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Iowa Code § 521J.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521J / Section 521J.10
Excess workers’ compensation insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) A captive company may provide excess workers’ compensation insurance to the captive company’s parent and affiliated companies unless the laws of the state that has jurisdiction over the transaction prohibits the captive company from providing excess workers’ compensation insurance.

(2) A captive company may reinsure workers’ compensation of a qualified self-insured plan of the captive company’s parent and affiliated companies.

2023 Acts, ch 107, §13
Iowa Code § 462A.24 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.24
Overloading of vessels.
Status: in_force

No person owning or operating a vessel shall permit said vessel to be occupied by more passengers and crew than the registration capacity permits.

[C39, §1703.16, 1703.24; C46, 50, 54, 58, §106.16, 106.24; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106.24]C93, §462A.24
Iowa Code § 459B.103 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459B / Section 459B.103
Special terms.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, all of the following shall apply:

(1) Two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations under common ownership or common management are deemed to be a single dry bedded confinement feeding operation if they are adjacent or utilize a common area or system for dry bedded manure disposal.

(2) For purposes of determining whether two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations are adjacent, all of the following shall apply:

(2) (a) At least one dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure must be constructed on or after March 21, 1996.

(2) (b) A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure which is part of one dry bedded confinement feeding operation is separated by less than one thousand two hundred fifty feet from a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure which is part of the other dry bedded confinement feeding operation.

(3) (a) For purposes of determining whether two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations are under common ownership, a person must hold an interest in each of the dry bedded confinement feeding operations as any of the following:

(3) (a) A sole proprietor.

(3) (a) A joint tenant or tenant in common.

(3) (a) A holder of a majority equity interest in a business association as defined in section 202B.102, including but not limited to as a shareholder, partner, member, or beneficiary.

(3) (b) An interest in the dry bedded confinement feeding operation under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2) or (3) which is held directly or indirectly by the person’s spouse or dependent child shall be attributed to the person.

(4) For purposes of determining whether two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations are under common management, a person must have significant control of the management of the day-to-day operations of each of the dry bedded confinement feeding operations. Common management does not include control over a contract livestock facility by a contractor, as defined in section 202.1.

(5) In calculating the animal unit capacity of a dry bedded confinement feeding operation, the animal unit capacity shall include the animal unit capacity of all dry bedded manure confinement feeding operation buildings that are used to house animals in the dry bedded confinement feeding operation.

2009 Acts, ch 155, §7, 18; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §60
Iowa Code § 358.24 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.24
Contracts outside of district.
Status: in_force

(1) A sanitary district may enter into contracts with persons or firms outside its limits for the processing of sewage but the rate for processing shall not be less than that charged the inhabitants of the district.

(2) A district entering into a contract may lay sewer lines in highways outside the district upon first obtaining the permission of the state department of transportation in the case of primary roads and the board of supervisors in case of secondary roads, on written application designating the particular highway and part thereof, the use of which is desired.

(3) A sanitary district adjoining a border of the state and owning and operating a sewage disposal plant, may contract with the governing body of any legal entity in an adjacent area in another state, to process the sewage from the area. The contract shall be subject to approval of the department of health and human services.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §393.10, 393.11, 393.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §358.24]2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1113
Iowa Code § 554.7302 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.7302
Through bills of lading and similar documents of title.
Status: in_force

(1) The issuer of a through bill of lading, or other document of title embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person acting as its agent or by a performing carrier, is liable to any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for any breach by the other person or the performing carrier of its obligation under the bill or other document. However, to the extent that the bill or other document covers an undertaking to be performed overseas or in territory not contiguous to the continental United States or an undertaking including matters other than transportation, this liability for breach by the other person or the performing carrier may be varied by agreement of the parties.

(2) If goods covered by a through bill of lading or other document of title embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person other than the issuer are received by that person, the person is subject, with respect to its own performance while the goods are in its possession, to the obligation of the issuer. The person’s obligation is discharged by delivery of the goods to another person pursuant to the bill or other document and does not include liability for breach by any other person or by the issuer.

(3) The issuer of a through bill of lading or other document of title described in subsection 1 is entitled to recover from the performing carrier, or other person in possession of the goods when the breach of the obligation under the bill or other document occurred:

(3) (a) the amount it may be required to pay to any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for the breach, as may be evidenced by any receipt, judgment, or transcript of judgment; and

(3) (b) the amount of any expense reasonably incurred by the issuer in defending any action commenced by any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for the breach.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.7302]2007 Acts, ch 30, §18, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 455B.413 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.413
Director’s duties.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §10.
Iowa Code § 261A.44 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261A / Section 261A.44
Obligations secured by trust agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) Obligations issued under this subchapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and an incorporated trustee, which may be a trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the obligations may pledge or assign the revenue to be received or proceeds of any contract pledged and may convey or mortgage the project or any portion of the project.

(2) A pledge or assignment made by the authority pursuant to this section is valid and binding from the time that the pledge or assignment is made, and the revenue pledged and thereafter received by the authority is immediately subject to the lien of the pledge or assignment without physical delivery or any further act. The lien of the pledge or assignment is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the lien.

(3) The resolution or trust agreement by which a pledge is created or an assignment made shall be filed or recorded in the records of the authority, with the secretary of state, and in each county in which the project is located.

(4) The trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the obligations may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the obligation holders as are reasonable and proper, not in violation of law, or provided for in this subchapter. A bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which acts as depository of proceeds of the obligations, revenue, or other money shall furnish the indemnifying obligations or pledge the securities as required by the authority. The trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the obligation holders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by obligation holders. The trust agreement or resolution may contain other provisions the authority deems reasonable and proper for the security of the obligation holders.

(5) Expense incurred in carrying out the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project.

85 Acts, ch 210, §14; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §33
Iowa Code § 512B.33 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 512B / Section 512B.33
Service of process.
Status: in_force

(1) A society authorized to do business in this state shall file in the office of the commissioner a power of attorney and an agreement in writing that service of process in any action or proceeding against the society may be served on the commissioner and shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this state. A copy of the power of attorney, certified by the commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of the appointment and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original.

(2) Service of process made on the commissioner as the agent for service of process shall be made as provided in section 505.30. A society shall not be required to file its answer, pleading, or defense in less than thirty days from the date the commissioner sends a copy of the service of process to the society by certified mail as provided in section 505.30. Legal process shall not be made upon a society except in the manner provided in this section.

90 Acts, ch 1148, §34; 2003 Acts, ch 91, §23; 2018 Acts, ch 1018, §6
Iowa Code § 522B.16A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522B / Section 522B.16A
Duties of licensees.
Status: in_force

(1) An insurance producer has a continuing duty and obligation to keep, at the insurance producer’s place of business, usual and customary records pertaining to transactions undertaken by the insurance producer. All such records shall be kept available and open for inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner’s representative at any time during regular business hours, provided that the commissioner or the commissioner’s representative is not entitled to inspect any records prepared in anticipation of litigation or that are subject to any privilege recognized in chapter 622. Such records shall be maintained for a minimum of three years following the completion of an insurance transaction.

(2) An insurance producer who willfully fails to comply with this section commits a violation of this chapter and is subject to sanctions under section 522B.11.

2004 Acts, ch 1110, §63
Iowa Code § 321A.34 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.34
Self-insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the department as provided in paragraph “b”.

(1) (b) The department may, upon the application of such a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance if the department is satisfied that the person has and will continue to have the ability to pay judgments obtained against the person for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any vehicle owned by the person. A person issued a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to this subsection shall maintain a financial liability coverage card as provided in section 321.20B, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (1).

(2) (a) Any association of individual members that is a legal entity with the power to sue and be sued in its own name and which is composed of individual members in whose names a total of more than twenty-five motor vehicles are registered, may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of insurance issued by the department as provided in paragraph “b”.

(2) (b) The department may, upon the application of such an association, issue a certificate of self-insurance if the department is satisfied that the association has and will continue to have the ability to pay judgments obtained against the association or against an individual member of the association for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any vehicle owned by an individual member of the association. An association issued a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to this paragraph shall maintain a financial liability coverage card as provided in section 321.20B, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2).

(3) Upon not less than five days’ notice and a hearing pursuant to the notice, the department may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay a judgment for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any vehicle owned by the self-insurer within thirty days after the judgment becomes final constitutes a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance. Upon the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance, the person who was issued the certificate shall surrender to the director all self-insurance cards issued to the person.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.34]92 Acts, ch 1175, §43; 97 Acts, ch 139, §11, 17; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §108
Iowa Code § 85A.20 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85A / Section 85A.20
Investigation.
Status: in_force

The workers’ compensation commissioner may designate the medical director of the department of health and human services and two physicians selected by the dean of the university of Iowa college of medicine, from the staff of the college, who shall be qualified to diagnose and report on occupational diseases. For the purpose of investigating occupational diseases, the physicians shall have the use, without charge, of all necessary laboratory and other facilities of the university of Iowa college of medicine and of the university hospital at the state university of Iowa, and of the department of health and human services in performing the physicians’ duties.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.20]86 Acts, ch 1245, §905; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2001 Acts, ch 74, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §92023 Acts, ch 19, §56
Iowa Code § 256C.1 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256C / Section 256C.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Approved local program” means a school district’s program for four-year-old children approved by the department of education to provide high quality preschool instruction.

(2) “Department” means the department of education.

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

(4) “Preschool program” means the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children created in accordance with this chapter.

(5) “School district approved to participate in the preschool program” means a school district that meets the school district requirements under section 256C.3 and has been approved by the department to participate in the preschool program.

(6) “State board” means the state board of education.

2007 Acts, ch 148, §1
Iowa Code § 602.7103C — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.7103C
Full-time associate juvenile judges — term, retention, qualifications.
Status: in_force

(1) Full-time associate juvenile judges shall serve terms and shall stand for retention in office within the judicial election districts of their appointment as provided under sections 46.16 through 46.24.

(2) A person does not qualify for appointment to the office of full-time associate juvenile judge unless the person is at the time of appointment licensed to practice law in Iowa and will be able, measured by the person’s age at the time of appointment, to complete the initial term of office prior to reaching age seventy-eight. A nominee to the office of full-time associate juvenile judge must reside in the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated or in a contiguous county to the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated.

(3) A full-time associate juvenile judge must be a resident of the judicial election district or a resident of a county contiguous with the judicial election district in which the office is held before assuming office and during the entire term of office. A full-time associate juvenile judge shall serve within the judicial district in which appointed, as directed by the chief judge, and is subject to reassignment under section 602.6108.

(4) Full-time associate juvenile judges shall qualify for office as provided in chapter 63 for district judges.

99 Acts, ch 93, §10, 15; 2022 Acts, ch 1033, §11; 2025 Acts, ch 101, §4, 11, 15
Iowa Code § 907.11 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 907 / Section 907.11
Maximum period of confinement.
Status: in_force

In no case shall the total time served in confinement and in any locally administered correctional program exceed the maximum period of confinement authorized for the public offense of which the defendant stands convicted.

[C79, 81, §907.11]
Iowa Code § 502.609 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.609
Judicial review of orders.
Status: in_force

A final order issued by the administrator under this chapter is subject to judicial review in accordance with chapter 17A.

[SS15, §1920-u5; C24, 27, §8534, 8535; C31, 35, §8581-c9; C39, §8581.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §502.9; C77, 79, 81, §502.609]91 Acts, ch 40, §35; 97 Acts, ch 114, §18; 2000 Acts, ch 1147, §19; 2004 Acts, ch 1161, §59, 68
Iowa Code § 231C.9A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231C / Section 231C.9A
Informal conference formal contest judicial review.
Status: in_force

(1) Within twenty business days after issuance of the final findings, the assisted living program shall notify the director if the program desires to contest the findings and do either of the following:

(1) (a) Request an informal conference with an independent reviewer pursuant to subsection 2. Upon the conclusion of an informal conference, if the assisted living program desires to further contest an affirmed or modified regulatory insufficiency, it may do so by giving notice of intent to formally contest the regulatory insufficiency, in writing, to the department within five days after receipt of the written decision of the independent reviewer.

(1) (b) Request a contested case hearing in the manner provided by chapter 17A for contested cases. The formal hearing shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 17A and rules adopted by the department.

(2) (a) The department shall provide an independent reviewer to hold an informal conference with an assisted living program within ten working days after receiving a request from the program pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “a”. At the conclusion of the informal conference, the independent reviewer may affirm, modify, or dismiss a contested regulatory insufficiency. The independent reviewer shall state in writing the specific reasons for the affirmation, modification, or dismissal and immediately transmit copies of the statement to the department and to the program.

(2) (b) An independent reviewer shall be licensed as an attorney in the state of Iowa and shall not be employed or have been employed by the department in the past eight years or have appeared in front of the department on behalf of an assisted living program in the past eight years. Preference shall be given to an attorney with background knowledge, experience, or training in long-term care. The department may issue a request for proposals to enter into a contract for the purpose of providing one or more independent reviewers for informal conferences.

(3) An assisted living program that has exhausted all adequate administrative remedies and is aggrieved by the final action of the department may petition for judicial review in the manner provided by chapter 17A.

2013 Acts, ch 26, §6, 7; 2015 Acts, ch 80, §11
Iowa Code § 39.28 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 39 / Section 39.28
Actions intervention.
Status: in_force

(1) A political party, as defined in section 43.2, or a nonparty political organization organized pursuant to chapter 44, may intervene in a proceeding under chapter 17A or an action filed in the district court, court of appeals, or supreme court to challenge a provision of this chapter and chapters 39A through 62 or a rule adopted to implement such a provision.

(2) A political party, as defined in section 43.2, or a nonparty political organization organized pursuant to chapter 44, may petition the district court to modify or vacate an injunction against the enforcement of a provision of this chapter and chapters 39A through 62. A denial of a petition to modify or vacate an injunction is appealable as a matter of right as a final judgment.

2021 Acts, ch 147, §5, 54; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §11
Iowa Code § 215A.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215A / Section 215A.9
Inspection fee.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall charge, assess, and cause to be collected at the time of inspection an inspection fee in accordance with the fee schedule established pursuant to section 214.3, subsection 2.

(2) A fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each device subject to reinspection under section 215A.5. All moneys received by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall be handled in the same manner as appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §215A.9]90 Acts, ch 1084, §12; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §40; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §154
Iowa Code § 216F.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216F / Section 216F.3
Determination of discriminatory acts consideration of antisemitism.
Status: in_force

(1) In reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a violation of any relevant policy, law, or regulation prohibiting discriminatory acts, the state shall take into consideration the definition of antisemitism set forth in this chapter for purposes of determining whether the alleged act was motivated by discriminatory antisemitic intent.

(2) A court or other relevant authority shall apply the same legal standard as applicable to like claims of discrimination arising under laws of this state protecting civil rights including chapter 216.

2022 Acts, ch 1008, §3
Iowa Code § 359.16 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.16
Petition dismissed.
Status: in_force

If it appears to said board that a majority of the citizens of such township are opposed to such change, such petition shall be dismissed. The cost of the proceeding in all cases shall be taxed against the petitioners.

[C73, §414; C97, §582; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5542; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.16]