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Iowa Code § 554.3118 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3118
Accrual of cause of action.
Status: in_force

(1) A cause of action against a maker or an acceptor accrues

(1) (a) in the case of a time instrument on the day after maturity;

(1) (b) in the case of a demand instrument upon its date or, if no date is stated, on the date of issue.

(2) A cause of action against the obligor of a demand or time certificate of deposit accrues upon demand, but demand on a time certificate may not be made until on or after the date of maturity.

(3) A cause of action against a drawer of a draft or an endorser of any instrument accrues upon demand following dishonor of the instrument. Notice of dishonor is a demand.

(4) Unless an instrument provides otherwise, interest runs at the rate provided by law for a judgment

(4) (a) in the case of a maker, acceptor or other primary obligor of a demand instrument, from the date of demand;

(4) (b) in all other cases from the date of accrual of the cause of action.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §27, 121, 122
Iowa Code § 235B.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235B / Section 235B.9
Sealing and expungement of dependent adult abuse information.
Status: in_force

(1) Dependent adult abuse information which is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to be founded, shall be sealed ten years after the receipt of the initial report of such abuse by the registry unless good cause is shown why the information should remain open to authorized access. If a subsequent report of founded dependent adult abuse involving the adult named in the initial report as the victim of abuse or a person named in such report as having abused an adult is received by the registry within the ten-year period, the information shall be sealed ten years after receipt of the subsequent report unless good cause is shown why the information should remain open to authorized access.

(2) (a) Dependent adult abuse reports that are rejected for evaluation, assessment, or disposition for failure to meet the definition of dependent adult abuse shall be expunged three years from the rejection date.

(2) (b) Dependent adult abuse information which is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to be unfounded shall be expunged five years from the date it is determined to be unfounded.

(3) However, if a correction of dependent adult abuse information is requested under section 235B.10 and the issue is not resolved at the end of one year the information shall be retained until the issue is resolved and if the dependent adult abuse information is not determined to be founded, the information shall be expunged one year from the date it is determined to be unfounded.

(4) The registry, at least annually, shall review and determine the current status of dependent adult abuse reports which are at least one year old and in connection with which no investigatory report has been filed by the department. If no investigatory report has been filed, the registry shall request the department to file a report. If a report is not filed within ninety days subsequent to a request, the report and relative information shall be sealed and remain sealed unless good cause is shown why the information should remain open to authorized access.

(5) Dependent adult abuse information which is determined to be minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur shall be expunged five years after the receipt of the initial report by the department. If a subsequent report of dependent adult abuse committed by the caretaker responsible for the act or omission which was the subject of the previous report of dependent adult abuse which the department determined was minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur is received by the department within the five-year period, the information shall be sealed ten years after receipt of the subsequent report unless good cause can be shown why the information should remain open to authorized access.

91 Acts, ch 231, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 98, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §16; 2009 Acts, ch 136, §8
Iowa Code § 633E.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633E / Section 633E.3
Scope.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to disclaimers of any interest in or power over property, whenever and however created.

2004 Acts, ch 1015, §10C2005, §633.9032005 Acts, ch 38, §52, 53CS2005, §633E.3
Iowa Code § 249A.15B — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249A / Section 249A.15B
Speech pathologists eligible for payment.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A entitling speech pathologists who are licensed pursuant to chapter 154F, including those certified in independent practice, to payment for speech pathology services provided to recipients of medical assistance, subject to limitations and exclusions the department finds necessary on the basis of federal laws and regulations.

2012 Acts, ch 1092, §1
Iowa Code § 16.82A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.82A
Beginning farmer tax credit awards amount and availability.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Upon approval of an application as provided in section 16.81, the authority shall make a tax credit award to the eligible taxpayer. The tax credit award shall equal the sum of the tax credits calculated by the authority under section 16.82 for all eligible years under the approved agreement.

(1) (b) The authority shall notify the eligible taxpayer of the tax credit award under the program. The notification shall include the total tax credit award, the amount of the tax credit award that will be issued by way of a tax credit certificate in each future year under the approved agreement, and a statement that the eligible taxpayer has no right to receive tax credit certificates and claim tax credits under the program if all requirements of the agreement and the program are not satisfied.

(1) (c) If, after a tax credit award is made, the eligible taxpayer or qualified beginning farmer no longer meets the requirements of the agreement or the program, the authority may revoke the tax credit award and may rescind any tax credit certificate that has been issued.

(2) The amount of beginning farmer tax credits that may be awarded by the authority in any one calendar year under the beginning farmer tax credit program shall not in the aggregate exceed a limit of twelve million dollars. Tax credits shall be awarded by the authority not later than December 15 of each calendar year after the agricultural development board reviews applications as provided in section 16.81 and the authority determines tax credit amounts for the approved applications as provided in section 16.82, aggregated for purposes of meeting the annual program award limits.

(3) (a) The authority shall issue tax credit certificates on an annual basis to eligible taxpayers who have received a tax credit award. The tax credit certificate shall contain the information required by the department.

(3) (b) The aggregate amount of tax credit certificates issued to an eligible taxpayer shall not exceed the eligible taxpayer’s tax credit award.

(3) (c) A tax credit certificate, unless rescinded by the authority, shall be accepted by the department as payment for taxes pursuant to chapter 422, subchapters II and III, subject to any conditions or restrictions placed by the authority upon the face of the tax credit certificate and subject to the limitations of the program.

2019 Acts, ch 161, §12, 18, 19; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §13, 94
Iowa Code § 16.181A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.181A
Housing trust fund appropriations.
Status: in_force

(1) There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the Iowa finance authority for deposit in the housing trust fund created in section 16.181, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and beginning July 1, 2011, and for each succeeding fiscal year, the sum of three million dollars.

(2) There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the Iowa finance authority for deposit in the housing trust fund created in section 16.181, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2011, the sum of one million dollars.

2008 Acts, ch 1179, §54; 2010 Acts, ch 1184, §84; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §37
Iowa Code § 10A.329 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.329
Witness fees.
Status: in_force

Witness fees and mileage on hearings before the workers’ compensation commissioner shall be the same as in the district court.

[S13, §2477-m24; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1464; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.41]98 Acts, ch 1061, §112023 Acts, ch 19, §1477C2024, §10A.329
Iowa Code § 203C.8 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 203C / Section 203C.8
License to specify type and quantity of products which may be stored.
Status: in_force

The department shall determine with respect to each application for a license whether the warehouse or warehouses described in the application is or are suitable for the proper and safe storage of the particular agricultural product or products intended to be stored therein in the quantities specified in the application, provided that no warehouse shall be found to be suitable and safe for the storage of bulk grain unless such warehouse is equipped with a fixed or portable mechanical device of a type in common use as an adjunct to the movement of bulk grain. Each license issued for the operation of a single warehouse shall specify the type or types and quantities of agricultural products which may be stored in such warehouse. Each license issued to a warehouse operator for the operation of two or more warehouses shall specify with respect to each warehouse the type or types and quantities of agricultural product which may be stored in such warehouse. It shall be unlawful for any licensed warehouse operator to accept for storage or to store in any licensed warehouse any agricultural product or products other than the type or types and quantities specified in the license for the operation of such warehouse.

[C24, 27, 31, §9722; C35, §9751-g4; C39, §9751.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §543.6; C79, 81, §543.8; 81 Acts, ch 180, §22]C93, §203C.8
Iowa Code § 562A.3 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562A / Section 562A.3
Supplementary principles of law applicable.
Status: in_force

Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity in this state, including the law relating to capacity to contract, mutuality of obligations, principal and agent, real property, public health, safety and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause, shall supplement its provisions.

[C79, 81, §562A.3]
Iowa Code § 521J.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521J / Section 521J.9
Suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) A captive company’s certificate of authority to conduct the business of insurance in this state may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner for any of the following reasons:

(1) (a) Insolvency or impairment of capital or surplus.

(1) (b) Failure to meet and maintain the minimum capital and surplus requirements under section 521J.4.

(1) (c) Refusal or failure to submit an annual report pursuant to section 521J.7, or to submit any other report or statement required by law or by lawful order of the commissioner.

(1) (d) Failure to comply with the captive company’s own charter, bylaws, or other organizational document.

(1) (e) Failure to submit to an examination as required under section 521J.8.

(1) (f) Use of methods that render the captive company’s operation detrimental, or the company’s condition unsound, with respect to the company’s policyholders or to the public.

(1) (g) Failure to pay tax on premiums as required under section 432.1A.

(1) (h) Failure to submit or pay any fee under this chapter.

(1) (i) Failure to submit to or pay the cost of any examination under this chapter.

(1) (j) Failure to comply with the laws of this state.

(2) (a) If the commissioner finds upon examination, hearing, or other review that a captive company has committed an act specified in subsection 1, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the company’s certificate of authority if the commissioner deems it in the best interest of the public or of the policyholders of the captive company.

(2) (b) If the commissioner does not revoke a captive company’s certificate of authority during a suspension imposed by the commissioner under paragraph “a”, the company’s certificate of authority may be reinstated if the commissioner finds that the cause of the suspension has been rectified.

2023 Acts, ch 107, §12
Iowa Code § 654B.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654B / Section 654B.7
Mediation period.
Status: in_force

The mediator may call mediation meetings during the mediation period, which is up to forty-two days after the farm mediation service received the mediation request. However, if all parties consent, mediation may continue after the end of the mediation period.

90 Acts, ch 1143, §21
Iowa Code § 137C.31 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137C / Section 137C.31
Conflicts with state building code.
Status: in_force

Provisions of the Iowa hotel sanitation code in conflict with the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7, shall not apply where the state building code has been adopted or when the state building code applies throughout the state.

[C79, 81, §170B.19]90 Acts, ch 1204, §66C91, §137C.312004 Acts, ch 1086, §38
Iowa Code § 669.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 669 / Section 669.10
Award conclusive on state.
Status: in_force

(1) Any award made under this chapter and accepted by the claimant shall be final and conclusive on all officers of the state of Iowa, except when procured by means of fraud, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary.

(2) The acceptance by the claimant of such award shall be final and conclusive on the claimant, and shall constitute a complete release by the claimant of any claim against the state and against the employee of the state whose act or omission gave rise to the claim, by reason of the same subject matter.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §25A.10]C93, §669.102016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Iowa Code § 515J.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515J / Section 515J.13
Public records.
Status: in_force

Upon disposition, all rates, supplementary rate information, and supporting information filed with the commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall be a public record under chapter 22, except any information marked by the insurer or the filer as confidential, trade secret, or proprietary pursuant to section 22.7, and that is accepted by the commissioner.

2021 Acts, ch 73, §13
Iowa Code § 535.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535 / Section 535.10
Home equity line of credit.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter, the term “home equity line of credit” means an arrangement pursuant to which all of the following are applicable:

(1) (a) The amounts borrowed and the interest and other charges are debited to an account.

(1) (b) The interest is computed on the account periodically.

(1) (c) The borrower has the right to pay in full at any time without penalty or to pay in the installments which are established by the loan agreement.

(1) (d) The lender agrees to permit the borrower to borrow money from time to time with the maximum amount of each borrowing established by the loan agreement.

(1) (e) The account is secured by an interest in real estate. The priority of the secured interest in the real estate shall be determined by section 654.12A.

(2) Except as provided in this section, a home equity line of credit is subject to chapter 537. However, sections 537.2307, 537.2402, and 537.2510 do not apply.

(3) (a) A lender may collect in connection with establishing or renewing a home equity line of credit the costs listed in section 535.8, subsection 4, paragraph “a” or “b”, charges for insurance as described in section 537.2501, subsection 2, and a loan processing fee as agreed between the borrower and the lender, and annually may collect an account maintenance fee of not more than fifteen dollars. Fees collected under this subsection shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the maximum charge permitted by subsection 4.

(3) (b) The parties to a home equity line of credit which is not a consumer credit transaction, as defined in section 537.1301, may contract for a delinquency charge under terms no more favorable than those permitted for open-end credit under section 537.2502.

(4) The interest rate on a home equity line of credit shall not exceed one and three-quarters percent per month.

(5) Real estate which is the consumer’s principal dwelling shall not be subject to foreclosure when the balance secured is two thousand dollars or less.

84 Acts, ch 1272, §1; 95 Acts, ch 35, §1; 99 Acts, ch 15, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1037, §7; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §84
Iowa Code § 331.478 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.478
Noncurrent debt authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may contract indebtedness and issue bonds as otherwise provided by state law.

(2) The board may by resolution authorize noncurrent debt as defined in subsection 3 which is payable from resources accruing after the end of the fiscal year in which the debt is incurred, in accordance with section 331.479, for any of the following purposes:

(2) (a) Expenditures for bridges or buildings destroyed by fire, flood, or other extraordinary casualty.

(2) (b) Expenditures incurred in the operation of the courts.

(2) (c) Expenditures for bridges which are made necessary by the construction of a public drainage improvement.

(2) (d) Expenditures for the benefit of a person entitled to receive assistance from public funds.

(2) (e) Expenditures authorized by vote of the electorate.

(2) (f) Contracts executed on the basis of the budget submitted as provided in section 309.93.

(2) (g) Expenditures authorized by supervisors acting in the capacity of trustees or directors of a drainage district or other special district.

(2) (h) Expenditures for land acquisition and capital improvements for county conservation purposes not to exceed in any year the monetary equivalent of a tax of six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on all the taxable property in the county.

(2) (i) Expenditures for purposes for which counties may issue general obligation bonds without an election under state law.

(3) Noncurrent debt authorized by subsection 2 may take any of the following forms:

(3) (a) Anticipatory warrants subject to chapter 74. Anticipatory warrants drawn on the secondary road fund are also subject to sections 309.46 through 309.55.

(3) (b) Advances from other funds.

(3) (c) Installment purchase contracts.

(3) (d) Other formal debt instruments or obligations other than bonds.

(4) Noncurrent debt as defined in subsection 3 shall be retired from resources of the fund from which the expenditure was made for which the debt was incurred.

83 Acts, ch 123, §25, 209; 87 Acts, ch 161, §1
Iowa Code § 554.9209 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9209
Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, this section applies if:

(1) (a) there is no outstanding secured obligation; and

(1) (b) the secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value.

(2) Within ten days after receiving a signed demand by the debtor, a secured party shall send to an account debtor that has received notification under section 554.9406, subsection 1, or section 554.14106, subsection 2, of an assignment to the secured party as assignee a signed record that releases the account debtor from any further obligation to the secured party.

(3) This section does not apply to an assignment constituting the sale of an account, chattel paper, or payment intangible.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §19, 187; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §51
Iowa Code § 135.156B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.156B
Section 135.156B
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 73, §8, 9. See chapter 135D.
Iowa Code § 321I.35 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321I / Section 321I.35
Vehicle identification number.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may assign a distinguishing number to an all-terrain vehicle when the serial number on the all-terrain vehicle is destroyed or obliterated and issue to the owner a special decal bearing the distinguishing number which shall be affixed to the all-terrain vehicle in a position to be determined by the department. The all-terrain vehicle shall be registered and titled under the distinguishing number in lieu of the former serial number. Every all-terrain vehicle shall have a vehicle identification number assigned and affixed as required by the department.

(2) The commission shall adopt, by rule, the procedures for application and for issuance of a vehicle identification number for homebuilt all-terrain vehicles.

(3) A person shall not destroy, remove, alter, cover, or deface the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number, the plate or decal bearing it, or any vehicle identification number the department assigns to an all-terrain vehicle without the department’s permission.

(4) A person other than a manufacturer who constructs or rebuilds an all-terrain vehicle for which there is no legible vehicle identification number shall submit to the department an affidavit which describes the all-terrain vehicle. In cooperation with the county recorder, the department shall assign a vehicle identification number to the all-terrain vehicle. The applicant shall permanently affix the vehicle identification number to the all-terrain vehicle in a manner that such alteration, removal, or replacement of the vehicle identification number would be obvious.

2004 Acts, ch 1132, §78; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §57
Iowa Code § 29B.63 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.63
Reconsideration and revision.
Status: in_force

(1) If a specification before a court-martial has been dismissed on motion and the ruling does not amount to a finding of not guilty, the convening authority may return the record to the court for reconsideration of the ruling and any further appropriate action.

(2) Where there is an apparent error or omission in the record or where the record shows improper or inconsistent action by a court-martial with respect to a finding or sentence which can be rectified without material prejudice to the substantial rights of the accused, the convening authority may return the record to the court for appropriate action. In no case, however, may the record be returned:

(2) (a) For reconsideration of a finding of not guilty, or a ruling which amounts to a finding of not guilty;

(2) (b) For reconsideration of a finding of not guilty of any charge, unless the record shows a finding of guilty under a specification laid under that charge, which sufficiently alleges a violation of some section of this code; or

(2) (c) For increasing the severity of the sentence unless the sentence prescribed for the offense is mandatory.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.63]2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
Iowa Code § 75.9 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 75 / Section 75.9
Exchange of bonds.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prevent the exchange of bonds for legal indebtedness evidenced by bonds, warrants, judgments, or otherwise as provided by law. Bonds shall not be exchanged for notes issued pursuant to section 76.13 in anticipation of the issuance of bonds.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1179; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §75.9]83 Acts, ch 90, §16
Iowa Code § 422.39 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.39
Statutes applicable to corporations and corporation tax.
Status: in_force

All the provisions of sections 422.24 through 422.27 of subchapter II, respecting payment, collection, reporting, examination, and assessment, shall apply in respect to a corporation subject to the provisions of this subchapter and to the tax due and payable by a corporation taxable under this subchapter. This includes but is not limited to a corporation that is a pass-through entity as defined in section 422.25A.

[C35, §6943-f35; C39, §6943.071; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §422.39]2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2020 Acts, ch 1118, §68, 71