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Iowa Code § 325B.1 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 325B / Section 325B.1
Contents of motor carrier transportation contracts certain provisions void.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(1) (a) “Motor carrier” means the same as defined in section 325A.1.

(1) (b) “Motor carrier transportation contract” means a contract, agreement, or understanding related to any of the following:

(1) (b) The transportation for hire of property by a motor carrier.

(1) (b) The entrance upon property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for transportation for hire.

(1) (b) A service incidental to the activities described in subparagraph (1) or (2), including but not limited to the storage of property.

(1) (c) “Transportation for hire” means the same as defined in section 325A.1.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a motor carrier transportation contract, whether express or implied, shall not contain a provision, clause, covenant, or agreement that purports to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending, or holding harmless, a promisee from or against any liability for injury, death, loss, or damage resulting from the negligence or intentional acts or omissions of that promisee, or any agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors who are directly responsible to that promisee. This prohibition applies to any provisions or agreements collateral to or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract. Any such provisions, clauses, covenants, or agreements are void and unenforceable. If any provision, clause, covenant, or agreement is deemed void and unenforceable under this section, the remaining provisions of the motor carrier transportation contract are severable and shall be enforceable unless otherwise prohibited by law.

(3) This section does not apply to the uniform intermodal interchange and facilities access agreement administered by the intermodal association of north America, as amended, or other contracts or agreements providing for the interchange, use, or possession of intermodal chassis or other intermodal equipment.

(4) This section applies to motor carrier transportation contracts entered into, extended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2010.

2010 Acts, ch 1155, §1
Iowa Code § 490.206 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.206
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

(1) The incorporators or board of directors of a corporation shall adopt initial bylaws for the corporation.

(2) The bylaws of a corporation may contain any provision that is not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.

(3) The bylaws may contain any of the following provisions:

(3) (a) A requirement that if the corporation solicits proxies or consents with respect to an election of directors, the corporation include in its proxy statement and any form of its proxy or consent, to the extent and subject to such procedures or conditions as are provided in the bylaws, one or more individuals nominated by a shareholder in addition to individuals nominated by the board of directors.

(3) (b) A requirement that the corporation reimburse the expenses incurred by a shareholder in soliciting proxies or consents in connection with an election of directors, to the extent and subject to such procedures and conditions as are provided in the bylaws, provided that no bylaw so adopted shall apply to elections for which any record date precedes its adoption.

(4) Notwithstanding section 490.1020, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, the shareholders in amending, repealing, or adopting a bylaw described in subsection 3 shall not limit the authority of the board of directors to amend or repeal any condition or procedure set forth in or to add any procedure or condition to such a bylaw to provide for a reasonable, practical, and orderly process.

89 Acts, ch 288, §23; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §30, 230
Iowa Code § 356A.7 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 356A / Section 356A.7
Contract with another county.
Status: in_force

A county board of supervisors may contract with another county or a city maintaining a jail meeting the minimum standards for the regulation of jails established pursuant to section 356.36 for detention and commitment of persons pursuant to section 356.1. A person detained or confined in the jail shall be in the charge and custody of the governmental unit maintaining the jail. The cost of detention and confinement shall be levied and paid by the city or the county to which the cause originally belonged.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §356A.7; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1068]
Iowa Code § 325A.15 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 325A / Section 325A.15
Section 325A.15
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2000 Acts, ch 1016, §38.
Iowa Code § 312.1 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 312 / Section 312.1
Fund created.
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created, in the state treasury, a road use tax fund. The road use tax fund shall include all of the following:

(1) (a) All the net proceeds of the registration of motor vehicles under chapter 321.

(1) (b) All the net proceeds of the motor fuel tax or license fees under chapter 452A.

(1) (c) Revenue derived from the excise tax imposed upon the rental of automobiles, under chapter 423C, to the extent provided by section 321.145, subsection 2.

(1) (d) Revenue derived from the use tax collected under sections 423.26 and 423.26A, to the extent provided under section 321.145, subsection 2.

(1) (e) Any other funds which may by law be credited to the road use tax fund.

(2) Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on investments or time deposits of the moneys in the road use tax fund and the funds to which moneys from the road use tax fund are credited shall be credited to the road use tax fund.

[C50, §308A.1; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §312.1; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §17]88 Acts, ch 1019, §2; 89 Acts, ch 293, §9; 90 Acts, ch 1235, §7; 92 Acts, ch 1006, §1; 92 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1001, §2032003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §161, 2052006 Acts, ch 1142, §83; 2008 Acts, ch 1113, §32; 2010 Acts, ch 1108, §2, 15
Iowa Code § 262.29 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.29
Expenses — filing and audit.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1051, §10.
Iowa Code § 578A.10 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 578A / Section 578A.10
Disclosure of flood zone.
Status: in_force

The operator shall disclose in the rental agreement whether the self-service storage facility is located in a “special flood hazard area” as defined by the federal emergency management agency in 44 C.F.R. pt. 61, Appendix A(3).

2019 Acts, ch 50, §10
Iowa Code § 124.506A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124 / Section 124.506A
Large seizure of a controlled substance — evidence and disposal.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 124.506, if more than ten pounds of marijuana or more than one pound of any other controlled substance is seized as a result of a violation of this chapter, the law enforcement agency responsible for retaining the seized controlled substance may destroy the seized controlled substance if the law enforcement agency retains at least ten pounds of the marijuana seized or at least one pound of any other controlled substance seized for evidence purposes.

(1) (b) Paragraph “a” does not apply to hemp or a hemp product excluded from schedule I of controlled substances as provided in section 124.204, subsection 7.

(2) Prior to the destruction of any controlled substance under this section, the law enforcement agency shall photograph the controlled substance to be destroyed with identifying case numbers or any other case identifiers and prepare a written report detailing any relevant information about the destruction of the controlled substance. At least thirty days prior to any destruction of a controlled substance, the law enforcement agency destroying the controlled substance shall notify in writing any person arrested in connection with the seizure, the attorney of the person if represented, and any other attorney of record including the prosecuting attorney, and the law enforcement agency that made the arrest if the agency is different than the law enforcement agency responsible for retaining the seized controlled substance, that the law enforcement agency is planning to photograph and destroy part of the controlled substance seized, and any person or agency notified may be present at the photographing of the controlled substance to be destroyed.

(3) Any person or agency notified about the destruction of part of the controlled substance seized, or any other interested party, may file an application with the district court resisting the destruction of any of the controlled substance.

(4) A rebuttable presumption is created that the portion of any controlled substance retained for representation purposes as evidence and all photographs and records made under this section and properly identified are admissible in any court proceeding for any purpose for which the destroyed controlled substance would have been admissible.

2006 Acts, ch 1027, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §119; 2019 Acts, ch 130, §28, 33
Iowa Code § 147.88 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.88
Inspections and investigations.
Status: in_force

The department may perform inspections and investigations as required by this subtitle.

[C31, 35, §2523-c1; C39, §2523.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.88]90 Acts, ch 1204, §20; 94 Acts, ch 1132, §27; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §26; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §24; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §65; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §201; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §382023 Acts, ch 19, §1915; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §61; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §28
Iowa Code § 630.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 630 / Section 630.15
Bond.
Status: in_force

Upon being brought before the court or judge, the debtor may enter into an undertaking in such sum as the court or officer shall prescribe, with one or more sureties, that the debtor will attend from time to time for examination before the court or judge as shall be directed, and will not, in the meantime, dispose of the debtor’s property, or any part thereof; in default whereof the debtor shall continue under arrest, and may be committed to jail for safekeeping until the examination shall be concluded.

[R60, §3390; C73, §3149; C97, §4086; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11814; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §630.15]
Iowa Code § 135C.16A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.16A
Inspectors — conflicts of interest.
Status: in_force

(1) Any of the following circumstances disqualifies an inspector from inspecting a particular health care facility under this chapter:

(1) (a) The inspector currently works or, within the past two years, has worked as an employee or employment agency staff at the health care facility, or as an officer, consultant, or agent for the health care facility to be inspected.

(1) (b) The inspector has any financial interest or any ownership interest in the facility. For purposes of this paragraph, indirect ownership, such as through a broad-based mutual fund, does not constitute financial or ownership interest.

(1) (c) The inspector has an immediate family member who has a relationship with the facility as described in paragraph “a” or “b”.

(1) (d) The inspector has an immediate family member who currently resides in the facility.

(2) For purposes of this section, “immediate family member” means the same as set forth in 42 C.F.R. §488.301, and includes a husband or wife; natural or adoptive parent, child, or sibling; stepparent, stepchild, or stepsibling; father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; or grandparent or grandchild.

2009 Acts, ch 156, §1
Iowa Code § 633A.4212 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4212
Prior fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

A trustee shall take reasonable steps to do all of the following:

(1) Compel a former trustee or other fiduciary to deliver trust property to the trustee.

(2) Redress a breach of trust known to the trustee to have been committed by a prior trustee or other fiduciary.

99 Acts, ch 125, §58, 109C2001, §633.42122005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.4212
Iowa Code § 282.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 282 / Section 282.3
Admission and exclusion of pupils.
Status: in_force

(1) The board may exclude from school children under the age of six years when in its judgment such children are not sufficiently mature to be benefited by regular instruction, or any child who is found to be physically or mentally unable to attend school under section 299.5, or whose presence in school has been found to be injurious to the health of other pupils, or is efficiently taught for the scholastic year at a state institution. However, the board shall provide special education programs and services under chapters 256B, 257, and 273 for all children requiring special education.

(2) The conditions of admission to public schools for work in the year immediately preceding the first grade and in the first grade shall be as follows:

(2) (a) A child under the age of six years on the fifteenth of September of the current school year shall not be admitted to a public school unless the board of directors of the school has adopted and put into effect courses of study for the school year immediately preceding the first grade, approved by the department of education, and has employed a practitioner or practitioners for this work with standards of training approved by the board of educational examiners.

(2) (b) No child shall be admitted to school work for the year immediately preceding the first grade unless the child is five years of age on or before the fifteenth of September of the current school year.

(2) (c) No child shall be admitted to the first grade unless the child is six years of age on or before the fifteenth of September of the current school year; except that a child under six years of age who has been admitted to school work for the year immediately preceding the first grade under conditions approved by the department of education, or who has demonstrated the possession of sufficient ability to profit by first-grade work on the basis of tests or other means of evaluation recommended or approved by the department of education, may be admitted to first grade at any time before December 31.

(3) This section does not prohibit a school board from requiring the attainment of a greater age than the age requirements set forth in this section.

[C97, §2782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4270; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.3]89 Acts, ch 135, §85; 89 Acts, ch 210, §9; 89 Acts, ch 265, §36; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §128
Iowa Code § 307.46 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307 / Section 307.46
Use of reversions.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8.33 or any other provision of law to the contrary, if on June 30 of a fiscal year a balance of an operational appropriation remains unexpended or unencumbered, not more than fifty percent of the balance may be encumbered by the department and used as provided in this section and the remaining balance shall be deposited in the fund from which the money was appropriated. The department shall not encumber an amount in excess of five hundred thousand dollars under this section in any fiscal year. Moneys encumbered under this section shall be used by the department during the succeeding fiscal year for employee training and for technology enhancement. Moneys which are encumbered under this section but not used shall revert to the fund from which the money was appropriated on June 30 of the succeeding fiscal year.

(2) On or before June 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which funds were encumbered under this section, the department shall report to the joint transportation, infrastructure, and capitals appropriations subcommittee, the legislative services agency, the department of management, the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight, and the legislative fiscal committee of the legislative council detailing how the moneys were expended. Moneys shall not be encumbered under this section from an appropriation which received a transfer from another appropriation pursuant to section 8.39.

(3) For purposes of this section, “operational appropriation” means an appropriation from the road use tax fund or primary road fund providing for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes.

99 Acts, ch 120, §1, 5; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §94
Iowa Code § 321.38 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.38
Plates method of attaching — imitations prohibited.
Status: in_force

Every registration plate shall at all times be securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging and at a height of not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of the plate, in a place and position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible. An imitation plate or plates imitating or purporting to imitate the official registration plate of any other state or territory of the United States or of any foreign government shall not be fastened to the vehicle.

[S13, §1571-m11; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4877; C39, §5001.22; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.38]85 Acts, ch 195, §32
Iowa Code § 13B.4B — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13B / Section 13B.4B
Confidentiality of indigent defense claim records.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §13B.4A; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 313.10 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.10
Bids — advertising.
Status: in_force

(1) As soon as the approved plans and specifications for any primary road construction project are filed with the department, the department shall, if the estimated cost exceeds one thousand dollars, proceed to advertise for bids for the construction of the improvement.

(2) The department may contract for the emergency repair, restoration, or reconstruction of a highway or bridge without advertising for bids if all of the following conditions are met:

(2) (a) The emergency was caused by an unforeseen event causing the failure of a highway, bridge, or other highway structure so that the highway is unserviceable, or where immediate action is necessary to prevent further damage or loss.

(2) (b) The department solicits written bids from three or more contractors engaged in the type of work needed.

(2) (c) The necessary work can be done for less than one million dollars.

(2) (d) If possible, the department notifies the appropriate Iowa highway contractors’ associations of the proposed work.

[C24, §4700; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b10; C39, §4755.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.10]2001 Acts, ch 32, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §2
Iowa Code § 358.38 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.38
Indebtedness assumed.
Status: in_force

The indebtedness of the sanitary district shall be assumed and paid by the city, and may be paid by a tax to be levied exclusively upon the property within the jurisdiction of the sanitary district as it existed prior to the conveyance and discontinuance, or by the issuance of such bonds as cities may issue for purchasing and acquiring any sanitary sewer system or sewage disposal works and facilities or both.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §358.32; S81, §358.38]
Iowa Code § 633.161 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.161
Examination of fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

The fiduciary may be examined under oath by the court upon any matter relating to the fiduciary’s accounts.

[C51, §1424; R60, §2449; C73, §2470; C97, §3395; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12045; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.5; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.161]
Iowa Code § 214.11 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214 / Section 214.11
Inspections recalibrations penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall provide for biennial inspections of all motor fuel pumps, including but not limited to motor fuel blender pumps, licensed under this chapter. Inspections shall be for the purpose of determining the accuracy and correctness of motor fuel pumps. For that purpose the department’s inspectors may enter upon the premises of a wholesale dealer or a retail motor fuel site.

(2) Upon completion of an inspection, the inspector shall affix the department’s seal to the measuring mechanism of the motor fuel pump. The seal shall be appropriately marked, dated, and recorded by the inspector. If the owner of an inspected and sealed motor fuel pump is registered with the department as a servicer in accordance with section 215.23, or employs a person so registered as a servicer, the owner or other servicer may open the motor fuel pump, break the department’s seal, recalibrate the measuring mechanism if necessary, and reseal the motor fuel pump as long as the department is notified of the recalibration within forty-eight hours, in a manner provided by the department.

(3) A person violating a provision of this section is, upon conviction, guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

87 Acts, ch 93, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §83; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §148; 2021 Acts, ch 149, §15; 2023 Acts, ch 154, §23
Iowa Code § 263A.1 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263A / Section 263A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words or terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the respective meanings as stated:

(1) “Board” shall mean the state board of regents.

(2) “Bonds or notes” shall mean revenue bonds or revenue notes which are payable solely and only from hospital income.

(3) “Buildings and facilities” shall mean buildings to be used primarily for service, clinical instructional and clinical research purposes in the field of medicine with particular emphasis on the family practice of medicine and such other facilities as are deemed necessary by the board to support and carry out the service, instructional, and research objectives of the hospitals, medical clinics, and medical service laboratories of the institution, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hospital buildings, clinic buildings, laboratory buildings, clinical staff facilities, building for housing interns, resident physicians and nurses, and medical record and film storage buildings, or any combination thereof.

(4) “Hospital income” shall mean the income and funds received by the hospitals, medical service clinics, and medical service laboratories of the state university of Iowa, including the proceeds of rates, fees, and charges for services rendered by said hospitals, clinics, and laboratories, but excluding state appropriations to the institution.

(5) “Institution” shall mean the state university of Iowa.

(6) “Project” shall mean the acquisition by gift, purchase, lease, or construction of buildings and facilities and additions to such buildings and facilities, the reconstruction, completion, equipment, improvement, repair, or remodeling of buildings and facilities, including the demolition of existing buildings and facilities which are to be replaced, and the acquisition of property of every kind and description, whether real, personal or mixed, for buildings and facilities by gift, purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise and the improvement of the same or any combination of the foregoing.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §263A.1]