
Dwellings for disaster victims and defense workers.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other chapter relating to rentals of, preferences or eligibility for admission to, or occupancy of dwellings in housing projects, during the period when a municipality determines that there is an acute need in its area of operation for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities or for victims of a major disaster, a municipality may undertake the development and administration of housing projects for the federal government, and dwellings in any housing project under the jurisdiction of the municipality may be made available to persons engaged in national defense activities or to victims of a major disaster, as the case may be. A municipality is authorized to contract with the federal government or the state or a state public body for advance payment or reimbursement for the furnishing of housing to victims of a major disaster, including the furnishing of the housing free of charge to needy disaster victims during any period covered by a determination of acute need by the municipality as herein provided.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.8]
Iowa Code § 135.162 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.162
Clinicians advisory panel.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 63, §35.
Iowa Code § 515F.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.1
Purpose of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates so they are not excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory, and to authorize and regulate limited cooperative action among insurers in ratemaking-related activities and in other matters within the scope of this chapter. This chapter is not intended to:

(1) (a) Prohibit or discourage reasonable competition.

(1) (b) Prohibit or encourage, except to the extent necessary to accomplish its purpose, uniformity in rating systems, rating plans, or practices.

(2) This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to carry into effect the provisions of this section.

90 Acts, ch 1234, §45
Iowa Code § 489.115 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.115
Registered agent.
Status: in_force

(1) Each limited liability company and each registered foreign limited liability company shall designate and maintain a registered agent in this state. The designation of a registered agent is an affirmation of fact by the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company that the agent has consented to serve.

(2) A registered agent for a limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company must have a place of business in this state.

(3) The only duties under this chapter of a registered agent that has complied with this chapter are as follows:

(3) (a) To forward to the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company any process, notice, or demand pertaining to the company or foreign company which is served on or received by the agent.

(3) (b) If the registered agent resigns, to provide the notice required by section 489.117, subsection 3, to the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company.

(3) (c) To keep current the information with respect to the agent in the certificate of organization or foreign registration statement.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §15, 143, 161
Iowa Code § 414.27 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.27
Zoning for maternity group homes.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of this section to assist in improving the quality of life of new and expecting mothers by making available to them community residential opportunities in the residential areas of this state. In order to implement this intent, this section shall be liberally construed.

(2) (a) “Maternity group home” means a community-based residential home that provides room and board, personal care, supervision, training, support, and education in a family environment for women who are either pregnant or who have given birth within the preceding twenty-four months and live with their children, and includes overnight room accommodations and administrative and office space for those persons who provide such services.

(2) (b) “Permitted use” means the same as defined in section 414.22.

(2) (c) “Residential” means the same as defined in section 414.22.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a city, city council, or city zoning commission shall consider a maternity group home a residential use of property for the purpose of zoning and shall treat a maternity group home as a permitted use in all residential zones or districts, including all single-family residential zones or districts, of the city. A city, city council, or city zoning commission shall not require that a maternity group home, its owner, or its operator obtain a conditional use permit, special use permit, special exception, or variance. However, new maternity group homes owned and operated by public or private agencies shall be dispersed throughout the residential zones and districts and shall not be located within contiguous city block areas.

(4) Any restriction, reservation, condition, exception, or covenant in any subdivision plan, deed, or other instrument of or pertaining to the transfer, sale, lease, or use of property in a city that permits residential use of property but prohibits the use of property as a maternity group home for new and expecting mothers, to the extent of the prohibition, is void as against the public policy of this state and shall not be given legal or equitable effect.

2024 Acts, ch 1106, §1; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §71
Iowa Code § 441.33 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.33
Sessions of board of review.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of review shall be in session from a date determined by the board that is on or after May 1 but not later than May 7 through the period of time necessary to act on all protests filed under section 441.37 but not later than May 31 each year and for an additional period as required under section 441.37 and shall hold as many meetings as are necessary to discharge its duties. On or before May 31 in those years in which a session has not been extended as required under section 441.37, the board shall return all books, records, and papers to the assessor except undisposed of protests and records pertaining to those protests. If it has not completed its work by May 31, in those years in which the session has not been extended under section 441.37, the director of revenue may authorize the board of review to continue in session for a period necessary to complete its work, but the director of revenue shall not approve a continuance extending beyond July 15. On or before May 31 or on the final day of any extended session required under section 441.37 or authorized by the director of revenue, the board of review shall adjourn until the date determined by the board that is on or after May 1 but not later than May 7 of the following year. It shall adopt its own rules of procedure, elect its own chairperson from its membership, and keep minutes of its meetings. The board shall appoint a clerk who may be a member of the board or any other qualified person, except the assessor or any member of the assessor’s staff. It may be reconvened by the director of revenue. All undisposed protests in its hands on July 15 shall be automatically overruled and returned to the assessor together with its other records.

(2) Within fifteen days following the adjournment of any regular or special session, the board of review shall submit to the director of revenue, on forms prescribed by the director, a report of any actions taken during that session.

[R60, §739; C73, §829, 830, 832; C97, §1368, 1370, 1375, 1376; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7127, 7129, 7137, 7138; C46, §405.15, 441.21, 442.1, 442.12, 442.13; C50, 54, 58, §405.15, 442.1, 442.12; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §441.33; 81 Acts, ch 145, §1]87 Acts, ch 198, §7; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2024 Acts, ch 1010, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 252B.17 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252B / Section 252B.17
Admissibility and identification of support payment records.
Status: in_force

Copies of support payment records maintained by the collection services center, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of the center, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified and shall be admitted in any proceeding as prima facie evidence of the transactions. Additional proof of the official character of the person certifying the record or the authenticity of the person’s signature shall not be required. Whenever an employee of the collection services center is served with a summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or order directing that person to produce such records, the employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the payment records certified as described above to the clerk of the district court.

86 Acts, ch 1246, §316
Iowa Code § 96.12 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 96 / Section 96.12
State employment service.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish and maintain free public employment services accessible to all Iowans for the purposes of this chapter, and for the purpose of performing the duties required by federal and state laws relating to employment and training including the Wagner-Peyser Act, 48 Stat. 113, codified at 29 U.S.C. §49. All duties and powers conferred upon any other department, agency, or officer of this state relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of free employment services shall be vested in the department. This state accepts and shall comply with the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended. The department is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purpose of the Wagner-Peyser Act. The department may cooperate with the railroad retirement board with respect to the establishment, maintenance, and use of department facilities. The railroad retirement board shall compensate the department for the services or facilities in the amount determined by the department to be fair and reasonable.

(2) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with the railroad retirement board, or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an employment security law, with any political subdivision of this state, or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a part of any such agreement the department may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment security administration fund.

[C39, §1551.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §96.12]96 Acts, ch 1186, §19, 23; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §46
Iowa Code § 517.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 517 / Section 517.5
Inspection not basis for civil liability.
Status: in_force

No inspection of any place of employment made by insurance company inspectors or other inspectors inspecting for group self-insurance purposes shall be the basis for the imposition of civil liability upon the inspector or upon the insurance company employing the inspector or upon any group organized for self-insurance purposes which employs an inspector and is regulated by the insurance departments; but this provision refers only to liability arising out of the making of an inspection and shall not be construed to deny or limit the liability of any employer to the employer’s employees or the liability of any insurance carrier on its insurance policy.

[C79, 81, §517.5]
Iowa Code § 196.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 196 / Section 196.3
Egg handler’s license fee and expiration.
Status: in_force

(1) Every egg handler shall obtain a license issued by the department. The license fee shall be determined on the basis of the total number of eggs purchased or handled during the preceding month of April as follows:

(1) (a) Less than one hundred twenty-five cases $40.40

(1) (b) One hundred twenty-five cases or more but less than two hundred fifty cases $94.50

(1) (c) Two hundred fifty cases or more but less than one thousand cases $135.00

(1) (d) One thousand cases or more but less than five thousand cases $270.00

(1) (e) Five thousand cases or more but less than ten thousand cases $472.50

(1) (f) Ten thousand cases or more $675.00

(2) The license shall expire two years after the license’s date of issue.

(3) For the purpose of determining the license fee, a case shall be thirty dozen eggs.

(4) All license fees collected under this section shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state.

(5) If an egg handler is not operating during the month of April preceding the date that the license is to be issued, the department shall estimate the volume of eggs purchased or handled, or both, and may revise the license fee based on three months of operation.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3101, 3103; C46, 50, 54, §196.1, 196.3; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §196.4, 196.6; C77, 79, 81, §196.3]2007 Acts, ch 215, §218; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §31
Iowa Code § 335.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.9
Administrative officer.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall appoint an administrative officer authorized to enforce the resolutions or ordinances adopted by the board of supervisors. The administrative officer may be a person holding other public office in the county, or in a city or other governmental subdivision within the county, and the board of supervisors is authorized to pay to the officer compensation as it deems fit.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358A.9]83 Acts, ch 123, §161, 209C93, §335.9
Iowa Code § 515I.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515I / Section 515I.3
Placement of surplus lines insurance business with nonadmitted insurers and domestic surplus lines insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) Surplus lines insurance may be placed by a surplus lines insurance producer with a nonadmitted insurer or domestic surplus lines insurer only if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) (a) The proposed nonadmitted insurer or domestic surplus lines insurer is an eligible surplus lines insurer.

(1) (b) The proposed nonadmitted insurer or domestic surplus lines insurer is authorized to write the type of insurance sought in this state in its domiciliary jurisdiction.

(1) (c) Unless otherwise exempt from this requirement, after a diligent search the full amount or type of insurance cannot be obtained from an admitted insurer.

(1) (d) All other requirements of this chapter are met.

(2) (a) In addition to the full amount of gross premiums charged by the nonadmitted insurer or domestic surplus lines insurer for the insurance on which a premium tax is imposed for surplus lines insurance for which the insured’s home state is Iowa, a surplus lines insurance producer shall collect and pay to the state of Iowa the appropriate amount of premium tax as provided in section 432.1 for surplus lines insurance. The commissioner shall adopt rules to specify the use of credits or deductions that may be applied to the premium tax.

(2) (b) The tax on any portion of the premium unearned at the termination of the surplus lines insurance that has been credited by the state shall be returned to the policyholder directly by the surplus lines insurance producer. The surplus lines insurance producer is prohibited from rebating, for any reason, any part of the tax.

(3) This section shall not apply to a person properly licensed as an insurance producer, who, for a fee and pursuant to a written agreement, is engaged solely to offer advice, counsel, opinion, or service to an insured with respect to the benefits, advantages, or disadvantages promised under any proposed or in-force policy of insurance if the person does not, directly or indirectly, participate in the sale, solicitation, or negotiation of insurance on behalf of the insured.

(4) Insurance placed under this section shall be valid and enforceable as to all parties.

2012 Acts, ch 1025, §3, 22; 2019 Acts, ch 19, §3
Iowa Code § 239B.16 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 239B / Section 239B.16
Appeal judicial review.
Status: in_force

If an applicant’s application is not acted upon within a reasonable time, if it is denied in whole or in part, or if a participant’s assistance or other benefits under this chapter are modified, suspended, or canceled under a provision of this chapter, the applicant or participant may appeal to the department which shall request the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to conduct a hearing. Upon completion of a hearing, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall issue a decision which is subject to review by the department. Judicial review of the actions of the department may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A. Upon receipt of a notice of the filing of a petition for judicial review, the department shall furnish the petitioner with a copy of any papers filed in support of the petitioner’s position, a transcript of any testimony taken, and a copy of the department’s decision.

97 Acts, ch 41, §17, 342023 Acts, ch 19, §786, 1958
Iowa Code § 165B.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 165B / Section 165B.4
Infected and exposed poultry — civil penalty — injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who is the owner or custodian of poultry infected with or exposed to a pathogenic virus shall keep the poultry separate and apart, and shall dispose of infected or exposed poultry in accordance with requirements of the department. The person shall ensure the premises where such poultry are kept are sanitized as required by the department. The person shall dispose of the poultry carcasses, eggs, or manure as provided by the department.

(2) A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of at least one hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars, as determined by the department. In the case of a continuing violation, each day of the continuing violation is a separate violation. However, a person shall not be subject to a civil penalty totaling more than twenty-five thousand dollars.

(3) The department may seek injunctive relief as provided in section 163.62.

2004 Acts, ch 1089, §5
Iowa Code § 631.12 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.12
Entry of judgment setting aside default judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) The clerk shall immediately enter the judgment in the small claims docket and district court lien book, without recording. Relief shall be granted as is appropriate. Upon entering judgment, the court may provide for installment payments to be made directly by the party obligated to the party entitled thereto. If installment payments are ordered, execution shall not issue as long as the payments are made, but execution shall issue for the full unpaid balance of the judgment upon the filing of an affidavit of default. When entered on the small claims docket and district court lien book, a small claims judgment shall constitute a lien to the same extent as regular judgments entered on the district court judgment docket and lien book. However, if a small claims judgment requires installment payments, the judgment shall not be enforceable until an affidavit of default is filed.

(2) A defendant may move to set aside a default judgment in the manner provided for doing so in district court by rule of civil procedure 1.977.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.12]84 Acts, ch 1322, §5; 99 Acts, ch 144, §11; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §213
Iowa Code § 665.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 665 / Section 665.10
Warrant of commitment.
Status: in_force

When the offender is committed, the warrant must state the particular facts and circumstances on which the court acted in the premises, and whether the same was in the knowledge of the court or was proved by witnesses.

[C51, §1605; R60, §2695; C73, §3498; C97, §4467; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12549; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §665.10]
Iowa Code § 144A.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144A / Section 144A.3
Declaration relating to use of life-sustaining procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) A competent adult may execute a declaration at any time directing that life-sustaining procedures be withheld or withdrawn. The declaration shall be given operative effect only if the declarant’s condition is determined to be terminal and the declarant is not able to make treatment decisions.

(2) The declaration must be signed by the declarant or another person acting on behalf of the declarant at the direction of the declarant, must contain the date of the declaration’s execution, and must be witnessed or acknowledged by one of the following methods:

(2) (a) Is signed by at least two individuals who, in the presence of each other and the declarant, witnessed the signing of the declaration by the declarant or by another person acting on behalf of the declarant at the declarant’s direction. At least one of the witnesses shall be an individual who is not a relative of the declarant by blood, marriage, or adoption within the third degree of consanguinity. The following individuals shall not be witnesses for a declaration:

(2) (a) A health care provider attending the declarant on the date of execution of the declaration.

(2) (a) An employee of a health care provider attending the declarant on the date of execution of the declaration.

(2) (a) An individual who is less than eighteen years of age.

(2) (b) Is acknowledged before a notarial officer within this state as provided in chapter 9B.

(3) It is the responsibility of the declarant to provide the declarant’s attending physician or health care provider with the declaration. An attending physician or health care provider may presume, in the absence of actual notice to the contrary, that the declaration complies with this chapter and is valid.

(4) A declaration or similar document executed in another state or jurisdiction in compliance with the law of that state or jurisdiction shall be deemed valid and enforceable in this state, to the extent the declaration or similar document is consistent with the laws of this state. A declaration or similar document executed by a veteran of the armed forces which is in compliance with the federal department of veterans affairs advance directive requirements shall be deemed valid and enforceable.

(5) A declaration executed pursuant to this chapter may, but need not, be in the following form:DECLARATIONIf I should have an incurable or irreversible condition that will result either in death within a relatively short period of time or a state of permanent unconsciousness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, there can be no recovery, it is my desire that my life not be prolonged by the administration of life-sustaining procedures. If I am unable to participate in my health care decisions, I direct my attending physician to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures that merely prolong the dying process and are not necessary to my comfort or freedom from pain.

85 Acts, ch 3, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1132, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1083, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1061, §2, 3; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §37, 60