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Iowa Code § 679A.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679A / Section 679A.16
Venue.
Status: in_force

An initial application shall be made to the district court of the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held. Otherwise the application shall be made in the district court of the county where the adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if the adverse party has no residence or place of business in this state, to the district court of any county. All subsequent applications shall be made to the district court hearing the initial application unless the district court otherwise directs.

[81 Acts, ch 202, §16]
Iowa Code § 709.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709 / Section 709.8
Lascivious acts with a child.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person sixteen years of age or older to perform any of the following acts with a child with or without the child’s consent unless married to each other, for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of either of them:

(1) (a) Fondle or touch the pubes or genitals of a child.

(1) (b) Permit or cause a child to fondle or touch the person’s genitals or pubes.

(1) (c) Cause the touching of the person’s genitals to any part of the body of a child.

(1) (d) Solicit a child to engage in a sex act or solicit a person to arrange a sex act with a child.

(1) (e) Inflict pain or discomfort upon a child or permit a child to inflict pain or discomfort on the person.

(2) (a) Any person who violates a provision of this section involving an act included in subsection 1, paragraph “a” through “c”, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a class “C” felony.

(2) (b) Any person who violates a provision of this section involving an act included in subsection 1, paragraph “d” or “e”, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a class “D” felony.

[S13, §4938-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13184; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §725.2; C75, 77, §725.10; C79, 81, §709.8]85 Acts, ch 181, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1062, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1165, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 158, §35; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §202; 2013 Acts, ch 43, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 135.110 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.110
Committee powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The review committee shall perform the following duties:

(1) (a) Prepare a biennial report for the governor, supreme court, attorney general, and the general assembly concerning the following subjects:

(1) (a) The causes and manner of domestic abuse deaths, including an analysis of factual information obtained through review of domestic abuse death certificates and domestic abuse death data, including patient records and other pertinent confidential and public information concerning domestic abuse deaths.

(1) (a) The contributing factors of domestic abuse deaths.

(1) (a) Recommendations regarding the prevention of future domestic abuse deaths, including actions to be taken by communities, based on an analysis of these contributing factors.

(1) (b) Advise and consult state agencies regarding program and regulatory changes that may prevent domestic abuse deaths.

(1) (c) Develop protocols for domestic abuse death investigations and committee review.

(2) In performing duties pursuant to subsection 1, the review committee shall review the relationship between the decedent victim and the alleged or convicted perpetrator from the point where the abuse allegedly began, until the domestic abuse death occurred, and shall review all relevant documents pertaining to the relationship between the parties, including but not limited to protective orders and dissolution, custody, and support agreements and related court records, in order to ascertain whether a correlation exists between certain events in the relationship and any escalation of abuse, and whether patterns can be established regarding such events in relation to domestic abuse deaths in general. The review committee shall consider such conclusions in making recommendations pursuant to subsection 1.

(3) The committee shall meet upon the call of the chairperson, upon the request of a state agency, or as determined by a majority of the committee.

(4) The committee shall annually elect a chairperson and other officers as deemed necessary by the committee.

(5) The committee may establish subcommittees or panels to whom the committee may assign some or all of the committee’s responsibilities.

(6) Members of the committee who are currently practicing attorneys or current employees of the judicial branch of state government shall not participate in the following:

(6) (a) An investigation by the committee that involves a case in which the committee member is presently involved in the member’s professional capacity.

(6) (b) Development of protocols by the committee for domestic abuse death investigations and committee review.

(6) (c) Development of regulatory changes related to domestic abuse deaths.

2000 Acts, ch 1136, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §48; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §131; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §82; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §221 – 223
Iowa Code § 28E.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28E / Section 28E.12
Contract with other agencies.
Status: in_force

Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives, and responsibilities of the contracting parties.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.12]
Iowa Code § 554.7301 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.7301
Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription — “said to contain” — “shipper’s weight, load, and count” — improper handling.
Status: in_force

(1) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which has given value in good faith, or a holder to which a negotiable bill has been duly negotiated, relying upon the description of the goods in the bill or upon the date shown in the bill, may recover from the issuer damages caused by the misdating of the bill or the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that the bill indicates that the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, such as in a case in which the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity, or condition or the receipt or description is qualified by “contents or condition of contents of packages unknown”, “said to contain”, “shipper’s weight, load, and count”, or words of similar import, if that indication is true.

(2) If goods are loaded by the issuer of a bill of lading,

(2) (a) the issuer shall count the packages of goods if shipped in packages and ascertain the kind and quantity if shipped in bulk; and

(2) (b) words such as “shipper’s weight, load, and count”, or words of similar import indicating that the description was made by the shipper are ineffective except as to goods concealed in packages.

(3) If bulk goods are loaded by a shipper that makes available to the issuer of a bill of lading adequate facilities for weighing those goods, the issuer shall ascertain the kind and quantity within a reasonable time after receiving the shipper’s request in a record to do so. In that case, “shipper’s weight” or words of similar import are ineffective.

(4) The issuer of a bill of lading, by including in the bill the words “shipper’s weight, load, and count”, or words of similar import, may indicate that the goods were loaded by the shipper, and, if that statement is true, the issuer is not liable for damages caused by the improper loading. However, omission of such words does not imply liability for damages caused by improper loading.

(5) A shipper guarantees to an issuer the accuracy at the time of shipment of the description, marks, labels, number, kind, quantity, condition, and weight, as furnished by the shipper, and the shipper shall indemnify the issuer against damage caused by inaccuracies in those particulars. This right of indemnity does not limit the issuer’s responsibility or liability under the contract of carriage to any person other than the shipper.

[S13, §2074-b, 3138-b22; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8267, 10980; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §487.23, 613.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.7301]2007 Acts, ch 30, §17, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 123.79 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.79
Abatement bond a lien.
Status: in_force

Undertakings of bonds for abatement shall immediately after filing by the clerk of the district court be docketed and entered upon the lien index as required for judgments in civil cases, and from the time of such entries shall be liens upon real estate of the persons executing the same, with like effect as judgments in civil actions.

[C24, 27, 31, §2039; C35, §1921-f80, 2039; C39, §1921.080, 2039; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.80, 128.26; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.79]
Iowa Code § 533.322 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.322
Preservation of records.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent may adopt rules regarding the preservation of records and files of a state credit union or any other person supervised or regulated by the superintendent. A state credit union is not required to preserve its records for a period longer than seven years after the first day of January of the year following the time of the making or filing of such records. However, account records showing unpaid balances due to depositors shall not be destroyed.

(2) A copy of an original may be kept in lieu of any original records.

(2) (a) For purposes of this section, a copy includes any duplicate, rerecording or reproduction of an original record from any photograph, photostat, microfilm, microcard, miniature or microphotograph, computer printout, electronically stored data or image, or other process that accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for accurately and legibly reproducing an unaltered image or reproduction of the original record.

(2) (b) A copy is deemed to be an original and shall be treated as an original record in a judicial or administrative proceeding for purposes of admissibility in evidence. A facsimile, exemplification, or certified copy of any such copy reproduced from a film record is deemed to be a facsimile, exemplification, or certified copy of the original.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §53; 2011 Acts, ch 87, §3
Iowa Code § 35B.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35B / Section 35B.12
Benefit information confidential.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1116, §54; . See §35B.6.
Iowa Code § 631.8 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.8
Procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) Small claims not determined within ninety days following the expiration of any period of continuance or following the last entry placed on the record for that action shall be dismissed by the clerk without prejudice.

(2) In small claims actions, if a party joins a small claim with one which is not a small claim, the court shall:

(2) (a) Order the small claim to be heard under this chapter and dismiss the other claim without prejudice, or

(2) (b) As to parties who have appeared or are existing parties, either order the small claim to be heard under this chapter and the other claim to be tried by regular procedure or order both claims to be tried by regular procedure.

(3) If commenced as a regular civil action or under the statutes relating to probate proceedings, a small claim shall be transferred to the small claims docket. A small claim commenced as a regular action shall not be dismissed but shall be transferred to the small claims docket. Civil and probate actions not small claims but commenced under this chapter shall be dismissed without prejudice except for defendants who have appeared, as to whom such actions shall be transferred to the combination or probate docket, as appropriate.

(4) In small claims actions, a counterclaim, cross claim, or intervention in a greater amount than that of a small claim shall be in the form of a regular pleading. A copy shall be filed for each existing party. New parties, when permitted by order, may be brought in under rule of civil procedure 1.246 and shall be given notice under the rules of civil procedure pertaining to commencement of actions. The court shall either order such counterclaim, cross claim, or intervention to be tried by regular procedure and the other claim to be heard under this chapter, or order the entire action to be tried by regular procedure.

(5) In regular action, when a party joins a small claim with one which is not a small claim, regular procedure shall apply to both unless the court transfers the small claim to the small claims docket for hearing under this chapter.

(6) In regular actions, a counterclaim, cross claim, or intervention in the amount of a small claim shall be pleaded, tried, and determined by regular procedure, unless the court transfers the small claim to the small claims docket for hearing under this chapter.

(7) Pleadings which are not in correct form under this section shall be ordered amended so as to be in correct form; but a small claim which is proceeding under this chapter need not be amended although in the form of a regular pleading.

(8) Copies of any papers filed by the parties which are not required to be served, shall be mailed or delivered by the clerk as provided in rule of civil procedure 1.442.

[C73, §631.2, 631.8; C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.8]2013 Acts, ch 30, §162; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §136; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §332
Iowa Code § 501A.103 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.103
Requirements for signatures on documents.
Status: in_force

A document is signed when a person has affixed the person’s name on a document. A person authorized to do so by this chapter, the articles or bylaws, or by a resolution approved by the directors or the members must sign the document. A signature on a document may be a facsimile affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, transmitted by facsimile or electronically, or in any other manner reproduced on the document.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §3; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §52
Iowa Code § 217.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.4
Meetings of council.
Status: in_force

Meetings shall be called by the chairperson or upon written request of any three council members as necessary to carry out the duties of the council. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings or in the absence of the chairperson the vice chairperson shall preside. The members of the council shall be paid a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and their reasonable and necessary expenses.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §217.4]90 Acts, ch 1256, §362023 Acts, ch 19, §328; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §102
Iowa Code § 554.3414 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3414
Obligation of drawer.
Status: in_force

(1) This section does not apply to cashier’s checks or other drafts drawn on the drawer.

(2) If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged to pay the draft according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder, or if the drawer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in sections 554.3115 and 554.3407. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the draft or to an endorser who paid the draft under section 554.3415.

(3) If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer is discharged, regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained.

(4) If a draft is accepted and the acceptor is not a bank, the obligation of the drawer to pay the draft if the draft is dishonored by the acceptor is the same as the obligation of an endorser under section 554.3415, subsections 1 and 3.

(5) If a draft states that it is drawn “without recourse” or otherwise disclaims liability of the drawer to pay the draft, the drawer is not liable under subsection 2 to pay the draft if the draft is not a check. A disclaimer of the liability stated in subsection 2 is not effective if the draft is a check.

(6) If a check is not presented for payment or given to a depositary bank for collection within thirty days after its date, the drawee suspends payments after expiration of the thirty-day period without paying the check, and because of the suspension of payments, the drawer is deprived of funds maintained with the drawee to cover payment of the check, the drawer to the extent deprived of funds may discharge its obligation to pay the check by assigning to the person entitled to enforce the check the rights of the drawer against the drawee with respect to the funds.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §61, 121, 122; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 507.17 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507 / Section 507.17
Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

(1) A cause of action does not arise nor shall any liability be imposed against the commissioner, the commissioner’s authorized representative, or any examiner appointed by the commissioner for any statements made or conduct performed in good faith while carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

(2) A cause of action does not arise, nor shall any liability be imposed against any person for the act of communicating or delivering information or data to the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representative, or an examiner pursuant to an examination made under this chapter, if the act of communication or delivery was performed in good faith and without fraudulent intent or the intent to deceive.

(3) This section does not abrogate or modify in any way any common law or statutory privilege or immunity enjoyed by any person identified in subsection 1.

(4) A person identified in subsection 1 is entitled to an award of attorney’s fees and costs if the person is the prevailing party in a civil cause of action for libel, slander, or any other relevant tort arising out of activities in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and the party bringing the action was not substantially justified in doing so. For purposes of this section, a proceeding is substantially justified if the proceeding has a reasonable basis in law or fact at the time that it is initiated.

[S13, §1821-g; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8641; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §507.17]92 Acts, ch 1117, §7
Iowa Code § 125.17 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.17
License suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

Violation of any of the requirements or restrictions of this chapter or of any of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter is cause for suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew a license. The director shall at the earliest time feasible notify a licensee whose license the department is considering suspending or revoking and shall inform the licensee what changes must be made in the licensee’s operation to avoid such action. The licensee shall be given a reasonable time for compliance, as determined by the director, after receiving such notice or a notice that the department does not intend to renew the license. When the licensee believes compliance has been achieved, or if the licensee considers the proposed suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew unjustified, the licensee may submit pertinent information to the department and the department shall expeditiously make a decision in the matter and notify the licensee of the decision.

[C75, 77, §224B.18; C79, 81, §125.17]2005 Acts, ch 175, §70; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §93; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §381; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §147
Iowa Code § 357D.6 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357D / Section 357D.6
Engineer.
Status: in_force

(1) When the board establishes a district, the board shall appoint a competent disinterested civil engineer, who shall prepare a preliminary plat showing:

(1) (a) The proper design in general outline of the district.

(1) (b) The lots and parcels of land within the proposed district as they appear on the county auditor’s plat books with the names of the owners.

(1) (c) The assessed valuation of the lots and parcels.

(2) The compensation of the engineer on the preliminary investigation shall be determined by the board. The engineer shall file a report with the county auditor within thirty days of appointment. The board may extend the time upon good cause shown.

[82 Acts, ch 1174, §6]
Iowa Code § 724.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.5
Availability of permit not to be construed as prohibition on unlicensed carrying of weapons.
Status: in_force

The availability of a professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons under this chapter shall not be construed to impose a general prohibition on the otherwise lawful unlicensed carrying or transport, whether openly or concealed, of a dangerous weapon, including a loaded firearm.

[S13, §4775-8a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12947; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §695.15; C79, 81, §724.5]90 Acts, ch 1168, §60; 2017 Acts, ch 69, §9; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §177; 2021 Acts, ch 35, §13
Iowa Code § 437B.18 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.18
Statutes applicable.
Status: in_force

(1) Sections 437B.5, 437B.6, 437B.8, and 437B.9, and section 437B.10, subsection 1, are applicable to water utilities whose property is subject to the statewide property tax.

(2) (a) Section 422.26 applies with respect to the statewide property tax and penalties imposed by this chapter, except that, as applied to any tax imposed by this chapter, the lien provided shall be prior to and superior over all subsequent liens upon any personal property within this state or right to such personal property belonging to the taxpayer, without the necessity of recording the lien as provided in section 422.26. The requirement for recording, as applied to the statewide property tax imposed by this chapter, shall apply only to a lien upon real property. In order to preserve such lien against subsequent mortgagees, purchasers, or judgment creditors, for value and without notice of the lien, on any real property situated in a county, the director shall file with the recorder of the county in which the real property is located a notice of the lien.

(2) (b) The county recorder of each county shall index each lien showing the applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52 and showing, under the names of taxpayers arranged alphabetically, all of the following:

(2) (b) The name of the taxpayer.

(2) (b) The name “State of Iowa” as claimant.

(2) (b) Time the notice of lien was filed for recording.

(2) (b) Date of notice.

(2) (b) Amount of lien then due.

(2) (b) Date of assessment.

(2) (b) Date when the lien is satisfied.

(2) (c) The recorder shall endorse on each notice of lien the day, hour, and minute when filed for recording and the document reference number, shall preserve such notice, and shall promptly record the lien in the manner provided for recording real estate mortgages. The lien is effective from the time of the indexing of the lien.

(2) (d) The director, from moneys appropriated to the department of revenue for this purpose, shall pay recording fees as provided in section 331.604 for the recording of the lien, or for its satisfaction.

(2) (e) Upon the payment of the statewide property tax as to which the director has filed notice with a county recorder, the director shall promptly file with the recorder a satisfaction of the statewide property tax. The recorder shall enter the satisfaction on the notice on file in the recorder’s office and indicate that fact on the index.

2013 Acts, ch 94, §27, 35, 36
Iowa Code § 626.104 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.104
Officer’s duty.
Status: in_force

In acting upon an execution, so endorsed, the sheriff shall proceed as if the surviving owners, or the personal representatives or heirs as above provided, were the only owners of the judgment upon which it was issued, and take bonds accordingly.

[R60, §3483; C73, §3131; C97, §4068; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11750; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.104]