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Iowa Code § 317.15 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 317 / Section 317.15
Loss or damage to crops.
Status: in_force

The loss or damage to crops or property incurred by reason of such destruction shall be borne by the titleholder of said real estate, unless said real estate shall be sold under contract whereby possession has been delivered to the purchaser, in which event such purchaser shall bear such loss or damage, excepting where a contract has been entered into providing a different adjustment for such loss or damage.

[S13, §1565-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4822; C39, §4829.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §317.15]
Iowa Code § 170.1A — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 170 / Section 170.1A
Application of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) A landowner shall not keep whitetail unless the whitetail are kept as farm deer under this chapter or kept as preserve whitetail on a hunting preserve pursuant to chapter 484C.

(2) This chapter authorizes the department of agriculture and land stewardship to regulate whitetail kept as farm deer. However, the department of natural resources shall regulate preserve whitetail kept on a hunting preserve pursuant to chapter 484C.

2005 Acts, ch 139, §2
Iowa Code § 458A.9 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 458A / Section 458A.9
Voluntary agreements for unit operation valid.
Status: in_force

An agreement for the unit or cooperative development and operation of a field or pool, in connection with the conduct of a repressuring or pressure maintenance operations, cycling or recycling operations, including the extraction and separation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas, or any other method of operation, including water floods, may be performed without being in violation of any of the statutes of this state relating to trusts, monopolies, or contracts and combinations in restraint of trade, if the agreement is approved by the department as being in the public interest, protective of correlative rights, and reasonably necessary to increase ultimate recovery or to prevent waste of oil or gas. The agreements bind only the persons who execute them, and their heirs, successors, assigns, and legal representatives.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.9; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §45, 96]C93, §458A.9
Iowa Code § 234.7 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 234 / Section 234.7
Department duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall comply with the provisions under chapter 237 that require an individual licensee or an approved kinship caregiver to be included in, and be provided timely notice of, planning and review activities associated with the child, including but not limited to permanency planning and placement review meetings, which shall include discussion of the child’s rehabilitative treatment needs.

(2) (a) The department shall submit a waiver request to the United States department of health and human services as necessary to provide coverage under the medical assistance program for children who are described by both of the following:

(2) (a) The child needs behavioral health care services and qualifies for the care level provided by a psychiatric medical institution for children licensed under chapter 135H.

(2) (a) The child is in need of treatment to cure or alleviate serious mental illness or disorder, or emotional damage as evidenced by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or untoward aggressive behavior toward self or others and whose parent, guardian, or custodian is unable to provide such treatment.

(2) (b) The waiver request shall provide for appropriately addressing the needs of children described in paragraph “a” by implementing any of the following options:using a wraparound services approach, renegotiating the medical assistance program contract provisions for behavioral health services, or applying another approach for appropriately meeting the children’s needs.

(2) (c) If federal approval of the waiver request is not received, the department shall submit options to the governor and general assembly to meet the needs of such children through a state-funded program.

95 Acts, ch 182, §14; 2005 Acts, ch 117, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §38; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §60; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §672; 2025 Acts, ch 135, §9
Iowa Code § 50.47 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.47
Messengers for election tally lists.
Status: in_force

Messengers sent for the tally lists of elections shall be paid from the state or county treasury for necessary travel expense.

[C51, §295; R60, §529; C73, §3827; C97, §1172; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §886; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.47]
Iowa Code § 321.302 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.302
Overtaking and passing.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the driver of a vehicle on a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lines of traffic moving in the same direction as the vehicle being passed may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle which is making or about to make a left turn when such movement can be made in safety.

(2) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the driver of a vehicle may overtake and, allowing sufficient clearance, pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction either upon the left or upon the right on a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for four or more lines of moving traffic when such movement can be made in safety.

(3) The driver of a vehicle shall not drive off the pavement or upon the shoulder of the roadway or upon the apron or roadway of an intersecting roadway in overtaking or passing on the right or the left.

(4) A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 6.

[C39, §5024.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.302]2000 Acts, ch 1203, §12; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 6, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1190, §47
Iowa Code § 151.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 151 / Section 151.3
License.
Status: in_force

Every applicant for a license to practice chiropractic shall do all of the following:

(1) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant possesses a preliminary education equal to the requirements for graduation from an accredited high school or other secondary school.

(2) Present a diploma issued by a college of chiropractic approved by the board.

(3) Pass an examination prescribed by the board.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2557; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §151.3]83 Acts, ch 83, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §121; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §59
Iowa Code § 587.8 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 587 / Section 587.8
Decrees in general — affidavit of nonresidence.
Status: in_force

In all cases where decrees of court have been obtained prior to January 1, 1966, upon publication of notice before the filing of the affidavit of nonresidence, as provided by section 3534, Code of 1897, or section 11081, Codes of 1924, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939 and rule of civil procedure, number 60, effective July 4, 1943, and the same have not been filed as provided by law, but have been filed during the time that the notice was being published, on which such decrees are based, are hereby legalized and such decrees shall have the same force and effect as though the affidavit of nonresidence, as provided in said section, was filed at the time of or prior to the first publication of such notice. All decrees so obtained, as aforesaid, are hereby legalized and held to have the same force and effect as though the affidavit of nonresidence had been filed, as by law required.

[S13, §3534-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10381; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.8]
Iowa Code § 607A.25 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.25
Storing and security of master jury lists.
Status: in_force

The master jury lists shall be stored in the electronic data processing system, and shall be accessible to only the state court administrator or state court administrator’s designee, or the jury manager or jury manager’s designee.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §33; 2017 Acts, ch 133, §16
Iowa Code § 97C.16 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.16
Custodian of fund.
Status: in_force

The treasurer of state shall be ex officio treasurer and custodian of the contribution fund and shall administer such fund in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the directions of the state agency and shall pay all warrants drawn upon it in accordance with the provisions of this section and with such regulations as the state agency may prescribe pursuant thereto.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97C.16]
Iowa Code § 357A.19 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357A / Section 357A.19
Not exempt from other requirements.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not exempt any district from the requirements of any other statute, whether enacted prior to or subsequent to July 1, 1970, under which the district is required to obtain the permission or approval of, or to notify, the department, the utilities commission, or any other agency of this state or of any of its political subdivisions prior to proceeding with construction, acquisition, operation, enlargement, extension, or alteration of any works or facilities which the district is authorized to undertake pursuant to this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.19; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §65, 96]2023 Acts, ch 19, §2663; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 514.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514 / Section 514.3
Approval by commissioner.
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation, and any subsequent amendments, of a corporation shall have endorsed on or annexed to those articles or amendments the approval of the commissioner of insurance before the same shall be filed for record. A corporation shall file with the commissioner bylaws and subsequent amendments to the bylaws within thirty days of the adoption of the bylaws and amendments.

[C39, §8895.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514.3]2000 Acts, ch 1023, §22; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §180
Iowa Code § 657A.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 657A / Section 657A.4
Appointment of receiver.
Status: in_force

After expiration of a date established pursuant to section 657A.3, subsection 1, or a hearing pursuant to section 657A.3, the court may appoint a receiver to take possession and control of the property in question. A person shall not be appointed as a receiver unless the person has first provided the court with a viable financial and construction plan for the rehabilitation of the property in question and has demonstrated the capacity and expertise to perform the required work in a satisfactory manner. The appointed receiver may be a financial institution that possesses an interest of record in the property, a nonprofit corporation that is duly organized and exists for the primary purpose of improving housing conditions in the county or city in which the property in question is located, or any person deemed qualified by the court. No part of the net earnings of a nonprofit corporation serving as a receiver under this section shall benefit a private shareholder or individual. Membership on the board of trustees of a nonprofit corporation does not constitute the holding of a public office or employment and is not an interest, either direct or indirect, in a contract or expenditure of money by a city or county. A member of a board of trustees of a nonprofit corporation appointed as receiver is not disqualified from holding public office or employment and is also not required to forfeit public office or employment by reason of the membership on the board of trustees.

85 Acts, ch 222, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1204, §29; 2019 Acts, ch 105, §8; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §369
Iowa Code § 598.37 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598 / Section 598.37
Name change.
Status: in_force

Either party to a marriage may request as a part of the decree of dissolution or decree of annulment a change in the person’s name to either the name appearing on the person’s birth certificate or to the name the person had immediately prior to the marriage. If a party requests a name change other than to the name appearing on the person’s birth certificate or to the name the person had immediately prior to the marriage, the request shall be made under chapter 674.

88 Acts, ch 1142, §2
Iowa Code § 10D.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10D / Section 10D.3
Enforcement — penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of attorney general or a county attorney shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(2) A person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be subject to all of the following:

(2) (a) The person shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars. Each day that a violation exists constitutes a separate offense.

(2) (b) The person shall be divested of any land held in violation of this chapter within one year after judgment. The court may determine the method of divesting an interest held by a person found to be in violation of this chapter. A financial gain realized by the person that disposes of an interest held in violation of this chapter shall be forfeited.

(2) (c) The person shall pay all court costs and fees associated with any enforcement action which shall be taxed as court costs.

(3) If the attorney general is the prevailing party, the moneys required to be paid or forfeited by a person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. If the county attorney is the prevailing party, the moneys shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.

(4) The courts of this state may prevent and restrain violations of this chapter through the issuance of an injunction. The attorney general or a county attorney shall institute suits on behalf of the state to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter.

(5) A person who is in violation of this chapter shall not be subject to an enforcement action other than as provided in this section.

2002 Acts, ch 1028, §5, 6
Iowa Code § 8C.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8C / Section 8C.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Cell Siting Act”.

2015 Acts, ch 120, §1, 10
Iowa Code § 521A.11A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521A / Section 521A.11A
Recovery.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsections 2 through 4, if an order for liquidation, conservation, or rehabilitation of a domestic insurer has been entered, the receiver appointed under the order may recover on behalf of the insurer either of the following if made within one year preceding the filing of the petition for liquidation, conservation, or rehabilitation:

(1) (a) From a parent corporation, holding company, affiliate, or other person who otherwise controlled the insurer, the amount of distributions, other than distributions of shares of the same class of stock, paid by the insurer on its capital stock.

(1) (b) Any payment in the form of a bonus, termination settlement, or extraordinary lump sum salary adjustment made by the insurer or a subsidiary of the insurer to a director, officer, agent, or employee.

(2) A distribution is not recoverable if the parent holding company, affiliate, or other person shows that when the distribution was paid it was lawful and reasonable, and that the insurer did not know and could not reasonably have known that the distribution might adversely affect the ability of the insurer to fulfill its contractual obligations.

(3) A parent corporation, holding company, affiliate, or other person who otherwise controlled the insurer or affiliate at the time the distributions were paid is liable only up to the amount of distributions or payments under subsection 1 that the person received. A person who otherwise controlled the insurer at the time the distributions were declared is liable only up to the amount of distributions the person would have received if the person had been paid immediately. If two or more persons are liable with respect to the same distributions, each shall be separately liable for their distributive share.

(4) The maximum amount recoverable under this section shall be the amount needed in excess of all other available assets of the impaired or insolvent insurer to pay the contractual obligations of the impaired or insolvent insurer and to reimburse any guaranty funds.

(5) To the extent that a person liable under subsection 3 is insolvent or otherwise fails to pay claims due from the person pursuant to this section, the person’s parent corporation, holding company, affiliate, or other person who otherwise controlled it at the time the distribution was paid, is separately liable for its share of any resulting deficiency in the amount recovered from the parent corporation, holding company, affiliate, or other person who otherwise controlled it.

86 Acts, ch 1102, §24; 87 Acts, ch 115, §67
Iowa Code § 554.12406 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.12406
Payment by originator to beneficiary — discharge of underlying obligation.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to section 554.12211, subsection 5, and section 554.12405, subsections 4 and 5, the originator of a funds transfer pays the beneficiary of the originator’s payment order at the time a payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary is accepted by the beneficiary’s bank in the funds transfer and in an amount equal to the amount of the order accepted by the beneficiary’s bank, but not more than the amount of the originator’s order.

(2) If payment under subsection 1 is made to satisfy an obligation, the obligation is discharged to the same extent discharge would result from payment to the beneficiary of the same amount in money, unless the payment under subsection 1 was made by a means prohibited by the contract of the beneficiary with respect to the obligation, the beneficiary, within a reasonable time after receiving notice of receipt of the order by the beneficiary’s bank, notified the originator of the beneficiary’s refusal of the payment, funds with respect to the order were not withdrawn by the beneficiary or applied to a debt of the beneficiary, or the beneficiary would suffer a loss that could reasonably have been avoided if payment had been made by a means complying with the contract. If payment by the originator does not result in discharge under this section, the originator is subrogated to the rights of the beneficiary to receive payment from the beneficiary’s bank under section 554.12404, subsection 1.

(3) For the purpose of determining whether discharge of an obligation occurs under subsection 2, if the beneficiary’s bank accepts a payment order in an amount equal to the amount of the originator’s payment order less charges of one or more receiving banks in the funds transfer, payment to the beneficiary is deemed to be in the amount of the originator’s order unless upon demand by the beneficiary the originator does not pay the beneficiary the amount of the deducted charges.

(4) Rights of the originator or of the beneficiary of a funds transfer under this section may be varied only by agreement of the originator and the beneficiary.

92 Acts, ch 1146, §31
Iowa Code § 15E.68 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.68
Permissible investments.
Status: in_force

Investments by designated investors in the Iowa fund of funds shall be deemed permissible investments for state-chartered banks, for credit unions, and for domestic insurance companies under applicable state laws.

2002 Acts, ch 1005, §8; 2002 Acts, ch 1006, §13, 14
Iowa Code § 422.23 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.23
Return by administrator.
Status: in_force

The return by an individual, who, while living, was subject to income tax in the state during the tax year, and who has died before making the return, shall be made in the individual’s name and behalf by the administrator or executor of the estate and the tax shall be levied upon and collected from the individual’s estate. In the making of said return, the executor or administrator shall use the same method of computation, either cash or accrual, as was last used by the deceased taxpayer.

[C35, §6943-f19; C39, §6943.055; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §422.23]86 Acts, ch 1241, §18; 99 Acts, ch 151, §7, 89
Iowa Code § 508.16 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.16
Examination.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance at any time may make a personal examination of the books, papers, securities, and business of any life insurance company doing business in this state, or authorize any other suitable person to make the same, and the commissioner or the person so authorized may examine under oath any officer or agent of the company, or others, relative to its business and management.

[C73, §1172; C97, §1777; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8660; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.16]
Iowa Code § 479.49 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479 / Section 479.49
Farmland improvements.
Status: in_force

A landowner or contractor may require a representative of the pipeline company to be present on site, at no charge to the landowner, at all times during each phase and separate activity related to a farmland improvement within fifty feet of either side of a pipeline. If the pipeline company and the landowner or contractor constructing the farmland improvement mutually agree that a representative of the pipeline company is not required to be present, the requirements of this section are waived in relation to the farmland improvement which would have otherwise made the requirements of this section applicable. A farmland improvement includes, but is not limited to, the terracing of farmland and tiling.

2000 Acts, ch 1139, §2
Iowa Code § 15.470 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.470
State poet laureate designated — nominating committee.
Status: in_force

(1) A state poet laureate nominating committee is created. At the request of the governor, the executive director of humanities Iowa and the executive director of the Iowa arts council shall each appoint three persons who reside in this state to a poet laureate nominating committee. At its initial meeting held at the call of the executive directors of humanities Iowa and the Iowa arts council, the state poet laureate nominating committee shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members and adopt rules of procedure. The members of the state poet laureate nominating committee shall be invited to serve without compensation for their services. The nominating committee is charged with considering the diversity of the people and poetry of Iowa.

(2) If more than one meeting is required, the state poet laureate nominating committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson or as determined by the nominating committee and select a list of three nominees, along with biographical and professional information and supporting representative material, who are residents of Iowa and who, based on their poetic accomplishments, deserve recognition as the state poet laureate. The list of nominees shall be transmitted to the governor. The governor may select the state poet laureate from the list of nominees for a two-year term of office. The state poet laureate is an honorary state office and the incumbent is entitled to no compensation as a result of the appointment.

99 Acts, ch 161, §1CS99, §303.892023 Acts, ch 19, §2125C2024, §15.470
Iowa Code § 595.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 595 / Section 595.10
Who may solemnize.
Status: in_force

Marriages may be solemnized by:

(1) A judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or district court, including a district associate judge, associate juvenile judge, or a judicial magistrate, and including a senior judge as defined in section 602.9202, subsection 3.

(2) A person ordained or designated as a leader of the person’s religious faith.

[C51, §1472; R60, §2524; C73, §2193; C97, §3145; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10436; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §595.10; 81 Acts, ch 188, §1]83 Acts, ch 159, §1; 87 Acts, ch 115, §69; 95 Acts, ch 92, §3