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Iowa Code § 631.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.16
Discretionary review.
Status: in_force

(1) A civil action originally tried as a small claim shall not be appealed to the supreme court except by discretionary review as provided herein.

(2) “Discretionary review” is the process by which the supreme court may exercise its discretion, in like manner as under the rules pertaining to interlocutory appeals and certiorari in civil cases, to review specified matters not subject to appeal as a matter of right. The supreme court may adopt additional rules to control access to discretionary review.

(3) The party seeking review shall be known as the appellant and the adverse party as the appellee, but the title of the action shall not be changed from that in the court below.

(4) The record and case shall be presented to the appellate court as provided by the rules of appellate procedure; and the provisions of law in civil procedure relating to the filing of decisions and opinions of the appellate court shall apply in such cases.

(5) The appellate court, after an examination of the entire record, may dispose of the case by affirmation, reversal or modification of the lower court judgment, and may order a new trial.

(6) The decision of the appellate court with any opinion filed or judgment rendered must be recorded by the supreme court clerk. Procedendo shall be issued as provided in the rules of appellate procedure.

(7) The jurisdiction of the appellate court shall cease when procedendo is issued. All proceedings for executing the judgment shall be had in the trial court or by its clerk.

[C73, §602.71; C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.16]85 Acts, ch 157, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 692A.107 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.107
Tolling of registration period.
Status: in_force

(1) If a sex offender is incarcerated during a period of registration, the running of the period of registration is tolled until the offender is released from incarceration for that crime.

(2) If a sex offender violates any requirements of section 692A.104, 692A.105, 692A.108, 692A.112, 692A.113, 692A.114, or 692A.115, in addition to any criminal penalty prescribed for such violation, the period of registration is tolled until the offender complies with the registration provisions of this chapter.

2009 Acts, ch 119, §7
Iowa Code § 135B.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135B / Section 135B.5
Issuance and renewal of license.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of an application for license and the license fee, the department shall issue a license if the applicant and hospital facilities comply with this chapter, chapter 135, and the rules of the department. Each licensee shall receive annual reapproval upon payment of five hundred dollars and upon filing of an application form which is available from the department. The annual licensure fee shall be dedicated to support and provide educational programs on regulatory issues for hospitals and rural emergency hospitals licensed under this chapter. Licenses shall be either general or restricted in form. Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons or governmental units named in the application and is not transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the department. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises as prescribed by rule of the department.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not in any way affect, change, deny, or nullify any rights set forth in or arising from the provisions of this chapter and particularly section 135B.7, arising before or after December 31, 1960.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.5]90 Acts, ch 1204, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §48; 2018 Acts, ch 1062, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §24; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §37, 51; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §6, 20, 21
Iowa Code § 554I.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554I / Section 554I.3
Reporting violations.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the attorney general’s request, a ticket seller shall report violations of this chapter of which the ticket seller has actual knowledge to the attorney general within five calendar days of the request.

(2) An individual that has actual knowledge of a violation of this chapter may report the violation to the attorney general.

(3) The attorney general shall establish an electronic reporting system for the submission of reports pursuant to this section.

2025 Acts, ch 126, §3
Iowa Code § 521C.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521C / Section 521C.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Reinsurance Intermediary Model Act.”

91 Acts, ch 26, §19
Iowa Code § 693.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 693 / Section 693.4
Duty of supervisors to install — costs.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county shall install in the office of the sheriff a radio receiving set, and a set in at least one motor vehicle used by the sheriff, for use in connection with the state radio broadcasting system. The board of supervisors may install as many additional radio receiving sets as it deems necessary.

[C31, 35, §13417-d4; C39, §13417.6; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §750.4; C79, 81, §693.4]83 Acts, ch 123, §200, 209
Iowa Code § 455C.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.3
Payment of refund value.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 455C.4:

(1) A participating dealer shall not refuse to accept from a consumer any empty beverage container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the participating dealer, or refuse to pay to the consumer the refund value of a beverage container as provided under section 455C.2.

(2) A distributor shall accept and pick up from a participating dealer served by the distributor or a redemption center for a dealer served by the distributor at least weekly, or when the distributor delivers the beverage product if deliveries are less frequent than weekly, any empty beverage container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the distributor, and shall pay to the participating dealer or redemption center the refund value of a beverage container and the reimbursement as provided under section 455C.2 within one week following pickup of the containers or when the participating dealer normally pays the distributor for the deposit on beverage products purchased from the distributor if less frequent than weekly. A distributor or employee or agent of a distributor is not in violation of this subsection if a redemption center is closed when the distributor attempts to make a regular pickup of empty beverage containers. This subsection does not apply to a distributor selling alcoholic liquor to the department of revenue.

(3) A distributor shall not be required to pay to a manufacturer a deposit or refund value on a nonrefillable beverage container.

(4) A distributor shall accept from a dealer agent any empty beverage container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the distributor and that was picked up by the dealer agent within the geographic territory served by the distributor and the distributor shall pay the dealer agent the refund value of the empty beverage container and the reimbursement as provided in section 455C.2.

(5) The department of revenue shall provide for the disposal of empty beverage containers as required under subsection 2. The department of revenue shall give priority consideration to the recycling of the empty beverage containers to the extent possible, before any other appropriate disposal method is considered or implemented.

[C79, 81, §455C.3]83 Acts, ch 84, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1200, §3; 89 Acts, ch 272, §36, 42; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §43, 44; 91 Acts, ch 268, §442, 443; 92 Acts, ch 1242, §35, 38, 39, 40, 47; 2022 Acts, ch 1139, §5, 20; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2467
Iowa Code § 514.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514 / Section 514.1
Applicability — definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504 for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a nonprofit hospital service plan, whereby hospital service may be provided by the corporation or by a hospital with which it has a contract for service, to the public who become subscribers to this plan under a contract which entitles each subscriber to hospital service; or a corporation organized for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a plan whereby health care service may be provided at the expense of this corporation, by licensed physicians and surgeons, dentists, podiatric physicians, osteopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians and surgeons or chiropractors, to subscribers under contract, entitling each subscriber to health care service, as provided in the contract; or a corporation organized for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a nonprofit pharmaceutical service plan or optometric service plan, whereby pharmaceutical or optometric service may be provided by this corporation or by a licensed pharmacy with which it has a contract for service, to the public who become subscribers to this plan under a contract which entitles each subscriber to pharmaceutical or optometric service; shall be governed by this chapter and is exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state, unless specifically designated in this chapter, not only in governmental relations with the state but for every other purpose, and additions enacted after July 1, 1939, shall not apply to these corporations unless they are expressly designated in the additions.

(2) For the purposes of this chapter:

(2) (a) “Health care” means that care necessary for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing, or healing human physical or mental illness, injury, or disability.

(2) (b) “Provider” means a person as defined in section 4.1, subsection 20, which is licensed or authorized in this state to furnish health care services.

(2) (c) “Subscriber” means an individual who enters into a contract for health care services with a corporation subject to this chapter and includes a person eligible for mandatory medical assistance or optional medical assistance as defined under chapter 249A, with respect to whom the department of health and human services has entered into a contract with a firm operating under this chapter.

[C39, §8895.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514.1]83 Acts, ch 27, §11; 83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1122, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1180, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1034, §68; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §96; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §394; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §86; 2013 Acts, ch 138, §76; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §114; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1191
Iowa Code § 639.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.3
Grounds.
Status: in_force

The petition or amendment to petition which asks an attachment, must in all cases be sworn to. It must state one or more of the following grounds:

(1) That the defendant is a foreign corporation or acting as such.

(2) That the defendant is a nonresident of the state.

(3) That the defendant is about to remove the defendant’s property out of the state without leaving sufficient remaining for the payment of the defendant’s debts.

(4) That the defendant has disposed of the defendant’s property, in whole or in part, with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.

(5) That the defendant is about to dispose of the defendant’s property with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.

(6) That the defendant has absconded, so that the ordinary process cannot be served upon the defendant.

(7) That the defendant is about to remove permanently out of the county, and has property therein not exempt from execution, and that the defendant refuses to pay or secure the plaintiff.

(8) That the defendant is about to remove permanently out of the state, and refuses to pay or secure the debt due the plaintiff.

(9) That the defendant is about to remove the defendant’s property or a part thereof out of the county with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.

(10) That the defendant is about to convert the defendant’s property or a part thereof into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of the defendant’s creditors.

(11) That the defendant has property or rights in action which the defendant conceals.

(12) That the debt is due for property obtained under false pretenses.

(13) That the defendant is about to dispose of property belonging to the plaintiff.

(14) That the defendant is about to convert the plaintiff’s property or a part thereof into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of the plaintiff.

(15) That the defendant is about to move permanently out of state, and refuses to return property belonging to the plaintiff.

[C51, §1848; R60, §3174; C73, §2951; C97, §3878; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12080; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.3]87 Acts, ch 80, §25
Iowa Code § 492.2 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 492 / Section 492.2
Effect of violation.
Status: in_force

Any certificate of stock issued, delivered, or transferred in violation of section 492.1 when the corporation has not received payment therefor at par in money or property at a valuation approved by the executive council, shall be void, and the issuance, delivery, or transfer of each certificate shall be considered a separate transaction.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8409; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §492.2]
Iowa Code § 104A.2 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 104A / Section 104A.2
Applicability — requirements.
Status: in_force

The standards and specifications adopted by the state building code commissioner and as set forth in this chapter shall apply to all public and private buildings and facilities, temporary and permanent, used by the general public. The specific occupancies and minimum extent of accessibility shall be in accordance with the conforming standards set forth in section 104A.6. In every covered multiple-dwelling-unit building containing four or more individual dwelling units the requirements of this chapter and those adopted by the state building code commissioner shall be met. However, this chapter shall not apply to a building, or to structures or facilities within the building, if the primary use of the building is to serve as a place of worship.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §104A.2]93 Acts, ch 95, §3; 99 Acts, ch 49, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 573A.9 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 573A / Section 573A.9
Application of statute.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply unless it is specifically contracted for between the contracting parties.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573A.9]
Iowa Code § 353.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 353 / Section 353.9
Price of lime.
Status: in_force

The cost price of this agricultural lime shall be fixed by the board of supervisors, at not less than the actual cost of production at the quarry with ten percent added to provide for the cost of and depreciation on the equipment used in the production of said agricultural lime, together with any cost in transportation of the lime from the quarry to the farm of applicant.

[C39, §3142.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §202.9]C93, §353.9
Iowa Code § 598C.404 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598C / Section 598C.404
Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order.
Status: in_force

(1) If an agreement between the parties to terminate a temporary order for custodial responsibility under article III has not been filed, the order terminates sixty days after the deploying parent gives notice in a record to the other parent and any nonparent granted custodial responsibility that the deploying parent has returned from deployment.

(2) A proceeding seeking to prevent termination of a temporary order for custodial responsibility is governed by the law of this state other than this chapter.

2016 Acts, ch 1084, §26
Iowa Code § 441.41 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.41
Legal counsel — special counsel.
Status: in_force

(1) In the case of cities having an assessor, the city legal department shall represent the assessor and board of review in all litigation dealing with assessments. In the case of counties, the county attorney shall represent the assessor and board of review in all litigation dealing with assessments. Any taxing district interested in the taxes received from such assessments may be represented by an attorney and shall be required to appear by attorney upon written request of the assessor to the presiding officer of any such taxing district. Subject to review and prior approval by either the city legal department in the case of a city or the county attorney in the case of a county, the conference board may employ special counsel to assist the city legal department or county attorney as the case may be.

(2) (a) Upon the employment of special counsel described in subsection 1, the assessor shall provide a report to the department of revenue relating to the special counsel including but not limited to the following:

(2) (a) The date the employment started.

(2) (a) Justification for the employment.

(2) (a) The name and hourly rate of the special counsel.

(2) (a) Any other information the department may require.

(2) (b) An assessor shall report annually to the director of revenue on the cost of litigation for all matters dealing with assessments in which special counsel assisted the city legal department or county attorney as described in subsection 1.

(2) (c) The director of revenue shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

[C39, §7134.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, §405.26, 442.9; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.41]2017 Acts, ch 151, §21, 29; 2020 Acts, ch 1118, §108; 2021 Acts, ch 86, §77
Iowa Code § 137A.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137A / Section 137A.5
Enforcement stop order.
Status: in_force

(1) If a regulatory authority has reasonable cause to believe that a food processing plant is offering for sale or selling a food product that is misbranded as an egg product in violation of section 137A.4, the regulatory authority may issue a stop order. Upon being issued the stop order, the food processing plant shall not offer for sale or sell the food product until the regulatory authority determines that the food product is or is not misbranded as an egg product.

(2) The regulatory authority may require that the food product be held by the food processing plant and be secured from purchase.

(3) If a regulatory authority determines that the food product being offered for sale or sold by a food processing plant is misbranded as an egg product, the regulatory authority may issue an embargo order requiring the food processing plant to dispose of the misbranded egg product other than by sale to purchasers in this state.

(4) The department, the attorney general, or the county attorney in the county where the food product is being offered for sale or sold may enforce the stop order or embargo order by petitioning the district court of that county.

2024 Acts, ch 1158, §18
Iowa Code § 636.17 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 636 / Section 636.17
Limitation on acceptance.
Status: in_force

No such security shall be accepted on any bond for an amount in excess of ten percent of the paid-up cash capital of such company or corporation unless the excess shall be reinsured in some other company or corporation authorized to do business in the state and in no case to exceed ten percent of the capital of the reinsuring company and provided that a certificate of such reinsurance shall be furnished to the insured.

[C97, §360; SS15, §360; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12766; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §682.17]C93, §636.17
Iowa Code § 507F.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507F / Section 507F.14
Penalties.
Status: in_force

A licensee that violates this chapter shall be subject to penalties pursuant to section 505.7A and chapter 507B.

2021 Acts, ch 79, §14, 17
Iowa Code § 12.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12 / Section 12.5
Payment.
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall pay no money from the treasury but upon the warrants of the director of the department of administrative services, and only in the order of their presentation.

[C51, §65; R60, §86; C73, §78; C97, §104; S13, §104; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §135; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §12.5]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 508.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.6
Deposit of securities — certificate.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1042, §10.
Iowa Code § 554.12305 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.12305
Liability for late or improper execution or failure to execute payment order.
Status: in_force

(1) If a funds transfer is completed, but execution of a payment order by the receiving bank in breach of section 554.12302 results in delay in payment to the beneficiary, the bank is obligated to pay interest to either the originator or the beneficiary of the funds transfer for the period of delay caused by the improper execution. Except as provided in subsection 3, additional damages are not recoverable.

(2) If execution of a payment order by a receiving bank in breach of section 554.12302 results in noncompletion of the funds transfer, failure to use an intermediary bank designated by the originator, or issuance of a payment order that does not comply with the terms of the payment order of the originator, the bank is liable to the originator for the originator’s expenses in the funds transfer and for incidental expenses and interest losses, to the extent not covered by subsection 1, resulting from the improper execution. Except as provided in subsection 3, additional damages are not recoverable.

(3) In addition to the amounts payable under subsections 1 and 2, damages, including consequential damages, are recoverable to the extent provided in an express agreement of the receiving bank, evidenced by a record.

(4) If a receiving bank fails to execute a payment order that the receiving bank was obligated by express agreement to execute, the receiving bank is liable to the sender for the sender’s expenses in the transaction and for incidental expenses and interest losses resulting from the failure to execute. Additional damages, including consequential damages, are recoverable to the extent provided in an express agreement of the receiving bank, evidenced by a record, but are not otherwise recoverable.

(5) Reasonable attorney’s fees are recoverable if demand for compensation under subsection 1 or 2 is made and refused before an action is brought on the claim. If a claim is made for breach of an agreement under subsection 4 and the agreement does not provide for damages, reasonable attorney’s fees are recoverable if demand for compensation under subsection 4 is made and refused before an action is brought on the claim.

(6) Except as stated in this section, the liability of a receiving bank under subsections 1 and 2 may not be varied by agreement.

92 Acts, ch 1146, §252024 Acts, ch 1023, §115