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Iowa Code § 147.140 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.140
Expert witness certificate of merit affidavit.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) In any action for personal injury or wrongful death against a health care provider based upon the alleged negligence in the practice of that profession or occupation or in patient care, which includes a cause of action for which expert testimony is necessary to establish a prima facie case, the plaintiff shall, prior to the commencement of discovery in the case and within sixty days of the defendant’s answer, serve upon the defendant a certificate of merit affidavit signed by an expert witness with respect to the issue of standard of care and an alleged breach of the standard of care. The expert witness must meet the qualifying standards of section 147.139.

(1) (b) A certificate of merit affidavit must be signed by the expert witness and certify the purpose for calling the expert witness by providing under the oath of the expert witness all of the following:

(1) (b) The expert witness’s statement of familiarity with the applicable standard of care.

(1) (b) The expert witness’s statement that the standard of care was breached by the health care provider named in the petition.

(1) (c) A plaintiff shall serve a separate certificate of merit affidavit on each defendant named in the petition.

(2) An expert witness’s certificate of merit affidavit does not preclude additional discovery and supplementation of the expert witness’s opinions in accordance with the rules of civil procedure.

(3) The parties shall comply with the requirements of section 668.11 and all other applicable law governing certification and disclosure of expert witnesses.

(4) The parties by agreement or the court for good cause shown and in response to a motion filed prior to the expiration of the time limits specified in subsection 1 may provide for extensions of the time limits. Good cause shall include but not be limited to the inability to timely obtain the plaintiff’s medical records from health care providers when requested prior to filing the petition.

(5) If the plaintiff is acting pro se, the plaintiff shall have the expert witness sign the certificate of merit affidavit or answers to interrogatories referred to in this section and the plaintiff shall be bound by those provisions as if represented by an attorney.

(6) Failure to substantially comply with subsection 1 shall result, upon motion, in dismissal with prejudice of each cause of action as to which expert witness testimony is necessary to establish a prima facie case.

(7) For purposes of this section, “health care provider” means the same as defined in section 147.136A.

2017 Acts, ch 107, §4, 5
Iowa Code § 321E.12 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321E / Section 321E.12
Registration must be consistent.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A vehicle traveling under permit shall be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load.

(1) (b) For purposes of this section, a vehicle traveling under a single-trip permit issued under section 321E.9 may be registered with the department for the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load on a single-trip basis. The fee for single-trip registration is four dollars per ton exceeding forty tons.

(2) A private carrier who is not for hire may transport special mobile equipment on a vehicle registered for the gross weight of the transport vehicle and cargo, minus the weight of the special mobile equipment, when the special mobile equipment is owned, leased, or rented and under exclusive control of the private carrier.

(3) Vehicles, while being used for the transportation of buildings other than mobile homes and factory-built structures, may be registered for the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load on a single-trip basis. The fee is five cents per ton exceeding the weight registered under section 321.122 per mile of travel. Fees shall not be prorated for fractions of miles. This subsection does not exempt these vehicles from any other provision of this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321E.12; 82 Acts, ch 1143, §1]99 Acts, ch 13, §21, 29; 2005 Acts, ch 8, §38; 2013 Acts, ch 49, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §114; 2025 Acts, ch 149, §4
Iowa Code § 686C.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 686C / Section 686C.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Successor Corporation Asbestos-Related Liability Fairness Act”.

2017 Acts, ch 11, §19
Iowa Code § 231.79 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231 / Section 231.79
Appeals process.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish an appeals process by which a person or the person’s representative may appeal a decision of the department concerning the provision or denial of aging or disability services to the person.

2024 Acts, ch 1161, §158, 162
Iowa Code § 513B.43 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513B / Section 513B.43
Section 513B.43
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 69, §38, 39.
Iowa Code § 501B.1 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Revised Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act”.

2010 Acts, ch 1112, §1, 33
Iowa Code § 607A.40 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.40
Discharge of panel.
Status: in_force

The court may at any time discharge the panel of jurors, or any part of it, and order a new panel, or the number of jurors as deemed necessary, to be drawn.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §48
Iowa Code § 468.35 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.35
Bids letting of work.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall award a contract or contracts for each section of the work to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders therefor, bids to be submitted, received, and acted upon separately as to the main drain and each of the laterals, and each settling basin, if any, exercising their own discretion as to letting such work as to the main drain as a whole, or as to each lateral as a whole, or by sections as to both main drain and laterals, and reserving the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise the letting of the work.

(2) A bid shall be in writing, specifying the portion of the work upon which the bid is made, and filed with the auditor. The bid shall be accompanied with a bid security. The bid security shall be in the form of a deposit of cash, a certified check on and certified by a bank in Iowa, a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa, or a bid bond with a corporate surety satisfactory to the board as provided in section 73A.20. The bid security must be payable to the auditor or the auditor’s order at the auditor’s office in a sum equal to five percent of the amount of the bid. However, if the maximum limit on a bid security would cause a denial of funds or services from the federal government which would otherwise be available, or if the maximum limit would otherwise be inconsistent with the requirements of federal law, the maximum limit may be suspended to the extent necessary to prevent denial of federal funds or services or to eliminate the inconsistency with federal requirements. The cash, check, or share draft of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned, and the bid bond of an unsuccessful bidder shall be canceled. The bid security of a successful bidder shall be maintained as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract in accordance with the bids.

2015 Acts, ch 51, §6; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §82
Iowa Code § 489.210 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.210
Duty of secretary of state to file review of refusal to file delivery of record by secretary of state.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary of state shall file a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing which satisfies this chapter. The duty of the secretary of state under this section is ministerial.

(2) When the secretary of state files a record, the secretary of state shall record it as filed on the date and at the time of its delivery. After filing a record, the secretary of state shall deliver to the person that submitted the record a copy of the record with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing and, in the case of a statement of denial, also to the limited liability company to which the statement pertains.

(3) If the secretary of state refuses to file a record, the secretary of state shall, not later than fifteen business days after the record is delivered, do all of the following:

(3) (a) Return the record or notify the person that submitted the record of the refusal.

(3) (b) Provide a brief explanation in a record of the reason for the refusal.

(4) If the secretary of state refuses to file a record, the person that submitted the record may petition the district court of Polk county to compel filing of the record. The record and the explanation of the secretary of state of the refusal to file must be attached to the petition. The court may decide the matter in a summary proceeding. If the court orders the record to be filed, the court may order it filed with an effective date that is the date on which it was submitted to the secretary of state for filing.

(5) The filing of or refusal to file a record does not do any of the following:

(5) (a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the record in whole or in part.

(5) (b) Create a presumption that the information contained in the record is correct or incorrect.

(6) Except as otherwise provided by section 489.119 or by law other than this chapter, the secretary of state may deliver any record to a person by delivering it by any of the following:

(6) (a) In person to the person that submitted it.

(6) (b) To the address of the person’s registered agent.

(6) (c) To the principal office of the person.

(6) (d) To another address the person provides to the secretary of state for delivery.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §32, 161
Iowa Code § 507C.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.1
Short title — construction — purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall be cited as the “Insurers Supervision, Rehabilitation, and Liquidation Act”.

(2) This chapter shall not be interpreted to limit the powers granted the commissioner by any other law.

(3) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose stated in subsection 4.

(4) The purpose of this chapter is the protection of the interests of insureds, claimants, creditors, and the public, with minimum interference with the normal prerogatives of the owners and managers of insurers, through all of the following:

(4) (a) Early detection of a potentially dangerous condition in an insurer and prompt application of appropriate corrective measures.

(4) (b) Improved methods for rehabilitating insurers, involving the cooperation and management expertise of the insurance industry.

(4) (c) Enhanced efficiency and economy of liquidation, through clarification of the law, to minimize legal uncertainty and litigation.

(4) (d) Equitable apportionment of any unavoidable loss.

(4) (e) Lessening the problems of interstate rehabilitation and liquidation by facilitating cooperation between states in the liquidation process, and by extending the scope of personal jurisdiction over debtors of the insurer outside this state.

(4) (f) Regulation of the insurance business by the impact of the law relating to delinquency procedures and substantive rules on the entire insurance business.

(4) (g) Providing for a comprehensive scheme for the rehabilitation and liquidation of insurance companies and those subject to this chapter as part of the regulation of the business of insurance, the insurance industry, and insurers in this state. Proceedings in cases of insurer insolvency and delinquency are deemed an integral aspect of the business of insurance and are of vital public interest and concern.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §8, 9
Iowa Code § 558.15 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.15
Official stamps of nonresident public notaries presumption.
Status: in_force

Any official stamp purporting to have been affixed to any instrument in writing, by any notary public as provided in chapter 9B residing elsewhere than in this state, shall be prima facie evidence that the words thereon engraved conform to the requirements of the law of the place where such certificate purports to have been made.

[S13, §2943-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10080; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.15]2001 Acts, ch 38, §6; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §45, 46; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §47, 60
Iowa Code § 272C.8 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 272C / Section 272C.8
Immunities.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of the person’s acts, omissions, or decisions in good faith as a member of a licensing board or as an employee or agent in connection with the person’s duties.

(1) (b) A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of filing a report or complaint with a licensing board or peer review committee, or for the disclosure to a licensing board or its agents or employees, whether or not pursuant to a subpoena of records, documents, testimony, or other forms of information which constitute privileged matter concerning a recipient of health care services or some other person, in connection with proceedings of a peer review committee, or in connection with duties of a health care board. However, such immunity from civil liability shall not apply if such act is done with malice.

(1) (c) A person shall not be dismissed from employment, and shall not be discriminated against by an employer because the person filed a complaint with a licensing board or peer review committee, or because the person participated as a member, agent, or employee of a licensing board or peer review committee, or presented testimony or other evidence to a licensing board or peer review committee.

(2) Any employer who violates the terms of this section shall be liable to any person aggrieved for actual and punitive damages plus reasonable attorney fees.

[C79, 81, §258A.8]C93, §272C.82010 Acts, ch 1069, §74
Iowa Code § 819.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 819 / Section 819.5
Definition of state.
Status: in_force

The word “state” shall include any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.

[C79, 81, §819.5]
Iowa Code § 663.19 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 663 / Section 663.19
Defects in writ.
Status: in_force

The writ must not be disobeyed for any defects of form or misdescription of the plaintiff or defendant, provided enough is stated to show the meaning and intent thereof.

[C51, §2234; R60, §3822; C73, §3466; C97, §4434; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12486; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.19]
Iowa Code § 461A.6 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.6
Costs — lien.
Status: in_force

The cost of removing a structure as provided in section 461A.4 shall be paid by its owner, and the state shall have a lien upon the property for the cost of removal. The costs shall be payable at the time of removal and such lien may be enforced and foreclosed, as provided for the foreclosure of security interests in uniform commercial code, chapter 554, article 9, part 6.

[C31, 35, §1799-d1; C39, §1799.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.6]C93, §461A.62000 Acts, ch 1149, §170, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1161, §9
Iowa Code § 489.301 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.301
No agency power of member as member.
Status: in_force

(1) A member is not an agent of a limited liability company solely by reason of being a member.

(2) A person’s status as a member does not prevent or restrict law other than this chapter from imposing liability on a limited liability company because of the person’s conduct.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §27, 155
Iowa Code § 321P.4 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321P / Section 321P.4
Automatic registration plate readers data retention limited penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) The operator of an automatic registration plate reader or any associated data storage device shall permanently delete from the plate reader and storage device, as applicable, every image of a vehicle registration plate captured by the plate reader, and any other accompanying data, no later than thirty days after the image was captured.

(2) Prior to deletion under subsection 1, an image of a vehicle registration plate captured by an automatic registration plate reader, and any other accompanying data, may be copied and stored by a law enforcement agency if the image and data are relevant to an ongoing criminal case or investigation. The law enforcement agency shall maintain the copied registration plate image and accompanying data in accordance with the agency’s evidence retention policies. Copies maintained by the law enforcement agency are not subject to subsection 1.

(3) For purposes of this section, “automatic registration plate reader” or “plate reader” means a camera or other optical device designed or programmed to automatically detect a vehicle’s registration plate, or to automatically capture or store an image of a vehicle’s registration plate and any accompanying data.

(4) A person who violates subsection 1 commits a simple misdemeanor.

2024 Acts, ch 1181, §4
Iowa Code § 262.100 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.100
Innovative school calendar pilot program — school for the deaf.
Status: repealed

Repealed by its own terms; 2002 Acts, ch 1171, §86.
Iowa Code § 97A.11 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.11
Contributions by the state.
Status: in_force

On or before the first day of January in each year, the board of trustees shall certify to the director of the department of administrative services the amounts which will become due and payable during the fiscal year next following to the retirement fund. The amounts so certified shall be paid by the director of the department of administrative services out of the funds appropriated for the Iowa department of public safety, to the treasurer of state, the same to be credited to the system for the ensuing fiscal year.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97A.11]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2008 Acts, ch 1171, §12; 2010 Acts, ch 1167, §12
Iowa Code § 2.103 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.103
Section 2.103
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49.See chapter 2A.
Iowa Code § 87.13 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 87 / Section 87.13
Interpretative clause.
Status: in_force

All provisions in chapter 10A, subchapter III, and chapters 85, 85A, 85B, and this chapter relating to compensation for injuries sustained arising out of and in the course of employment in the operation of coal mines or production of coal under any system of removing coal for sale are exclusive, compulsory and obligatory upon the employer and employee in such employment.

[C35, §1477-g2; C39, §1477.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §87.13]83 Acts, ch 101, §52023 Acts, ch 19, §1757
Iowa Code § 489.103 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.103
Knowledge notice.
Status: in_force

(1) A person knows a fact if the person has or is any of the following:

(1) (a) Has actual knowledge of it.

(1) (b) Is deemed to know it under subsection 4, paragraph “a”, or law other than this chapter.

(2) A person has notice of a fact if the person has or is any of the following:

(2) (a) Has reason to know the fact from all the facts known to the person at the time in question.

(2) (b) Is deemed to have notice of the fact under subsection 4, paragraph “b”.

(3) Subject to section 489.210, subsection 6, a person notifies another person of a fact by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not those steps cause the other person to know the fact.

(4) A person not a member is deemed all of the following:

(4) (a) To know of a limitation on authority to transfer real property as provided in section 489.302, subsection 7.

(4) (b) To have notice of all of the following:

(4) (b) The limited liability company’s dissolution, ninety days after a statement of dissolution under section 489.702, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (1), becomes effective.

(4) (b) The limited liability company’s termination, ninety days after a statement of termination under section 489.702, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (6), becomes effective.

(4) (b) The limited liability company’s participation in a merger, interest exchange, conversion, or domestication, ninety days after the statement of merger, interest exchange, conversion, or domestication under subchapter X becomes effective.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §3, 155; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §3, 161; 2024 Acts, ch 1125, §2, 31; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §86
Iowa Code § 99D.6 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99D / Section 99D.6
Headquarters, meetings, and election of chairperson administrator employees.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall have its headquarters in the city of Des Moines and shall meet at such times and places as it finds necessary for the discharge of its duties. The commission shall elect in July of each year one of its members as chairperson for the succeeding year.

(2) The commission shall appoint an administrator of the commission subject to confirmation by the senate. The administrator shall serve a four-year term. The term shall begin and end in the same manner as set forth in section 69.19. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as a full-term appointment is made. The administrator shall be covered by the blanket surety bond of the state purchased pursuant to section 8A.321, subsection 12. The compensation and employment terms of the administrator shall be set by the governor, taking into consideration the level of knowledge and experience of the administrator. The administrator shall keep a record of the proceedings of the commission and preserve the books, records, and documents entrusted to the administrator’s care.

(3) The administrator may hire other assistants and employees as necessary to carry out the commission’s duties. Employees in the positions of equine veterinarian, canine veterinarian, and equine steward shall be exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and shall not be covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Some or all of the information required of applicants in section 99D.8A, subsections 1 and 2, may also be required of employees of the commission if the commission deems it necessary.

83 Acts, ch 187, §6; 84 Acts, ch 1265, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §715; 87 Acts, ch 115, §17; 89 Acts, ch 231, §31; 2004 Acts, ch 1136, §5, 65; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §26; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §18; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §90
Iowa Code § 16.27A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.27A
Powers relating to loans.
Status: in_force

Subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders, the authority may renegotiate a mortgage or secured loan or a loan to a lending institution in default, waive a default or consent to the modification of the terms of a mortgage or secured loan or a loan to a lending institution, forgive or forbear all or part of a mortgage or secured loan or a loan to a lending institution, and commence, prosecute, and enforce a judgment in any action, including but not limited to a foreclosure action, to protect or enforce any right conferred upon it by law, mortgage or secured loan agreement, contract, or other agreement, and in connection with any action, bid for and purchase the property or acquire or take possession of it, complete, administer, pay the principal of and interest on any obligations incurred in connection with the property, and dispose of and otherwise deal with the property in a manner the authority deems advisable to protect its interests.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §32, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §20
Iowa Code § 814.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 814 / Section 814.2
Parties — how designated on appeal.
Status: in_force

The party seeking review shall be known as the appellant and the adverse party as the appellee, but the title of the action shall not be changed from that in the district court.

[R60, §4818, 4819; C73, §4531, 4532; C97, §5455; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §14004; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §793.12; C79, 81, §814.2]