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Iowa Code § 489.1034 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1034
Amendment or abandonment of plan of interest exchange.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of interest exchange may be amended only with the consent of each party to the plan, except as otherwise provided in the plan.

(2) A domestic acquired limited liability company may approve an amendment of a plan of interest exchange according to any of the following:

(2) (a) In the same manner as the plan was approved, if the plan does not provide for the manner in which it may be amended.

(2) (b) By its managers or members in the manner provided in the plan, but a member that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the interest exchange is entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that will change any of the following:

(2) (b) The amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities, or any combination of the foregoing, to be received by any of the members of the acquired company under the plan.

(2) (b) The certificate of organization or operating agreement of the acquired company that will be in effect immediately after the interest exchange becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the members of the acquired company under this chapter or the operating agreement.

(2) (b) Any other terms or conditions of the plan, if the change would adversely affect the member in any material respect.

(3) After a plan of interest exchange has been approved and before a statement of interest exchange becomes effective, the plan may be abandoned as provided in the plan. Unless prohibited by the plan, a domestic acquired limited liability company may abandon the plan in the same manner as the plan was approved.

(4) If a plan of interest exchange is abandoned after a statement of interest exchange has been delivered to the secretary of state for filing and before the statement becomes effective, a statement of abandonment, signed by the acquired limited liability company, must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing before the statement of interest exchange becomes effective. The statement of abandonment takes effect on filing, and the interest exchange is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of abandonment must contain all of the following:

(4) (a) The name of the acquired limited liability company.

(4) (b) The date on which the statement of interest exchange was filed by the secretary of state.

(4) (c) A statement that the interest exchange has been abandoned in accordance with this section.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §96, 161
Iowa Code § 53.42 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.42
Voting in person in commissioner’s office.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provision as to time found in section 53.10, any qualified voter in the armed forces of the United States may personally appear in the office of the commissioner of the county of the voter’s residence and there vote an absent voter’s ballot at any time not earlier than forty days before the primary or general election, as the case may be.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.42]
Iowa Code § 524.2002 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2002
Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge.
Status: in_force

Upon the request of a filer of a document under this chapter, the secretary of state shall provide an extra filing service and assess a surcharge as provided in chapter 9, subchapter II.

2025 Acts, ch 16, §2
Iowa Code § 535B.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535B / Section 535B.5
Granting and denial of license.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the filing of an application for a license, if the administrator finds that the financial responsibility, character, and general fitness of the applicant and of the members thereof if the applicant is a partnership, association, or other organization and of the officers, directors, and principal employees if the applicant is a corporation, are such as to warrant belief that the business will be operated honestly, soundly, and efficiently in the public interest consistent with the purposes of this chapter, the administrator shall issue the applicant a license as a mortgage broker, mortgage banker, or closing agent. The administrator shall approve or deny an application for a license within ninety days after the filing of the application for a license.

(2) If the administrator does not so find, the license shall not be issued, and the administrator shall notify the applicant in writing of the denial and the reasons for the denial.

88 Acts, ch 1146, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1111, §5, 13
Iowa Code § 624.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.13
Interlocutory questions.
Status: in_force

Upon interlocutory questions, the party moving the court or objecting to testimony shall be heard first; the respondent may then reply by one counsel, and the mover rejoining, confining remarks to the points first stated and a pertinent answer to respondent’s argument. Argument on the questions shall then be closed, unless further requested by the court.

[R60, §3046; C73, §2779; C97, §3700; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11486; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.13]
Iowa Code § 100.13 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100 / Section 100.13
Violations orders.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §10A.515; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1711.
Iowa Code § 554.2324 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2324
“No arrival, no sale” term.
Status: in_force

Under a term “no arrival, no sale” or terms of like meaning, unless otherwise agreed,

(1) the seller must properly ship conforming goods and if they arrive by any means the seller must tender them on arrival but the seller assumes no obligation that the goods will arrive unless the seller has caused the nonarrival; and

(2) where without fault of the seller the goods are in part lost or have so deteriorated as no longer to conform to the contract or arrive after the contract time, the buyer may proceed as if there had been casualty to identified goods (section 554.2613).

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2324]2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Iowa Code § 161D.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161D / Section 161D.5
Loess hills alliance created.
Status: in_force

(1) A loess hills alliance is created. The alliance shall carry out its responsibilities under the general direction of the loess hills development and conservation authority. The alliance shall encompass the geographic region including the counties of Plymouth, Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills, and Fremont. Membership and participation in projects of the alliance is not required. The alliance shall be governed by a board of directors appointed as follows:

(1) (a) Three members appointed by the board of supervisors of each county participating in the alliance and at least one of the appointees shall be a member of the board of supervisors of a county participating in the alliance.

(1) (b) Seven additional voting members who shall be persons with experience in the fields of environmental affairs, conservation, finance, development, tourism, or related fields, and who shall be appointed by the authority.

(1) (c) The voting members of the board of directors appointed pursuant to paragraphs “a” and “b” shall include agricultural producers owning real property within the loess hills landform.

(2) Each voting member of the board of directors shall be a resident of a county which is eligible for membership in the authority pursuant to section 161D.1 and shall be appointed to a term of office as determined by the authority. The directors of the alliance shall carry out their responsibilities pursuant to bylaws approved by the authority.

99 Acts, ch 119, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1111, §3
Iowa Code § 29A.92 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.92
Reopening default judgments.
Status: in_force

(1) A default judgment rendered in any civil action against a service member during a period of military service or within thirty days after termination of military service may be set aside under the following circumstances:

(1) (a) It appears that the service member was prejudiced by reason of military service in making a defense to the action.

(1) (b) Application by the service member or the service member’s legal representative is made to the court rendering the judgment not later than thirty days after the termination of military service.

(1) (c) The application provides enough facts that it appears that the service member has a meritorious or legal defense to the action or some part of the action.

(2) Vacating, setting aside, or reversing a judgment because of any of the provisions of this chapter shall not impair any right or title acquired by a bona fide purchaser for value under the judgment.

2002 Acts, ch 1117, §26, 40
Iowa Code § 455B.305B — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.305B
Pyrolysis or gasification material ownership.
Status: in_force

Preprocessed and postprocessed post-use polymers and recoverable feedstocks stored at a pyrolysis facility or gasification facility are the sole property of the pyrolysis facility or gasification facility. Within sixty days of termination of operations at the facility, all unused preprocessed and postprocessed post-use polymers and recoverable feedstocks must be sold or disposed of by the pyrolysis facility or gasification facility in compliance with applicable laws.

2019 Acts, ch 14, §3
Iowa Code § 152C.5C — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 152C / Section 152C.5C
Announcements to the public.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, “announcement to the public” means the use of any print media, broadcast media, subscription internet site, internet site available to the public, or any other means to do any of the following:

(1) (a) Advertise or market massage therapy services.

(1) (b) Provide a site for clients to post reviews.

(1) (c) Offer a virtual marketplace at which goods or services may be offered or clients may be solicited.

(2) A person shall not do any of the following in an announcement to the public:

(2) (a) Represent that another person is licensed under this chapter when the person knows, or has reason to know, that the other person is not licensed.

(2) (b) Falsely represent the person’s self as licensed under this chapter.

(2) (c) Offer the services of massage therapy if paragraph “a” or “b” of this subsection applies.

(2) (d) Offer, or imply the offer of, services that violate state law.

(3) A person who violates subsection 2 commits a serious misdemeanor.

2021 Acts, ch 123, §2
Iowa Code § 263C.2 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263C / Section 263C.2
Center for intellectual freedom.
Status: in_force

(1) A center for intellectual freedom is established as an independent academic center under the board at the university.

(2) The center shall conduct teaching and research in the historical ideas, traditions, and texts that have shaped the American constitutional order and society.

(3) The board may name the center in accordance with any philanthropic naming policies or practices of the board or university.

2025 Acts, ch 163, §3
Iowa Code § 357G.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357G / Section 357G.9
Trustees — term and qualification.
Status: in_force

At the election, the names of up to three candidates for trustee shall be written in by the voters on blank ballots without formal nomination and the council shall appoint three from among the five receiving the highest number of votes as trustees for the district. One trustee shall be appointed to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. The trustees and their successors must be residents of the district and shall give bond in the amount required by the council, the premium of which shall be paid by the district. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the council. The term of succeeding trustees shall be three years.

94 Acts, ch 1075, §9; 98 Acts, ch 1123, §14, 19
Iowa Code § 455B.466 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.466
Civil penalties.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §10.
Iowa Code § 298A.11 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 298A / Section 298A.11
School nutrition fund.
Status: in_force

A school nutrition fund is an enterprise fund. A school nutrition fund must be established in any school corporation receiving moneys from the school meal program authorized under chapter 283A.

94 Acts, ch 1029, §11; 95 Acts, ch 67, §24
Iowa Code § 437B.20 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.20
Records.
Status: in_force

Each water utility that is subject to the replacement tax or the statewide property tax shall maintain records associated with the replacement tax and the assessed value of property subject to the statewide property tax for a period of five years following the later of the original due date for filing a return pursuant to sections 437B.4 and 437B.17 in which such taxes are reported, or the date on which either such return is filed. Such records shall include those associated with any additions or dispositions of property, and the allocation of such property among local taxing districts.

2013 Acts, ch 94, §29, 35, 36
Iowa Code § 321L.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321L / Section 321L.6
Persons with disabilities parking sign.
Status: in_force

A persons with disabilities parking sign shall be displayed designating the persons with disabilities parking space.

(1) The persons with disabilities parking sign shall have a blue background and bear the international symbol of accessibility in white. If an entity who owns or leases real property in a city is required to provide persons with disabilities parking spaces, the city shall provide, upon request, the signs for the entity at cost. If an entity who owns or leases real property outside the corporate limits of a city is required to provide persons with disabilities parking spaces, the county in which the property is located shall provide the signs for the entity at cost upon request.

(2) The persons with disabilities parking sign shall be affixed vertically on another object so that it is readily visible to a driver of a motor vehicle approaching the persons with disabilities parking space. A persons with disabilities parking space designated only by the international symbol of accessibility being painted or otherwise placed horizontally on the parking space does not meet the requirements of this subsection.

89 Acts, ch 247, §14; 93 Acts, ch 169, §20; 97 Acts, ch 70, §15, 16; 97 Acts, ch 147, §7
Iowa Code § 376.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 376 / Section 376.5
Publication of ballot.
Status: in_force

Notice for each regular, special, primary, or runoff city election shall be published by the county commissioner of elections as provided in section 362.3, except that notice of a regular, primary, or runoff election may be published not less than four days before the date of the election. The published notice must list the names of all candidates, and must not contain any party designations. The published notice must include any question to be submitted to the voters. The notice may contain one or more facsimiles of the portion of the ballot containing the first arrangement of candidates as prescribed by section 49.31, subsection 2.

[S13, §1056-a21; SS15, §1056-b4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6499, 6500, 6501, 6503, 6640; C46, 50, §416.23 – 416.25, 416.27, 419.26; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.19; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.5]2019 Acts, ch 148, §58; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §51, 54; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §98
Iowa Code § 720.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 720 / Section 720.1
Compounding a felony.
Status: in_force

A person having knowledge of the commission by another of a felony indictable in this state who receives any consideration for a promise to conceal such crime, or not to prosecute or aid or give evidence to the prosecution of such crime, compounds that felony. Compounding any felony is an aggravated misdemeanor.

[C51, §2659, 2660; R60, §4286, 4287; C73, §3951, 3952; C97, §4889, 4890; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13168, 13169; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §722.1, 722.2; C79, 81, §720.1]
Iowa Code § 215.11 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215 / Section 215.11
Dial visible to public.
Status: in_force

The weight indicating dial or beams on counter scales used to weigh articles sold at retail shall be so located that the reading dial indicating the weight shall at all times be visible to the public.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §215.11]
Iowa Code § 136C.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 136C / Section 136C.9
Registration and license requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish by rule a system for the registration of the possession of radiation machines and for the licensing of radioactive materials in the state. The rules may provide for the issuance of the following licenses:

(1) (a) General licenses which do not require the filing of an application or the issuance of a document but do permit designated persons to transfer, acquire, own, possess, or use quantities of or equipment using radioactive materials.

(1) (b) Specific licenses issued upon application to a person named in the license to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, or possess quantities of or equipment using radioactive material. Applicants requesting radioactive materials in quantities of concern, as identified by the United States nuclear regulatory commission, shall submit fingerprints to the United States nuclear regulatory commission for a background check of all individuals authorized for unescorted access to such material.

(2) The department may exempt certain sources of radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements when the department finds that the exemption of the source of radiation, use, or users will not pose a significant risk to the health and safety of the public. The rules may provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses as the department may allow, subject to registration requirements as the department may prescribe.

(3) A person shall not use, manufacture, produce, distribute, sell, transport, transfer, install, repair, receive, acquire, own, or possess any radioactive material without a license from the department as provided in this chapter.

84 Acts, ch 1286, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §7
Iowa Code § 490.1431 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1431
Procedure for judicial dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Venue for a proceeding by the attorney general to dissolve a corporation lies in Polk county. Venue for a proceeding brought by any other party named in section 490.1430, subsection 1, lies in the county where a corporation’s principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is or was last located.

(2) It is not necessary to make shareholders parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.

(3) A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian during the proceeding with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, and carry on the business of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.

(4) Within ten days of the commencement of a proceeding to dissolve a corporation under section 490.1430, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, the corporation shall deliver to all shareholders, other than the petitioner, a notice stating that the shareholders are entitled to avoid the dissolution of the corporation by electing to purchase the petitioner’s shares under section 490.1434, and accompanied by a copy of section 490.1434.

89 Acts, ch 288, §157; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §97, 125; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §69, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §183, 230
Iowa Code § 633.246A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.246A
Medical assistance eligibility.
Status: in_force

Unless precluded from doing so under the terms of a premarital agreement, the failure of a surviving spouse to make an election under this subchapter constitutes a transfer of assets for the purpose of determining eligibility for medical assistance pursuant to chapter 249A to the extent that the value received by making the election would have exceeded the value of property received absent the election.

2000 Acts, ch 1060, §7; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §21; 2006 Acts, ch 1104, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 164.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 164 / Section 164.5
Request for inspection and official test.
Status: in_force

Upon request by the owner for a departmental inspection of the owner’s designated animals for brucellosis, the department may designate a veterinarian to make an inspection of the designated animals. If authorized by the department, the veterinarian may conduct an official test on the designated animals.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §164.3; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.5]97 Acts, ch 124, §5
Iowa Code § 161F.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161F / Section 161F.2
Board of supervisors to establish districts — strip coal mining.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county shall have jurisdiction, power and authority at any regular, special or adjourned session to establish, subject to the provisions of this chapter, districts having for their purpose soil conservation and the control of flood waters and to cause to be constructed as hereinafter provided, such improvements and facilities as shall be deemed essential for the accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control. Such board shall also have jurisdiction, power and authority at any regular, special or adjourned session to establish, in the same manner that the districts hereinabove referred to are established, districts having for their purpose soil conservation in mining areas within the county, and provide that anyone engaged in removing the surface soil over any bed or strata of coal in such district for the purpose of obtaining such coal shall replace the surface soil as nearly as practicable to its original position, and provide that, upon abandonment of such removal operation, all surface soil shall be so replaced. This section shall apply only to surface soil so removed after July 4, 1949, and then only if it is essential for the accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control within the purview of this chapter.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467C.2]C95, §161F.2
Iowa Code § 490.1001 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1001
Amendment of articles of incorporation — authority to amend.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation at any time to add or change a provision that is required or permitted in the articles of incorporation as of the effective date of the amendment or to delete a provision that is not required to be contained in the articles of incorporation.

(2) A shareholder of the corporation does not have a vested property right resulting from any provision in the articles of incorporation, including provisions relating to management, control, capital structure, dividend entitlement, or purpose or duration of the corporation.

89 Acts, ch 288, §109; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §54, 125
Iowa Code § 602.10112 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.10112
Duties of attorneys and counselors.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 179, §79, 89.
Iowa Code § 709A.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709A / Section 709A.5
Interpretative clause.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter the word “dependency” shall mean all the conditions as enumerated in section 232.96A.

[C31, 35, §3661-c1; C39, §3661.001; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §233.5]C93, §709A.52022 Acts, ch 1098, §89