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Iowa Code § 541.85 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.85
Section 541.85
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 627.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 627 / Section 627.4
Absconding debtor.
Status: in_force

When a debtor absconds and leaves the debtor’s family, such property as is exempt to the debtor under this chapter shall be exempt in the hands of the debtor’s spouse and children, or either of them.

[R60, §3309; C73, §3078; C97, §4016; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11758; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §627.4]
Iowa Code § 262.82 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.82
Regents’ minority and women educators enhancement program.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of regents shall establish a program to recruit minority educators to faculty positions in the universities under the board’s control. The program shall include but is not limited to the creation of faculty positions in all areas of academic pursuit.

(2) The board of regents shall also establish a program to create faculty opportunities for women educators at the universities under the board’s control. The program shall include but is not limited to the creation of faculty positions in targeted shortage areas. The board of regents shall also develop and implement, in consultation with appropriate faculty representatives, tenure, promotion, and hiring policies that recognize the unique needs of faculty members who are principal caregivers to dependents.

(3) As used in this section, “minority educator” means an educator who is a minority person as defined in section 256.214.

89 Acts, ch 319, §62; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 15E.205 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.205
Iowa agricultural industry finance corporations — requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation incorporated under chapter 490 is an Iowa agricultural industry finance corporation if the corporation complies with the requirements of this section and section 15E.206. In addition to the other requirements for a corporation organized under chapter 490, all of the following shall apply:

(1) (a) Agricultural producers must hold at least fifty-one percent of the corporation’s common stock and at least fifty-one percent of the corporation’s voting stock. The status of an agricultural producer shall be determined at the time of the transfer of stock from the corporation to the shareholder in a manner and as provided in the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(1) (b) A director of the corporation’s board of directors shall not serve for more than seven consecutive years as a board director.

(1) (c) The purpose of the corporation must be limited to providing financing to eligible persons under section 15E.209 who are engaging in Iowa agricultural industry ventures limited to establishing a business structure in which agricultural producers produce agricultural commodities for processing and marketing as agricultural processed products.

(2) The requirements of this section shall be memorialized in the corporation’s articles of incorporation.

98 Acts, ch 1207, §6; 99 Acts, ch 66, §1
Iowa Code § 614.26 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 614 / Section 614.26
Indexing.
Status: in_force

The provisions of section 614.18 are made applicable to the provisions of sections 614.24 and 614.25, this section, and sections 614.27 and 614.28.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.26]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §327
Iowa Code § 466B.6 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466B / Section 466B.6
Community-based subwatershed improvement plans.
Status: in_force

(1) After the department of natural resources’ completion of the initial regional watershed assessment, and after the council’s prioritization of the regional watersheds, the council shall designate one or more of the agencies represented on the council to facilitate the development and implementation of local, community-based subwatershed improvement plans.

(2) In facilitating the development of community-based subwatershed improvement plans, the agency or agencies designated by the council shall, based on the results of the regional watershed assessment program, identify critical subwatersheds within priority regional watersheds and recruit communities, citizen groups, local governmental entities, or other stakeholders to engage in the assessment, planning, prioritization, and implementation of a local community-based subwatershed improvement plan. The agency or agencies designated by the council may assist in the formation of a group of initial local community-based subwatershed improvement plans that can be implemented as pilot projects, in order to develop an effective process that can be replicated across the state.

2008 Acts, ch 1034, §6; 2011 Acts, ch 119, §7
Iowa Code § 508C.16 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508C / Section 508C.16
Immunity indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) A member insurer and its agents and employees, the association and its agents and employees, members of the board of directors, and the commissioner and the commissioner’s representatives are not liable for any action taken by them or omission by them while acting within the scope of their employment and in the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter and such immunity granted under this section shall extend to their participation in any organization of one or more state associations of similar purposes and to that organization and its agents and employees.

(2) Sections 490.850 through 490.859 apply to the association.

87 Acts, ch 223, §16; 88 Acts, ch 1170, §9; 91 Acts, ch 97, §55; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §111, 125; 2011 Acts, ch 70, §20
Iowa Code § 558.72 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.72
Real estate transfers by certain entities.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Entity” means any of the following:

(1) (a) A partnership, limited liability partnership, or foreign limited liability partnership as provided in chapter 486A.

(1) (a) A limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, limited liability limited partnership, or foreign limited liability limited partnership as provided in chapter 488.

(1) (a) A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company as provided in chapter 489.

(1) (a) A corporation or foreign corporation as provided in chapter 490 or a nonprofit corporation or foreign nonprofit corporation as provided in chapter 504.

(1) (a) A cooperative association as provided in chapter 497 or 498; an association, corporation, or foreign corporation as provided in chapter 499; a cooperative as provided in chapter 499A; a cooperative as provided in chapter 501; or a cooperative or foreign cooperative as provided in chapter 501A.

(1) (a) An unincorporated nonprofit association as provided in chapter 501B.

(1) (b) “Instrument transferring an interest in real estate” means a deed, real estate contract, lease, easement, mortgage, deed of trust, or any other instrument used to effect the transfer of an interest in real estate situated in this state by any act to sell, transfer, convey, assign, lease, mortgage, or encumber the interest in the real estate.

(2) An instrument transferring an interest in real estate situated in this state by an entity, unless clearly and conspicuously provided to the contrary in the instrument, includes a warranty to the transferee by the person executing the instrument of all of the following:

(2) (a) That the transferor entity is in existence at the time of the transfer.

(2) (b) That the person executing the instrument has been duly authorized by the transferor entity to execute the instrument on behalf of the entity.

(2) (c) That the person executing the instrument has the legal capacity to execute the instrument.

(2) (d) That the person knows of no facts or legal claims that might impair the validity of the transfer, including whether the instrument was given in the ordinary course of business.

(3) An action to invalidate a transfer of real estate by deed or real estate contract by an entity shall be subject to the time limitations set forth in section 614.14A.

2013 Acts, ch 108, §5
Iowa Code § 153.33B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 153 / Section 153.33B
Executive director duties.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §66.
Iowa Code § 602.9207 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.9207
Retirement of senior judge.
Status: in_force

(1) A senior judge shall cease to be a senior judge upon completion of the twelve-month period during which the judge attains senior judge retirement age. The clerk of the supreme court shall make a notation of the retirement of a senior judge in the roster of senior judges, at which time the senior judge shall become a retired senior judge.

(2) A senior judge is subject to retirement under article 2, part 1 for the causes specified in section 602.2106, subsection 3, paragraph “a”. A senior judge may request and be granted retirement in the manner provided in section 602.9112. When a senior judge is retired as provided in this subsection the clerk of the supreme court shall make a notation of the retirement of the senior judge in the roster of senior judges, at which time the senior judge shall become a retired senior judge.

[C81, §605A.27]83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)CS83, §602.92072008 Acts, ch 1191, §153
Iowa Code § 15.368 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.368
World food prize award and support.
Status: in_force

(1) Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, there is annually appropriated from the general fund of the state to the authority one million dollars for the support of the world food prize award.

(2) The Iowa state capitol is designated as the primary location for the annual ceremony to award the world food prize.

2008 Acts, ch 1191, §30; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89
Iowa Code § 490.842 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.842
Standards of conduct for officers.
Status: in_force

(1) An officer, when performing in such capacity, has the duty to act in conformity with all of the following:

(1) (a) In good faith.

(1) (b) With the care that a person in a like position would reasonably exercise under similar circumstances.

(1) (c) In a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.

(2) The duty of an officer includes the obligation to do all of the following:

(2) (a) Inform the superior officer to whom, or the board of directors or the board committee to which, the officer reports of information about the affairs of the corporation known to the officer, within the scope of the officer’s functions, and known to the officer to be material to such superior officer, board, or committee.

(2) (b) Inform the officer’s superior officer, or another appropriate person within the corporation, or the board of directors, or a board committee, of any actual or probable material violation of law involving the corporation or material breach of duty to the corporation by an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, that the officer believes has occurred or is likely to occur.

(3) In discharging the officer’s duties, an officer who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on any of the following:

(3) (a) The performance of properly delegated responsibilities by one or more employees of the corporation whom the officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in performing the responsibilities delegated.

(3) (b) Information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, prepared or presented by one or more employees of the corporation whom the officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented or by legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the corporation as to matters involving skills or expertise the officer reasonably believes are any of the following:

(3) (b) Matters within the particular person’s professional or expert competence.

(3) (b) Matters as to which the particular person merits confidence.

(4) An officer shall not be liable to the corporation or its shareholders for any decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as an officer, if the duties of the office are performed in compliance with this section. Whether an officer who does not comply with this section shall have liability will depend in such instance on applicable law, including those principles of section 490.831 that have relevance.

89 Acts, ch 288, §95; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §42, 125; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §32, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §107, 230
Iowa Code § 103.11 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103 / Section 103.11
Wiring or installing — supervising apprentices — license required — qualifications.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 103.13, no person shall, for another, wire for or install electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment, or supervise an apprentice electrician or unclassified person, unless the person is licensed by the board as an electrical contractor, a class A master electrician, or a class B master electrician, or is licensed as a class A journeyman electrician or a class B journeyman electrician and is employed by an electrical contractor or is working under the supervision of a class A master electrician or a class B master electrician.

2007 Acts, ch 197, §21, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1092, §15, 32
Iowa Code § 256B.11 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.11
Program plans.
Status: in_force

(1) Program plans submitted to the department of education pursuant to section 273.5 for approval by the director of the department of education shall establish all of the following:

(1) (a) That there are sufficient children requiring special education within the area.

(1) (b) That the service or program will be provided by the most appropriate educational agency.

(1) (c) That the educational agency providing the service or program has employed qualified special educational personnel.

(1) (d) That the instruction is a natural and normal progression of a planned course of instruction.

(1) (e) That all revenue raised for support of special education instruction and services is expended for actual delivery of special education instruction or services.

(1) (f) Other factors as the state board may require.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1 and section 273.5, subsection 6, the director of the department of education may authorize the area education agency to submit a statement assuring that the requirements of subsection 1 are satisfied in lieu of submitting a special education instructional and support program plan.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §281.11]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1483C93, §256B.112010 Acts, ch 1016, §5
Iowa Code § 359A.19 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359A / Section 359A.19
Duty to maintain tight fences.
Status: in_force

All partition fences may be made tight by the party desiring it, and when that party’s portion is so completed, and securely fastened to good substantial posts, set firmly in the ground, not more than twenty feet apart, the adjoining property owner shall construct the adjoining owner’s portion of the adjoining fence, in a lawful tight manner, same to be securely fastened to good substantial posts, set firmly in the ground, not more than twenty feet apart.

[R60, §1545; C73, §1507; C97, §2367; S13, §2367; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1847; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.19]C93, §359A.19
Iowa Code § 65.7 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 65 / Section 65.7
Hearing — order — effect.
Status: in_force

If, upon the hearing, there appears substantial ground for apprehension, the approving officer or board may order the principal to give a new bond and to supply the place of the petitioning surety within a reasonable time to be prescribed, and, upon such new bond being given, the petitioning surety upon the former bond shall be declared discharged from liability on the same for future acts, which order of discharge shall be entered in the proper election book, but the bond will continue binding upon those who do not petition for relief.

[C51, §424; R60, §655; C73, §777; C97, §1285; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1086; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §65.7]
Iowa Code § 147.154 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.154
Section 147.154
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §78.See §154F.3 through 154F.6.
Iowa Code § 468.396 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.396
Cost of maintaining.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall have the right and power to keep and maintain any such levee, ditches, drains, or system of drainage, either in whole or in part, established under sections 468.390 through 468.395, as may in their judgment be required, and to levy the expense thereof upon the real estate within such drainage district as provided for in this part, and collect and expend the same; provided, however, that no such work which shall impose a tax exceeding three dollars and thirty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars on the assessable value of the lands and improvements within the district shall be authorized by the board, unless the work is first petitioned for and authorized in substantially the manner required by this part for the inauguration of new work. However, if such work is of the kinds contemplated by section 468.126, and the cost thereof is within the limitations of section 468.126, or is of the kinds contemplated by section 468.188, and the cost thereof is within the limitations of section 468.188, then the provisions of section 468.126 or section 468.188 shall supersede the limitations of this section.

[C97, §1986; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7750; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.7]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.3962020 Acts, ch 1063, §256
Iowa Code § 625A.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 625A / Section 625A.16
Title not affected.
Status: in_force

Property acquired by a purchaser in good faith under a judgment subsequently reversed shall not be affected thereby.

[C51, §1993; R60, §3541; C73, §3199; C97, §4146; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12878; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §686.16]C93, §625A.16
Iowa Code § 515.42 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.42
Tenure of certificate — renewal — evidence.
Status: in_force

A certificate of authority shall expire on the first day of June next succeeding its issue, and shall be renewed annually so long as such company shall transact business in accordance with the requirements of law; a copy of which certificate, when certified to by the commissioner of insurance, shall be admissible in evidence for or against a company with the same effect as the original. A company shall submit annually, on or before March 1, a completed application for renewal of its certificate of authority. A company that fails to timely file an application for renewal shall pay an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars to the treasurer of state for deposit as provided in section 505.7.

[C73, §1131; C97, §1700; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8934; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.42]88 Acts, ch 1112, §107; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §67; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §76
Iowa Code § 488.802 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.802
Judicial dissolution.
Status: in_force

On application by or for a partner, the district court for the county in which the office described in section 488.114, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, is located may order dissolution of a limited partnership if it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities of the limited partnership in conformity with the partnership agreement.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §64, 118
Iowa Code § 523A.814 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523A / Section 523A.814
Examination fee.
Status: in_force

In addition to the filing fee paid pursuant to section 523A.204, subsection 2, a seller filing an annual report shall pay an examination fee in the amount of five dollars for each purchase agreement subject to a filing fee that is sold between July 1, 2005, and December 31, 2007, and in the amount of ten dollars for each purchase agreement subject to a filing fee that is sold after December 31, 2007.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §33
Iowa Code § 633B.118 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633B / Section 633B.118
Agent’s resignation notice.
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney provides for a different method for an agent’s resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated, to any of the following:

(1) The conservator or guardian, if a conservator or guardian has been appointed for the principal, and any coagent or successor agent.

(2) If there is no conservator, guardian, or coagent or successor agent, the agent may give notice to any of the following:

(2) (a) The principal’s caregiver, including but not limited to a caretaker as defined in section 235B.2 or 235E.1.

(2) (b) Any other person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare.

(2) (c) A governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal.

2014 Acts, ch 1078, §20
Iowa Code § 160.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 160 / Section 160.3
Right to enter premises.
Status: in_force

In the performance of the apiarist’s duties, the state apiarist or the apiarist’s assistants shall have the right to enter any premises, enclosure, or buildings containing bees or bee supplies.

[C27, 31, 35, §4037-a1; C39, §4037.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, §266.11; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §160.3]
Iowa Code § 331.469 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.469
Statute of limitation — powers — conflicts.
Status: in_force

(1) An action shall not be brought which questions the legality of revenue bonds, the power of the board to issue revenue bonds, or the effectiveness of any proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of revenue bonds, from and after sixty days from the time the bonds are ordered issued by the board.

(2) The enumeration in this part of specified powers and functions is not a limitation of the powers of counties, but this part and the procedures prescribed for exercising the powers and functions enumerated in this part control in the event of a conflict with any other law.

[S81, §331.469; 81 Acts, ch 117, §468]
Iowa Code § 511.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.1
Annual statement of foreign companies.
Status: in_force

Every company or association organized under the laws of any other state or country and doing business in this state shall annually, by the first day of March, file with the commissioner of insurance a statement of its affairs for the year terminating on the thirty-first day of December preceding, in the same manner and form provided for similar companies or associations organized in this state.

[C73, §1166; C97, §1799; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8728; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §511.1]