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Iowa Code § 602.2106 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.2106
Procedure before supreme court.
Status: in_force

(1) If the commission submits an application to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer or to discipline or remove an employee of the judicial branch, the commission shall promptly file in the supreme court a transcript of the hearing before the commission. The statutes and rules relative to proceedings in appeals of equity suits apply.

(2) The attorney general shall prosecute the proceedings in the supreme court on behalf of the state, and the judicial officer or employee of the judicial branch may defend in person and by counsel.

(3) Upon application by the commission, the supreme court may do any of the following:

(3) (a) Retire the judicial officer for permanent physical or mental disability which substantially interferes with the performance of judicial duties.

(3) (b) Discipline or remove the judicial officer for persistent failure to perform duties, habitual intemperance, willful misconduct in office, conduct which brings judicial office into disrepute, or substantial violation of the canons of judicial ethics. Discipline may include suspension without pay for a definite period of time not to exceed twelve months.

(3) (c) Discipline or remove an employee of the judicial branch for conduct which violates the code of ethics prescribed by the supreme court for court employees.

(4) If the supreme court finds that the application should be granted in whole or in part, it shall render the decree that it deems appropriate.

83 Acts, ch 186, §3106, 10201; 92 Acts, ch 1228, §34; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §56
Iowa Code § 231.45 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231 / Section 231.45
Certified volunteer long-term care ombudsman program.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish a certified volunteer long-term care ombudsman program in accordance with the federal Act to provide assistance to the state and local long-term care ombudsmen.

(2) The department shall develop and implement a certification process for volunteer long-term care ombudsmen including but not limited to an application process, provision for background checks, classroom or on-site training, orientation, and continuing education.

(3) Unless specifically excluded, the provisions of section 231.42 relating to local long-term care ombudsmen shall apply to certified volunteer long-term care ombudsmen.

(4) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

2012 Acts, ch 1133, §97; 2013 Acts, ch 18, §25
Iowa Code § 541.156 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.156
Section 541.156
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 461A.54 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.54
Barriers on ice field.
Status: in_force

Any person removing ice under a permit shall erect barriers on any part of an ice field where ice is cut, where said field crosses or traverses any part of a stream or lake that is used as a way of passage.

[C39, §1828.20; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.54]C93, §461A.54
Iowa Code § 723.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 723 / Section 723.5
Disorderly conduct — funeral or memorial service.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not do any of the following within one thousand feet of the building or other location where a funeral or memorial service is being conducted, or within one thousand feet of a funeral procession or burial:

(1) (a) Make loud and raucous noise which causes unreasonable distress to the persons attending the funeral or memorial service, or participating in the funeral procession.

(1) (b) Direct abusive epithets or make any threatening gesture which the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to provoke a violent reaction by another.

(1) (c) Disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial by conduct intended to disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial.

(2) This section applies to conduct within sixty minutes preceding, during, and within sixty minutes after a funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial.

(3) A person who commits a violation of this section commits:

(3) (a) A simple misdemeanor for a first offense.

(3) (b) A serious misdemeanor for a second offense.

(3) (c) A class “D” felony for a third or subsequent offense.

2006 Acts, ch 1058, §1, 2; 2015 Acts, ch 78, §1
Iowa Code § 16.141 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.141
Unsewered community revolving loan program — fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall establish and administer an unsewered community revolving loan program. Assistance under the program shall consist of no-interest loans with a term not to exceed forty years and shall be used for purposes of installing sewage disposal systems in a city without a sewage disposal system or in an area where a cluster of homes is located.

(2) An unsewered community may apply for assistance under the program. In awarding assistance, the authority shall encourage the use of innovative, cost-effective sewage disposal systems and technologies. The authority shall adopt rules that prioritize applications for disadvantaged unsewered communities.

(3) For purposes of this section, “an area where a cluster of homes is located” means an area located in the unincorporated area of a county which includes six or more homes but less than five hundred homes.

(4) An unsewered community revolving loan fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the authority and consisting of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the authority for placement in the fund.

(5) Repayments of moneys loaned and recaptures of loans shall be deposited in the fund.

(6) Moneys in the fund shall be used to provide assistance under the unsewered community revolving loan program established in this section.

(7) Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2009 Acts, ch 76, §1
Iowa Code § 321M.11 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321M / Section 321M.11
Good faith efforts required.
Status: in_force

(1) The department and issuing counties shall use their best good faith efforts to work in cooperation in implementing and maintaining an effective system of county issuance.

(2) The department and all persons involved with administration of this chapter, department procedures, and related administrative rules shall use their best good faith efforts to ensure that the application of the laws, rules, and procedures related to county issuance shall not be used to impede county issuance.

98 Acts, ch 1143, §11
Iowa Code § 432.12L — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432 / Section 432.12L
Redevelopment tax credit.
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed under this chapter shall be reduced by a redevelopment tax credit allowed under chapter 15, subchapter II, part 9.

2008 Acts, ch 1173, §11; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §129
Iowa Code § 321G.32 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321G / Section 321G.32
Security interest — perfection and titles — fees.
Status: in_force

(1) A security interest created in this state in a snowmobile is not perfected until the security interest is noted on the certificate of title.

(1) (a) To perfect the security interest, an application for security interest must be presented along with the original title. The county recorder shall note the security interest on the face of the title and in the electronic record maintained by the recorder’s office.

(1) (b) The application fee for a security interest is ten dollars. Five dollars of the fee shall be credited to the special snowmobile fund created under section 321G.7. The remaining five dollars shall be retained by the county and deposited into the general fund of the county.

(1) (c) The application shall be accompanied by the writing fee specified in section 321G.27.

(2) The certificate of title shall be presented to the county recorder when the application for security interest or for assignment of the security interest is presented and a new or endorsed certificate of title shall be issued to the secured party with the name and address of the secured party upon it.

(3) When a security interest is discharged, the secured party shall note the cancellation of the security interest on the face of the certificate of title and send the title by first class mail to the office of the county recorder where the title was issued. If the title has been lost or destroyed, the secured party may discharge the security interest by sending a signed, notarized statement to the office of the county recorder where the title was issued. The county recorder shall note the release of the security interest in the county records and attach the statement to the certificate of title as evidence of the release of the security interest.

(4) If a lien has been released by the lienholder, proof of such release may be presented to the county recorder of any county, and the county recorder shall note the release on the face of the certificate of title and enter the release on the statewide computer system.

97 Acts, ch 148, §4, 9; 99 Acts, ch 113, §6; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §41, 42; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §24; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §65; 2023 Acts, ch 71, §105; 2025 Acts, ch 74, §1
Iowa Code § 488.804 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.804
Power of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to bind partnership after dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership is bound by a general partner’s act after dissolution in which any of the following applies:

(1) (a) The act is appropriate for winding up the limited partnership’s activities.

(1) (b) The act would have bound the limited partnership under section 488.402 before dissolution, if, at the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not have notice of the dissolution.

(2) A person dissociated as a general partner binds a limited partnership through an act occurring after dissolution if both of the following apply:

(2) (a) At the time the other party enters into the transaction, all of the following apply:

(2) (a) Less than two years have passed since the dissociation.

(2) (a) The other party does not have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner.

(2) (b) At least one of the following applies:

(2) (b) The act is appropriate for winding up the limited partnership’s activities.

(2) (b) The act would have bound the limited partnership under section 488.402 before dissolution and at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not have notice of the dissolution.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §66, 118
Iowa Code § 616.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 616 / Section 616.2
Injuries to real property.
Status: in_force

Actions for injuries to real property may be brought either in the county where the property is, or where the defendant resides.

[C73, §2577; C97, §3492; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11035; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.2]
Iowa Code § 262.38 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.38
Borrowing money and mortgaging property.
Status: in_force

In carrying out the powers enumerated in this subchapter, the board may:

(1) Borrow money.

(2) Mortgage any real estate so acquired and the improvements erected thereon in order to secure necessary loans.

(3) Pledge the rents, profits, and income received from any such property for the discharge of mortgages so executed.

[C27, 31, 35, §3945-a4; C39, §3945.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.38]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §111
Iowa Code § 89A.25 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 89A / Section 89A.25
Short title.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §89A.1A; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §110.
Iowa Code § 73.6 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.6
Iowa coal.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any commission, board, county officer or other governing body of the state, or of any county, township, school district or city, to purchase or use any coal, except that mined or produced within the state by producers who are, at the time such coal is purchased and produced, complying with all the workers’ compensation and mining laws of the state. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable if coal produced within the state cannot be procured of a quantity or quality reasonably suited to the needs of such purchaser, nor if the equipment now installed is not reasonably adapted to the use of coal produced within the state, nor if the use of coal produced within the state would materially lessen the efficiency or increase the cost of operating such purchaser’s heating or power plant, nor to mines employing miners not now under the provisions of the workers’ compensation Act or who permit the miners to work in individual units in their own rooms.

[C39, §1171.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.6]
Iowa Code § 321A.14 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.14
Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given.
Status: in_force

A license, registration, and nonresident’s operating privilege shall remain suspended under section 321A.13, and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license or registration be subsequently issued in the name of the person, including any person not previously licensed, until every judgment is satisfied in full or to the extent provided in this chapter, or until evidence is provided, to the satisfaction of the department, that the judgment has not been renewed and is no longer enforceable. A person whose license, registration, or nonresident’s operating privilege was suspended under section 321A.13 must provide proof to the department of financial responsibility subject to the exemptions stated in sections 321A.13 and 321A.16 prior to obtaining a license, registration, or nonresident’s operating privilege.

[C31, 35, §5079-c4; C39, §5021.01; C46, §321.275; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.14]87 Acts, ch 14, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 132, §15; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §160
Iowa Code § 53.36 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.36
Offenses by officers.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15.See §39A.2 – 39A.5.
Iowa Code § 358.34 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.34
Notice.
Status: in_force

The notice of hearing shall state the following:

(1) That a petition has been filed with the county auditor of the county for the conveyance and discontinuance of the sanitary district.

(2) An intelligible description of the boundaries of the sanitary district.

(3) The date, hour and place where the petition will be heard before the board of supervisors of the county.

(4) That the board of supervisors will hear all persons having an interest in the matter and that after the hearing, the board of supervisors will take action as is in the best interest of the sanitary district.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §358.28; S81, §358.34]
Iowa Code § 499B.3 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499B / Section 499B.3
Recording of declaration to submit property to regime.
Status: in_force

(1) When the sole owner or all of the owners, or the sole lessee or all of the lessees of a lease desire to submit a parcel of real property upon which a building is located or to be constructed to the horizontal property regime established by this chapter, a declaration to that effect shall be executed and acknowledged by the sole owner or lessee or all of such owners or lessees and shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such property lies. The county recorder shall collect recording fees pursuant to section 331.604.

(2) If the declaration is to convert an existing structure, the declarant shall file the declaration of the horizontal property regime with the city in which the regime is located or with the county if not located within a city at least sixty days before being recorded in the office of the county recorder to enable the city or county, as applicable, to establish that the converted structure meets appropriate building code requirements as provided in section 499B.20. However, if the city or county, as applicable, does not have a building code, the declarant shall file the declaration with the state building code commissioner instead of the applicable city or county at least sixty days before the recording of the declaration to enable the commissioner to establish that the converted structure meets the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7.

(3) A declaration under this section for a horizontal property regime proposed to be located within an area of review established by a city under section 354.9 shall, in addition to being submitted to the county, be submitted to the city for review and approval.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499B.3]2000 Acts, ch 1142, §1, 5; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §81; 2009 Acts, ch 27, §28; 2010 Acts, ch 1051, §2
Iowa Code § 523.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523 / Section 523.13
Exceptions as to domestic stock companies.
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 523.7, 523.8, and 523.9 shall not apply to equity securities of a domestic stock insurance company if either of the following apply:

(1) The securities are registered, or are required to be registered, pursuant to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 881, 15 U.S.C. §77b et seq., as amended.

(2) The domestic stock insurance company does not have any class of its equity securities held of record by one hundred or more persons on the last business day of the year next preceding the year in which equity securities of the company would be subject to the provisions of sections 523.7, 523.8, and 523.9 except for the provisions of this subsection 2.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §523.13]2006 Acts, ch 1010, §144
Iowa Code § 573.16 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 573 / Section 573.16
Optional and mandatory actions — bond to release.
Status: in_force

(1) The public corporation, the principal contractor, any claimant for labor or material who has filed a claim, or the surety on any bond given for the performance of the contract, may, at any time after the expiration of thirty days, and not later than sixty days, following the completion and final acceptance of said improvement, bring action in equity in the county where the improvement is located to adjudicate all rights to said fund, or to enforce liability on said bond.

(2) Upon written demand of the contractor served, in the manner prescribed for original notices, on the person filing a claim, requiring the claimant to commence action in court to enforce the claim, an action shall be commenced within thirty days, otherwise the retained and unpaid funds due the contractor shall be released. Unpaid funds shall be paid to the contractor within twenty days of the receipt by the public corporation of the release as determined pursuant to this section. Failure to make payment by that date shall cause interest to accrue on the unpaid amount. Interest shall accrue during the period commencing the twenty-first day after the date of release and ending on the date of the payment. The rate of interest shall be determined pursuant to section 573.14. After an action is commenced, upon the general contractor filing with the public corporation or person withholding the funds, a surety bond in double the amount of the claim in controversy, conditioned to pay any final judgment rendered for the claims so filed, the public corporation or person shall pay to the contractor the amount of funds withheld.

[C97, §3103; S13, §1989-a58; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10313; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573.16]91 Acts, ch 148, §3
Iowa Code § 282.9 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 282 / Section 282.9
Enrollment of person listed on sex offender registry.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding sections 256E.7, 256F.4, 275.55A, and 282.18, or any other provision to the contrary, prior to knowingly enrolling an individual who is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A, but who is otherwise eligible to enroll in a public school, the board of directors of a school district shall determine the educational placement of the individual. Upon receipt of notice that a student who is enrolled in the district is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A, the board shall determine the educational placement of the student. The tentative agenda for the meeting of the board of directors at which the board will consider such enrollment or educational placement shall specifically state that the board is considering the enrollment or educational placement of an individual who is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A. If the individual is denied enrollment in a school district under this section, the school district of residence shall provide the individual with educational services in an alternative setting.

(2) Notwithstanding section 692A.121, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the county sheriff shall provide to the boards of directors of the school districts located within the county the name of any individual under the age of twenty-one who is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A.

2004 Acts, ch 1140, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 119, §41; 2021 Acts, ch 112, §17
Iowa Code § 633.103 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.103
Certain corporate distributions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 99 Acts, ch 124, §32.
Iowa Code § 423.24A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.24A
Reimbursement for the primary road fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §151, 205.See §321.145.
Iowa Code § 3.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 3.11
Private Acts — when effective.
Status: in_force

Acts of a private nature which do not prescribe the time when they take effect, shall do so on the thirtieth day next after they have been approved by the governor, or endorsed as provided in this chapter.

[C51, §20; R60, §23; C73, §32; C97, §35; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §57; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §3.11]
Iowa Code § 357J.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357J / Section 357J.8
Engineer.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1017, §6.
Iowa Code § 455B.363 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.363
Litter.
Status: in_force

No person shall discard any litter onto or in any water or land of this state, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the authorized collection and discarding of such litter in or on areas or receptacles provided for such purpose.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.97]C83, §455B.363
Iowa Code § 6A.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6A / Section 6A.7
Cemetery lands.
Status: in_force

No lands actually platted, used, and devoted to cemetery purposes shall be taken for any railway purpose without the consent of the proper officers or owners thereof.

[S13, §1995; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7809; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.7]C93, §6A.7
Iowa Code § 322A.24 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322A / Section 322A.24
Construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

2010 Acts, ch 1081, §8
Iowa Code § 488.301 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.301
Becoming limited partner.
Status: in_force

A person becomes a limited partner according to any of the following:

(1) As provided in the partnership agreement.

(2) As the result of a conversion or merger under article 11.

(3) With the consent of all the partners.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §29, 118