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Iowa Code § 123.145 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.145
Labels on bottles, barrels, etc. conclusive evidence.
Status: in_force

The label on any bottle, keg, barrel, or other container in which beer is offered for sale in this state, representing the alcoholic content of such beer as being in excess of five percent by weight shall be conclusive evidence as to the alcoholic content of the beer contained therein.

[C35, §1921-f128; C39, §1921.133; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §124.38; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.145]2013 Acts, ch 30, §24
Iowa Code § 544B.19 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 544B / Section 544B.19
Injunction.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other remedies, and on the petition of the board or any person, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter may be restrained and permanently enjoined from committing or continuing the violations.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §118A.19]C93, §544B.1998 Acts, ch 1119, §10; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §312
Iowa Code § 2.36 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.36
Section 2.36
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §53, 58.
Iowa Code § 504.708 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.708
Action by written ballot.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless prohibited or limited by the articles or bylaws, any action which may be taken at any annual, regular, or special meeting of members may be taken without a meeting if the corporation delivers a written ballot to every member entitled to vote on the matter.

(2) A written ballot shall do both of the following:

(2) (a) Set forth each proposed action.

(2) (b) Provide an opportunity to vote for or against each proposed action.

(3) Approval by written ballot pursuant to this section shall be valid only when the number of votes cast by ballot equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action, and the number of approvals equals or exceeds the number of votes that would be required to approve the matter at a meeting at which the total number of votes cast was the same as the number of votes cast by ballot.

(4) All solicitations for votes by written ballot shall do all of the following:

(4) (a) Indicate the number of responses needed to meet the quorum requirements.

(4) (b) State the percentage of approvals necessary to approve each matter other than election of directors.

(4) (c) Specify the time by which a ballot must be received by the corporation in order to be counted.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, a written ballot shall not be revoked.

(6) Unless prohibited by the articles or bylaws, a written ballot may be delivered and a vote may be cast on that ballot by electronic transmission. An electronic transmission of a written ballot shall contain or be accompanied by information indicating that a member, a member’s agent, or a member’s attorney authorized the electronic transmission of the ballot.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §62, 192
Iowa Code § 554.13307 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13307
Priority of liens arising by attachment or levy on, security interests in, and other claims to goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 554.13306, a creditor of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and in sections 554.13306 and 554.13308, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods before the lease contract became enforceable.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in sections 554.9317, 554.9321, and 554.9323, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest held by a creditor of the lessor.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §41; 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §158, 187
Iowa Code § 384.94 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.94
Prior projects preserved.
Status: reserved

Projects and proceedings for the issuance of revenue bonds, pledge orders, and other temporary obligations commenced before the effective date of the city code may be consummated and completed as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by 1972 Iowa Acts, ch. 1088, as though such repeal or amendment had not occurred, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such projects and proceedings remain valid and enforceable. Without limiting the foregoing, projects commenced prior to said effective date may be financed by the issuance of revenue bonds, pledge orders, and other temporary obligations under any such amended or repealed law or by the issuance of revenue bonds and pledge orders under the city code. For purposes of this section, commencement of a project includes but is not limited to action taken by the governing body or authorized officer to fix a date for either a hearing or an election in connection with any part of the project, and commencement of proceedings for the issuance of revenue bonds, pledge orders, and other temporary obligations includes but is not limited to action taken by the governing body to fix a date for either a hearing or a sale in connection with any part of such revenue bonds, pledge orders, or other temporary obligations or to order any part thereof to be issued.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.94]2007 Acts, ch 22, §73
Iowa Code § 230.33 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 230 / Section 230.33
Reciprocal agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may enter into agreements with other states, through their duly constituted authorities, to effect the reciprocal return of persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability to the contracting states, and to effect the reciprocal supervision of persons on convalescent leave.

(2) However, in the case of a proposed transfer of a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability from this state, final action shall not be taken without the approval of the district court of the county of admission or commitment.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §230.33]96 Acts, ch 1129, §61; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §82; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §55; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §18; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §568
Iowa Code § 66.26 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 66 / Section 66.26
Appointive state officers.
Status: in_force

Any appointive state officer may also be removed from office by a majority vote of the executive council for any of the following causes:

(1) Habitual or willful neglect of duty.

(2) Any disability preventing a proper discharge of the duties of the office.

(3) Gross partiality.

(4) Oppression.

(5) Extortion.

(6) Corruption.

(7) Willful misconduct or maladministration in office.

(8) Conviction of felony.

(9) A failure to produce and fully account for all public funds and property in the officer’s hands at any inspection or settlement.

(10) Becoming ineligible to hold the office.

[S13, §1258-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1114; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §66.26]
Iowa Code § 633.317 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.317
Where will is filed after letters of administration have been granted.
Status: in_force

If, after letters of administration have been granted, a will of the decedent is admitted to probate, such letters of administration are thereby revoked, and the person to whom such letters were issued shall promptly file a final report and make an accounting to the court.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.317]
Iowa Code § 637.410 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 637 / Section 637.410
Principal receipts.
Status: in_force

The following items must be allocated to principal:

(1) To the extent not allocated to income under this chapter, assets received from any of the following sources:

(1) (a) A transferor during the transferor’s lifetime.

(1) (b) A decedent’s estate.

(1) (c) A trust with a terminating income interest.

(1) (d) A payor pursuant to a contract naming the trust or its trustee as beneficiary.

(2) Cash or other property received from the sale, exchange, liquidation, or change in form of a principal asset, including realized profit, subject to this subchapter.

(3) Amounts recovered from third parties to reimburse the trust because of disbursements described in section 637.502, subsection 1, paragraph “g”, or for other reasons to the extent not based on the loss of income.

(4) Proceeds of property taken by eminent domain, but a separate award made for the loss of income with respect to an accounting period during which a current income beneficiary had a mandatory income interest is income.

(5) Net income received in a period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may or must distribute income.

(6) Other receipts, as provided in part 3.

99 Acts, ch 124, §12
Iowa Code § 523A.804 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523A / Section 523A.804
Mediation.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may order a seller to participate in mediation in any dispute regarding a purchase agreement. Mediation performed under this section shall be conducted by a mediator appointed by the commissioner and shall comply with the provisions of chapter 679C.

(2) Mediation of these disputes shall include attendance at a mediation session with the mediator and the parties to the dispute, listening to the mediator’s explanation of the mediation process, presentation of one party’s view of the dispute, and listening to the response of the other party. Participation in mediation does not require that the parties reach a mediation agreement.

(3) Parties to the mediation shall have the right to advice and presence of counsel at all times. The parties to the mediation shall present any mediation agreement reached through the mediation to the commissioner. If a mediation agreement is not reached, the mediator shall file a report with the commissioner. The costs of the mediation shall be approved by the commissioner and shall be borne by the insurance division’s regulatory fund.

2001 Acts, ch 118, §44; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §72
Iowa Code § 522F.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522F / Section 522F.6
Appraisers payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Each party to an appraisal shall be responsible for the following:

(1) (a) The party’s own appraiser’s fees and expenses.

(1) (b) An equal share of all reasonable and necessary fees and expenses incurred by an umpire, if necessary.

(1) (c) An equal share of all reasonable and necessary costs incurred in the course of conducting the appraisal.

(2) An appraiser shall not charge any party on a basis dependent on the outcome of the written itemized award, or charge in a manner that relies on a barter arrangement, gift, favor, or in-kind exchange.

(3) An appraiser shall not charge, and is not entitled to, a fee, compensation, deposit, or other type of consideration if the appraiser abandons the appraisal prior to the umpire issuing a written itemized award.

2025 Acts, ch 28, §61
Iowa Code § 802.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 802 / Section 802.1
Murder.
Status: in_force

A prosecution for murder in the first or second degree may be commenced at any time after the death of the victim.

[C51, §2811; R60, §4513; C73, §4165; C97, §5163; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13442; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §752.1; C79, 81, §802.1]
Iowa Code § 238.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 238 / Section 238.4
Granting of license conditional.
Status: in_force

A license shall not be issued under this chapter unless the applicant shows that the applicant and the applicant’s agents are properly equipped by training and experience to find and select suitable temporary or permanent homes for children and to supervise the homes in which the children are placed to safeguard the health, morality, and general well-being of the children.

[C27, 31, 35, §3661-a61; C39, §3661.075; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.4]2023 Acts, ch 19, §760
Iowa Code § 468.156 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.156
Compensation of appraisers.
Status: in_force

Persons appointed to appraise and award damages and make classification of lands and assess benefits, other than the engineer, shall receive such compensation as the board may fix and in addition thereto, the necessary expense of transportation of said persons while engaged upon their work. They shall file with the auditor an itemized, verified account of the amount of time employed upon said work and their expenses.

[S13, §1989-a41; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7586; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.167]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.156
Iowa Code § 373.3 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 373 / Section 373.3
Organization and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the commission, the city clerk of the participating city with the largest population shall give written notice of the date, time, and location of the first meeting of the commission. At the first meeting the commission shall organize by electing a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers as necessary. The commission shall adopt rules governing the conduct of its meetings, subject to chapter 21.

(2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but they are entitled to travel and other necessary expenses relating to their duties of office.

(3) The participating cities shall make available to the commission in-kind services such as office space, printing, supplies, and equipment and shall pay the other necessary expenses of the commission, including compensation for secretarial, clerical, professional, and consultant services. The total annual expenses, not including the value of in-kind expenses, to be paid from public funds shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars or an amount equal to thirty cents times the population of the commission area, according to the most recent certified federal census. The commission may employ staff as necessary.

(4) The expenses of the commission may be paid from the general fund of the participating cities or from any combination of public or private funds available for that purpose. The commission’s annual expenses may exceed the amount in subsection 3 only if the excess is paid from private funds. If a proposed charter is submitted to the electorate, private funds donated to the commission may be used to promote passage of the proposed charter.

91 Acts, ch 256, §42
Iowa Code § 61.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 61 / Section 61.1
Contest court.
Status: in_force

The court for the trial of contested state offices, except that of governor and lieutenant governor, shall consist of five district judges, not interested, who shall be selected by the chief justice of the supreme court.

[C51, §369; R60, §599; C73, §719; C97, §1224; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1006; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §61.1]2025 Acts, ch 122, §20
Iowa Code § 557.25 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 557 / Section 557.25
Transfer of farm.
Status: in_force

When any owner of a farm, the name of which has been recorded as hereinbefore provided, transfers by deed or otherwise the whole of such farm, such transfer may include the registered name thereof; but if the owner shall transfer only a portion of such farm, then in that event, the registered name thereof shall not be transferred to the purchaser unless so stated in the deed of conveyance.

[S13, §2924-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10064; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.25]
Iowa Code § 9I.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9I / Section 9I.2
Alien rights.
Status: in_force

A nonresident alien, foreign business or foreign government may acquire, by grant, purchase, devise or descent, real property, except agricultural land or any interest in agricultural land in this state, and may own, hold, devise or alienate the real property, and shall incur the same duties and liabilities in relation thereto as a citizen and resident of the United States.

[C97, §1641; S13, §1641; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8403; C46, 50, §491.67; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §491.67, 567.8; C81, §567.2]2002 Acts, ch 1095, §10C2003, §9I.2
Iowa Code § 155.16 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155 / Section 155.16
Public members.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1113, §9; . See §147.21(1).
Iowa Code § 461A.74 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.74
Extension of permit.
Status: in_force

Any municipality or corporation owning a permit granted under this subchapter, which desires to acquire an extension of the permit, may petition the commission in the same manner provided for the granting of the permit and the same proceeding shall be had on the extension petition as on an original application.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.74]C93, §461A.742017 Acts, ch 29, §131
Iowa Code § 43.16 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.16
Filed nomination papers returns and additions not allowed withdrawal.
Status: in_force

(1) After a nomination paper has been filed, it shall not be returned to the person who has filed the paper, nor shall any signature or other information be added to the nomination paper.

(2) (a) A person who has filed nomination petitions with the state commissioner may withdraw as a candidate not later than the seventy-sixth day before the primary election by notifying the state commissioner in writing.

(2) (b) A person who has filed nomination papers with the commissioner may withdraw as a candidate not later than the sixty-ninth day before the primary election by notifying the commissioner in writing.

(3) The name of a candidate who has withdrawn or died on or before the final day to withdraw as a candidate for that office shall be omitted from the certificate furnished by the state commissioner under section 43.22 and omitted from the primary election ballot.

[S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §542; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.16]86 Acts, ch 1224, §1; 89 Acts, ch 136, §7; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §31; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §7, 54
Iowa Code § 554.9627 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9627
Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable.
Status: in_force

(1) The fact that a greater amount could have been obtained by a collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance at a different time or in a different method from that selected by the secured party is not of itself sufficient to preclude the secured party from establishing that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was made in a commercially reasonable manner.

(2) A disposition of collateral is made in a commercially reasonable manner if the disposition is made:

(2) (a) in the usual manner on any recognized market;

(2) (b) at the price current in any recognized market at the time of the disposition; or

(2) (c) otherwise in conformity with reasonable commercial practices among dealers in the type of property that was the subject of the disposition.

(3) A collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance is commercially reasonable if it has been approved:

(3) (a) in a judicial proceeding;

(3) (b) by a bona fide creditors’ committee;

(3) (c) by a representative of creditors; or

(3) (d) by an assignee for the benefit of creditors.

(4) Approval under subsection 3 need not be obtained, and lack of approval does not mean that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance is not commercially reasonable.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §125, 187
Iowa Code § 80B.14 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80B / Section 80B.14
Budget submitted to department of management.
Status: in_force

The Iowa law enforcement academy council shall annually submit estimates of its expenditure requirements to the department of management, in such form as required by chapter 8. The estimates shall include the costs of administration, maintenance, and operation, and the cost of any proposed capital improvements or additional programs.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §80B.14]2016 Acts, ch 1011, §11
Iowa Code § 34A.16 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 34A / Section 34A.16
Request for call location.
Status: in_force

(1) A wireless communications service provider shall provide call location information concerning a device to a law enforcement agency or officer or a public safety answering point upon a request for that information if the law enforcement agency or public safety answering point determines the information is needed in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this section prohibits a wireless communications service provider from establishing protocols by which the provider could voluntarily disclose call location information to a law enforcement agency or officer or a public safety answering point upon a request for that information.

(3) A claim or cause of action may not be brought against any wireless communications service provider or employee for providing call location information while acting reasonably and in good faith and in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(4) (a) Wireless communications service providers authorized to do business in the state of Iowa, or submitting to the jurisdiction of Iowa, shall submit contact information to the department of public safety in order to facilitate requests from law enforcement agencies or public safety answering points pursuant to this section. Wireless communications service providers shall submit this contact information annually by June 15 or immediately upon any change in contact information.

(4) (b) The department of public safety shall maintain a database containing emergency contact information for all wireless communications service providers authorized to do business in the state and shall make the information immediately available upon request to any law enforcement agency or public safety answering point in the state.

(5) A person filing a false report with, or providing false information to, a law enforcement agency or a public safety answering point that results in a request for call location information under this section may be subject to criminal penalty pursuant to section 718.6.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a wireless communications service provider to act in a manner inconsistent with or in violation of federal law.

2015 Acts, ch 89, §1, 3
Iowa Code § 509A.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 509A / Section 509A.6
Contract with insurance carrier or health maintenance organization.
Status: in_force

The governing body may contract with a nonprofit corporation operating under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 514 or with any insurance company having a certificate of authority to transact an insurance business in this state with respect of a group insurance plan, which may include life, accident, health, hospitalization and disability insurance during period of active service of such employees, with the right of any employee to continue such life insurance in force after termination of active service at such employee’s sole expense; may contract with a nonprofit corporation operating under and governed by the provisions of this chapter or chapter 514 with respect of any hospital or medical service plan; and may contract with a health maintenance organization authorized to operate in this state with respect to health maintenance organization activities.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §365A.6; C66, §509.20; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §509A.6]95 Acts, ch 162, §10; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §36