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Iowa Code § 455F.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455F / Section 455F.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commission” means the state environmental protection commission.

(2) “Department” means the department of natural resources.

(3) “Household hazardous material” means a product used for residential purposes and designated by rule of the department of natural resources and may include any hazardous substance as defined in section 455B.411, subsection 2; and any hazardous waste as defined in section 455B.411, subsection 3. However, “household hazardous material” does not include noncaustic household cleaners, laundry detergents or soaps, dishwashing compounds, chlorine bleach, personal care products, personal care soaps, cosmetics, and medications.

(4) “Manufacturer” means a person who manufactures or produces a household hazardous material for resale in this state.

(5) “Regional collection center” means a secured facility at which collection, sorting, and packaging of household hazardous materials and hazardous materials from conditionally exempt small quantity generators are accomplished prior to transportation of these materials to the final disposal site. Regional collection centers have regular hours during which the public may drop off hazardous materials. A regional collection center may be a government agency or a private agency under contract with a government agency as part of a solid waste comprehensive plan.

(6) “Residential” means a permanent place of abode, which is a person’s home as opposed to a person’s place of business.

(7) “Retailer” means a person offering for sale or selling a household hazardous material to the ultimate consumer, within the state.

(8) “Satellite facility” means a secured facility at which collection and storage of household hazardous materials and hazardous materials from conditionally exempt small quantity generators are accomplished prior to transportation of these materials to a regional collection center. A satellite facility has a written contract with a regional collection center for the removal of collected household hazardous materials. A satellite facility may be operated by a government agency or a private agency under contract with a government agency as part of a solid waste comprehensive plan. A satellite facility is available for public drop off of household hazardous materials either during regularly scheduled hours or by appointment.

(9) “Wholesaler” or “distributor” means a person other than a manufacturer or manufacturer’s agent who engages in the business of selling or distributing a household hazardous material within the state, for the purpose of resale.

87 Acts, ch 225, §501; 97 Acts, ch 191, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1010, §3 – 5
Iowa Code § 13.13 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13 / Section 13.13
Farm assistance program coordinator — contract for mediation services.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general or the attorney general’s designee shall serve as the farm assistance program coordinator. The coordinator has the powers and duties specified in this subchapter.

(2) The farm assistance program coordinator shall contract with a nonprofit organization chartered in this state to provide mediation services as provided in chapters 654A, 654B, and 654C. The contract may be terminated by the coordinator upon written notice and for good cause. The organization awarded the contract is designated as the farm mediation service for the duration of the contract. The organization may, upon approval by the coordinator, provide mediation services other than as provided by law. The farm mediation service is not a state agency for the purposes of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapters 20 and 669.

90 Acts, ch 1143, §3; 95 Acts, ch 195, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §133
Iowa Code § 594A.7 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 594A / Section 594A.7
Merged area schools before January 1, 1969.
Status: in_force

(1) All proceedings taken prior to January 1, 1969, purporting to provide for the establishment, organization, formation, and changes in the boundaries of merged areas under the provisions of chapter 260C and not heretofore declared invalid by any court, are hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed.

(2) The foregoing shall not be construed to affect any litigation that may be pending July 1, 1969, involving the establishment, organization, formation, or changes in the boundaries of any such merged area.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §594A.7]
Iowa Code § 55.5 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 55 / Section 55.5
Penalties.
Status: in_force

A person violating this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. Each day in which the violation continues is a separate offense.

84 Acts, ch 1233, §2C85, §55.2C87, §55.5
Iowa Code § 626.68 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.68
Lien not released.
Status: in_force

Where a stay of execution has been taken, such confessed judgment shall not release any judgment lien by virtue of the original judgment for the amount then due.

[R60, §3303; C73, §3071; C97, §4006; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11716; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.68]
Iowa Code § 322G.14 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322G / Section 322G.14
Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

(2) In prescribing rules and forms under this chapter, the attorney general may cooperate with agencies that perform similar functions in other states with a view to effectuating the policy of this chapter to achieve maximum uniformity in the form and content of certification, regulation, and procedural evaluation of manufacturer-established programs, required recordkeeping, required reporting wherever practicable, and required notices to consumers.

91 Acts, ch 153, §14
Iowa Code § 2.63 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.63
Interim study committee meetings.
Status: in_force

Special interim study committees shall first meet at the call of the ranking legislative council member assigned to the study committee, and shall thereafter meet at such time as study committee members shall so designate. Any legislator may attend any study committee meeting or any hearing held by a study committee. All study committee meetings shall be open to the public.

[C62, 66, §2.58; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.63]
Iowa Code § 562A.29A — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562A / Section 562A.29A
Method of service of notice on tenant.
Status: in_force

(1) A written notice of termination required under section 562A.27, subsection 1, 2, or 5, a notice of termination and notice to quit required under section 562A.27A, a landlord’s written notice of termination to the tenant required under section 562A.34, subsection 1, 2, or 3, or a notice to quit required by section 648.3, shall be served upon the tenant by one or more of the following methods:

(1) (a) Delivery evidenced by an acknowledgment of delivery that is signed and dated by a resident of the dwelling unit who is at least eighteen years of age. Delivery under this paragraph shall be deemed to provide notice to all tenants of the dwelling unit.

(1) (b) Personal service pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules, for the personal service of original notice.

(1) (c) Posting on the primary entrance door of the dwelling unit and mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the dwelling unit or to the tenant’s last known address, if different from the address of the dwelling unit. A notice posted according to this paragraph shall be posted within the applicable time period for serving notice and shall include the date the notice was posted.

(2) Notice served by mail under this section is deemed completed four days after the notice is deposited in the mail and postmarked for delivery, whether or not the recipient signs a receipt for the notice.

92 Acts, ch 1211, §2; 96 Acts, ch 1203, §3; 99 Acts, ch 155, §7, 14; 2010 Acts, ch 1017, §3, 11; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §63, 80; 2013 Acts, ch 97, §7
Iowa Code § 508C.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508C / Section 508C.4
Construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose as provided under section 508C.2.

87 Acts, ch 223, §4
Iowa Code § 177A.11 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 177A / Section 177A.11
Quarantine — general powers.
Status: in_force

Whenever the state entomologist shall find that there exists outside of this state any insect pest or disease, and that its introduction into this state should be prevented in order to safeguard plants and plant products in this state, the state entomologist is authorized to quarantine and promulgate quarantine restrictions covering areas within the states affected by the pest and may adopt, issue, and enforce rules supplemental to such quarantines for the control of the pest. Under such quarantines, the state entomologist or the state entomologist’s authorized agents may prohibit and prevent the movement within the state without inspection, or the shipment or transportation within the state, of any agricultural or horticultural product, or any other material of any character whatsoever, capable of carrying any dangerously injurious insect pest or disease in any living state of its development; and, in the enforcement of such quarantine, may intercept, stop, and detain for official inspection any person, car, vessel, boat, truck, automobile, aircraft, wagon, vehicles or carriers or any container, material, or substance believed or known to be carrying the insect pest or plant disease in any living state of its development in violation of said quarantines or of the rules issued supplemental thereto, and may seize, possess, and destroy any agricultural or horticultural product or other material of any character whatsoever, moved, shipped, or transported in violation of such quarantines or the rules.

[S13, §2575-a48; C24, §4049; C27, 31, 35, §4062-b11; C39, §4062.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.11; C75, 77, 79, 81, §177A.11]
Iowa Code § 148F.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148F / Section 148F.7
Limitation on provision of care and services.
Status: in_force

A licensed orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist may provide care or services only if the care or services are provided pursuant to an order from a licensed physician, a licensed podiatric physician, an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 152 or 152E, or a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C.

2012 Acts, ch 1101, §19; 2013 Acts, ch 32, §6; 2023 Acts, ch 73, §17
Iowa Code § 657A.6A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 657A / Section 657A.6A
Receiver prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 657A.10, it shall be unlawful, and a receiver may be held liable for actual damages as determined by a court, for entering a residential property that is not abandoned for the purpose of forcing, intimidating, harassing, or coercing a lawful occupant of the property to vacate in order to render the property vacant and abandoned, and it shall be unlawful to otherwise force, intimidate, harass, or coerce a lawful occupant of a residential property to vacate so the property may be deemed vacant and abandoned. A receiver who peacefully enters a property for the purpose of rendering the property vacant and abandoned shall be immune from liability if the receiver makes a good-faith effort to comply with this chapter and all terms of any applicable mortgage, lease, or other agreement related to the occupancy of the building.

2019 Acts, ch 105, §10
Iowa Code § 327G.61 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.61
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Department” means the state department of transportation.

(2) “Spur track” means a railroad track located wholly within the state connected to a main or branch line of a railroad and used to originate or terminate traffic at one or more industries or a railroad track not subject to the jurisdiction of the surface transportation board. A spur track shall not include a railroad line used to provide line-haul or intercity transportation.

[C75, §481.9; C77, 79, 81, §327G.61; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1963; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §65; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 166B.6 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 166B / Section 166B.6
Rules.
Status: in_force

The department of agriculture and land stewardship may make, promulgate, amend, repeal, and enforce necessary rules for implementing this chapter.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §166B.6]
Iowa Code § 423.34 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.34
Liability of user.
Status: in_force

Any person who uses any tangible personal property, specified digital products, or services enumerated in section 423.2 upon which the use tax has not been paid, either to the county treasurer or to a retailer or direct to the department as required by this subchapter, shall be liable for the payment of tax, and shall on or before the last day of the month next succeeding each monthly period pay the use tax upon all tangible personal property, specified digital products, or services used by the person during the preceding monthly period in the manner and accompanied by such returns as the director shall prescribe. All of the provisions of sections 423.31 and 423.33 with reference to the returns and payments shall be applicable to the returns and payments required by this section.

2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §127, 205; 2018 Acts, ch 1161, §215, 229; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §126; 2022 Acts, ch 1138, §17
Iowa Code § 515J.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515J / Section 515J.7
Notice to commissioner.
Status: in_force

At least thirty calendar days prior to writing primary residential flood insurance in this state, an authorized insurer shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) Notify the commissioner of the insurer’s intent to sell primary residential flood insurance.

(2) File a plan of operation and financial projections, or material revisions to a plan of operation and financial projections, with the commissioner.

2021 Acts, ch 73, §7
Iowa Code § 252D.16 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252D / Section 252D.16
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Child support services” means the same as child support services created in section 252B.2.

(2) “Department” means the department of health and human services.

(3) “Income” means all of the following:

(3) (a) Any periodic form of payment due an individual, regardless of source, including but not limited to wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers’ compensation, disability payments, payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program, and interest.

(3) (b) A sole payment or lump sum as provided in section 252D.18C, including but not limited to payment from an estate including inheritance, or payment for personal injury or property damage.

(3) (c) Irregular income as defined in section 252D.18B.

(4) “Payor of income” or “payor” means and includes but is not limited to an obligor’s employer, trustee, the state of Iowa and all governmental subdivisions and agencies, and any other person from whom an obligor receives income.

(5) “Support” or “support payments” means any amount which the court or administrative agency may require a person to pay for the benefit of a child under a temporary order or a final judgment or decree entered under chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B, or any other comparable chapter, and may include child support, maintenance, medical support as defined in chapter 252E, spousal support, and any other term used to describe these obligations. These obligations may include support for a child of any age who is dependent on the parties to the dissolution proceedings because of physical or mental disability. The obligations may include support for a child eighteen or more years of age with respect to whom a child support order has been issued pursuant to the laws of another state or foreign country. These obligations shall not include amounts for a postsecondary education subsidy as defined in section 598.1.

97 Acts, ch 175, §60; 2005 Acts, ch 112, §10; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §93; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §882; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §36; 2023 Acts, ch 119, §23; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §51
Iowa Code § 455B.480 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.480
Short title.
Status: in_force

This part may be cited as the “Waste Management Assistance Act”.

87 Acts, ch 180, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2001 Acts, ch 7, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §46
Iowa Code § 252I.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252I / Section 252I.3
Initial notice to obligor.
Status: in_force

Child support services or the district court may include language in any new or modified support order issued on or after July 1, 1994, notifying the obligor that the obligor is subject to the provisions of this chapter. However, this chapter is sufficient notice for implementation of administrative levy provisions without further notice of the provisions of this chapter.

94 Acts, ch 1101, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 112, §122023 Acts, ch 19, §952
Iowa Code § 490.1408 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1408
Court proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) A dissolved corporation that has published a notice under section 490.1407 may file an application with the district court of the county where the dissolved corporation’s principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that are contingent or have not been made known to the dissolved corporation or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution but that, based on the facts known to the dissolved corporation, are reasonably estimated to arise after the effective date of dissolution. Provision need not be made for any claim that is or is reasonably anticipated to be barred under section 490.1407, subsection 3.

(2) Within ten days after the filing of the application, notice of the proceeding shall be given by the dissolved corporation to each claimant holding a contingent claim whose contingent claim is shown on the records of the dissolved corporation.

(3) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent all claimants whose identities are unknown in any proceeding brought under this section. The reasonable fees and expenses of such guardian, including all reasonable expert witness fees, shall be paid by the dissolved corporation.

(4) Provision by the dissolved corporation for security in the amount and the form ordered by the court under subsection 1, shall satisfy the dissolved corporation’s obligations with respect to claims that are contingent, have not been made known to the dissolved corporation or are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution, and such claims shall not be enforced against a shareholder who received assets in liquidation.

2002 Acts, ch 1154, §95, 125
Iowa Code § 306B.8 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306B / Section 306B.8
Funds accepted.
Status: in_force

The department may accept any allotment of funds by the United States or any department or agency thereof appropriated under Tit. 23 U.S.C. or amendments thereto to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306B.8]
Iowa Code § 481A.13A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.13A
Conviction required for property confiscation return of property.
Status: in_force

(1) The state shall not confiscate property seized under section 481A.12 or 481A.13 unless the person from whom the property was seized is convicted of the violation for which the property was seized. However, the state shall not return any fish or wildlife that is illegal to possess, including fish or wildlife that was taken, possessed, or transported unlawfully.

(2) If the person from whom the property was seized is not convicted of the violation for which the property was seized, the department, law enforcement agency, or other governmental agency in possession of the seized property shall return the seized property to the person within thirty days of any of the following:

(2) (a) The date the person is found not guilty of the violation.

(2) (b) The date the action involving the violation is dismissed.

(2) (c) The date the statute of limitations expires for the alleged violation for which the property was seized.

(3) For purposes of this section, “convicted” includes a finding of guilt, payment of a scheduled fine, a plea of guilty, deferred judgment, deferred or suspended sentence, adjudication of delinquency, or circumstance where a person is not charged with a criminal offense related to the violation based in whole or in part on the person’s agreement to provide information regarding the criminal activity of another person.

2018 Acts, ch 1150, §4
Iowa Code § 511.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.11
Prohibited loans.
Status: in_force

No insurance company or association organized under the statutes of this state to transact an insurance business, shall invest its capital, surplus funds, or other assets, in or loan the same on property owned by any officer or director of such company or by any of the immediate members of the family of any such officer or director.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8748; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §511.11]
Iowa Code § 502.211 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.211
Section 502.211
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1161, §63, 68.See §502.321B – 502.321I.
Iowa Code § 476.82 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.82
Exemption — energy efficiency.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit a public utility from participating in or conducting energy efficiency projects or programs established or approved by the commission or required by statute. A public utility participating in or conducting energy efficiency projects or programs established or approved by the commission or required by statute shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 476.80 and 476.81 for those energy efficiency projects or programs.

89 Acts, ch 103, §13; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 135O.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135O / Section 135O.4
Public disclosure of findings.
Status: in_force

Following an inspection or investigation of a boarding home under this chapter by the department or a multidisciplinary team, the final findings with respect to compliance by the boarding home shall be made available to the public. Other information relating to a boarding home obtained by the department or a multidisciplinary team which does not constitute the findings from an inspection or investigation of the boarding home shall not be made available to the public except in proceedings involving the denial, suspension, or revocation of a boarding home registration under this chapter. The information made available to the public pursuant to this section shall not include information which is kept confidential under section 22.7.

2009 Acts, ch 136, §6