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Iowa Code § 561.3 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.3
Dwelling and appurtenances.
Status: in_force

It must not embrace more than one dwelling house, or any other buildings except such as are properly appurtenant thereto, but a shop or other building situated thereon, actually used and occupied by the owner in the prosecution of the owner’s ordinary business, and not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, is appurtenant thereto.

[C51, §1253; R60, §2285; C73, §1997; C97, §2978; S13, §2978; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10137; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.3]
Iowa Code § 728.11 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 728 / Section 728.11
Uniform application.
Status: in_force

In order to provide for the uniform application of the provisions of this chapter relating to obscene material applicable to minors within this state, it is intended that the sole and only regulation of obscene material shall be under the provisions of this chapter, and no municipality, county or other governmental unit within this state shall make any law, ordinance or regulation relating to the availability of obscene materials. All such laws, ordinances or regulations shall be or become void, unenforceable and of no effect on January 1, 1978. Nothing in this section shall restrict the zoning authority of cities and counties.

[C75, 77, §725.9; C79, 81, §728.11]
Iowa Code § 137F.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137F / Section 137F.8
Farmers markets.
Status: in_force

A vendor who offers a product for sale at a farmers market shall have the sole responsibility to obtain and maintain any license required to sell or distribute the product.

98 Acts, ch 1162, §13, 30
Iowa Code § 491.26 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.26
Stock of dissenting holders.
Status: in_force

The provisions of section 491.25 shall not apply to any renewal voted before July 4, 1951, but all rights of any corporation described or referred to in the last two paragraphs of section 491.20 to purchase stock of dissenting stockholders or any portion thereof are preserved to said corporation both before and after this section becomes operative.

[S13, §1618; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8366; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.26]
Iowa Code § 641.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 641 / Section 641.1
Indebtedness due the state.
Status: in_force

In all cases in which any person is indebted to the state, or to any officer or agent thereof for the use or benefit of the state, the attorney general shall demand payment or security therefor, when, in the opinion of the attorney general, the debt is not sufficiently secured.

[C73, §3005; C97, §3918; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12152; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §641.1]94 Acts, ch 1173, §40
Iowa Code § 427C.6 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427C / Section 427C.6
Groves.
Status: in_force

The trees of a forest reservation shall be in groves not less than four rods wide except when the trees are growing or are planted in or along a gully or ditch to control erosion in which case any width will qualify provided the area meets the size requirement of two acres.

[S13, §1400-g; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2610; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §161.6]C93, §427C.6
Iowa Code § 528.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 528 / Section 528.5
Disclosure of alternative mortgage loan information to applicants.
Status: in_force

(1) A financial institution that offers or makes an alternative mortgage loan shall include in any disclosure of the rates or availability of mortgage loans, the rates and availability of reverse annuity mortgages or graduated payment mortgage loans, if and when such loans are offered. The administrator may prescribe by rule forms for the required disclosures.

(2) A prospective mortgage loan applicant shall have the choice of applying for a mortgage loan or any type of alternative mortgage loan offered by the financial institution.

89 Acts, ch 267, §5
Iowa Code § 633.222 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.222
Biological child — inherit from father.
Status: in_force

Unless the child has been adopted, a biological child inherits from the child’s biological father if the evidence proving paternity is available during the father’s lifetime, or if the child has been recognized by the father as his child; but the recognition must have been general and notorious, or in writing. Under such circumstances, if the recognition has been mutual, and the child has not been adopted, the father may inherit from his biological child.

[C51, §1416, 1417; R60, §2442, 2443; C73, §2466, 2467; C97, §3385; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12031; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.46; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.222]86 Acts, ch 1086, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1046, §28
Iowa Code § 626.66 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.66
Stay terminated by surety.
Status: in_force

Any surety for the stay of execution may file with the clerk an affidavit, stating that the surety verily believes the surety will be compelled to pay the judgment, interest, and costs thereon unless execution issues immediately, and gives notice thereof in writing to the party for whom the surety is surety; and the clerk shall thereupon issue execution forthwith, unless other sufficient surety be entered before the clerk within five days after such notice is given as in other cases.

[R60, §3301; C73, §3069; C97, §4004; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11714; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.66]
Iowa Code § 490.808 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.808
Removal of directors by shareholders.
Status: in_force

(1) The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles of incorporation provide that directors may be removed only for cause.

(2) If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove that director.

(3) A director may be removed if the number of votes cast to remove exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove the director, except to the extent the articles of incorporation or bylaws require a greater number. However, if cumulative voting is authorized, a director shall not be removed if, in the case of a meeting, the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against removal and, if action is taken by less than unanimous written consent, voting shareholders entitled to the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting do not consent to the removal.

(4) A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director, and the meeting notice must state that removal of the director is a purpose of the meeting.

89 Acts, ch 288, §79; 91 Acts, ch 211, §6; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §94, 230
Iowa Code § 679A.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679A / Section 679A.11
Confirmation of an award.
Status: in_force

Upon application of a party, the district court shall confirm an award, unless within the time limits imposed under sections 679A.12 and 679A.13 grounds are urged for vacating, modifying, or correcting the award, in which case the district court shall proceed as provided in sections 679A.12 and 679A.13.

[81 Acts, ch 202, §11]
Iowa Code § 502A.19 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502A / Section 502A.19
Chapter scope.
Status: in_force

(1) Sections 502A.2, 502A.5, and 502A.6 apply to a person who sells or offers to sell when either of the following occurs:

(1) (a) An offer to sell is made in this state.

(1) (b) An offer to buy is made and accepted in this state.

(2) Sections 502A.2, 502A.5, and 502A.6 apply to a person who buys or offers to buy when either of the following occur:

(2) (a) An offer to buy is made in this state.

(2) (b) An offer to sell is made and accepted in this state.

(3) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell or to buy is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when either of the following occurs:

(3) (a) The offer originates from this state.

(3) (b) The offer is directed by the offeror to this state and received at the place to which it is directed, or at any post office in this state in the case of a mailed offer.

(4) For the purpose of this section, an offer to buy or to sell is accepted in this state when the acceptance satisfies both of the following conditions:

(4) (a) The acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state.

(4) (b) The acceptance has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in writing, outside this state; and acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offeree directs it to the offeror in this state, reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state and it is received at the place to which it is directed, or at any post office in this state in the case of a mailed acceptance.

(5) An offer to sell or to buy is not made in this state when either of the following occurs:

(5) (a) The publisher circulates or there is circulated on the publisher’s behalf in this state any bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular, and paid circulation which is not published in this state, or which is published in this state but has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the past twelve months.

(5) (b) A radio or television program originating outside this state is received in this state.

90 Acts, ch 1169, §18
Iowa Code § 142.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142 / Section 142.4
Surrender to relatives.
Status: in_force

(1) When any dead body which has been delivered under this chapter for scientific purposes is subsequently claimed by any relative, it shall be at once surrendered to such relative for burial without public expense; and all bodies received under this chapter shall be held for a period of thirty days before being used. Unless such person claiming the body for burial pays the costs that have been incurred in the care and transportation of the body within thirty days after claiming it, all rights thereto shall cease and the body may then be used as if no claim had been made.

(2) This section shall not apply to bodies given under authority of the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter 142C.

[C73, §4018; C97, §4946; S13, §4946-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2354; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.4]2003 Acts, ch 108, §36; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §26; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 9A.8 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9A / Section 9A.8
Section 9A.8
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 33, §20.
Iowa Code § 325A.25 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 325A / Section 325A.25
Certificates prior to January 1, 1998.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 59, §238.
Iowa Code § 633B.205 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633B / Section 633B.205
Tangible personal property.
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides and subject to section 633B.201, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to tangible personal property authorizes the agent to do all of the following:

(1) Demand, buy, receive, accept as a gift or as security for an extension of credit, or otherwise acquire or reject ownership or possession of tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property.

(2) Sell; exchange; convey with or without covenants, representations, or warranties; quitclaim; release; surrender; create a security interest in; grant options concerning; lease; sublease; or otherwise dispose of tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property.

(3) Grant a security interest in tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property as security to borrow money or pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal or a debt guaranteed by the principal.

(4) Release, assign, satisfy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise, a security interest, lien, or other claim on behalf of the principal, with respect to tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property.

(5) Manage or conserve tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property on behalf of the principal, including but not limited to by doing all of the following:

(5) (a) Insuring against liability or casualty or other loss.

(5) (b) Obtaining or regaining possession of or protecting the property or interest, by litigation or otherwise.

(5) (c) Paying, assessing, compromising, or contesting taxes or assessments or applying for and receiving refunds in connection with taxes or assessments.

(5) (d) Moving the property from place to place.

(5) (e) Storing the property for hire or on a gratuitous bailment.

(5) (f) Using and making repairs, alterations, or improvements to the property.

(6) Change the form of title of an interest in tangible personal property.

2014 Acts, ch 1078, §30; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §184, 185
Iowa Code § 256.65 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.65
Section 256.65
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 158, §40.
Iowa Code § 43.59 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.59
Number of voters certified.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall certify to the state commissioner the total number of people who voted in the primary election in each political party.

93 Acts, ch 143, §6
Iowa Code § 536.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536 / Section 536.15
Limitation on principal amount.
Status: in_force

A licensee shall not directly or indirectly charge, contract for, or receive any interest or consideration greater than the lender would be permitted by law to charge if the lender were not a licensee upon the loan, use, or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action, or upon the loan, use, or sale of credit, of the amount or value of more than the threshold amount. This section also applies to a licensee who permits a person, as borrower or as endorser, guarantor, or surety for a borrower, or otherwise, to owe directly or contingently or both to the licensee at any time the sum of more than the threshold amount for principal. For the purposes of this section, “threshold amount” means the same as defined in section 537.1301.

[C24, 27, 31, §9424; C35, §9438-f15; C39, §9438.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536.15]85 Acts, ch 158, §5; 2014 Acts, ch 1037, §10
Iowa Code § 256.209 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.209
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

(1) There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for the work-study program.

(2) From moneys appropriated in this section, one million five hundred thousand dollars shall be allocated to institutions of higher education under the state board of regents and community colleges and the remaining moneys appropriated in this section shall be allocated by the commission on the basis of need as determined by the portion of the federal formula for distribution of work-study funds that relates to the current need of institutions.

87 Acts, ch 233, §463CS87, §261.8588 Acts, ch 1284, §32; 89 Acts, ch 319, §58; 90 Acts, ch 1272, §58; 91 Acts, ch 260, §909; 91 Acts, ch 267, §219; 92 Acts, ch 1246, §33; 93 Acts, ch 179, §22; 95 Acts, ch 218, §24; 2000 Acts, ch 1223, §29; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2641; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §40C2024, §256.209
Iowa Code § 565.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 565 / Section 565.5
Gifts to state institutions.
Status: in_force

Gifts, devises, or bequests of property, real or personal, made to any state institution for purposes not inconsistent with the objects of such institution, may be accepted by its governing board, and such board may exercise such powers with reference to the management, sale, disposition, investment, or control of property so given, devised, or bequeathed, as may be deemed essential to its preservation and the purposes for which the gift, devise, or bequest was made.

[S13, §2904-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10187; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §565.5]
Iowa Code § 298A.7 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 298A / Section 298A.7
Library levy fund.
Status: in_force

The library levy fund is a special revenue fund. A library levy fund must be established in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized under section 298.7.

94 Acts, ch 1029, §7
Iowa Code § 29B.62 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.62
General court-martial records.
Status: in_force

The convening authority shall refer the record of each general court-martial to the appropriate staff judge advocate of the state force concerned, who shall submit a written opinion thereon to the convening authority. If the final action of the court has resulted in an acquittal of all charges and specifications, the opinion shall be limited to questions of jurisdiction.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.62]2002 Acts, ch 1117, §47, 52
Iowa Code § 29A.75 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.75
Affidavit.
Status: in_force

An affidavit, executed by an attorney in fact or agent, setting forth that the attorney or agent has not or had not, at the time of doing any act pursuant to the power of attorney, received actual knowledge or actual notice of the revocation or termination of the power of attorney, by death or otherwise, or notice of any facts indicating the same, shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusive proof of the nonrevocation or nontermination of the power at such time. If the exercise of the power requires execution and delivery of any instrument which is recordable under the laws of this state, the affidavit, if authenticated for record in the manner prescribed by law, shall likewise be recordable.

[C46, 50, §29.70; C54, 58, 62, §29.93; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.75]2021 Acts, ch 76, §9
Iowa Code § 49A.10 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.10
Action to test legality.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed and agreed to by the general assembly and is agreed to by the succeeding general assembly, any taxpayer may file suit in equity in the district court at the seat of government of the state, challenging the validity, legality, or constitutionality of the amendment. In the suit, the district court shall have jurisdiction to determine the validity, legality, or constitutionality of the amendment and enter its decree accordingly. The court may grant a writ of injunction enjoining the governor and state commissioner of elections from submitting the constitutional amendment to the electorate, if the proposed constitutional amendment is found to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.

(2) An amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa which has been proposed and agreed to by the general assembly and has been agreed to by the succeeding general assembly shall not be determined invalid in any action challenging the validity, legality, or constitutionality of such amendment in the event of an error or omission occurring with one of the publication requirements of section 49A.1 and shall be submitted to the electorate for ratification at the next general or special election as determined by the general assembly.

[C31, 35, §77-d1; C39, §77.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §6.10]C93, §49A.102019 Acts, ch 129, §5, 7; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §34
Iowa Code § 232.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.3
Concurrent court proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) During the pendency of an action under this chapter, a party to the action is estopped from litigating concurrently the custody, guardianship, or placement of a child who is the subject of the action, in a court other than the juvenile court. A district judge, district associate judge, magistrate, or judicial hospitalization referee, upon notice of the pendency of an action under this chapter, shall not issue an order, finding, or decision relating to the custody, guardianship, or placement of the child who is the subject of the action, under any law, including but not limited to chapter 232D, 598, 598B, or 633.

(2) The juvenile court with jurisdiction of the pending action under this chapter, however, may, upon the request of a party to the action or on its own motion, authorize the party to litigate concurrently in another court a specific issue relating to the custody, guardianship, or placement of the child who is the subject of the action. Before authorizing a party to litigate a specific issue in another court, the juvenile court shall give all parties to the action an opportunity to be heard on the proposed authorization. The juvenile court may request but shall not require another court to exercise jurisdiction and adjudicate a specific issue relating to the custody, guardianship, or placement of the child.

83 Acts, ch 21, §2; 83 Acts, ch 186, §10056, 10201; 99 Acts, ch 103, §42; 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §15
Iowa Code § 264.2 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 264 / Section 264.2
Central depository.
Status: in_force

The office of the registrar of the state university is hereby designated the central depository for the scholastic records of those educational institutions in this state which may hereafter cease to exist.

[C35, §3953-e2; C39, §3953.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §264.2]
Iowa Code § 521B.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521B / Section 521B.4
Qualified United States financial institutions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 39, §7, 8, 11.
Iowa Code § 13.32 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13 / Section 13.32
Victim assistance grant programs annual report.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The department of justice shall compile an annual report relating to the victim assistance grant programs administered under section 13.31, subsections 1, 3, 4, and 6, which shall include all of the following:

(1) (a) A mission statement and table of organization of the department of justice relating to the victim assistance grant programs, a program summary, and statistics, including but not limited to sources and uses of funds and the numbers of victims served.

(1) (a) An itemization of out-of-state travel expenses incurred by an employee of the department of justice and an itemization of travel expenses paid to a contractor.

(1) (a) An itemization of overtime paid to an employee of the department or a contractor.

(1) (a) An itemization of any bonuses paid to an employee of the department or a contractor.

(1) (a) A summary of expenditures reimbursed through the programs, including but not limited to compensation paid to nonprofit organizations for travel and training expenses, utilities, payroll, benefits, equipment repairs and maintenance, rent, communications, advertising, supplies, insurance, and other direct expenses.

(1) (b) The report shall be provided to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, the governor, and the legislative services agency by January 15, 2015, and each January 15 thereafter.

(2) The department of justice shall adopt rules to administer claims for victim assistance grants described in subsection 1. The rules shall standardize the claim forms for contractors, including designating a place on the form for an itemization of services provided, mileage incurred, and expenses incurred. The rules shall further specify that the department of justice shall process the claims through the grants enterprise management office.

2014 Acts, ch 1138, §18, 23; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §7
Iowa Code § 135C.43A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.43A
Reduction of penalty amount.
Status: in_force

If a facility has been assessed a penalty, does not request a formal hearing pursuant to section 135C.41, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, or withdraws its request for a formal hearing within thirty days of the date that the penalty was assessed, and the penalty is paid within thirty days of the receipt of notice or service, the amount of the penalty shall be reduced by thirty-five percent. The citation which includes the civil penalty shall include a statement to this effect.

2009 Acts, ch 156, §9; 2015 Acts, ch 80, §6