FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Iowa Code § 68B.34A — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68B / Section 68B.34A
Actions commenced against local officials or employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Complaints alleging conduct of local officials or local employees which violates this chapter, except for sections 68B.36 and 68B.38, shall be filed with the county attorney in the county where the accused resides. However, if the county attorney is the person against whom the complaint is filed, or if the county attorney otherwise has a personal or legal conflict of interest, the complaint shall be referred to another county attorney.

(2) Complaints alleging conduct of local officials or local employees which violates section 68B.36 or 68B.38 shall be filed with the ethics committee of the appropriate house of the general assembly if the conduct involves lobbying activities before the general assembly or with the board if the conduct involves lobbying activities before the executive branch.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68B.9]C93, §68B.2693 Acts, ch 163, §10; 2000 Acts, ch 1042, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 9, §4, 6CS2009, §68B.34A2010 Acts, ch 1006, §7, 11
Iowa Code § 173.24 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 173 / Section 173.24
Exemption of state fair by the state’s purchasing procedures.
Status: in_force

The state fair is exempt from the state system of uniform purchasing procedures. However, the board may contract with the department of administrative services to purchase any items through the state system. The board shall adopt its own system of uniform standards and specifications for purchasing.

87 Acts, ch 233, §234; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 537.8101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.8101
Provision of credit card number as condition of check cashing or acceptance prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not require as a condition of acceptance of a check or share draft, or as a means of identification, that the person presenting the check provide a credit card number or expiration date, or both.

(2) Recording a credit card number or expiration date, or both, in connection with a sale of goods or services in which the purchaser pays by check or share draft, or in connection with the acceptance of a check or share draft, is a simple misdemeanor.

(3) This section does not prohibit a person from requesting a purchaser to display a credit card as indicia of credit worthiness and financial responsibility or as additional identification, but the only information concerning a credit card which may be recorded is the type of credit card so displayed and the issuer of the credit card. This section does not require acceptance of a check or share draft whether or not a credit card is presented.

(4) This section does not prohibit a person from requesting or receiving a credit card number or expiration date and recording the number or date, or both in lieu of a deposit to secure payment in event of default, loss, damage, or other occurrence.

88 Acts, ch 1059, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 185C.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 185C / Section 185C.9
Vacancies.
Status: in_force

The board shall by appointment fill an unexpired term if a vacancy occurs in the board.

[C77, 79, 81, §185C.9]
Iowa Code § 192.131 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.131
Testing milk or cream license.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1148, §9, 11.
Iowa Code § 12J.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12J / Section 12J.1
Legislative findings and intent.
Status: in_force

The general assembly is deeply concerned and does not support boycotts and related tactics that have become a tool of economic warfare that threaten the sovereignty and security of allies and trade partners of the United States, including the state of Israel. Therefore, the general assembly intends that state funds and funds administered by the state, including public employee retirement funds, should not be invested in, and public contracts should not be entered into with, companies that refuse to engage in commerce with Israel and boycott Israel or persons doing business in Israel or territories controlled by Israel.

2016 Acts, ch 1102, §1
Iowa Code § 654C.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654C / Section 654C.2
Mediation proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who is an owner or a neighbor may file a request for mediation with the farm mediation service. Upon receipt of the request for mediation, the farm mediation service shall conduct an initial consultation with each party to the dispute privately and without charge. Mediation shall be canceled after the initial consultation, unless both parties agree to proceed.

(2) Both parties to the dispute shall file with the farm mediation service information required by the service to conduct mediation.

(3) Unless mediation is canceled, within twenty-one days after receiving a mediation request, the farm mediation service shall send a mediation meeting notice to all parties to the dispute setting a time and place for an initial mediation meeting between the parties and a mediator directed by the farm mediation service to assist in mediation. An initial mediation meeting shall be held within twenty-one days of the issuance of the mediation meeting notice.

95 Acts, ch 195, §28
Iowa Code § 60.4 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 60 / Section 60.4
Statement.
Status: in_force

The contestant shall file the statement provided for in chapter 62 in the office of the secretary of state within two days from the day on which the returns are canvassed by the state board of canvassers and, within the same time, serve a copy of the same, with a notice of the contest, on the incumbent in the manner provided by the rules of civil procedure for service of an original notice.

[C97, §1247; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1003; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §60.4; 81 Acts, ch 34, §43]2002 Acts, ch 1134, §73, 115
Iowa Code § 24.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 24 / Section 24.11
Meeting for review.
Status: in_force

The certifying board or the levying board, as the case may be, shall meet at the time and place designated in the notice published under section 24.9. At the meeting, any person who would be subject to the tax levy shall be heard in favor of or against the budget estimates and proposed levy or any part thereof.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §377; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §24.11]2022 Acts, ch 1021, §15
Iowa Code § 135.130 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.130
Substance abuse treatment facility for persons on probation.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 148, §24.
Iowa Code § 29B.101 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.101
Aiding the enemy.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person does any of the following:

(1) Aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things.

(2) Without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or gives intelligence to, or communicates or corresponds with or holds any intercourse with the enemy, either directly or indirectly.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.101]2006 Acts, ch 1010, §28
Iowa Code § 137.101 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137 / Section 137.101
Title and purpose.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Public Health Governance Act”. The purpose of this chapter is to define the structure, powers, and duties of local boards of health. This chapter also provides an optional process for counties to merge to form a district board of health in order to increase efficiencies and enhance the delivery and availability of public health services.

2010 Acts, ch 1036, §1
Iowa Code § 192.133 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.133
Section 192.133
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1148, §9, 11.
Iowa Code § 476.100 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.100
Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

A local exchange carrier shall not do any of the following:

(1) Discriminate against another provider of communications services by refusing or delaying access to the local exchange carrier’s services.

(2) Discriminate against another provider of communications services by refusing or delaying access to essential facilities on terms and conditions no less favorable than those the local exchange carrier provides to itself and its affiliates. A local telecommunications facility, feature, function, or capability of the local exchange carrier’s network is an essential facility if all of the following apply:

(2) (a) Competitors cannot practically or economically duplicate the facility, feature, function, or capability, or obtain the facility, feature, function, or capability from another source.

(2) (b) The use of the facility, feature, function, or capability by potential competitors is technically and economically feasible.

(2) (c) Denial of the use of the facility, feature, function, or capability by competitors is unreasonable.

(2) (d) The facility, feature, function, or capability will enable competition.

(3) Degrade the quality of access or service provided to another provider of communications services.

(4) Fail to disclose in a timely manner, upon reasonable request and pursuant to a protective agreement concerning proprietary information, all information reasonably necessary for the design of network interface equipment, network interface services, or software that will meet the specifications of the local exchange carrier’s local exchange network.

(5) Unreasonably refuse or delay interconnections or provide inferior interconnections to another provider.

(6) Use basic exchange service rates, directly or indirectly, to subsidize or offset the costs of other products or services offered by the local exchange carrier.

(7) Discriminate in favor of itself or an affiliate in the provision and pricing of, or extension of credit for, any telephone service.

95 Acts, ch 199, §11
Iowa Code § 499.35 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.35
Time of payment.
Status: in_force

Credits or certificates referred to in sections 499.33 and 499.34 shall not mature until the dissolution or liquidation of the association, but shall be callable by the association at any time in the order of priority specified in section 499.33.

[C35, §8512-g35; C39, §8512.35; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.35]
Iowa Code § 154C.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 154C / Section 154C.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Board” means the board of behavioral health professionals established in chapter 147.

(2) “Licensee” means a person licensed to practice social work.

(3) “Practice of social work” means the professional activity of licensees which is directed at enhancing or restoring people’s capacity for social functioning, whether impaired by environmental, emotional, or physical factors, with particular attention to the person-in-situation configuration. The social work profession represents a body of knowledge requiring progressively more sophisticated analytic and intervention skills, and includes the application of psychosocial theory methods to individuals, couples, families, groups, and communities. The practice of social work does not include the making of a medical diagnosis, or the treatment of conditions or disorders of biological etiology except treatment of conditions or disorders which involve psychosocial aspects and conditions. The practice of social work for each of the categories of social work licensure includes the following:

(3) (a) Bachelor social workers provide psychosocial assessment and intervention through direct contact with clients or referral of clients to other qualified resources for assistance, including but not limited to performance of social histories, problem identification, establishment of goals and monitoring of progress, interviewing techniques, counseling, social work administration, supervision, evaluation, interdisciplinary consultation and collaboration, and research of service delivery including development and implementation of organizational policies and procedures in program management.

(3) (b) Master social workers are qualified to perform the practice of bachelor social workers and provide psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, including but not limited to performance of psychosocial histories, problem identification and evaluation of symptoms and behavior, assessment of psychosocial and behavioral strengths and weaknesses, effects of the environment on behavior, psychosocial therapy with individuals, couples, families, and groups, establishment of treatment goals and monitoring progress, differential treatment planning, and interdisciplinary consultation and collaboration.

(3) (c) Independent social workers are qualified to perform the practice of master social workers as a private practice.

(4) “Private practice” means social work practice conducted only by an independent social worker who is either self-employed or a member of a partnership or of a group practice providing diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders or conditions.

(5) “Supervision” means the direction of social work practice in face-to-face sessions.

84 Acts, ch 1075, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1035, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §1472024 Acts, ch 1170, §504
Iowa Code § 655.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 655 / Section 655.2
Penalty — attorney fees.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 99 Acts, ch 54, §3.
Iowa Code § 425.5 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 425 / Section 425.5
Correcting listing.
Status: in_force

If the assessor who last listed and valued a claimed eligible homestead did not, in the description and valuation thereof, comply with the provisions of section 428.7, the assessor shall, if still in office, on the written request of such claimant and without expense to the claimant or to the county, correct the listing and valuations of such claimed homestead and contiguous real property originally listed and valued by the assessor, and file such corrected listing and valuations with the county auditor, who forthwith shall certify the same to the county treasurer, and said county treasurer shall so correct the tax books; provided, that if the assessor who last listed and valued such property is not still in office, the assessor in office shall, on such written request and at the expense of the county, so correct such listing and valuations of said homestead and said contiguous real property.

[C39, §6943.146; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §425.5]
Iowa Code § 104A.8 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 104A / Section 104A.8
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

This chapter is subject to enforcement as provided in chapter 103A.

93 Acts, ch 95, §5
Iowa Code § 359.14 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.14
Changing name petition notice.
Status: in_force

(1) Eligible electors of a township wishing to change its name may petition the board of supervisors.

(2) If it appears to the board that a majority of the eligible electors of the township are in favor of the change, the board shall cause notices, attested by the auditor, to be posted in three of the most public places of the township, for at least thirty days before the next regular session of the board.

(3) The notice shall state all of the following:

(3) (a) That a petition has been presented to the board by the eligible electors of the township, seeking a change of the name of the township.

(3) (b) The name sought in the petition.

(3) (c) That, unless those interested in the change of name appear at the next regular session of the board and show cause why the name shall not be changed, there will be an order made granting the change.

[C73, §412; C97, §580; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5540; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.14]90 Acts, ch 1168, §45; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §50
Iowa Code § 554.3403 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3403
Unauthorized signature.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided in this Article or Article 4, an unauthorized signature is ineffective except as the signature of the unauthorized signer in favor of a person who in good faith pays the instrument or takes it for value. An unauthorized signature may be ratified for all purposes of this Article.

(2) If the signature of more than one person is required to constitute the authorized signature of an organization, the signature of the organization is unauthorized if one of the required signatures is lacking.

(3) The civil or criminal liability of a person who makes an unauthorized signature is not affected by any provision of this Article which makes the unauthorized signature effective for the purposes of this Article.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §50, 121, 122
Iowa Code § 144E.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144E / Section 144E.8
Private cause of action.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall not create a private cause of action against a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, or an individualized investigational treatment, against an eligible facility, or against any other person or entity involved in the care of an eligible patient using the investigational drug, biological product, or device, or the individualized investigational treatment for any harm done to the eligible patient resulting from the investigational drug, biological product, or device, or the individualized investigational treatment, if the manufacturer, eligible facility, or other person or entity is complying in good faith with the terms of this chapter and has exercised reasonable care.

(2) This chapter shall not affect any mandatory health care coverage for participation in clinical trials under Title XIII, subtitle 1.

2017 Acts, ch 130, §8; 2025 Acts, ch 80, §7
Iowa Code § 616.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 616 / Section 616.4
Nonresident — attachment.
Status: in_force

An action against a nonresident of the state, when aided by an attachment, may be brought in any county of the state wherein any part of the property sought to be attached may be found, or wherein any part was situated when the action was commenced, or where the defendant is personally served in this state.

[C51, §1703; R60, §2797; C73, §2580; C97, §3495; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11037; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.4]
Iowa Code § 554.8503 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8503
Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary.
Status: in_force

(1) To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary are held by the securities intermediary for the entitlement holders, are not property of the securities intermediary, and are not subject to claims of creditors of the securities intermediary, except as otherwise provided in section 554.8511.

(2) An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection 1 is a pro rata property interest in all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary, without regard to the time the entitlement holder acquired the security entitlement or the time the securities intermediary acquired the interest in that financial asset.

(3) An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection 1 may be enforced against the securities intermediary only by exercise of the entitlement holder’s rights under sections 554.8505 through 554.8508.

(4) (a) An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection 1 may be enforced against a purchaser of the financial asset or interest therein only if:

(4) (a) insolvency proceedings have been initiated by or against the securities intermediary;

(4) (a) the securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in the financial asset to satisfy the security entitlements of all of its entitlement holders to that financial asset;

(4) (a) the securities intermediary violated its obligations under section 554.8504 by transferring the financial asset or interest therein to the purchaser; and

(4) (a) the purchaser is not protected under subsection 5.

(4) (b) The trustee or other liquidator, acting on behalf of all entitlement holders having security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, may recover the financial asset, or interest therein, from the purchaser. If the trustee or other liquidator elects not to pursue that right, an entitlement holder whose security entitlement remains unsatisfied has the right to recover its interest in the financial asset from the purchaser.

(5) An action based on the entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection 1, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be asserted against any purchaser of a financial asset or interest therein who gives value, obtains control, and does not act in collusion with the securities intermediary in violating the securities intermediary’s obligations under section 554.8504.

96 Acts, ch 1138, §50, 84; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Iowa Code § 341A.16 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 341A / Section 341A.16
Civil suits.
Status: in_force

The commission shall initiate and conduct all civil suits necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter and the rules of the commission. The commission shall be represented in such suits by the county attorney. In the case of the combined counties, any one or more of the county attorneys of such combined counties may be selected by the commission to represent it.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.16]
Iowa Code § 266.36 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.36
Financial management services.
Status: in_force

The Iowa cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics shall accelerate the development of computer software and field staff training to increase the extension service’s ability to offer financial management and counseling services to individual farm operators and to increase the analysis and understanding of financial management, marketing and related subjects among farm operators.

84 Acts, ch 1315, §27
Iowa Code § 505.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 505 / Section 505.4
Deputy — assistants — bond.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner of insurance shall appoint a first and second deputy commissioner and such other clerks and assistants as shall be needed to assist the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner’s duty, all of whom shall serve during the pleasure of the commissioner. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, deputy commissioners shall give a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars.

(2) The commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner for supervision whom the commissioner may appoint as supervisory or special deputy pursuant to chapter 507C and who shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the commissioner. The deputy commissioner for supervision shall receive a salary to be fixed by the commissioner. The deputy commissioner for supervision shall be exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, under section 8A.412, subsection 16.

[S13, §1683-r2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8608; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §505.4]91 Acts, ch 26, §31; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §269