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Iowa Code § 708.12 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 708 / Section 708.12
Removal of an officer’s communication or control device.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “officer” means peace officer as defined in section 724.2A or a correctional officer.

(2) A person who knowingly or intentionally removes or attempts to remove a communication device or any device used for control from the possession of an officer, when the officer is in the performance of any act which is within the scope of the lawful duty or authority of that officer and the person knew or should have known the individual to be an officer, commits the offense of removal of an officer’s communication or control device.

(3) (a) A person who removes or attempts to remove an officer’s communication or control device is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(3) (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally removes or attempts to remove a communication or control device from the possession of an officer with the intent to interfere with the communications or duties of the officer, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

(3) (c) If a violation of paragraph “a” results in bodily injury to the officer the person is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

(3) (d) If a violation of paragraph “a” results in serious injury to the officer the person is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(3) (e) If a violation of paragraph “a” occurs and the person knowingly or intentionally causes bodily injury to the officer the person is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(3) (f) If a violation of paragraph “a” occurs and the person knowingly or intentionally causes serious injury to the officer the person is guilty of a class “D” felony.

2013 Acts, ch 52, §2
Iowa Code § 257.26 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.26
Instructional support income surtax distribution.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of administrative services shall draw warrants in payment of the amount of instructional support surtax in the manner provided in section 298.14.

89 Acts, ch 135, §26; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §30
Iowa Code § 145A.21 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 145A / Section 145A.21
Amendment of plan of merger — procedures — qualifications.
Status: in_force

A plan of merger once approved may be amended. An amendment shall be formulated and approved in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as provided in sections 145A.3 through 145A.9 for the formulation and approval of an original plan of merger. However, an amendment to a plan of merger shall not in any way impair the obligation of or source of payment for bonds or other indebtedness duly contracted prior to the effective date of the amendment to the plan of merger.

85 Acts, ch 123, §11
Iowa Code § 92.6A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 92 / Section 92.6A
Fifteen permitted work activities.
Status: in_force

(1) Persons fifteen years of age may be employed or permitted to work in any of the work activities provided in section 92.5 in addition to the following work activities:

(1) (a) Loading and unloading non-power-driven equipment weighing up to thirty pounds into motor vehicles.

(1) (b) Loading and unloading groceries and other retail items weighing up to thirty pounds into motor vehicles.

(1) (c) Stocking shelves with items weighing up to thirty pounds.

(1) (d) If properly licensed, work as a lifeguard or swim instructor at a traditional swimming pool or amusement park.

(2) The director may issue a waiver of any weight limitations provided in subsection 1 of up to fifty pounds depending on the strength and ability of the fifteen-year-old.

(3) The director may issue a waiver for a fifteen-year-old to be able to load and unload light power-driven lawn machines based on the ability of the minor if the minor is supervised, the machine is powered off, and the safety key is stored away from the machine.

(4) The director may issue a waiver for a fifteen-year-old to perform light assembly work as long as the assembly is not performed on machines or in an area with machines.

2023 Acts, ch 92, §5
Iowa Code § 252A.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252A / Section 252A.1
Title and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter may be cited and referred to as the “Support of Dependents Law”.

(2) The purpose of this chapter is to secure support in civil proceedings for dependent spouses, children, and poor relatives from persons legally responsible for their support.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252A.1]97 Acts, ch 175, §8
Iowa Code § 459A.301 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459A / Section 459A.301
Settled open feedlot effluent basins and animal truck wash effluent structures construction design standards rules.
Status: in_force

If the department requires that a settled open feedlot effluent basin or animal truck wash effluent structure be constructed according to construction design standards, regardless of whether the department requires the owner to be issued a construction permit under section 459A.205, any construction design standards for the basin or structure shall be established by rules as provided in chapter 17A that exclusively account for special design characteristics of open feedlot operations and related basins or animal truck wash facilities and related structures, including but not limited to the dilute composition of settled effluent as collected and stored in the basins or structures.

2005 Acts, ch 136, §11; 2015 Acts, ch 92, §31
Iowa Code § 49.33 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.33
Single voting target for certain paired offices.
Status: in_force

Immediately opposite the names of each pair of candidates for president and vice president, a single voting target shall be printed next to the bracket enclosing the names of the candidates for president and vice president. A single voting target shall be printed next to the bracket enclosing the names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. The votes for a team of candidates shall be counted and certified by the election board as a team. Write-in votes shall also be tabulated as a single vote for a pair of candidates.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §751; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.33]90 Acts, ch 1238, §19; 97 Acts, ch 170, §33
Iowa Code § 648.22 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 648 / Section 648.22
Judgment — execution — costs.
Status: in_force

If the defendant is found guilty, judgment shall be entered that the defendant be removed from the premises, and that the plaintiff be put in possession of the premises, and an execution for the defendant’s removal within three days from the judgment shall issue accordingly, to which shall be added a clause commanding the officer to collect the costs as in ordinary cases.

[C51, §2370; R60, §3960; C73, §3619; C97, §4221; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12283; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.22]86 Acts, ch 1130, §4; 95 Acts, ch 125, §15
Iowa Code § 217.16 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.16
Cooperation with other divisions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1357.
Iowa Code § 432.12O — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432 / Section 432.12O
Employer child care tax credit.
Status: in_force

(1) The taxes imposed under this chapter shall be reduced by an employer child care tax credit allowed pursuant to section 237A.31.

(2) This section is repealed January 1, 2031.

2022 Acts, ch 1148, §26, 28; 2025 Acts, ch 136, §85
Iowa Code § 512B.36 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 512B / Section 512B.36
Exemption of certain societies.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not affect or apply to any of the following:

(1) (a) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders, or associations now doing business in this state which provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges.

(1) (b) Orders, societies, or associations which admit to membership only persons engaged in one or more crafts or hazardous occupations, in the same or similar lines of business, insuring only their own members and their families, and the spouses’ societies or spouses’ auxiliaries to such orders, societies, or associations.

(1) (c) Domestic societies which limit their membership to employees of a particular city or town, designated firm, business house, or corporation which provide for a death benefit of not more than four hundred dollars or disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars to any person in any one year, or both.

(1) (d) Domestic societies or associations of a purely religious, charitable, or benevolent description, which provide for a death benefit of not more than four hundred dollars or for disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars to any one person in any one year, or both.

(2) A society or association described in subsection 1, paragraph “a” or “d”, which provides for death or disability benefits for which benefit certificates are issued, and any such society or association included in paragraph “d” which has more than one thousand members, is not exempt from this chapter but shall comply with all requirements of this chapter.

(3) A society which is exempt from the requirements of this chapter, except a society described in subsection 1, paragraph “b”, shall not give or allow, or promise to give or allow to any person any compensation for procuring new members.

(4) A society which provides for benefits in case of death or disability resulting solely from accident, and which does not obligate itself to pay natural death or sick benefits, has all of the privileges and is subject to all the applicable provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter except that the provisions relating to medical examination, valuations of benefit certificates, and incontestability, do not apply to such a society.

(5) The commissioner may require from a society, by examination or otherwise, information that will enable the commissioner to determine whether the society is exempt from this chapter.

(6) A society exempt under this section, is also exempt from all other provisions of the general insurance laws of this state.

90 Acts, ch 1148, §37
Iowa Code § 68A.401A — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68A / Section 68A.401A
Reporting of contributions and expenditures relating to issue advocacy.
Status: in_force

(1) A political organization that is required to file reports with the internal revenue service, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §527, shall file a report with the board if that organization does both of the following:

(1) (a) Creates or disseminates a communication of issue advocacy in this state.

(1) (b) Receives or expects to receive twenty-five thousand dollars or more in gross receipts in any taxable year.

(2) A report required under this section shall contain the following information:

(2) (a) The amount, date, and purpose of each expenditure made to a person if the aggregate amount of expenditures to such person during the calendar year equals or exceeds five hundred dollars and the name and address of the person, and, in the case of an individual, the occupation and name of employer of the individual.

(2) (b) The name and address, and, in the case of an individual, the occupation and name of employer of such individual, of all contributors which contributed an aggregate amount of two hundred dollars or more to the organization during the calendar year and the amount and date of the contribution.

(3) The board shall by rule establish a procedure for the filing of reports required by this section. To the extent practicable the reporting periods and filing due dates shall be the same as set out in 26 U.S.C. §527(j)(2).

(4) The term “issue advocacy” means any print, radio, televised, telephonic, or electronic communication in any form or content, which is disseminated to the general public or a segment of the general public, that refers to a clearly identified candidate for the general assembly or statewide office.

(5) The penalty set out in section 68A.701 does not apply to a violation of this section. The penalties for a violation of this section are as set out in section 68B.32D.

2008 Acts, ch 1191, §37
Iowa Code § 328.22 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 328 / Section 328.22
Used aircraft.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1182, §7.
Iowa Code § 484A.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.3
Section 484A.3
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1199, §26, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30.
Iowa Code § 357B.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357B / Section 357B.5
Dissolution of district.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon petition of a number of registered voters residing in a district at least equal to thirty-five percent of the property taxpayers in the district, the board of supervisors may dissolve a benefited fire district and dispose of any remaining property, the proceeds of which shall first be applied against any outstanding obligation of the district. Any remaining balance shall be applied as a tax credit for the property owners of the district. However, except as provided in subsection 2, if all or a part of a district is annexed, the board of supervisors may transfer the remaining property and balance to the city which annexed the territory. The board of supervisors shall continue to levy an annual tax during the time the district is being dissolved and after the dissolution of a district, not to exceed sixty and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property of the district, until all outstanding obligations of the district are paid. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board of supervisors shall negotiate agreements necessary to provide continued fire protection to the benefited fire district area during the time the district is being dissolved and after dissolution, and shall continue to levy an annual tax to fund such agreements, until such time as the township trustees of the township where the benefited fire district is located begin to provide fire protection service as required by section 359.42.

(2) If a benefited fire district is dissolved that has been providing fire protection by contract, direct levy, or combination of both, to a city within the district for at least twenty years and the city’s annual payments by contract or levy for the fire protection comprise seventy-five percent or more of the district’s annual budget, the board of supervisors, in lieu of the disposal of property as provided in subsection 1, shall transfer to the city all of the district’s real and personal property. The city shall assume all of the outstanding obligations of the district. If the district provides fire protection outside of the city’s boundaries, the city shall continue to provide fire protection to this area until it is assigned to another fire protection district by the board of supervisors. If the city continues the fire protection outside its boundaries, the city shall certify to the board of supervisors the cost of providing this service, which shall be at the same rate as contained in the budget for property within the city, but not exceeding sixty and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of all taxable property in the area. The board of supervisors shall levy the amount of tax certified as provided in section 357B.3. The tax shall be collected and allocated in the same manner as other property taxes and paid to the city.

[C58, 62, 66, §357A.14; C71, 73, 75, §357B.14; C77, 79, 81, §357B.5]89 Acts, ch 255, §1; 91 Acts, ch 111, §2; 99 Acts, ch 154, §1, 3; 2004 Acts, ch 1146, §4, 6
Iowa Code § 460.303 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 460 / Section 460.303
Agricultural drainage well water quality assistance fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An agricultural drainage well water quality assistance fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the division. The fund is composed of moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the division from the United States or private sources for placement in the fund.

(2) Moneys in the fund are subject to an annual audit by the auditor of state.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to support an agricultural drainage well water quality assistance program as provided in section 460.304. Moneys shall be used to provide financial incentives under the program, and to defray expenses by the division in administering the program. However, not more than one percent of the money in the fund is available to defray administrative expenses. The division may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

(4) The division shall not in any manner directly or indirectly pledge the credit of the state.

(5) Section 8.33 shall not apply to moneys in the fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, moneys earned as income, including as interest, from the fund shall remain in the fund until expended as provided in this section.

97 Acts, ch 193, §2CS97, §159.29A2002 Acts, ch 1137, §68, 71; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §260, 262C2003, §460.3032003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2006 Acts, ch 1057, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 132, §53; 2015 Acts, ch 103, §47; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §55; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §39
Iowa Code § 654.2D — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654 / Section 654.2D
Nonagricultural land — notice, right to cure default.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in section 654.2A, a creditor shall comply with this section before initiating an action pursuant to this chapter or initiating the procedure established pursuant to chapter 655A to foreclose on a deed of trust or mortgage.

(2) A creditor who believes in good faith that a borrower on a deed of trust or mortgage on a homestead is in default shall give the borrower a notice of right to cure as provided in section 654.2B. A creditor gives the notice when the creditor delivers the notice to the consumer or mails the notice to the borrower’s residence as defined in section 537.1201, subsection 4.

(3) The borrower has a right to cure the default within thirty days from the date the creditor gives the notice.

(4) (a) The creditor shall not accelerate the maturity of the unpaid balance of the obligation, demand or otherwise take possession of the land, otherwise than by accepting a voluntary surrender of it, or otherwise attempt to enforce the obligation until thirty days after a proper notice of right to cure is given.

(4) (b) Until the expiration of thirty days after notice is given, the borrower may cure the default by tendering either the amount of all unpaid installments due at the time of tender, without acceleration, or the amount stated in the notice of right to cure, whichever is less, or by tendering any other performance necessary to cure a default which is described in the notice of right to cure.

(5) The act of curing a default restores to the borrower the borrower’s rights under the obligation and the deed of trust or mortgage.

(6) This section does not prohibit the creditor from enforcing the creditor’s interest in the land at any time after the creditor has complied with this section and the borrower did not cure the alleged default.

(7) A borrower has a right to cure the default unless the creditor has given the borrower a proper notice of right to cure with respect to a prior default which occurred within three hundred sixty-five days of the present default.

(8) This section does not apply if the creditor is an individual or individuals, or if the mortgaged property is property other than a one-family or two-family dwelling which is the residence of the mortgagor.

(9) An affidavit signed by an officer of the creditor that the creditor has complied with this section is deemed to be conclusive evidence of compliance by all persons other than the creditor and the mortgagor.

(10) As used in this section, “creditor” includes a person acting on behalf of a creditor.

87 Acts, ch 142, §14; 91 Acts, ch 46, §2
Iowa Code § 523A.302 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523A / Section 523A.302
Identification of merchandise and service provider.
Status: in_force

If a burial trust fund identifies, either in the trust fund records or in a related purchase agreement, the seller who will provide the cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise, funeral services, or a combination thereof, the trust fund records or the related purchase agreements must contain a statement signed by an authorized representative of the seller agreeing to furnish the cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise, funeral services, or a combination thereof upon the death of the beneficiary. The burial trust fund shall not identify a specific seller as payee unless the trust fund records or the related purchase agreements, if any, contain the signature of an authorized representative of the seller and, if the agreement is for mortuary science services as mortuary science is defined in section 156.1, the name of a funeral director licensed to deliver those services. A person may enter into agreements authorizing the establishment of more than one burial trust fund and agreeing to furnish the applicable merchandise and services.

2001 Acts, ch 118, §26; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §80
Iowa Code § 554.9338 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9338
Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.
Status: in_force

If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in section 554.9516, subsection 2, paragraph “e”, which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed:

(1) the security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and

(2) a purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §58, 187; 2007 Acts, ch 30, §45, 46, 75
Iowa Code § 626.97 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.97
Cancellation after eight years.
Status: in_force

After eight years have elapsed from the date of issuance of any sheriff’s certificate of sale, and no action has been taken by the holder of such certificate to obtain a deed thereunder, it shall be the duty of the sheriff and clerk of the district court to cancel such sale and certificate of record and all rights thereunder shall be barred.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.97]
Iowa Code § 28G.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28G / Section 28G.3
Creation of public service monopoly.
Status: in_force

If two or more local governments find that the only effective means of allowing the construction and utilization of a resource recovery facility for the recycling of solid waste for use as an energy source or to implement solid waste management projects as defined in section 28G.2 is to create a public service monopoly, a legal entity shall be created pursuant to chapter 28E by agreement of two or more local governments to displace competition with regulation and monopoly of a public service for the collection, transportation, storage, and disposal, or diversion of solid waste to the extent reasonably necessary to carry out these functions. The agreement is subject to approval of the environmental protection commission before it becomes effective.

84 Acts, ch 1039, §3; 89 Acts, ch 83, §14; 92 Acts, ch 1215, §3