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Iowa Code § 633.580 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.580
Petition for appointment of conservator for absentee.
Status: in_force

When a person owns property located in the state of Iowa, the person’s whereabouts are unknown, and no provision for the care, control, and supervision of such property has been made, with the result that such property is likely to be lost or damaged, or that the dependents of such owner are likely to be deprived of means of support because of such absence, it shall be proper for any person to file with the clerk a petition for the appointment of a conservator of such property of the absentee. The petition shall state the following information, so far as known to the petitioner:

(1) The name, age, and last known post office address of the proposed protected person.

(2) The facts concerning the disappearance of the absentee.

(3) The name and post office address of the proposed conservator, and that the proposed conservator is qualified to serve in that capacity.

(4) A general description of the property of the proposed protected person within this state and of the proposed protected person’s right to receive property; also, the estimated present value of the real estate, the estimated value of the personal property, and the estimated gross annual income of the estate. If any money is payable, or to become payable, to the proposed protected person by the United States through the United States department of veterans affairs, the petition shall so state.

(5) That the property of the absentee is likely to be lost or damaged, or that the absentee’s dependents are likely to be deprived of means of support, because of the absence, and that no proper provision has been made for the care, control, and supervision over such property.

[S13, §3228-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12632; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §671.1; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.580]2009 Acts, ch 26, §19; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §59
Iowa Code § 312.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 312 / Section 312.5
Division of farm-to-market road funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Each fiscal year, the treasurer of state shall apportion among the counties the road use tax funds credited to the farm-to-market road fund by using the distribution methodology adopted by the commission.

(2) All farm-to-market road funds, except funds which under section 310.20 come from any county’s allotment of the road use tax funds, shall be apportioned among the counties as provided by this section.

[C39, §4686.05; C46, §310.5; C50, §308A.5; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §312.5]84 Acts, ch 1219, §19; 90 Acts, ch 1267, §32; 91 Acts, ch 258, §45; 92 Acts, ch 1100, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1238, §28, 46; 2002 Acts, ch 1063, §13, 16; 2005 Acts, ch 142, §52024 Acts, ch 1170, §305
Iowa Code § 811.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 811 / Section 811.6
Forfeiture of bail.
Status: in_force

(1) A defendant released pursuant to this chapter shall appear at arraignment, trial, judgment, or such other proceedings where the defendant’s appearance is required. If the defendant fails to appear at the time and place when the defendant’s personal appearance is lawfully required, or to surrender in execution of the judgment, the court must direct an entry of the failure to be made of record, and the undertaking of the defendant’s bail, or the money deposited, is thereupon forfeited. As a part of the entry, except as provided in rule of criminal procedure 2.72, the court shall direct the clerk of the district court of the county to give thirty days’ notice in writing to the defendant and the defendant’s sureties to appear and show cause, if any, why judgment should not be entered for the amount of bail. If such appearance is not made, judgment shall be entered by the court. If appearance is made, the court shall set the case down for immediate hearing as an ordinary action.

(2) Where a forfeiture and judgment have been entered as provided in this section, and the amount of the judgment has been paid to the clerk, the clerk shall hold the amount paid as funds of the clerk’s office for a period of one hundred fifty days from the date of judgment.

(3) (a) The court may, upon application, set aside such judgment if, within one hundred fifty days from the date of the judgment, any of the following occur:

(3) (a) The defendant voluntarily surrenders to the sheriff of the county.

(3) (a) The defendant’s sureties, at their own expense, deliver the defendant or facilitate delivery of the defendant to the custody of the sheriff.

(3) (a) The court determines, upon consideration of all circumstances, that setting aside the judgment is warranted.

(3) (b) A judgment shall not be set aside under this subsection unless as a condition precedent thereto, the defendant and the defendant’s sureties have paid all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the judgment.

[R60, §4990 – 4994; C73, §4596 – 4600; C97, §5515 – 5517, 5519; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13631, 13633, 13635, 13636; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §766.1 – 766.3, 766.5, 766.6; C79, 81, §811.6]2000 Acts, ch 1032, §6; 2013 Acts, ch 54, §2; 2021 Acts, ch 64, §2; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §175; 2022 Acts, ch 1044, §1
Iowa Code § 50.50 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.50
Administrative audits.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner who was responsible for conducting an election may request an administrative audit when the commissioner is informed or suspects that voting equipment used in the election malfunctioned or that programming errors may have affected the outcome of the election, or if the precinct election officials report counting errors to the commissioner after the conclusion of the canvass of votes in the precinct. An administrative audit shall be conducted by the board of the special precinct established by section 53.23. The state commissioner may adopt rules for administrative audits.

(2) Each political party, as defined in section 43.2, may appoint up to five observers to witness an audit conducted pursuant to this section. The observers shall be appointed by the county chairperson or, if the county chairperson fails to make an appointment, by the state chairperson. However, if either or both political parties fail to appoint an observer, the board may continue with the proceedings.

97 Acts, ch 170, §59; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §49, 1152025 Acts, ch 122, §14
Iowa Code § 63A.3 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 63A / Section 63A.3
Jurat by deputy.
Status: in_force

In preparing a jurat to an oath or affirmation administered by a deputy, it shall be sufficient for the deputy to affix the deputy’s own name, together with the designation of the deputy’s official position, and the seal of principal, if any.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1217; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §78.3]C93, §63A.3
Iowa Code § 10.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10 / Section 10.3
Landholdings restricted.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding section 9H.4, a networking farmers corporation may hold agricultural land in this state if it meets all of the following conditions:

(1) (a) The networking farmers corporation does not hold an interest in agricultural land of more than six hundred forty acres.

(1) (b) At least seventy-five percent of the networking farmers corporation’s gross receipts are from the sale of livestock or livestock products.

(2) (a) An interest in agricultural land held by a networking farmers corporation shall be attributable as an interest in agricultural land held by a shareholder having an interest in the networking farmers corporation. The shareholder shall be deemed to hold an interest in agricultural land held by the networking farmers corporation in proportion to the interest that the shareholder holds in the networking farmers corporation.

(2) (b) Except to the extent provided in this paragraph, a shareholder holding agricultural land by attribution shall be subject to landholding restrictions imposed pursuant to the Code, including sections 9H.4, 9H.5, 9I.3, and 501.103. However, notwithstanding section 9H.4, a cooperative association may hold an interest in any number of farmers entities, if the total number of acres held by the farmers entities and attributable to the cooperative association is six hundred forty acres or less.

(2) (c) The shareholder’s proportionate interest shall be calculated by multiplying the number of acres of agricultural land held by the networking farmers corporation by the percentage interest in the networking farmers corporation held by the shareholder.

(3) In the event of a transfer of an interest in the networking farmers corporation by operation of law, the corporation may disregard the transfer for purposes of determining compliance with subsection 1 for a period of two years after the transfer.

98 Acts, ch 1110, §103, 301
Iowa Code § 512A.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 512A / Section 512A.4
Records of transactions.
Status: in_force

The association shall keep a record of all its transactions and shall file an annual report thereof for the preceding calendar year on or before the first day of March on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall also prescribe the method of keeping books and accounts of benevolent associations.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §512A.4]
Iowa Code § 330.24 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 330 / Section 330.24
No restrictions on former commissions.
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 330.17 through 330.22 shall be interpreted as limiting or affecting airport commissions of cities in the above classification which have already been in existence and operation prior to January 1, 1941, under the provisions of this chapter.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §330.24]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §174
Iowa Code § 602.6303 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.6303
Appointment of magistrates in lieu of district associate judge.
Status: in_force

(1) The chief judge of the judicial district may designate by order of substitution that three magistrates be appointed pursuant to this section in lieu of the appointment of a district associate judge under section 602.6304, subject to the following limitations:

(1) (a) The substitution shall not result in the judicial district receiving more magistrates than are authorized under the magistrate formula in section 602.6401.

(1) (b) The substitution shall be approved by the supreme court.

(1) (c) A majority of district judges in that judicial election district, or in the case of an appointment involving more than one judicial election district in the same judicial district, a majority of the district judges in each judicial election district, must vote in favor of the substitution and find that the substitution will provide more timely and efficient performance of judicial business within that judicial election district.

(2) An order of substitution shall not take effect unless a copy of the order is received by the chairperson of the county magistrate appointing commission or commissions and the governor no later than May 31 of the year in which the substitution is to take effect. The order shall designate the county of appointment for each magistrate. A copy of the order shall also be sent to the state court administrator.

(3) For a county in which a substitution order is in effect, the number of district associate judges actually appointed pursuant to section 602.6304 shall be reduced by one for each substitution order in effect.

(4) Except as provided in subsections 1 through 3, a substitution shall not increase or decrease the number of district associate judges authorized by this article.

(5) If a majority of the district judges in a judicial election district determines that a substitution is no longer desirable, then all three magistrate positions shall be terminated. However, a reversion pursuant to this subsection shall not take effect until the terms of the three magistrates expire. Upon the termination of the magistrate positions created under this section, an appointment shall be made to reestablish the term of office for a district associate judge as provided in sections 602.6304 and 602.6305.

2006 Acts, ch 1060, §2; 2022 Acts, ch 1033, §6
Iowa Code § 619.17 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 619 / Section 619.17
Contributory fault — burden.
Status: in_force

A plaintiff does not have the burden of pleading and proving the plaintiff’s freedom from contributory fault. If a defendant relies upon contributory fault of a plaintiff to diminish the amount to be awarded as compensatory damages, the defendant has the burden of pleading and proving fault of the plaintiff, if any, and that it was a proximate cause of the injury or damage. As used in this section, “plaintiff” includes a defendant filing a counterclaim or cross-petition, and the term “defendant” includes a plaintiff against whom a counterclaim or cross-petition has been filed.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §619.17]84 Acts, ch 1293, §13
Iowa Code § 489.701A — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.701A
Rescinding dissolution.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §489.703; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §143, 161.
Iowa Code § 327G.22 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.22
Railway crossings near Mississippi river.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 123, §43.
Iowa Code § 465A.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 465A / Section 465A.3
Funding sources.
Status: in_force

(1) To achieve the purposes of this chapter, the department, other state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and private organizations may use funds from the following sources:

(1) (a) Appropriations by the general assembly.

(1) (b) Private grants and gifts.

(1) (c) Federal grants and loans intended for these purposes.

(2) The department may enter into agreements with other state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and private organizations for the purposes of carrying out this natural open space program or specific elements of the program.

87 Acts, ch 174, §3CS87, §111E.3C93, §465A.3
Iowa Code § 260F.8 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260F / Section 260F.8
Allocation.
Status: in_force

(1) For each fiscal year, the department shall make funds available to the community colleges. The department shall allocate by formula from the moneys in the fund an amount for each community college to be used to provide the financial assistance for proposals of businesses whose applications have been approved by the department. The financial assistance shall be provided by the department from the amount set aside for that community college. If any portion of the moneys set aside for a community college have not been used or committed by May 1 of the fiscal year, that portion is available for use by the department to provide financial assistance to businesses applying to other community colleges. The department shall adopt by rule a formula for this set-aside.

(2) Moneys available to the community colleges for this program may be used to provide forgivable loans to train employees.

92 Acts, ch 1042, §9; 93 Acts, ch 180, §45; 96 Acts, ch 1180, §15; 97 Acts, ch 23, §30; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2214
Iowa Code § 633.162 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.162
Penalty.
Status: in_force

In fixing the fees of any fiduciary, the court shall take into consideration any violation of this probate code by the fiduciary, and may diminish the fee of such fiduciary to the extent the court may determine to be proper.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.162]2005 Acts, ch 38, §51
Iowa Code § 146D.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 146D / Section 146D.1
Fetal body parts actions prohibited penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not knowingly acquire, provide, receive, otherwise transfer, or use a fetal body part in this state, regardless of whether the acquisition, provision, receipt, transfer, or use is for valuable consideration.

(2) Subsection 1 shall not apply to any of the following:

(2) (a) Diagnostic or remedial tests, procedures, or observations which have the sole purpose of determining the life or health of the fetus in order to provide that information to the pregnant woman or to preserve the life or health of the fetus or pregnant woman.

(2) (b) The actions of a person taken in furtherance of the final disposition of a fetal body part.

(2) (c) The pathological study of body tissue, including genetic testing, for diagnostic or forensic purposes.

(2) (d) A fetal body part if the fetal body part results from a spontaneous termination of pregnancy or stillbirth and is willingly donated for the purpose of medical research.

(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class “C” felony.

(4) For the purposes of this section:

(4) (a) “Abortion” means as defined in section 146.1.

(4) (b) “Fetal body part” means a cell, tissue, organ, or other part of a fetus that is terminated by an abortion. “Fetal body part” does not include any of the following:

(4) (b) Cultured cells or cell lines derived from a spontaneous termination of pregnancy or stillbirth and willingly donated for the purposes of medical research.

(4) (b) A cell, tissue, organ, or other part of a fetus that is terminated by an abortion that occurred prior to July 1, 2018.

(4) (b) All cells and tissues external to the fetal body proper.

(4) (c) “Final disposition” means the disposition of fetal body parts by burial, interment, entombment, cremation, or incineration.

(4) (d) “Valuable consideration” means any payment including but not limited to payment associated with the transportation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of fetal body parts.

2018 Acts, ch 1132, §1
Iowa Code § 232.45A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.45A
Waiver to and conviction by district court — processing.
Status: in_force

(1) Once jurisdiction over a child has been waived by the juvenile court as provided in section 232.45, for the alleged commission of a felony, and once a conviction is entered by the district court, for all other offenses, the clerk of the juvenile court shall immediately send a certified copy of the findings required by section 232.45, subsection 10, and the judgment of conviction, as applicable, to the department of public safety. The department shall maintain a file on each child who has previously been waived to or waived to and convicted by the district court in a prosecution as an adult. The file shall be accessible by law enforcement officers on a twenty-four hour per day basis.

(2) Once a child sixteen years of age or older has been waived by the juvenile court to the district court, all subsequent criminal proceedings against the child for any delinquent act committed after the date of the waiver by the juvenile court shall begin in district court, notwithstanding sections 232.8 and 232.45. A copy of the findings required by section 232.45, subsection 10, shall be made a part of the record in the district court proceedings. However, upon acquittal or dismissal in district court of all waived offenses and all lesser included offenses of the waived offenses, the proceedings for any delinquent act committed by the child subsequent to such acquittal or dismissal shall begin in juvenile court. Any proceedings initiated in district court for a public offense committed by the child subsequent to the waiver by the juvenile court, but prior to any acquittal or dismissal of all waived offenses and lesser included offenses in district court, shall remain in district court.

(3) If proceedings against a child sixteen years of age or older who has previously been waived to district court are mistakenly begun in the juvenile court, the matter shall be transferred to district court upon the discovery of the prior waiver, notwithstanding sections 232.8 and 232.45.

(4) This section shall not apply to a child who was waived to the district court for the purpose of being prosecuted as a youthful offender.

91 Acts, ch 232, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1231, §17; 94 Acts, ch 1172, §18; 95 Acts, ch 191, §12; 97 Acts, ch 126, §24; 2013 Acts, ch 42, §6
Iowa Code § 724.29 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.29
Firearm devices.
Status: in_force

A person who sells or offers for sale a manual or power-driven trigger activating device constructed and designed so that when attached to a firearm increases the rate of fire of the firearm is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

90 Acts, ch 1147, §10
Iowa Code § 357.13 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357 / Section 357.13
Trustees — qualification and terms.
Status: in_force

(1) At the initial election provided for in section 357.12, the names of the trustees shall be written by the voter on blank ballots without formal nomination and the board of supervisors shall appoint three from among the five receiving the highest number of votes as trustees for the district, one to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. The trustees and their successors shall give bond in the amount the board of supervisors may require, the premium of which shall be paid by the district which the trustees represent. Vacancies during a term may be filled by election, or by appointment by the board of supervisors, at the option of the remaining trustees. The trustees must be residents of the district. The term of succeeding trustees shall be for three years.

(2) After the initial board of trustees is selected, a candidate for trustee shall be nominated by a personal affidavit of the candidate or by petition of at least ten eligible electors of the district and the candidate’s affidavit, which shall be filed with the county commissioner of elections at least twenty-five days before the date of the election. The form of the candidate’s affidavit shall be substantially the same as provided in section 45.3.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5524; C39, §5526.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.13]91 Acts, ch 111, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1204, §14
Iowa Code § 455H.303 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455H / Section 455H.303
Cessation of statutory liability.
Status: in_force

Upon issuance of a no further action letter pursuant to section 455H.301, except as provided in that section, the participant and each protected party shall no longer have liability under chapter 455A, under chapter 455B other than liability for petroleum underground storage tanks, or under chapters 455D and 455E to the state or to any other person as to any condition at the affected area with regard to hazardous substances for which compliance with applicable standards was demonstrated by the participant in accordance with this chapter and for which the department has provided a certificate of completion.

97 Acts, ch 127, §17
Iowa Code § 633.476 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.476
Action against distributees — costs — tender.
Status: in_force

In an action against the distributees, where the judgment is to be against them in proportion to the respective amounts received by them from the estate, costs awarded against them shall be in like proportion, and anyone may tender the amount due from that distributee to the plaintiff, which shall have the same effect, as far as the distributee is concerned, as though that distributee were the sole defendant.

[C51, §1440, 1441; R60, §2465, 2466; C73, §2485, 2486; C97, §3408; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12060; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.20; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.476]
Iowa Code § 190.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190 / Section 190.9
Adulteration of candies.
Status: in_force

In addition to the adulterations enumerated in section 190.3, candy shall be deemed to be adulterated if it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, paraffin, chrome yellow, or other mineral substance.

[SS15, §4999-a31e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3065; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §190.8; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §190.9]
Iowa Code § 571.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 571 / Section 571.1
Nature of lien.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 82, §14.