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Iowa Code § 279.29 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.29
Claims — investments.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall audit and allow all just claims against the corporation, and no order shall be drawn upon the treasury until the claim therefor has been audited and allowed. In any district in which the board consists of five or more members, an audit made by one or more members of the board designated by the board or by a certified public accountant employed by the board, and certified to the board by such member or members of the board or by such accountant, shall satisfy the requirements of this section with respect to the audit of a claim.

(2) Pending audit and allowance of claims under this section, the board shall invest moneys of the corporation to the extent practicable, and the board may provide for the joint investment of moneys with one or more school corporations pursuant to a joint investment agreement. All investments of funds shall be subject to sections 12B.10 and 12B.10A and other applicable law.

[C51, §1146, 1149; R60, §2037, 2038; C73, §1732, 1733, 1738, 1813; C97, §2780; S13, §2780; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4239; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.26; C77, 79, 81, §279.29]86 Acts, ch 1226, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1156, §11
Iowa Code § 686.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 686 / Section 686.5
Limitations of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not do any of the following:

(1) Bar or limit any rights, including the right of specific performance to the extent such right would be available in the absence of this chapter, any causes of action, or any theories on which liability may be based, except as specifically provided in this chapter.

(2) Bar or limit any defense, or create any new defense, except as specifically provided in this chapter.

(3) Create any new rights, causes of action, or theories on which liability may be based.

2019 Acts, ch 25, §5, 8, 9
Iowa Code § 455F.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455F / Section 455F.3
Section 455F.3
Status: repealed

Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 191, §4.
Iowa Code § 904.317 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.317
Director may buy and sell real estate options.
Status: in_force

(1) The director, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, may secure options to purchase real estate and acquire and sell real estate for the proper uses of the institutions. Real estate shall be acquired and sold upon terms and conditions the director recommends subject to the advice and recommendations of the board. Upon sale of the real estate, the proceeds shall be deposited in a corrections capital reinvestment fund, which is established in the state treasury under the purview of the department. There is appropriated from the fund to the department the proceeds, which may be used to purchase other real estate, for capital improvements upon property under the director’s supervision, or for upgrades to the Iowa corrections offender network system. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(2) The costs incident to the securing of options and acquisition and sale of real estate including, but not limited to, appraisals, invitations for offers, abstracts, and other necessary costs, may be paid from moneys appropriated for support and maintenance to the institution at which the real estate is located. The funding source for these costs shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale.

83 Acts, ch 96, §51, 159CS83, §217A.7385 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.31786 Acts, ch 1244, §31C93, §904.3172023 Acts, ch 113, §26, 28; 2025 Acts, ch 66, §8; 2025 Acts, ch 154, §22
Iowa Code § 504.1612 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1612
Report of indemnification to members.
Status: in_force

If a corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a director under section 504.852, 504.853, 504.854, or 504.855 in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, the corporation shall report the indemnification or advance in writing to the members with or before the notice of the next meeting of members.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §174, 192
Iowa Code § 631.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.10
Failure to appear — effect.
Status: in_force

Unless good cause to the contrary is shown, if the parties fail to appear at the time of hearing the claim shall be dismissed without prejudice by the court; if the plaintiff fails to appear but the defendant appears, the claim shall be dismissed with prejudice by the court with costs assessed to the plaintiff; and if the plaintiff appears but the defendant fails to appear, judgment may be rendered against the defendant by the court. The filing by the plaintiff of a verified account, or an instrument in writing for the payment of money with an affidavit the same is genuine, shall constitute an appearance by plaintiff for the purpose of this section.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.10]
Iowa Code § 69.8 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 69 / Section 69.8
Vacancies — how filled.
Status: in_force

Vacancies shall be filled by the officer or board named, and in the manner, and under the conditions, following:

(1) In the office of United States senator, when the vacancy occurs when the senate of the United States is in session, or when such senate will convene prior to the next general election, by the governor. An appointment made under this subsection shall be for the period until the vacancy is filled by election pursuant to law.

(2) In all state offices, judges of courts of record, officers, trustees, inspectors, and members of all boards or commissions, and all persons filling any position of trust or profit in the state, by the governor, except when some other method is specially provided. An appointment by the governor to fill a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. An appointment made under this subsection to a state office subject to section 69.13 shall be for the period until the vacancy is filled by election pursuant to law.

(3) In county offices, by the board of supervisors, unless an election is called as provided in section 69.14A.

(4) In the membership of the board of supervisors, by the treasurer, auditor, and recorder, or as provided in section 69.14A. If any of these offices have been abolished through consolidation, the county attorney shall serve on this committee.

(5) (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of township clerk or township trustee, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the trustees. All appointments to fill vacancies in township offices shall be until a successor is elected at the next general election and qualifies by taking the oath of office. If the term of office in which the vacancy exists will expire within seventy days after the next general election, the person elected to the office for the succeeding term shall qualify by taking the oath of office within ten days after the election and shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term, as well as for the next four-year term.

(5) (b) However, if the offices of two trustees are vacant the county board of supervisors shall fill the vacancies by appointment. If the offices of three trustees are vacant the board may fill the vacancies by appointment, or the board may adopt a resolution stating that the board will exercise all powers and duties assigned by law to the trustees of the township in which the vacancies exist until the vacancies are filled at the next general election. If a township office vacancy is not filled by the trustees within thirty days after the vacancy occurs, the board of supervisors may appoint a successor to fill the vacancy until the vacancy can be filled at the next general election.

[C51, §436; R60, §664; C73, §513, 783, 794; C97, §1272; S13, §1272; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1152; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §69.8; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1204]83 Acts, ch 186, §10035 – 10037; 86 Acts, ch 1155, §2; 87 Acts, ch 68, §4; 89 Acts, ch 215, §2, 3; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §37; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §161; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §73
Iowa Code § 714.15 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714 / Section 714.15
Reproduction of sound recordings.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section:

(1) (a) “Owner” means any person who owns the original fixation of sounds embodied in the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films, or other articles upon which sound is recorded, and from which the transferred recorded sounds are derived.

(1) (b) “Person” shall mean person as defined in section 4.1, subsection 20.

(2) Except as provided in subsection 4, it is unlawful for a person knowingly to:

(2) (a) Transfer or cause to be transferred any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film or other article without the consent of the owner; or

(2) (b) Sell; distribute; circulate; offer for sale, distribution or circulation; possess for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation; or cause to be sold, distributed, circulated; offered for sale, distribution or circulation; or possessed for sale, distribution or circulation, any article or device on which sounds have been transferred without the consent of the person who owns the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape or other device or article from which the sounds are derived.

(3) It is unlawful for a person to sell, distribute, circulate, offer for sale, distribution or circulation or possess for the purposes of sale, distribution or circulation, any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film or other article on which sounds have been transferred unless the phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film or other article bears the actual name and address of the transferor of the sounds in a prominent place on its outside face or package.

(4) This section does not apply to a person who transfers or causes to be transferred sounds intended for or in connection with radio or television broadcast transmission or related uses, synchronized sound tracks of motion pictures or sound tracks recorded for synchronizing with motion pictures, for archival purposes or for the personal use of the person transferring or causing the transfer and without any compensation being derived by the person from the transfer.

(5) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of theft.

[C77, §713.44, 713.45; C79, 81, §714.15]2013 Acts, ch 90, §232
Iowa Code § 724.30 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.30
Reckless use of a firearm.
Status: in_force

A person who intentionally discharges a firearm in a reckless manner commits the following:

(1) A class “C” felony if a serious injury occurs.

(2) A class “D” felony if a bodily injury which is not a serious injury occurs.

(3) An aggravated misdemeanor if property damage occurs without a serious injury or bodily injury occurring.

(4) A simple misdemeanor if no injury to a person or damage to property occurs.

94 Acts, ch 1172, §58
Iowa Code § 809A.25 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 809A / Section 809A.25
Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall adopt, amend, or repeal rules pursuant to chapter 17A to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

96 Acts, ch 1133, §25
Iowa Code § 232D.308 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232D / Section 232D.308
Selection of guardian qualifications and preferences.
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall appoint as guardian a qualified and suitable person who is willing to serve subject to the preferences as to the appointment of a guardian set forth in subsections 2 and 3.

(2) In appointing a guardian for a minor, the court shall give preference to a person, if qualified and suitable, nominated as guardian for a minor by a will that was executed by the parent or parents having legal custody of the minor at the time of the parent’s or parents’ death, and that was admitted to probate under chapter 633.

(3) In appointing a guardian for a minor, the court shall give preference, if qualified and suitable, to a person requested by a minor fourteen years of age or older.

2019 Acts, ch 56, §18, 44, 45
Iowa Code § 490.624 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.624
Share rights, options, warrants, and awards.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may issue rights, options, or warrants for the purchase of shares or other securities of the corporation. The board of directors shall determine the terms and conditions upon which the rights, options, or warrants are issued and the terms, including the consideration for which the shares or other securities are to be issued. The authorization by the board of directors for the corporation to issue such rights, options, or warrants constitutes authorization of the issuance of the shares or other securities for which the rights, options, or warrants are exercisable.

(2) The terms and conditions of such rights, options, or warrants may include restrictions or conditions that do any of the following:

(2) (a) Preclude or limit the exercise, transfer, or receipt of such rights, options, or warrants by any person or persons owning or offering to acquire a specified number or percentage of the outstanding shares or other securities of the corporation or by any transferee or transferees of any such person or persons.

(2) (b) Invalidate or void such rights, options, or warrants held by any such person or persons or any such transferee or transferees.

(3) The board of directors may authorize one or more officers to do any of the following:

(3) (a) Designate the recipients of rights, options, warrants, or other equity compensation awards that involve the issuance of shares.

(3) (b) Determine, within an amount and subject to any other limitations established by the board of directors and, if applicable, the shareholders, the number of such rights, options, warrants, or other equity compensation awards and the terms of such rights, options, warrants, or awards to be received by the recipients, provided that an officer shall not use such authority to designate the officer or any other persons as the board of directors may specify as a recipient of such rights, options, warrants, or other equity compensation awards.

89 Acts, ch 288, §44; 2007 Acts, ch 140, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §55, 116; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §8, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §51, 230
Iowa Code § 318.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 318 / Section 318.5
Removal and cost.
Status: in_force

(1) An obstruction in a highway right-of-way which constitutes an immediate and dangerous hazard shall, without notice or liability in damages, be removed by the highway authority.

(2) An obstruction not constituting an immediate and dangerous hazard shall be removed by the highway authority without liability after forty-eight-hour notice served in the same manner in which an original notice is served, or in writing by certified mail, or in any other manner reasonably calculated to apprise the person responsible for the obstruction that the obstruction will be removed at the person’s expense. The highway authority shall assess the removal cost.

(3) Upon removal of the obstruction, the highway authority may immediately send a statement of the cost to the person responsible for the obstruction. If within ten days after sending the statement the cost is not paid, the highway authority may institute legal proceedings to collect the cost of removal. The removal costs shall be assessed against the following persons, as applicable:

(3) (a) The vehicle owner in the case of an abandoned vehicle.

(3) (b) The abutting property owner in the case of a fence, other than a right-of-way line fence, or other temporary obstruction placed within the highway right-of-way by the owner or tenant of the abutting property.

(3) (c) The owner or person responsible for placement of any other obstruction.

(4) All removals shall be without liability on the part of any officer ordering or effecting such removal.

2006 Acts, ch 1097, §5
Iowa Code § 481A.33 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.33
Violations relating to dams.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who erects any dam or other obstruction prohibited by this chapter or at a place or in a manner prohibited shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(2) A person who injures or destroys any dam lawfully erected shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

[C97, §2548, 2550; SS15, §2548; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1790; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.33]C93, §481A.332021 Acts, ch 80, §312
Iowa Code § 537.2505 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.2505
Finance charge on consolidation.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “consumer credit transaction” does not include a consumer lease or a consumer rental purchase agreement.

(2) If a consumer owes an unpaid balance to a creditor with respect to a consumer credit transaction and becomes obligated on another consumer credit transaction with the same creditor, the parties may agree to a consolidation resulting in a single schedule of payments. If the previous consumer credit transaction was not precomputed, the parties may agree to add the unpaid amount of the amount financed and accrued charges including finance charges on the date of consolidation to the amount financed with respect to the subsequent consumer credit transaction. If the previous consumer credit transaction was precomputed, the parties may agree to refinance the unpaid balance pursuant to section 537.2504, and to consolidate the amount financed resulting from the refinancing by adding it to the amount financed with respect to the subsequent consumer credit transaction. In either case the creditor may contract for and receive a finance charge as provided in subsection 3, based on the aggregate amount financed resulting from the consolidation.

(3) If all debts consolidated arise exclusively from consumer loans, the creditor may contract for and receive the finance charge permitted by the provisions on finance charge for consumer loans pursuant to section 537.2401. If the debts consolidated include a debt arising from a consumer credit sale, including a transaction pursuant to a lender credit card, the amount of the finance charge is governed by the provisions on finance charge for consumer credit sales in section 537.2201.

(4) If a consumer owes an unpaid balance to a creditor with respect to a consumer credit transaction arising out of a consumer credit sale, and becomes obligated on another consumer credit transaction arising out of another consumer credit sale by the same seller, the parties may agree to a consolidation resulting in a single schedule of payments either pursuant to subsection 2 or by adding together the unpaid balances with respect to the two sales.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.2505]87 Acts, ch 80, §36
Iowa Code § 355.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 355 / Section 355.12
Indexing of survey documents by recorder.
Status: in_force

The recorder shall index survey documents and United States public land corner certificates by township, range, and section number. If the survey is in a recorded subdivision, the recorder shall also index the document alphabetically by subdivision name.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §12C91, §114A.12C93, §355.12
Iowa Code § 491.114 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.114
Amana stock.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter and chapters 492 and 502, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Iowa having assets of the value of one million dollars or more, the articles of which provide that an individual may not vote more than one share of the common voting shares of stock of the corporation, and which give to children of the owners of shares of the common voting stock the right to purchase one common voting share of stock in the corporation upon attaining majority or within a fixed period thereafter, and which authorize the issuance, sale and delivery of not to exceed one share of the common voting stock to any one individual, may issue, sell and deliver its shares of common voting stock, whether held by it as treasury stock or whether issued as an original issue, for the following considerations and upon the following terms and conditions, and with the following limitations:

(1) Such common voting stock may be issued, sold and delivered by the corporation either for cash or upon credit or time payments or installment payments or for a consideration evidenced in part or in whole by the written agreement of the purchaser thereof to pay for the same, payment of said purchase price to be secured by a lien on said stock.

(2) No such stock shall be issued, sold and delivered for a price less than the par value thereof at the time of such issuance, sale and delivery.

(3) Not more than one share of said stock shall be so issued, sold and delivered to any one individual, but when issued, sold and delivered, said stock may be voted by the owner thereof, if the articles of incorporation or bylaws of such corporation, whether now in effect or hereafter adopted or amended, so provide, although a part or all of the price to be paid therefor may be owing to the corporation under said written agreement of the purchaser to pay for the same.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.114]
Iowa Code § 554.3101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code — Negotiable Instruments.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §10, 121, 122
Iowa Code § 306C.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306C / Section 306C.5
Acquisition of land for screening or removal.
Status: in_force

When the department determines that it is in the best interests of the state, it may acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, as provided by law, such property or rights or interests in property as may be necessary to provide adequate screening for junkyards. When the department determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening, or screening would not be economically feasible, the department may acquire such property or rights or interests in property as may be necessary to secure the relocation, removal, or disposal of the junkyard, and shall pay the cost of such relocation, removal, or disposal, with federal participation. However, no plan for relocation, removal, or disposal which qualifies for federal participation shall be undertaken unless the department has received notification from the federal government that the federal share to be paid is immediately available for that purpose.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.5]
Iowa Code § 263C.8 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263C / Section 263C.8
Appointment of director.
Status: in_force

(1) The advisory council established under section 263C.7 shall conduct a nationwide search for candidates for the director of the center. The council shall adhere to all relevant state and federal laws in conducting the search. The council shall submit finalists for the position to the board. The board, upon approval of a candidate, shall appoint the candidate as the director. All subsequent directors shall be chosen in the same manner.

(2) The director shall have the academic standing to be eligible for tenure at a regents institution.

2025 Acts, ch 163, §9