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Iowa Code § 263C.4 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263C / Section 263C.4
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

The center shall establish bylaws governing the center subject to the approval of the board. In addition to any other bylaws established, the bylaws must include all of the following requirements, which shall take precedence over any other requirements in the bylaws:

(1) The center shall educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.

(2) The center affirms its duty to equip students with the skills, habits, and dispositions of mind they need to reach their own informed conclusions on matters of social and political importance.

(3) The center affirms the value of intellectual diversity in higher education and aspires to enhance the intellectual diversity of the university.

(4) The center affirms a commitment to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the intellectual freedom of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and welcomes the differences of opinion that naturally exist in a public university community.

2025 Acts, ch 163, §5
Iowa Code § 510B.8D — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510B / Section 510B.8D
Pharmacy benefits manager contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) All contracts executed, amended, adjusted, or renewed on or after July 1, 2025, that apply to prescription drug benefits on or after January 1, 2026, between a pharmacy benefits manager and a third-party payor, or between a person and a third-party payor, shall include all of the following requirements:

(1) (a) The pharmacy benefits manager shall use pass-through pricing.

(1) (b) Payments received by a pharmacy benefits manager for services provided by the pharmacy benefits manager to a third-party payor or to a pharmacy shall be used or distributed pursuant to the pharmacy benefits manager’s contract with the third-party payor or with the pharmacy, or as otherwise required by law.

(2) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, subsection 1 shall supersede any contractual terms to the contrary in any contract executed, amended, adjusted, or renewed on or after July 1, 2025, that applies to prescription drug benefits on or after January 1, 2026, between a pharmacy benefits manager and a third-party payor, or between a person and a third-party payor.

2025 Acts, ch 151, §6, 9
Iowa Code § 501A.405 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.405
Service on foreign cooperative.
Status: in_force

(1) The registered agent of a foreign cooperative authorized to transact business in this state is the foreign cooperative’s agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign cooperative.

(2) A foreign cooperative may be served by certified mail or restricted certified mail addressed to the foreign cooperative at its principal office shown in its application for a certificate of authority if the foreign cooperative meets any of the following conditions:

(2) (a) Has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served.

(2) (b) Has withdrawn from transacting business in this state.

(2) (c) Has had its certificate of authority revoked.

(3) Service is perfected under subsection 2 at the earliest of any of the following:

(3) (a) The date the foreign cooperative receives the mail.

(3) (b) The date shown on the return receipt for the restricted certified mail, if signed on behalf of the foreign cooperative.

(3) (c) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

(4) A foreign cooperative may also be served in any other manner permitted by law.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §24
Iowa Code § 166A.6 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 166A / Section 166A.6
Records kept.
Status: in_force

Market operators and dealers in sheep shall use satisfactory treatment, approved by the department. Market operators and dealers shall maintain records which show the true origin of the sheep including name and address of the seller or consignor, number, date of receipt, date of treatment, and including all certificates, permits, waybills, and bills of lading for each consignment of sheep consigned to and leaving the market or dealer’s premises. All records shall be retained for a period of one year and made available upon demand by a representative of the department.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §166A.6]2012 Acts, ch 1095, §52
Iowa Code § 89.7A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 89 / Section 89.7A
Certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall issue a certificate of inspection valid for the period specified in section 89.3 after the payment of a fee, the filing of an inspection report, and the correction or other appropriate resolution of any defects identified in the inspection report. The certificate shall be posted at a place near the location of the equipment.

(2) The owner or user of any equipment covered in this chapter, or persons in charge of such equipment, shall not allow or permit a greater pressure in any unit than is stated in the certificate of inspection issued by the director.

(3) The director shall indicate to the user whether or not the equipment may be used without making repair or replacement of defective parts, or whether or how the equipment may be used in a limited capacity before repairs or replacements are made, and the director may permit the user a reasonable time to make such repairs or replacements.

2007 Acts, ch 135, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §29; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1795
Iowa Code § 633A.2103 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.2103
Statute of frauds.
Status: in_force

(1) A trust is enforceable when evidenced by either of the following:

(1) (a) A written instrument signed by the trustee, or by the trustee’s agent if authorized in writing.

(1) (b) A written instrument conveying the trust property signed by the settlor, or by the settlor’s agent if authorized in writing.

(2) If an owner of property declares that property is held upon a trust, the written instrument evidencing the trust must be signed by the settlor according to one of the following:

(2) (a) Before or at the time of the declaration.

(2) (b) After the time of the declaration but before the settlor has transferred the property.

(3) If an owner of property while living transfers property to another person to hold upon a trust, the written instrument evidencing the trust must be signed according to one of the following:

(3) (a) By the settlor, concurrently with or before the transfer.

(3) (b) By the trustee, concurrently with or before the transfer, or after the transfer but before the trustee has transferred the property to a third person.

(4) Oral trusts that have not been reduced to writing as specified in this section are not enforceable. This section does not affect the power of a court to declare a resulting or constructive trust in the appropriate case or to order other relief where appropriate.

99 Acts, ch 125, §10, 109C2001, §633.21032003 Acts, ch 95, §10, 11; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.2103
Iowa Code § 29B.41 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.41
Continuances.
Status: in_force

A military judge or court-martial without a military judge may, for reasonable cause, grant a continuance to any party for such time, and as often, as may appear to be just.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.41; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §24]
Iowa Code § 144A.11 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144A / Section 144A.11
General provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures pursuant to a declaration or out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and in accordance with this chapter does not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide, homicide, or dependent adult abuse.

(2) The executing of a declaration pursuant to section 144A.3 or an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to section 144A.7A does not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. No policy of life insurance is legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures pursuant to this chapter, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.

(3) A physician, health care provider, health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital plan shall not require any person to execute a declaration or an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care services.

(4) This chapter creates no presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed a declaration or an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order with respect to the use, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in the event of a terminal condition.

(5) This chapter shall not be interpreted to increase or decrease the right of a patient to make decisions regarding use of life-sustaining procedures as long as the patient is able to do so, nor to impair or supersede any right or responsibility that any person has to effect the withholding or withdrawal of medical care in any lawful manner. In that respect, the provisions of this chapter are cumulative.

(6) This chapter shall not be construed to condone, authorize or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.

85 Acts, ch 3, §12; 2002 Acts, ch 1061, §10
Iowa Code § 538A.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 538A / Section 538A.8
Waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) A credit services organization shall not attempt to cause a buyer to waive a right under this chapter.

(2) A waiver by a buyer of any part of this chapter is void.

89 Acts, ch 183, §8CS89, §533C.8C93, §538A.8
Iowa Code § 533.504 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.504
Tender of receivership to insurance plan.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The superintendent may tender to the administrator of an account insurance plan approved under this chapter the appointment as receiver for an insured state credit union.

(1) (b) If the insurance plan administrator accepts the appointment as receiver, the rights of the members and other creditors of the insured state credit union shall be determined in accordance with the laws of this state and the insurance plan administrator shall comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter.

(2) The administrator of an account insurance plan as receiver shall possess the powers, rights, and privileges given to the superintendent as provided by law.

(3) If the administrator of an account insurance plan pays or makes available for payment the insured liabilities of a state credit union, the administrator shall be subrogated by operation of law to all rights of the members against the insured state credit union in the same manner and to the same extent as subrogation is provided for in applicable laws in the case of a closed federal credit union.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §71
Iowa Code § 222.81 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.81
Claim against estate.
Status: in_force

The total amount of liability provided in section 222.78 shall be allowed as a claim of the sixth class against the estate of the person or against the estate of the father or mother of such person.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §222.81]
Iowa Code § 522.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522 / Section 522.1
Purpose and scope legislative intent.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to require insurers to maintain a risk management framework and complete an own risk and solvency assessment and to provide guidance and instructions for the filing of own risk and solvency assessment reports with the commissioner.

(2) The general assembly finds and declares that own risk and solvency assessment summary reports will contain confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer’s or insurance group’s identification of risks material and relevant to the insurer or insurance group filing the report. This information will include proprietary and trade secret information that has the potential for harm and competitive disadvantage to the insurer or insurance group if the information is made public. It is the intent of the general assembly that own risk and solvency assessment summary reports filed with the commissioner are confidential documents, shall be shared only as provided in this chapter and to assist the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner’s duties, and shall not be subject to public disclosure.

2013 Acts, ch 40, §1, 11
Iowa Code § 513A.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513A / Section 513A.2
Authority and jurisdiction of commissioner.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in this chapter, a third-party payor providing coverage in this state for medical, surgical, chiropractic, physical therapy, speech pathology, audiology, professional mental health, dental, hospital, or optometric expenses, whether the coverage is by direct payment, reimbursement, or otherwise, is presumed to be subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance, unless the person shows that while providing such services the person is subject to the jurisdiction of another agency of the state or the federal government.

91 Acts, ch 213, §12
Iowa Code § 206.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 206 / Section 206.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Pesticide Act of Iowa”.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §206.1]
Iowa Code § 524.532 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.532
Meetings of shareholders.
Status: in_force

Meetings of shareholders may be held at a place as provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, or as fixed in accordance with their provisions. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings shall be held at the principal place of business of the state bank. An annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held during the specific month as shall be provided in the articles of incorporation, at the location, date, and time as stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. Failure to hold the annual meeting during the month shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the state bank. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the president, the board of directors, the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, or other officers or persons as provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. If a state bank holds a shareholder meeting at a location outside this state, the articles of incorporation or bylaws must permit any or all shareholders to participate by any means of communication as specified in section 524.533, subsection 4.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.508]84 Acts, ch 1032, §2CS95, §524.5322022 Acts, ch 1062, §48
Iowa Code § 515I.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515I / Section 515I.5
Duties of surplus lines insurance producers.
Status: in_force

(1) A surplus lines insurance producer shall not issue or deliver any evidence of insurance or purport to insure or represent that insurance will be or has been written by an eligible surplus lines insurer, unless the producer has authority from the insurer to bind the risk to be insured, or has received information from the insurer in the regular course of business that the coverage has been granted.

(2) Upon placement of surplus lines insurance, the surplus lines insurance producer shall promptly deliver to the insured the policy or contract, or if the policy or contract is not then available, a certificate cover note, binder, or other evidence of insurance. The certificate cover note, binder, or other evidence of insurance shall contain information as specified by the commissioner by rule.

(3) As soon as is reasonably possible after the placement of the insurance, the surplus lines insurance producer shall deliver a copy of the policy or contract or, if not available, a certificate of insurance to the insured to replace any evidence of insurance previously issued. Each policy or contract or certificate of insurance shall contain or have attached a complete record of all policy or contract insuring agreements, conditions, exclusions, clauses, endorsements, or any other material facts that would regularly be included in the policy or contract.

(4) If, after delivery of any evidence of insurance, there is any change in the identity of the eligible surplus lines insurer, or the proportion of the risk assumed by such insurer, or any other material change in coverage as stated in the original evidence of insurance, or in any other material change as to the insurance coverage so evidenced, the surplus lines insurance producer shall promptly issue and deliver to the insured an appropriate substitute for, or endorsement of the original document, accurately showing the current status of the coverage and the surplus lines insurer responsible for the coverage.

(5) Each surplus lines insurance producer shall keep a full and true record of each surplus lines insurance policy or contract placed by an eligible surplus lines insurer and issued or delivered by that person which covers risks wholly or partly located or to be performed in this state. These records and any other records deemed reasonably necessary by the commissioner shall be made available to the commissioner for examination upon request. Records shall be maintained for a period of not less than five years following termination of the surplus lines insurance policy or contract.

(6) A surplus lines insurance producer shall file a report and remit all premium taxes due to this state for all surplus lines insurance placed by an eligible surplus lines insurer and issued or delivered by that person during the reporting period established by the commissioner. The specific requirements for the timing of and content of the report and the manner of filing shall be specified by the commissioner by rule.

2012 Acts, ch 1025, §5, 22
Iowa Code § 524.1301 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1301
Dissolution by incorporators, organizers, or initial directors.
Status: in_force

A majority of the incorporators, organizers, or initial directors of a state bank that has not issued shares or has not commenced business may dissolve the state bank by delivering articles of dissolution to the superintendent, together with the applicable filing fees, for filing with the secretary of state that set forth all of the following:

(1) The name of the state bank.

(2) The date of its incorporation or organization.

(3) Either of the following:

(3) (a) That the state bank has not issued any shares.

(3) (b) That the state bank has not commenced business.

(4) That no debt of the state bank remains unpaid.

(5) If shares were issued, that the net assets of the state bank remaining after the payment of all necessary expenses have been distributed to the shareholders.

(6) That a majority of the incorporators, organizers, or initial directors authorized the dissolution.

[C97, §1857; S13, §1857; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9277; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §528.76; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.1301]90 Acts, ch 1205, §40; 95 Acts, ch 148, §96; 2004 Acts, ch 1141, §67; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §102; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §133
Iowa Code § 39.9 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 39 / Section 39.9
State officers — term.
Status: in_force

The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of agriculture, and attorney general shall be elected for a term of four years at the general election held in the year 1974 and every four years thereafter.

[C51, §239; R60, §465, 466; C73, §580, 581; C97, §1064, 1065; S13, §1065; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §512; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §39.9]
Iowa Code § 161A.80A — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.80A
Blufflands protection program and revolving fund.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) For purposes of this section only, “bluffland” means a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face along the channel or floodplain of the Missouri or Mississippi river and their tributaries.

(1) (b) “Conservation organization” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Iowa or an entity organized and operated primarily to enhance and protect natural resources in this state.

(2) A blufflands protection revolving fund is created in the state treasury. All proceeds shall be divided into two equal accounts. One account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands along the Mississippi river and its tributaries and the other account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands along the Missouri river and its tributaries. The proceeds of the revolving fund are appropriated to make loans to conservation organizations that agree to purchase bluffland properties adjacent to state public lands. The department of agriculture and land stewardship, in conjunction with the department of natural resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the disbursement of funds. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on investments made pursuant to this section or as provided in section 12B.10 shall be credited to the blufflands protection revolving fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unobligated or unencumbered funds credited to the blufflands protection revolving fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year.

(3) This section is repealed on July 1, 2030.

2015 Acts, ch 132, §45; 2024 Acts, ch 1148, §32
Iowa Code § 331.260 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.260
Community commonwealth.
Status: in_force

(1) A county and one or more cities or townships within the county, a contiguous county, and a city or a township within a contiguous county may unite to establish an alternative form of local government for the purpose of making more efficient use of their resources by providing for the delivery of regional services.

(2) (a) A charter proposing a community commonwealth as an alternative form of government may be submitted to the voters only by a commission established under section 331.232. A majority vote by the commission is required for the submission of a charter proposing a community commonwealth as an alternative form of local government. The commission submitting a community commonwealth form of government shall issue a final report and proposal. Adoption of the proposed community commonwealth charter requires the approval of a majority of the votes cast in the entire county and requires the approval of a majority of the votes cast in one or more cities named on the ballot. A city named on the ballot is included in the community commonwealth only if the proposed community commonwealth charter is approved by a majority of the votes cast in the city.

(2) (b) The question of forming a community commonwealth shall be submitted to the electorate in substantially the same form as provided in section 331.252. The effective date of the charter and election of new officers of the community commonwealth shall be as provided in section 331.247, subsection 5.

91 Acts, ch 256, §32; 2004 Acts, ch 1066, §25, 31; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §43; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Iowa Code § 256.70 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.70
Library compact authorized.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §8A.231 through 8A.234; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1382.
Iowa Code § 294.5 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 294 / Section 294.5
Reports.
Status: in_force

The teacher shall file with the school superintendent and the director of the department of education such reports and in such manner as may be required.

[C97, §2789; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4340; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.5]85 Acts, ch 212, §21
Iowa Code § 15E.135 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.135
Section 15E.135
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 126, §114.