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Iowa Code § 600.18 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600 / Section 600.18
Determination of assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) Any prospective adoptive parent desiring financial assistance shall state this fact in the petition for adoption. The department shall investigate the person petitioning for adoption and the child and shall file with the juvenile court or court a statement of whether the department will provide assistance as provided in section 600.17, this section, and sections 600.19 through 600.22, the estimated amount, extent, and duration of assistance, and any other information the juvenile court or court may order.

(2) If the department is unable to determine that an insurance policy will cover the costs of special services, it shall proceed as if no policy existed, for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive assistance. The department shall, to the amount of financial assistance given, be subrogated to the rights of the adoptive parent in the insurance contract.

[C73, 75, §600.12; C77, 79, 81, §600.18]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §22; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §351; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1252
Iowa Code § 203C.40 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 203C / Section 203C.40
Prioritization of inspections of warehouse operators.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop a system to prioritize the inspections of warehouse operators provided in section 203C.2. The system of prioritization shall be computed each year based on the risk of loss to the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund caused by the possible insolvency of the warehouse operator. The department shall compute the risk by utilizing an available statistical model to measure the financial condition of warehouse operators. Procedures for utilizing the statistical model shall be adopted by department rules. The statistical model shall be used to provide risk ratings. A risk rating shall be used as a factor by the department to prioritize its inspection schedule. The department may inspect a warehouse operator at any time based on a risk of loss to the fund according to the risk rating. A substantial risk of loss to the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund caused by the possible insolvency of the warehouse operator based on the statistical model shall be good cause.

92 Acts, ch 1239, §77
Iowa Code § 335.19 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.19
Review by court.
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation of a petition under section 335.18, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the decision of the board of adjustment and shall prescribe within the writ the time within which a return must be made and served upon the relator’s attorney, which shall not be less than ten days and may be extended by the court. The allowance of the writ shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application, on notice to the board, and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358A.19]C93, §335.192021 Acts, ch 80, §216; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §84
Iowa Code § 195.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 195 / Section 195.2
Construing this chapter with other applicable chapters.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall be construed to supplement applicable provisions in chapters 190, 191, 192, and 194. If there is a conflict between a provision in this chapter and one of those other chapters, the provision in this chapter shall prevail but only to the extent of interpreting the provision in this chapter.

(2) This chapter does not apply to the powers and duties of the department to control an infectious or contagious disease that may affect dairy animals within the state as provided in another chapter, including a rule adopted pursuant to that other chapter. The control of an infectious or contagious disease includes the prevention, suppression, or eradication of an infectious or contagious disease among a population of dairy animals as provided in that other chapter. However, the department shall not administer or enforce a provision of the other chapter if it results in treating a raw milk producer differently than producers of milk pasteurized or graded as otherwise required in chapter 190, 192, or 194.

2023 Acts, ch 75, §14
Iowa Code § 453D.2 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453D / Section 453D.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including but not limited to “menthol”, “lights”, “kings”, and “100s”, and including any brand name (alone or in conjunction with any other word), trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes.

(2) “Cigarette” means cigarette as defined in section 453C.1.

(3) “Department” means the department of revenue.

(4) “Director” means the director of revenue.

(5) “Distributor” means a person, notwithstanding established residency or location, who purchases non-tax-paid cigarettes and stores, sells, or otherwise disposes of the cigarettes.

(6) “Master settlement agreement” means master settlement agreement as defined in section 453C.1.

(7) “Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.

(8) “Participating manufacturer” means participating manufacturer as defined in section II(jj) of the master settlement agreement and all amendments to the master settlement agreement.

(9) “Qualified escrow fund” means qualified escrow fund as defined in section 453C.1.

(10) “Stamping agent” means a person authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers of cigarettes pursuant to chapter 453A or any person that is required to pay the tax imposed pursuant to chapter 453A on cigarettes.

(11) “Tobacco product manufacturer” means tobacco product manufacturer as defined in section 453C.1.

(12) “Units sold” means units sold as defined in section 453C.1.

2003 Acts, ch 97, §2, 13; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 528.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 528 / Section 528.7
Reduction in installment payments — repayment of mortgage debt.
Status: in_force

(1) If the mortgagee or its assignee and the mortgagor agree, any installment payment of either the loan proceeds or an annuity purchased with the loan proceeds of a reverse annuity mortgage loan may be reduced by an amount used for partial repayment of the mortgage debt, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section.

(1) (a) Notwithstanding any such reduction, each mortgagor shall receive a cash payment in each installment for the term of the annuity or, if no annuity, for the term during which the mortgagee contracted with the mortgagor to advance the loan proceeds.

(1) (b) Except as provided in subsection 2, no repayments of any part of the mortgage debt shall be required from the mortgagor after termination of the period during which loan proceeds or any annuity purchased with the loan proceeds are advanced to the mortgagor.

(2) If the mortgagee or its assignee and the mortgagor agree, and at the option of the mortgagee, advances under a reverse annuity mortgage loan may terminate and the entire unpaid balance of the loan plus accrued interest may become due and payable upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(2) (a) The death of the last surviving mortgagor.

(2) (b) The sale or other transfer of the real estate securing the loan to a person other than any of the original mortgagors.

(2) (c) Any other occurrence which materially decreases the value of the property securing the loan or which will have the likely effect of causing the loan not to be repaid. Any such additional occurrence shall be clearly described in the note or mortgage instrument.

89 Acts, ch 267, §7
Iowa Code § 97C.11 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.11
Payment — adjustment or refund.
Status: in_force

Taxes deducted by the employer from the earnings of employees or upon the employers shall be paid in a manner, at times and under conditions prescribed by the state agency. If more or less than the correct amount of the tax imposed upon the employer is paid or deducted, proper adjustments or refund, if adjustment is impracticable, shall be made in a manner and at times as the state agency prescribes.

[C46, 50, §97.7; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97C.11]84 Acts, ch 1285, §20
Iowa Code § 635.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 635 / Section 635.10
Section 635.10
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 134, §26, 28.
Iowa Code § 502.511 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.511
Investment advisers and investment adviser representatives expungement of certain reported information.
Status: in_force

(1) An investment adviser authorized to do business in this state under this chapter, including as provided in section 502.403, or an investment adviser representative authorized to do business in this state under this chapter, including as provided in section 502.404, may petition the district court sitting in equity to expunge information in a record in the investment adviser registration depository as provided in this section.

(2) The commissioner of insurance, or the investment adviser that reported the information in the record in the investment adviser registration depository, may be named as a respondent or as respondents in the proceeding to expunge the information.

(3) The district court may grant relief by ordering the expungement of the information in the record, and all references to such information in other records, in the investment adviser registration depository, if all of the following apply:

(3) (a) The information makes an allegation about the investment adviser or investment adviser representative.

(3) (b) The investment adviser filing the petition to expunge the information was doing business in this state, or the investment adviser representative filing the petition to expunge the information was a resident of this state as provided in section 422.4, when either of the following occurred:

(3) (b) The information was first included in the record.

(3) (b) The petition was filed in district court.

(3) (c) The information arises out of a dispute involving the client of an investment adviser and the investment adviser or investment adviser representative.

(3) (d) Any of the following apply:

(3) (d) The petitioner was not involved in the event that resulted in the creation of the record.

(3) (d) The information in the record is erroneous or impossible to be true.

(3) (d) The information in the record is false.

(3) (d) A decision in an administrative, judicial, or arbitration proceeding found that the petitioner did not act in a manner described by the record.

(3) (d) The court determines that equitable principles require that such relief be granted.

(4) Notwithstanding section 614.1, a petition may be filed and relief granted as provided in this section at any time.

2023 Acts, ch 151, §1
Iowa Code § 450.51 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.51
Annuities — life and term estates.
Status: in_force

The value of any annuity, deferred estate, or interest, or any estate for life or term of years, subject to inheritance tax shall be determined for the purpose of computing the tax by the use of current, commonly used tables of mortality and actuarial principles pursuant to regulations prescribed by the director of revenue. The taxable value of annuities, life or term, deferred, or future estates, shall be computed at the rate of four percent per annum of the established value of the property in which the estate or interest exists or is founded.

[S13, §1481-a16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7356; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.51]83 Acts, ch 177, §20, 38; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 633.248 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.248
Referee — notice.
Status: in_force

In the absence of mutual consent of all interested parties to the appointment of referees, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing upon such application and of the fact that referees will be appointed if such application is granted, and shall prescribe the time and manner of the service of notice of the hearing.

[C51, §1398; R60, §2429; C73, §2445; C97, §3370; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11995; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.10; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.248]2005 Acts, ch 38, §23
Iowa Code § 656.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 656 / Section 656.7
Attorney fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The vendee is liable to the vendor for reasonable attorney fees actually incurred by the vendor necessary for the forfeiture of a contract governed by this chapter. The demand for attorney fees must be stated in the notice served. The maximum liability under this section is fifty dollars. “Attorney fees”, as used in this chapter, is limited to reasonable fees for services requiring a lawyer. “Attorney fees” does not include clerical services even if the services are performed in a lawyer’s office.

(2) A vendor seeking payment of attorney fees, when the vendee fails or refuses to pay them, may file a small claims action for enforcement.

84 Acts, ch 1203, §1
Iowa Code § 306A.12 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306A / Section 306A.12
Limitation on reimbursement.
Status: in_force

A reimbursement shall not be made for any relocation or removal of facilities under this chapter unless funds to be provided by federal aid amount to at least eighty-five percent of each reimbursement payment.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.12]83 Acts, ch 198, §16
Iowa Code § 715A.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 715A / Section 715A.6
Credit cards.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A person commits a public offense by using a credit card for the purpose of obtaining property or services with knowledge of any of the following:

(1) (a) The credit card is stolen or forged.

(1) (a) The credit card has been revoked or canceled.

(1) (a) For any other reason the use of the credit card is unauthorized.

(1) (b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), if the person proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the person had the intent and ability to meet all obligations to the issuer arising out of the use of the credit card.

(2) (a) An offense under this section is a class “C” felony if the value of the property or services secured or sought to be secured by means of the credit card is greater than ten thousand dollars.

(2) (b) If the value of the property or services secured or sought to be secured by means of the credit card is greater than one thousand five hundred dollars but not more than ten thousand dollars, an offense under this section is a class “D” felony.

(2) (c) If the value of the property or services secured or sought to be secured by means of the credit card is one thousand five hundred dollars or less, an offense under this section is an aggravated misdemeanor.

(3) For purposes of this section, the value of the property or services is the highest value of the property or services determined by any reasonable standard at the time the violation occurred. Any reasonable standard includes but is not limited to market value within the community, actual value, or replacement value. If property or services are secured by two or more acts from the same person or location, or from different persons by two or more acts which occur in approximately the same location or time period so that the acts are attributable to a single scheme, plan, or conspiracy, the acts may be considered as a single act and the value may be the total value of all property or services involved.

87 Acts, ch 150, §6; 92 Acts, ch 1060, §7; 2003 Acts, ch 12, §1, 2; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §211; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §146; 2019 Acts, ch 140, §17
Iowa Code § 492.9 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 492 / Section 492.9
Certificate of issuance of stock.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every corporation to file a certificate under oath with the secretary of state, within thirty days after the issuance of any capital stock, stating the date of issue, the amount issued, the sum received therefor, if payment be made in money, or the property or thing taken, if such be the method of payment. If the corporation fails to file said certificate of issuance of stock within the thirty-day period herein provided, it may thereafter file the same upon first paying to the secretary of state a penalty of ten dollars when the said certificate is offered for filing. Provided further that the penalty herein provided for is first paid and provided the said report contains the specific information required by this section as to the issuance of any capital stock not previously reported, then the first annual report filed by such corporation following such failure to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be received by the secretary of state as a compliance with this section.

[S13, §1641-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8416; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §492.9]93 Acts, ch 126, §12; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §94
Iowa Code § 28E.22 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28E / Section 28E.22
Referendum for tax.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors, or the city councils of a district composed only of cities, may, and upon receipt of a petition signed by eligible electors residing in the district equal in number to at least five percent of the registered voters in the district shall, submit a proposition to the electorate residing in the district at any general election or at a special election held throughout the district. The proposition shall provide for the establishment of a public safety fund and the levy of a tax on taxable property located in the district at rates not exceeding the rates specified in this section for the purpose of providing additional moneys for the operation of the district.

(2) The ballot for the election shall be prepared in substantially the form for submitting special questions at general elections and the form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:Shall an annual levy, the amount of which will not exceed a rate of one dollar and fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the unified law enforcement district be authorized for providing additional moneys needed for unified law enforcement services in the district?YesNo

(3) If a majority of the registered voters in each city and the unincorporated area of the county voting on the proposition approve the proposition, the county board of supervisors for unincorporated area and city councils for cities are authorized to levy the tax as provided in section 28E.23.

(4) Such moneys collected pursuant to the tax levy shall be expended only for providing additional moneys needed for unified law enforcement services in the district and shall be in addition to the revenues raised in the county and cities in the district from their general funds which are based upon an average of revenues raised for law enforcement purposes by the county or city for the three previous years. The amount of revenues raised for law enforcement purposes by the county for the three previous years shall be computed separately for the unincorporated portion of the district and for each city in the district.

[C77, 79, 81, §28E.22]83 Acts, ch 79, §1; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §141
Iowa Code § 322.29 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.29
Issuance of license — fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Application for license shall be made to the department by a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler, in a form and containing information as the department requires and shall be accompanied by the required license fee. The license shall be granted or refused within thirty days after application. A license expires, unless sooner revoked or suspended, on December 31 of even-numbered years. A licensee shall have the month of expiration and the month after the month of expiration to renew the license. A person who fails to renew a license by the end of this time period and desires to hold a license shall file a new license application and pay the required fee.

(2) License fees for each two-year period or part thereof are as follows:

(2) (a) For a motor vehicle manufacturer, seventy dollars.

(2) (b) For a new motor vehicle distributor or wholesaler, forty dollars.

(3) A license shall not be issued to a person as a distributor or wholesaler for a new motor vehicle model unless the distributor or wholesaler has written authorization from the manufacturer as a distributor or wholesaler of the motor vehicle model.

(4) Upon payment of the license fee as provided in this section, a person who rebuilds new completed motor vehicles by fabricating, altering, adding, or replacing essential parts, components, or equipment for the purpose of building an ambulance, rescue vehicle, fire vehicle, or towing or recovery vehicle as defined in chapter 321 may be issued a license as a wholesaler of new motor vehicles of the make and model rebuilt without written authorization from the manufacturer.

(5) Upon payment of the license fee as provided in this section, a person who installs cranes, hook loaders, buckets, aerial ladders, tanks, or special equipment on new completed motor trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of fourteen thousand five hundred pounds or more may be issued a license as a wholesaler of new motor vehicles of the make and model on which the equipment is installed without written authorization from the manufacturer.

(6) Notwithstanding section 322.3, subsection 15, a person licensed as a wholesaler under subsection 4 may be licensed as a used motor vehicle dealer.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322.29]88 Acts, ch 1047, §2; 97 Acts, ch 108, §38; 2000 Acts, ch 1016, §21, 22; 2001 Acts, ch 32, §34; 2006 Acts, ch 1068, §37, 49 – 51, 57; 2007 Acts, ch 102, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1018, §27
Iowa Code § 536A.25 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536A / Section 536A.25
Restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) An industrial loan company licensed under this chapter that sells debt instruments to the general public in the form of thrift certificates, installment thrift certificates, certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or similar evidences of indebtedness shall not make a loan of money or property to or guarantee the obligations of its directors or officers; or loan to any borrower, other than a subsidiary or affiliated corporation, more than twenty percent of its total capital, surplus, and undivided profits.

(1) (b) A licensee shall not make a loan under any other name or at any other place of business than that named in the license.

(2) (a) An industrial loan company licensed under this chapter that sells debt instruments to the general public in the form of thrift certificates, installment thrift certificates, certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or similar evidences of indebtedness, shall not loan to a borrower, including a subsidiary or an affiliated corporation, more than twenty percent of the industrial loan company’s total of capital, surplus, and undivided profits. The aggregate of all loans to subsidiaries and affiliated corporations of the industrial loan company shall not exceed ten percent of the industrial loan company’s total assets.

(2) (b) A debt instrument sold by an industrial loan company which is not insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, shall contain on its face a notice in bold print that the debt instrument is not insured or guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance corporation.

(3) Investments by an industrial loan company licensed under this chapter that sells debt instruments to the general public in the form of thrift certificates, installment thrift certificates, certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or similar evidences of indebtedness are subject to the provisions of section 524.901 as applied to state banks.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.25]91 Acts, ch 63, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1042, §46; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157