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Iowa Code § 538A.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 538A / Section 538A.4
Bond — surety account.
Status: in_force

(1) This section applies to a credit services organization required by section 538A.3, subsection 1, to obtain a surety bond or establish a surety account.

(2) If a bond is obtained, a copy of it shall be filed with the secretary of state. If a surety account is established, notification of the depository, the trustee, and the account number shall be filed with the secretary of state.

(3) If a bond is obtained, the bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, and the bond shall be continuous in nature until canceled by the surety with not less than thirty days’ written notice to both the credit services organization and to the secretary of state. The notice shall indicate the surety’s intent to cancel the bond effective on a date at least thirty days after the date of the notice.

(4) The bond or surety account required must be in favor of the state for the benefit of any person who is damaged by a violation of this chapter.

(5) A person claiming against the bond or surety account for a violation of this chapter may maintain an action at law against the credit services organization and against the surety or trustee. The surety or trustee is liable only for damages awarded under section 538A.9, subsection 1, and not the punitive damages permitted under that section. The aggregate liability of the surety or trustee to all persons damaged by a credit services organization’s violation of this chapter shall not exceed the amount of the surety account or bond.

(6) The bond or the surety account shall be in an amount of at least ten thousand dollars.

(7) A depository holding money in a surety account under this chapter shall not convey money in the account to the credit services organization that established the account or a representative of the credit services organization unless the credit services organization or representative presents a statement issued by the secretary of state indicating that section 538A.5, subsection 6, has been satisfied in relation to the account. The secretary of state may conduct investigations and require submission of information as necessary to enforce this subsection.

89 Acts, ch 183, §4CS89, §533C.4C93, §538A.4
Iowa Code § 501.811 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.811
Grounds for administrative dissolution.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under section 501.812 to administratively dissolve a cooperative if any of the following apply:

(1) The cooperative has not delivered a biennial report to the secretary of state in a form that meets the requirements of section 501.713, within sixty days after it is due, or has not paid the filing fee as determined by the secretary of state, within sixty days after it is due.

(2) The cooperative is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for sixty days or more.

(3) The cooperative does not notify the secretary of state within sixty days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued.

(4) The cooperative’s period of duration stated in its articles of association expires.

98 Acts, ch 1152, §59, 69; 2000 Acts, ch 1022, §16
Iowa Code § 70A.18 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.18
Compensation based on comparable worth.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that a state department, board, commission, or agency shall not discriminate in compensation for work of comparable worth between jobs held predominantly by women and jobs held predominantly by men. “Comparable worth” means the value of work as measured by the composite of the skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions normally required in the performance of work.

83 Acts, ch 170, §1 – 4CS83, §79.18C93, §70A.18
Iowa Code § 123.162 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.162
Limitation.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 17, §16.
Iowa Code § 260C.45 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.45
Quality instructional centers.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §56.
Iowa Code § 15E.116 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.116
Iowa wine, beer, and spirits promotion board.
Status: in_force

An Iowa wine, beer, and spirits promotion board is created. The board consists of four members appointed by the director of the authority. Each member shall serve a term of two years on the board. One member shall represent the authority, one member shall represent Iowa wine makers, one member shall represent Iowa beer makers, and one member shall represent Iowa distilleries. The board shall advise the authority on the best means to promote wine, beer, and spirits made in Iowa.

86 Acts, ch 1246, §719C87, §28.116C93, §15E.1162011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2023 Acts, ch 116, §18
Iowa Code § 543D.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543D / Section 543D.8
Examination requirement.
Status: in_force

An original certification as a certified real estate appraiser shall not be issued to a person who has not demonstrated through an examination that the person possesses the following knowledge and understanding:

(1) Appropriate knowledge of technical terms commonly used in or related to real estate appraising, appraisal report writing, and economic concepts applicable to real estate.

(2) Understanding of the principles of land economics, real estate appraisal processes, and problems likely to be encountered in gathering, interpreting, and processing data in carrying out appraisal assignments.

(3) Knowledge of theories of depreciation, cost estimating, methods of capitalization, and the mathematics of real estate appraisal that are appropriate for each classification of certificate applied for.

(4) Knowledge of other appropriate principles and procedures for the classifications applied for.

(5) Basic understanding of Iowa real estate, property tax, and eminent domain laws.

(6) Understanding of the types of misconduct for which disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against a certified real estate appraiser.

89 Acts, ch 290, §8CS89, §117B.8C93, §543D.82013 Acts, ch 5, §26
Iowa Code § 145A.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 145A / Section 145A.9
Continuance or abandonment.
Status: in_force

If the voters at the special election approve by a majority vote the proposed plan, then the plan may be carried out as originally proposed. However, if the voters of any political subdivision within the proposed area reject the plan as set out in the original order, then said original order shall be wholly nullified.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §145A.9]
Iowa Code § 622A.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622A / Section 622A.6
Qualifications, neutrality, and integrity.
Status: in_force

Any court or administrative agency may inquire into the qualifications, neutrality, and integrity of any interpreter or translator, and may disqualify any person from serving as an interpreter or translator.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622A.6]2021 Acts, ch 77, §9
Iowa Code § 468.522 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.522
Change of date and time.
Status: in_force

The date on which the annual election shall be held and the polling hours may be changed by the choice of a majority of electors of the district expressed by ballot at any annual election, and the return of the vote shall be certified in the same manner as the returns for election of trustees. The polling hours may vary from the requirements of section 468.516, but the polls shall be open for at least three consecutive hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the election day.

[S13, §1989-a52e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7696; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.23]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.52291 Acts, ch 54, §2
Iowa Code § 218.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.2
Powers of governor report of abuses.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing contained in section 218.1 shall limit the general supervisory or examining powers vested in the governor by the laws or Constitution of the State of Iowa, or legally vested by the governor in any committee appointed by the governor.

(2) The superintendent to whom primary responsibility for a particular institution has been assigned shall make reports to the director as requested by the director and the director shall report, in writing, to the governor any abuses found to exist in any of the institutions.

[S13, §2727-a9, -a18; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3288, 3289; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §218.2, 218.3; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.2]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §67; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §28; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §356
Iowa Code § 123.178A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.178A
Authority under class “B” native wine permit.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1099, §5, 6.
Iowa Code § 822.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 822 / Section 822.5
Payment of costs.
Status: in_force

If the applicant is unable to pay court costs and stenographic and printing expenses, these costs and expenses shall be made available to the applicant in the trial court, and on review. Unless the applicant is confined in a state institution and is seeking relief under section 822.2, subsection 1, paragraphs “e” and “f”, the costs and expenses of legal representation shall also be made available to the applicant in the preparation of the application, in the trial court, and on review if the applicant is unable to pay. However, nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require payment of expenses of legal representation, including stenographic, printing, or other legal services or consultation, when the applicant is self-represented or is utilizing the services of an inmate.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663A.5; 82 Acts, ch 1108, §1]91 Acts, ch 219, §18C93, §822.598 Acts, ch 1016, §1, 3; 98 Acts, ch 1132, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §164
Iowa Code § 8.56 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.56
Cash reserve fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A cash reserve fund is created in the state treasury. The cash reserve fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state. The moneys in the cash reserve fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the cash reserve fund shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57. Moneys in the cash reserve fund may be used for cash flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the cash reserve fund by the end of that fiscal year.

(2) The maximum balance of the cash reserve fund is the amount equal to the cash reserve goal percentage, as defined in section 8.57, multiplied by the adjusted revenue estimate for the general fund of the state for the current fiscal year.

(3) The moneys in the cash reserve fund shall only be used pursuant to an appropriation made by the general assembly. An appropriation shall be made in accordance with subsection 4 only for the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made. The moneys shall only be appropriated by the general assembly for nonrecurring emergency expenditures and shall not be appropriated for payment of any collective bargaining agreement or arbitrator’s decision negotiated or awarded under chapter 20.

(4) (a) Except as provided in subsection 1, an appropriation shall not be made from the cash reserve fund unless the appropriation is in accordance with all of the following:

(4) (a) The appropriation is contained in a bill or joint resolution in which the appropriation is the only subject matter of the bill or joint resolution.

(4) (a) The bill or joint resolution states the reasons the appropriation is necessary.

(4) (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph “a”, an appropriation shall not be made from the cash reserve fund which would cause the fund’s balance to be less than three and three-fourths percent of the adjusted revenue estimate for the year for which the appropriation is made unless the bill or joint resolution is approved by vote of at least three-fifths of the members of both chambers of the general assembly and is signed by the governor.

92 Acts, ch 1227, §6; 94 Acts, ch 1181, §9; 95 Acts, ch 214, §14; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 6, §29 – 31; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1001, §27, 33; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §402024 Acts, ch 1185, §22
Iowa Code § 100.35 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100 / Section 100.35
Fire control rules of director penalties.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §10A.523; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1711.
Iowa Code § 459.312A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459 / Section 459.312A
Election to be a small animal feeding operation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person otherwise required to submit an updated manure management plan as required in section 459.312 and pay an annual compliance fee as required in section 459.400 may make a small animal feeding operation election as provided in this section.

(2) Upon the effective date of the election, the confinement feeding operation covered by the updated manure management plan shall be considered a small animal feeding operation only for purposes of submitting the updated manure management plan and paying the annual compliance fee, during the period of the election.

(3) A person is eligible to make an election only if all of the following apply:

(3) (a) The confinement feeding operation has a capacity of five hundred or fewer animal units which shall be calculated by determining all of the following:

(3) (a) The number of animal units housed at the confinement feeding operation at any one time during the period of election.

(3) (a) The animal unit capacity of each confinement feeding operation building that is used to store manure during the period of the election. However, this subparagraph (2) does not apply if a confinement feeding operation building stores manure pursuant to a temporary approval issued by the department. The department shall not issue a temporary approval unless the manure is stored on an emergency basis for a limited period. The department shall establish terms and conditions for a temporary approval. The department may issue one or more extensions to a temporary approval if necessary.

(3) (b) The department is notified of the election in a manner required by the department. The department may require that a person submit a notice of election as part of an updated manure management plan form or as a separate document.

(4) The department shall provide for the period of election, including its effective and expiration dates. However, the period of election shall be at least for the same period covered by the updated manure management plan. An election automatically terminates when more than five hundred animal units are housed at the confinement feeding operation at any one time.

(5) This section does not affect any of the following:

(5) (a) A condition associated with a construction permit as provided in this subchapter, including but not limited to a master matrix as provided in section 459.305.

(5) (b) A requirement unrelated to filing an updated manure management plan or paying an annual compliance fee, including but not limited to the filing of a construction design statement as provided in section 459.306, the application of manure as provided in section 459.313A, or the certification of a person as a confinement site manure applicator as provided in section 459.315.

2013 Acts, ch 106, §2
Iowa Code § 731.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 731 / Section 731.2
Refusal to employ prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to refuse or deny employment to any person because of membership in, or affiliation with, or resignation or withdrawal from, a labor union, organization or association, or because of refusal to join or affiliate with a labor union, organization or association.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §736A.2; C79, 81, §731.2]
Iowa Code § 809.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 809 / Section 809.4
Hearing — appeal.
Status: in_force

An application for the return of seized property shall be set for hearing not less than five nor more than thirty days after the filing of the application and shall be tried to the court. All claims to the same property shall be heard in one proceeding unless it is shown that the proceeding would result in prejudice to one or more of the parties. If the total value of the property sought to be returned is less than five thousand dollars, the proceeding may be conducted by a magistrate or a district associate judge with appeal to be as in the case of small claims. In all other cases, the hearing shall be conducted by a district judge, with appeal as provided in section 809.12A.

86 Acts, ch 1140, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1133, §48
Iowa Code § 597.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 597 / Section 597.6
Mental illness — conveyance of property.
Status: in_force

Where either the husband or wife is mentally ill and incapable of executing a deed or mortgage relinquishing, conveying, or encumbering the husband’s or wife’s right to the real property of the other, including the homestead, the other may petition the district court of the county of that spouse’s residence or the county where the real estate to be conveyed or encumbered is situated, setting forth the facts and praying for an order authorizing the applicant or some other person to execute a deed or mortgage and relinquish or encumber the interest of the person with mental illness in said real estate.

[R60, §1500; C73, §2216; C97, §3167; S13, §3167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10451; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §597.6]96 Acts, ch 1129, §113
Iowa Code § 639.32 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.32
Notice to party in possession.
Status: in_force

A like notice shall be given to the party in possession of the property attached.

[C51, §1860; R60, §3194; C73, §2967; C97, §3900; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12108; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.32]
Iowa Code § 154B.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 154B / Section 154B.12
Prescribing practices.
Status: in_force

(1) A prescribing psychologist or a psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate may administer and prescribe psychotropic medication within the scope of the psychologist’s profession, including the ordering and review of laboratory tests in conjunction with the prescription, for the treatment of mental disorders. Such prescribing practices shall be governed by joint rules adopted by the board of behavioral health professionals and the board of medicine.

(2) When prescribing psychotropic medication for a patient, the prescribing psychologist or the psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate shall maintain an ongoing collaborative relationship with the primary care provider as defined in section 280A.1 who oversees the patient’s general medical care to ensure that necessary medical examinations are conducted, the psychotropic medication is appropriate for the patient’s medical condition, and significant changes in the patient’s medical or psychological condition are discussed.

(3) A prescription written by a prescribing psychologist or a psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate shall meet all of the following requirements:

(3) (a) Comply with applicable state and federal laws.

(3) (b) Be identified as issued by the psychologist as “psychologist certified to prescribe”.

(3) (c) Include the psychologist’s board-assigned identification number.

(4) A prescribing psychologist or a psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate shall not delegate prescriptive authority to any other person. Records of all prescriptions shall be maintained in patient records.

(5) When authorized to prescribe controlled substances, a prescribing psychologist or a psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate shall file with the board in a timely manner all individual federal drug enforcement agency registration and numbers. The board shall maintain current records on every psychologist, including federal registration and numbers.

2016 Acts, ch 1112, §10; 2023 Acts, ch 33, §3; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §501
Iowa Code § 490.123 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.123
Effective date of filed document.
Status: in_force

(1) Except to the extent otherwise provided in section 490.124, subsection 3, and part 5, a document accepted for filing is effective as follows:

(1) (a) On the date and at the time of filing, as provided in section 490.125, subsection 2.

(1) (b) On the date of filing and at the time specified in the document as its effective time, if later than the time under paragraph “a”.

(1) (c) At a specified delayed effective date and time which shall not be more than ninety days after filing.

(1) (d) If a delayed effective date is specified, but no time is specified, at 12:01 a.m. on the date specified, which shall not be more than ninety days after the date of filing.

(2) If a filed document does not specify the time zone or place at which a date or time or both is to be determined, the date or time or both at which it becomes effective shall be those prevailing at the place of filing in this state.

89 Acts, ch 288, §6; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §3, 125; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §5, 230
Iowa Code § 479A.12 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479A / Section 479A.12
Section 479A.12
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 32, §3.
Iowa Code § 215A.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215A / Section 215A.4
Officer assigned to act.
Status: in_force

The department may at its discretion designate an employee or officer of the department to act for the department in any details connected with the administration of this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §215A.4]
Iowa Code § 39.24 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 39 / Section 39.24
School officers.
Status: in_force

Members of boards of directors of community and independent school districts, and boards of directors of merged areas shall be elected at the school election. Their terms of office shall be four years, except as otherwise provided by section 260C.11, 260C.13, 275.23A, 275.37, or 275.37A.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §39.24]83 Acts, ch 77, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §1, 21
Iowa Code § 142C.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142C / Section 142C.12
Service but not a sale.
Status: in_force

The procurement, removal, preservation, processing, storage, distribution, or use of parts for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting any of the parts into the human body is, for all purposes, the rendition of a service by every person participating in the act, and whether or not any remuneration is paid, is not a sale of the part for any purposes. However, any person that renders such service warrants only under this section that due care has been exercised and that acceptable professional standards of care in providing such service according to the state of the medical arts have been followed. Strict liability, in tort, shall not be applicable to the rendition of such services.

95 Acts, ch 39, §12
Iowa Code § 663.37 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 663 / Section 663.37
Discharge.
Status: in_force

If no sufficient legal cause of confinement is shown, the plaintiff must be discharged.

[C51, §2247; R60, §3835; C73, §3484; C97, §4452; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12504; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.37]