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Iowa Code § 626.80 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.80
Time and manner.
Status: in_force

(1) The sale must be at public auction, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and the hour of the commencement of the sale must be fixed in the notice.

(2) The sheriff shall receive and give a receipt for a sealed written bid submitted prior to the public auction. The sheriff may require all sealed written bids to be accompanied by payment of any fees required to be paid at the public auction by the purchaser, to be returned if the person submitting the sealed written bid is not the purchaser. The sheriff shall keep all written bids sealed until the commencement of the public auction, at which time the sheriff shall open and announce the written bids as though made in person. A party who has appeared in the foreclosure may submit a written bid, which shall include a facsimile number or electronic mail address where the party can be notified of the results of the sale. If a party submitting a winning written bid does not pay the amount of the bid in certified funds in the manner in which the sheriff in the notice directs, such bid shall be deemed canceled and the sheriff shall certify the next highest bidder as the successful bidder of the sale either within twenty-four hours for an electronic funds transfer or forty-eight hours otherwise, of notification of the sale results. A sheriff may refuse to accept written bids from a bidder other than the judgment creditor if the bidder or the bidder’s agent in the action has demonstrated a pattern of nonpayment on previously accepted bids.

[C51, §1908; R60, §3313; C73, §3082; C97, §4028; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11728; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.80]89 Acts, ch 123, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1132, §6, 16; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §106
Iowa Code § 468.38 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.38
Commissioners to classify and assess.
Status: in_force

When a levee or drainage district has been located and finally established or, unless otherwise provided by law, when the required proceedings have been taken to enlarge, deepen, widen, change, or extend any of the ditches, laterals, settling basins, or drains of a district, or the required proceedings have been taken to annex additional lands to a district, or a plan of the United States government for original construction of the improvements in a district has been adopted by the district under sections 468.201 through 468.216, the board shall appoint three commissioners to assess benefits and classify the lands affected by the improvement. One of the commissioners shall be a competent civil engineer and two of them shall be resident freeholders of the county in which the district is located, but not living within, nor interested in, any lands included in the district, nor related to any party whose land is affected by the district. The commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath of their qualifications and to perform the duties of classification of the lands, to fix the percentages of benefits, apportion and assess the costs and expenses of constructing the improvement, divide and rename original improvements, and, if included in the board’s resolution, adopt special common outlet classifications to be maintained independent of the district’s regular assessment schedules, according to law and their best judgment, skill, and ability. If the commissioners or any of them fail or neglect to act or perform the duties in the time and as required of them by law, the board shall appoint others with like qualifications to take their places and perform the duties.

[SS15, §1989-a12; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7464; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.45]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.3891 Acts, ch 80, §2
Iowa Code § 536.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536 / Section 536.2
Application — fees.
Status: in_force

(1) An application for a license shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent, and shall contain all of the following:

(1) (a) The name and the address, both of the residence and place of business, of the applicant. If the applicant is not a natural person, the application shall include the name and address of every member, director, officer, manager, and trustee of the applicant.

(1) (b) The county and municipality with street and number, if any, of the place where the business of making loans under the provisions of this chapter is to be conducted.

(1) (c) Other relevant information as the superintendent may require.

(2) The applicant at the time of making the application shall pay to the superintendent the sum of one hundred dollars as a fee for investigating the application and the additional sum of two hundred fifty dollars as an annual license fee.

(3) Every applicant shall also prove, in form satisfactory to the superintendent, that the applicant has available for the operation of such business at the place of business specified in the application, liquid assets of at least five thousand dollars, or that the applicant has at least the said amount actually in use in the conduct of such business at such place of business.

[C24, 27, 31, §9411, 9412; C35, §9438-f2; C39, §9438.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536.2]89 Acts, ch 257, §27; 2006 Acts, ch 1042, §33
Iowa Code § 15.522 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.522
Eligible businesses and sectors.
Status: in_force

(1) The tax credit available pursuant to this part shall be available only to a business primarily engaged in any of the following:

(1) (a) Advanced manufacturing.

(1) (b) Bioscience.

(1) (c) Insurance and finance.

(1) (d) Technology and innovation.

(2) For a business described in subsection 1, the sectors available for the credit may include the following:

(2) (a) Second-generation food innovation.

(2) (b) Food ingredients and supplements.

(2) (c) Crop protection.

(2) (d) Hybrid seed technologies.

(2) (e) Diagnostic analytics and immunotherapies.

(2) (f) Chip technologies and microelectronics.

(2) (g) Medical equipment and supplies.

(2) (h) Software and technology.

(2) (i) Aerospace.

(2) (j) Pharmaceuticals.

(2) (k) Consumer products.

(2) (l) Any additional sectors included by the authority by rule.

(3) A business that shall not be considered to be engaged in advanced manufacturing, bioscience, insurance and finance, or technology and innovation under subsection 1, and thus is not eligible for the credit, includes but is not limited to all of the following:

(3) (a) A business engaged in agriculture production as defined in section 423.1.

(3) (b) A business that is a contractor, subcontractor, builder, or a contractor-retailer that engages in commercial and residential repair and installation, including but not limited to heating or cooling installation and repair, plumbing and pipe fitting, security system installation, and electrical installation and repair. For purposes of this paragraph, “contractor-retailer” means a business that makes frequent retail sales to the public or to other contractors and that also engages in the performance of construction contracts.

(3) (c) A finance or investment company.

(3) (d) A retailer.

(3) (e) A wholesaler.

(3) (f) A transportation company.

(3) (g) An ethanol biorefinery.

(3) (h) An agricultural cooperative association as defined in section 502.102.

(3) (i) A real estate company.

(3) (j) A collection agency.

(3) (k) An accountant.

(3) (l) An architect.

(3) (m) A publisher.

2025 Acts, ch 136, §110, 118
Iowa Code § 15E.221 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.221
Section 15E.221
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 123, §8.
Iowa Code § 321.254 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.254
Local authorities restricted.
Status: in_force

No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic-control device upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the department except by the latter’s permission.

[C39, §5019.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.254]
Iowa Code § 57.7 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 57 / Section 57.7
Contest court for contest of public measure appeal.
Status: in_force

The court for the trial of a contested election on a public measure shall consist of five district court judges, appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court by January 30 of each odd-numbered year. The decision of the contest court may be appealed to the supreme court.

[C77, 79, 81, §57.7]2025 Acts, ch 122, §15
Iowa Code § 99.14 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99 / Section 99.14
Evidence.
Status: in_force

In such action evidence of the general reputation of the place shall be competent for the purpose of proving the existence of said nuisance and shall be prima facie evidence of such nuisance and of knowledge thereof and of acquiescence and participation therein on the part of the owners, lessors, lessees, users, and all those in possession of or having charge of, as agent or otherwise, or having any interest in any form of property used in conducting or maintaining said nuisance.

[SS15, §4944-h3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1600; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §99.14]
Iowa Code § 8A.203 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.203
Commission of libraries — creation and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The state commission of libraries consists of one member appointed by the supreme court, the director, and the following seven members who shall be appointed by the governor to serve four-year terms beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19.

(1) (a) Two members shall be employed in the state as public librarians.

(1) (a) One member shall be a public library trustee.

(1) (a) One member shall be employed in this state as an academic librarian.

(1) (a) One member shall be employed as a librarian by a school district or area education agency.

(1) (a) Two members shall be selected at large.

(1) (b) The members shall be reimbursed for their actual expenditures necessitated by their official duties. Members may also be eligible for compensation as provided in section 7E.6.

(2) The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson. The commission shall meet at the time and place specified by call of the chairperson. Five members are a quorum for the transaction of business.

(3) The commission shall provide advice and recommendations on the adoption of rules under chapter 17A by the department for carrying out the responsibilities of the department as it relates to library services duties of the department.

(4) The commission shall advise the department and the state librarian concerning the library services duties of the department.

93 Acts, ch 48, §19CS93, §256.5294 Acts, ch 1193, §18; 96 Acts, ch 1215, §21; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §223; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §317, 318, 321; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §51 – 54, 69, 106; [Subsection 3, paragraph b, subparagraph (5) was inadvertently omitted from the 2016 Code]2023 Acts, ch 19, §1368 – 1371, 1382C2024, §8A.2032024 Acts, ch 1043, §1; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §123
Iowa Code § 231C.20 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231C / Section 231C.20
Limitation on penalties.
Status: in_force

The department shall not impose duplicate civil penalties for the same set of facts and circumstances. All monitoring revisits by the department shall review the program prospectively from the date of the plan of correction to determine compliance.

2009 Acts, ch 156, §18
Iowa Code § 554.4212 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.4212
Presentment by notice of item not payable by, through, or at a bank; liability of drawer or endorser.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise instructed, a collecting bank may present an item not payable by, through or at a bank by sending to the party to accept or pay a written notice that the bank holds the item for acceptance or payment. The notice must be sent in time to be received on or before the day when presentment is due and the bank must meet any requirement of the party to accept or pay under section 554.3501 by the close of the bank’s next banking day after it knows of the requirement.

(2) If presentment is made by notice and payment, acceptance, or request for compliance with a requirement under section 554.3501 is not received by the close of business on the day after maturity or, in the case of demand items, by the close of business on the third banking day after notice was sent, the presenting bank may treat the item as dishonored and charge any drawer or endorser by sending it notice of the facts.

[C73, §2094; C97, §3053; S13, §3053; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9545; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §541.85; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.4210]94 Acts, ch 1167, §97, 120, 122C95, §554.421295 Acts, ch 67, §43
Iowa Code § 536.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536 / Section 536.7
Separate license — change of name or place of business.
Status: in_force

(1) Only one place of business where loans are made shall be maintained under a license. However, the superintendent may issue more than one license to the same licensee upon compliance, for each such additional license, with all the provisions of this chapter governing an original issuance of a license.

(2) A licensee shall notify the superintendent and submit a fee of twenty-five dollars per license to the superintendent thirty days in advance of the effective date of any of the following:

(2) (a) A change in the name of the licensee.

(2) (b) A change in the address of the location where the business is conducted.

[C24, 27, 31, §9416, 9419; C35, §9438-f7; C39, §9438.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536.7]2006 Acts, ch 1042, §34
Iowa Code § 8A.104 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.104
Powers and duties of the director.
Status: in_force

The director shall do all of the following:

(1) Coordinate the internal operations of the department and develop and implement policies and procedures designed to ensure the efficient administration of the department.

(2) Appoint all personnel deemed necessary for the administration of the department’s functions as provided in this chapter.

(3) Prepare an annual budget for the department.

(4) Develop and recommend legislative proposals deemed necessary for the continued efficiency of the department’s functions, and review legislative proposals generated outside the department which are related to matters within the department’s purview.

(5) Adopt rules deemed necessary for the administration of this chapter in accordance with chapter 17A.

(6) Develop and maintain support systems within the department to provide appropriate administrative support and sufficient data for the effective and efficient operation of state government.

(7) Enter into contracts for the receipt and provision of services as deemed necessary. The director and the governor may obtain and accept grants and receipts to or for the state to be used for the administration of the department’s functions as provided in this chapter.

(8) Establish the internal organization of the department and allocate and reallocate duties and functions not assigned by law to an officer or any subunit of the department to promote economic and efficient administration and operation of the department.

(9) Install a records system for the keeping of records which are necessary for a proper audit and effective operation of the department.

(10) Determine which risk exposures shall be self-insured or assumed by the state with respect to loss and loss exposures of state government.

(11) Keep in the director’s office a complete record containing an itemized account of all state property, including furniture and equipment, under the director’s care and control, and plans and surveys of the public grounds, buildings, and underground constructions at the seat of government and of the state laboratories facility in Ankeny.

(12) Examine and develop best practices for the efficient operation of government and encourage state agencies to adopt and implement these practices.

(13) Exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by law.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 52, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §1, 77; 2013 Acts, ch 129, §3; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §89
Iowa Code § 275.24 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.24
Effective date of change.
Status: in_force

(1) If a proposition to enlarge, reorganize, or change the boundary of a school district pursuant to sections 275.12 through 275.18, 275.20, and 275.22, is approved by voters pursuant to section 275.18 prior to January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July 1 following the date of the reorganization election held pursuant to section 275.18.

(2) If a proposition to enlarge, reorganize, or change the boundary of a school district pursuant to sections 275.12 through 275.18, 275.20, and 275.22, is approved by voters pursuant to section 275.18 on or after January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July 1 in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the calendar year in which the reorganization election was held pursuant to section 275.18.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.24]83 Acts, ch 53, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §40, 71; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §147; 2025 Acts, ch 2, §1, 3
Iowa Code § 232.112 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.112
Notice — service.
Status: in_force

(1) Persons listed in section 232.111, subsection 4, shall be necessary parties to a termination of parent-child relationship proceeding and are entitled to receive notice and an opportunity to be heard, except that notice may be dispensed with in the case of any such person whose name or whereabouts the court determines is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonably diligent search. In addition to the persons who are necessary parties who may be parties under section 232.111, notice for any hearing under this subchapter shall be provided to the child’s foster parent, an individual providing preadoptive care for the child, or a relative providing care for the child.

(2) Prior to the service of notice on the necessary parties, the juvenile court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for a child if the child does not have a guardian or guardian ad litem or if the interests of the guardian or guardian ad litem conflict with the interests of the child. Such guardian ad litem shall be a necessary party under subsection 1.

(3) Notice under this section shall be served personally, sent by restricted certified mail, or sent by electronic mail or other electronic means with the consent of the party to be served, whichever is determined by the court to be the most effective means of notification. If the court determines that personal service is impracticable, the court may order service by publication. Such notice shall be made according to the rules of civil procedure relating to an original notice where not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Notice by personal delivery and notice sent by electronic mail or other electronic means with the consent of the party to be served shall be served not less than seven days prior to the hearing on termination of parental rights. Notice by restricted certified mail shall be sent not less than fourteen days prior to the hearing on termination of parental rights. A notice by restricted certified mail which is refused by the necessary party given notice shall be sufficient notice to the party under this section.

[C79, 81, §232.112]98 Acts, ch 1190, §22; 2019 Acts, ch 127, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §56
Iowa Code § 16.191 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.191
Iowa jobs board.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 142, §27.
Iowa Code § 43.21 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.21
Township office.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 152, §10.
Iowa Code § 312.16 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 312 / Section 312.16
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commission” means the state transportation commission.

(2) “Department” means the state department of transportation.

(3) “Fiscal year” means the period of twelve months beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §312.16]89 Acts, ch 293, §152024 Acts, ch 1170, §306
Iowa Code § 37.16 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 37 / Section 37.16
Disbursement of funds — purchasing regulations — reports.
Status: in_force

All funds voted under the provisions of this chapter shall be disbursed by the county or city officers, only with the approval of the commission. However, the commission may adopt purchasing regulations to govern the purchase of specified goods and services without the prior approval of the commission. The purchasing regulations shall conform to generally accepted practices followed by public purchasing officers. The commission shall report to and make settlement with the board of supervisors or the city council, as the case may be, at the time and in the manner required of county and city officers.

[C97, §436; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §498; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §37.16]92 Acts, ch 1024, §1
Iowa Code § 26.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 26 / Section 26.10
Opening and considering bids.
Status: in_force

(1) The date and time that each bid is received by the governmental entity, together with the name of the person receiving the bid, shall be recorded on the envelope containing the bid. If bids are received in an electronic format as provided in section 26.7, the governmental entity shall electronically record the date and time each bid is received. All bids received after the deadlines for submission of bids as stated in the project specifications shall not be considered and shall be returned to the late bidder unopened. The governmental entity shall open, announce the amount of the bids, and file all proposals received, at the time and place specified in the notice to bidders. The governmental entity may, by resolution, award the contract for the public improvement to the bidder submitting the lowest responsive, responsible bid, determined as provided in section 26.9, or the governmental entity may reject all bids received, fix a new date for receiving bids, and order publication of a new notice to bidders. The governmental entity shall retain the bid security furnished by the successful bidder until the approved contract form has been executed, a bond has been filed by the bidder guaranteeing the performance of the contract, and the contract and bond have been approved by the governmental entity. The provisions of chapter 573, where applicable, apply to contracts awarded under this chapter.

(2) The governmental entity shall promptly return the checks or bidder’s bonds of unsuccessful bidders to the bidders as soon as the successful bidder is determined or within thirty days, whichever is sooner.

2006 Acts, ch 1017, §10, 42, 43; 2007 Acts, ch 144, §6; 2022 Acts, ch 1018, §3