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Iowa Code § 137C.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137C / Section 137C.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Iowa hotel sanitation code, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context:

(1) “Bed and breakfast inn” means a hotel which has nine or fewer guest rooms.

(2) “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

(3) “Director” means the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing or the director’s designee.

(4) “Guest room” shall mean any bedroom or other sleeping quarters for transient guests in a hotel.

(5) “Hotel” shall mean any building or structure, equipped, used, advertised as, or held out to the public to be an inn, hotel, motel, motor inn, or place where sleeping accommodations are furnished transient guests for hire.

(6) “Local board of health” means a county, city, or district board of health.

(7) “Municipal corporation” means a political subdivision of this state.

(8) “Regulatory authority” means the department or a local board of health that has entered into an agreement with the director pursuant to section 137C.6 for authority to enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation code in its jurisdiction.

[S13, §2514-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2808; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §170.1; C79, 81, §170B.2]86 Acts, ch 1245, §541; 87 Acts, ch 202, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §66C91, §137C.22004 Acts, ch 1026, §3; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1906
Iowa Code § 515.107 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.107
Applicability to organizations and individuals.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1074, §19.See §515.1.
Iowa Code § 479B.24 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479B / Section 479B.24
Cancellation.
Status: in_force

A pipeline company seeking to acquire an easement or other property interest for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a pipeline or underground storage facility shall do all of the following:

(1) Allow the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity on the landowner’s behalf to cancel an agreement granting an easement or other interest by restricted certified mail to the pipeline company’s principal place of business if received by the pipeline company within seven days, excluding Saturday and Sunday, of the date of the agreement and inform the landowner or the fiduciary in writing of the right to cancel prior to the signing of the agreement by the landowner or the fiduciary.

(2) Provide the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf with a form in duplicate for the notice of cancellation.

(3) Not record an agreement until after the period for cancellation has expired.

(4) Not include in the agreement a waiver of the right to cancel in accordance with this section. The landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf may exercise the right of cancellation only once for each pipeline project.

95 Acts, ch 192, §51
Iowa Code § 309.95 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 309 / Section 309.95
Amendments.
Status: in_force

The budget shall be binding except that should bona fide unforeseen conditions arise, the board of supervisors may amend such budget during the year for which it was adopted. Such amendments shall be submitted to the department for approval with a statement of the reasons necessitating the amendment. The department shall approve or disapprove such amendments in the same manner as original budget estimates except that the department shall act upon and return such amendments within thirty days after their receipt by the department. The department acting upon budget amendments is directed to approve only such amendments as are actually necessitated by unforeseen conditions.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.95]
Iowa Code § 29A.50 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.50
Immunity.
Status: in_force

The commanding officer and members of any of the military forces engaged in the suppression of an insurrection, assistance to civil authorities in emergencies, homeland defense or security duties, or the enforcement of the laws, shall have the same immunity as peace officers.

[C35, §467-f37; C39, §467.39; C46, 50, §29.39; C54, 58, 62, §29.50; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.50]2002 Acts, ch 1117, §18, 23; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §20
Iowa Code § 600A.6B — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600A / Section 600A.6B
Payment of attorney fees.
Status: in_force

(1) A person filing a petition for termination of parental rights under this chapter shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable attorney fees for services provided by counsel appointed pursuant to section 600A.6A in juvenile court or in an appellate proceeding initiated by the person filing the petition unless the person filing the petition is a private child-placing agency licensed under chapter 238 or the court determines that the person filing the petition is indigent.

(2) If the person filing the petition is a private child-placing agency licensed under chapter 238 or if the person filing the petition is indigent, the prospective parent on whose behalf the petition is filed shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable attorney fees for services provided in juvenile court or an appellate proceeding for counsel appointed pursuant to section 600A.6A unless the court determines that the prospective parent on whose behalf the petition is filed is indigent.

(3) If the prospective parent on whose behalf the petition is filed is indigent, and if the person filing the petition is indigent or a private child-placing agency licensed under chapter 238, the appointed counsel shall be paid reasonable attorney fees as determined by the state public defender from the indigent defense fund established in section 815.11.

(4) If the parent against whom the petition is filed appeals a termination order under section 600A.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, the person who filed the petition or the person on whose behalf the petition is filed shall not be responsible for the payment of attorney fees for services provided by counsel appointed pursuant to section 600A.6A in the appellate proceeding. Instead, the appointed attorney shall be paid reasonable attorney fees as determined by the state public defender from the indigent defense fund established pursuant to section 815.11.

(5) The state public defender shall review all the claims submitted under subsection 3 or 4 and shall have the same authority with regard to the payment of these claims as the state public defender has with regard to claims submitted under chapters 13B and 815, including the authority to adopt rules concerning the review and payment of claims submitted.

2005 Acts, ch 107, §5, 14; 2006 Acts, ch 1071, §1, 2; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §249; 2013 Acts, ch 105, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1038, §4
Iowa Code § 80B.11H — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80B / Section 80B.11H
Military veterans with active duty military police experience former federal law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

(1) A veteran may qualify for reciprocity in this state without completing the level I academy training program if the veteran meets the following criteria:

(1) (a) Has served a minimum of four years of active duty in the United States armed forces.

(1) (b) Has served in a primary military occupational specialty or equivalent designation as a military police officer in the army, or its equivalent in other branches, within three years of submitting an application for reciprocity.

(1) (c) Has successfully completed accredited military police training equivalent to or exceeding the academy’s standards.

(1) (d) Has received an honorable discharge or is still actively serving.

(2) An eligible veteran shall submit an application to the council for evaluation. The application shall include all of the following:

(2) (a) Proof of military service and discharge status.

(2) (b) Certification of military police training and experience.

(2) (c) Documentation of relevant duties performed during active duty.

(3) A federal law enforcement officer may qualify for reciprocity in this state without completing the level I academy training program if the federal law enforcement officer meets all of the following criteria:

(3) (a) Has served a minimum of four years as a federal law enforcement officer within three years of submitting an application for reciprocity.

(3) (b) Has successfully completed accredited federal law enforcement training equivalent to or exceeding the academy’s standards.

(4) The council shall review the applications and approve qualified applicants for entry into the reciprocity program. If an applicant is not approved for the reciprocity program, the council may consider the applicant for entry into a level II academy training program under section 80B.11D.

(5) The council shall develop procedures and guidelines for evaluating military police training and equivalency standards.

(6) The council shall publish an annual report including data on the number of veterans and federal law enforcement officers certified through the reciprocity program and the current certification status of those going through the program.

2025 Acts, ch 116, §2
Iowa Code § 522E.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522E / Section 522E.5
License renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) Not less than sixty days before a portable electronics insurance license will expire, the commissioner may use an electronic delivery method, including electronic mail or other similar electronic method of delivery, to deliver, or may mail, to the latest electronic mail or mailing address appearing in the commissioner’s records, an application to the licensee to renew a portable electronics insurance license for the appropriate succeeding license term. It is the licensee’s responsibility to renew the license, whether or not a renewal notice is received.

(2) The commissioner may accept a late renewal without penalty, provided that the licensee’s failure to comply is due to a clerical error or inadvertence.

(3) An application for renewal of a portable electronics insurance license may be filed on or before the expiration date of the license. An application for renewal of an expired license may be filed after the expiration date and until that same month and date of the next succeeding year.

(4) The commissioner shall impose a penalty fee equal to one-half of the renewal fee for the portable electronics insurance license for any application for renewal that is filed after the expiration date of the license.

2015 Acts, ch 87, §5, 16
Iowa Code § 103.20 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103 / Section 103.20
Licensee status — employment — death.
Status: in_force

(1) Individuals performing electrical work in a capacity for which licensure is required pursuant to this chapter shall be employed by the authority or company obtaining a permit for the performance of such work, and shall possess a valid license issued by the board.

(2) Upon the death of an electrical contractor, a class A master electrician, or a class B master electrician, the board may permit a representative to carry on the business of the decedent for a period not to exceed six months for the purpose of completing work under contract to comply with this chapter. Such representative shall furnish all public liability and property damage insurance required by the board.

2007 Acts, ch 197, §30, 50
Iowa Code § 320.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.2
Assessment of costs.
Status: in_force

Said work shall be undertaken and consummated and the cost thereof assessed to the abutting property in the manner and method and with the same effect as provided for the construction of sidewalks and the assessment of the costs thereof against benefited property by city councils within the limits of a city.

[C27, 31, 35, §4857-b2; C39, §4857.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §320.2]
Iowa Code § 357.31 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357 / Section 357.31
Right-of-way.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall have power to condemn, in the same manner as provided for the condemnation of land, right-of-way through private property, sufficient for the construction and maintenance of water mains. The cost of such right-of-way shall constitute a part of the expense of the improvement and shall be covered by the special assessment.

[C39, §5526.31; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.31]
Iowa Code § 524.203 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.203
Superintendent vacancy.
Status: in_force

If the office of the superintendent of banking is vacant or the superintendent is unable to serve, the chief of the bank bureau of the banking division shall be the acting superintendent until the governor appoints a new superintendent or acting superintendent. If the chief of the bank bureau is unable to serve, the chief examiner of the bank bureau of the banking division shall be the acting superintendent until the governor appoints a new superintendent or acting superintendent. If both the chief of the bank bureau and the chief examiner of the bank bureau are unable to serve, the chief of the finance bureau of the banking division shall be the acting superintendent until the governor appoints a new superintendent or acting superintendent.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9133; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §524.3; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.203]2004 Acts, ch 1141, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1160, §2; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §11
Iowa Code § 39.18 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 39 / Section 39.18
Board of supervisors.
Status: in_force

There shall be elected biennially in counties, members of the board of supervisors to succeed those whose terms of office will expire on the first day of January following the election which is not a Sunday or legal holiday. The term of office of each supervisor shall be four years, except as otherwise provided by section 331.208 or 331.209.

[C51, §239; R60, §475; C73, §295, 591; C97, §411, 1074; S13, §1074; SS15, §411; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §521; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §39.18; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1202]87 Acts, ch 68, §1
Iowa Code § 256.90 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.90
Narrowcast operations.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall not use, permit use, or permit resale of its telecommunications narrowcast system for other than educational purposes. The board, in the establishment and operation of its telecommunications narrowcast system, shall use facilities and services of the private telecommunications industry companies to the greatest extent possible and is prohibited from constructing telecommunications facilities unless comparable facilities are not available from the private telecommunications industry at comparable quality and price.

(2) Notwithstanding chapter 476, the provisions of chapter 476 shall not apply to a public utility in furnishing a telecommunications service or facility to the board.

93 Acts, ch 48, §47
Iowa Code § 441.43 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.43
Power of court.
Status: in_force

Upon trial of any appeal from the action of the board of review or of the property assessment appeal board fixing the amount of assessment upon any property concerning which complaint is made, the court may increase, decrease, or affirm the amount of the assessment appealed from.

[S13, §1373; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7136; C46, 50, 54, 58, §405.24, 442.11; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.43]2005 Acts, ch 150, §131
Iowa Code § 638.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 638 / Section 638.9
Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.
Status: in_force

To the extent a power of attorney expressly grants an agent authority over the content of electronic communications sent or received by the principal and unless directed otherwise by the principal or the court, a custodian shall disclose to the agent the content if the agent gives the custodian all of the following:

(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form.

(2) An original or copy of the power of attorney expressly granting the agent authority over the content of electronic communications of the principal.

(3) A certification by the agent, under penalty of perjury, that the power of attorney is in effect. The certification form provided in section 633B.302 shall satisfy the requirement of this subsection.

(4) If requested by the custodian, any of the following:

(4) (a) A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the principal’s account.

(4) (b) Evidence linking the account to the principal.

2017 Acts, ch 79, §12
Iowa Code § 200.12 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 200 / Section 200.12
False or misleading statements.
Status: in_force

A commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance is misbranded if it does not identify items promoting plant growth, or if it carries any false or misleading statement upon or attached to the container or stated on the invoice or delivery ticket, or if the container or on the invoice or delivery ticket or in any advertising matter whatsoever connected with, accompanying, or associated with the commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance. Further, the burden of proof of the desirable effect of the commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance on plant growth shall be the responsibility of the registrant.

[C46, 50, 54, §200.11; C58, 62, §200.13; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §200.12]2025 Acts, ch 134, §10
Iowa Code § 351.27 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 351 / Section 351.27
Right to kill tagged dog.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for any person to kill a dog, wearing a collar with a rabies vaccination tag attached, when the dog is caught in the act of chasing, maiming, or killing any domestic animal or fowl, or when such dog is attacking or attempting to bite a person.

[C73, §1485; C97, §2340; S13, §2340; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.27]94 Acts, ch 1173, §34; 2007 Acts, ch 111, §1
Iowa Code § 157.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 157 / Section 157.14
Rules.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the provisions of this chapter.

[C77, 79, 81, §157.14]89 Acts, ch 3, §1
Iowa Code § 468.380 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.380
Construction near levee prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter erect, alter, or maintain any building or other structure, except necessary public utility structures, or construct, alter, or maintain any ditch, or remove any earth within three hundred feet of the center line of any levee maintained by a drainage or levee district with pumping stations without first securing permission to so do from the governing board of said drainage or levee district with pumping stations. Such permission may be granted at any regular meeting thereof, and after written application is made therefor upon the form prescribed by said governing board.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.26]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.380
Iowa Code § 655A.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 655A / Section 655A.9
Application of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to real estate used for an agricultural purpose as defined in section 535.13, or to a one or two family dwelling which is, at the time of the initiation of the foreclosure, occupied by a legal or equitable titleholder.

87 Acts, ch 142, §25; 2006 Acts, ch 1132, §14, 16; 2009 Acts, ch 51, §15, 17
Iowa Code § 313A.30 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313A / Section 313A.30
Bridges as part of primary roads.
Status: in_force

The bridges herein provided for may be incorporated into the primary road system as toll free bridges whenever the costs of the construction of the bridges and the approaches thereto and the reconstruction and improvement of existing bridges and approaches thereto, including all incidental costs, have been paid and when all revenue bonds and interest thereon issued and sold pursuant to this chapter and payable from the tolls and revenues thereof shall have been fully paid and redeemed or funds sufficient to pay said bonds and interest, including premium, if any, have been set aside and pledged for that purpose. However, tolls may again be imposed as provided in section 313A.29.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.30]
Iowa Code § 50.38 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.38
Time of state canvass.
Status: in_force

Not later than twenty-seven days after the day of the election, the secretary of state shall present to the board of state canvassers abstracts of votes cast at the election showing the number of ballots cast for each office and a summary of the results for each office, showing the votes cast in each county. The state board of canvassers shall review the results compiled by the secretary of state and, if the results are accurately tabulated, the state board shall approve the canvass.

[C51, §288, 306; R60, §522, 540; C73, §647, 652, 663; C97, §1161, 1162; S13, §1162; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §877; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.38]95 Acts, ch 189, §13
Iowa Code § 147.73 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.73
Titles used by holder of degree.
Status: in_force

Nothing in section 147.72 shall be construed:

(1) As authorizing any person licensed to practice a profession under this subtitle to use or assume any degree or abbreviation of the degree unless such degree has been conferred upon the person by an institution of learning accredited by the appropriate board, or by some recognized state or national accredited agency.

(2) As prohibiting any holder of a degree conferred by an institution of learning accredited by the appropriate board created in this chapter, or by some recognized state or national accrediting agency, from using the title which such degree authorizes the holder to use, but the holder shall not use such degree or abbreviation in any manner which might mislead the public as to the holder’s qualifications to treat human ailments.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2510; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.73]94 Acts, ch 1132, §23; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §20; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §18; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §30
Iowa Code § 311.10 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 311 / Section 311.10
Estimate and apportionment — presumption.
Status: in_force

Said estimated cost shall carry the presumption, in the absence of a contrary showing, that the same correctly represents the probable cost of said project as nearly as can be determined in advance of the actual doing and completion of the work. Said apportionment shall carry the presumption, in the absence of a contrary showing, that the same is fair, just, equitable, and in proportion to the benefits and not in excess thereof.

[C24, §4707; C27, 31, 35, §4753-a1; C39, §4753.01; C46, §311.11; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §311.10]
Iowa Code § 384.21 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.21
Joint investment of funds.
Status: in_force

A city or a city utility board shall keep all funds invested to the extent practicable and may invest the funds jointly with one or more cities, utility boards, judicial district departments of correctional services, counties, or rural water districts created under chapter 357A pursuant to a joint investment agreement. All investments of funds shall be subject to sections 12B.10 and 12B.10A and other applicable law.

87 Acts, ch 105, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1084, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1156, §15; 95 Acts, ch 77, §6
Iowa Code § 441.15 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.15
Bond.
Status: in_force

Assessors and deputy assessors shall be required to furnish bond for the performance of their duties in such amount as the conference board may require and the cost thereof shall be provided for in the budget of the assessor and paid out of the assessment expense fund.

[C50, 54, 58, §441.6; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.15]