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Iowa Code § 137F.20 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137F / Section 137F.20
Cottage food requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Cottage food is exempt from all licensing, permitting, inspection, packaging, and labeling laws of the state if the food is sold and delivered by the producer directly to the consumer, or delivered by mail or an agent of the producer such as an employee. A producer may sell food to the consumer in person, remotely, by telephone, by internet, or by an agent of the producer.

(2) Cottage food sold pursuant to this section shall be affixed or labeled with all of the following information:

(2) (a) Information to identify the name and address, phone number, or electronic mail address of the person preparing the food.

(2) (b) The common name of the food.

(2) (c) The ingredients of the cottage food in descending order of predominance.

(2) (d) The following statement: “This product was produced at a residential property that is exempt from state licensing and inspection.” If the cottage food contains one or more major food allergens, an additional allergen statement must be included on the label identifying each major allergen contained in the food by the common name of the allergen.

(2) (e) If the food is home-processed and home-canned pickles, vegetables, or fruits permitted under this section, the date that the food was processed and canned.

(3) Compliance with the cottage food exemption provided in this section does not represent compliance with federal law.

2022 Acts, ch 1129, §10
Iowa Code § 533A.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.5
Renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) To continue in the business of debt management, each licensee shall annually apply on or before December 1 to the superintendent for renewal of its license. The superintendent may assess a late fee of ten dollars per day for applications submitted and accepted for processing after December 1.

(2) The renewal application shall be on the form prescribed by the superintendent and shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred fifty dollars. A separate renewal application shall be made for each office maintained by the applicant.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §533A.5]2006 Acts, ch 1042, §4; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §93; 2013 Acts, ch 5, §5
Iowa Code § 100B.1 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100B / Section 100B.1
State fire service and emergency response council.
Status: in_force

(1) The state fire service and emergency response council is established in the division of state fire marshal of the department of public safety.

(1) (a) The council shall consist of seven voting members and one ex officio, nonvoting member. Voting members of the state fire service and emergency response council shall be appointed by the governor.

(1) (a) The governor shall consider appointing voting members of the council from a list of nominees submitted by each of the following organizations, but may appoint any person to serve on the council:

(1) (a) The Iowa firefighters association.

(1) (a) The Iowa fire chiefs’ association.

(1) (a) The Iowa professional fire fighters.

(1) (a) The Iowa association of professional fire chiefs.

(1) (a) The Iowa emergency medical services association.

(1) (a) The labor commissioner, or the labor commissioner’s designee, shall be a nonvoting, ex officio member of the council.

(1) (b) Members of the council shall hold office commencing July 1, 2000, for four years and until their successors are appointed, except that three initial appointees shall be appointed for two years, four initial appointees for three years, and four initial appointees for four years.

(1) (c) The fire marshal or the fire marshal’s designee shall attend each meeting of the council.

(2) Each voting member of the council shall receive per diem compensation at the rate as specified in section 7E.6 for each day spent in the performance of the member’s duties. All members of the council shall receive actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(3) Four voting members of the council shall constitute a quorum. For the purpose of conducting business, a majority vote of the council shall be required. The council shall elect a chairperson from its members. The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson, or the state fire marshal, or when any four members of the council file a written request with the chairperson for a meeting.

(4) If a voting member of the council is absent for fifty or more percent of council meetings during any twelve-month period, the other council members by their unanimous vote may declare the member’s position on the council vacant. A vacancy in the membership of the council shall be filled by appointment of the governor for the balance of the unexpired term.

2000 Acts, ch 1117, §8; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §23; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §93; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §25; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §14; 2011 Acts, ch 95, §2, 3; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §21; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §188, 189
Iowa Code § 808.16 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 808 / Section 808.16
Exception to search warrant requirement garbage searches.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the public policy of this state that a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in garbage placed outside of the person’s residence for waste collection in a publicly accessible area.

(2) A city or county shall only adopt an ordinance or a regulation concerning waste management and sanitation for the purposes of promoting public health and cleanliness. An ordinance or a regulation adopted by a city or county shall not be construed by a person to create a reasonable expectation of privacy in garbage placed outside of the person’s residence for waste collection in a publicly accessible area.

(3) Garbage placed outside of a person’s residence for waste collection in a publicly accessible area shall be deemed abandoned property and shall not be considered to be constitutionally protected papers or effects of the person.

(4) A peace officer may conduct a search and may seize garbage placed outside of a person’s residence for waste collection in a publicly accessible area without making an application for a search warrant.

2022 Acts, ch 1022, §1
Iowa Code § 692A.120 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.120
Duties of the sheriff.
Status: in_force

The sheriff of each county shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter. The sheriff of each county shall provide information and notices as provided in section 282.9.

2009 Acts, ch 119, §20
Iowa Code § 533C.306 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.306
Renewal of license.
Status: in_force

(1) A license under this chapter shall be renewed annually. An annual renewal fee of five hundred dollars plus an additional ten dollars for each location in this state at which business is conducted through authorized delegates or employees of the licensee, which shall not exceed five thousand dollars, shall be paid no more than sixty days before the license expiration. The renewal term shall be for a period of one year and shall begin on January 1 of each year after the initial license term and shall expire on December 31 of the year the renewal term begins.

(2) A licensee shall submit a renewal report with the renewal fee, in a form prescribed by the superintendent. The renewal report shall state or contain a description of each material change in information submitted by the licensee in its original license application which has not been reported to the superintendent.

(3) The superintendent for good cause may grant an extension of the renewal date.

(4) The superintendent is authorized and encouraged to utilize NMLS to process renewals provided that such functionality is consistent with this section.

(5) If a licensee does not file a renewal report or pay its renewal fee by December 1, or any extension of time granted by the superintendent, the superintendent may assess a late fee of one hundred dollars per day.

2023 Acts, ch 83, §15
Iowa Code § 229A.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229A / Section 229A.4
Petition time contents.
Status: in_force

(1) If it appears that a person presently confined may be a sexually violent predator and the prosecutor’s review committee has determined that the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator, the attorney general may file a petition alleging that the person is a sexually violent predator and stating sufficient facts to support such an allegation.

(2) A prosecuting attorney of the county in which the person was convicted or charged, or the attorney general if requested by the prosecuting attorney, may file a petition alleging that a person is a sexually violent predator and stating sufficient facts to support such an allegation, if it appears that a person who has committed a recent overt act meets any of the following criteria:

(2) (a) The person was convicted of a sexually violent offense and is no longer presently confined for that offense.

(2) (b) The person was charged with, but was acquitted of, a sexually violent offense by reason of insanity and has been released from confinement or any supervision.

(2) (c) The person was charged with, but was found to be incompetent to stand trial for, a sexually violent offense and has been released from confinement or any supervision.

98 Acts, ch 1171, §4; 99 Acts, ch 61, §2, 14; 2019 Acts, ch 17, §4
Iowa Code § 70A.7 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.7
Report of fees.
Status: in_force

All officers required by the provisions of this Code to collect and pay over fines and fees shall, except as otherwise provided, on the first Monday in July in each year, make report thereof under oath to the board of supervisors of the proper county, showing the amount of fines assessed, and the amount of fines and fees collected, together with vouchers for the payment of all sums collected to the proper officer.

[R60, §4314; C73, §3973; C97, §1301; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1224; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §79.7]C93, §70A.7
Iowa Code § 633.102 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.102
Costs and expenses.
Status: in_force

In connection with the sale, mortgage, lease, pledge or exchange of property, the court may authorize the fiduciary to pay, out of the proceeds realized therefrom or out of other funds of the estate, the customary and reasonable auctioneers’ and brokers’ fees and any necessary expenses for abstracting, survey, revenue stamps, and other necessary costs and expenses in connection therewith.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.102]
Iowa Code § 229.34 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.34
Finding and order filed.
Status: in_force

The finding and order of the judge, with the report and other papers, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court where the complaint was filed. Said clerk shall enter a memorandum thereof on the appropriate record, and forthwith notify the chief medical officer of the hospital of the finding and order of the judge, and the chief medical officer shall carry out the order.

[C73, §1442; C97, §2304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3574; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.34]
Iowa Code § 412.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 412 / Section 412.5
Public utility defined.
Status: in_force

Public utility as that term is used in this chapter shall be limited to any waterworks, sewage works, gas, or electric plants and systems managed, operated, and owned by a municipality.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §412.5]
Iowa Code § 504.858 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.858
Insurance.
Status: in_force

A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is a director or officer of the corporation, or who, while a director or officer of the corporation, serves at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic business or nonprofit corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity, against liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in that capacity or arising from the individual’s status as a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify or advance expenses to that individual against the same liability under this part.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §108, 192
Iowa Code § 420.165 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.165
Grants of state lands — erection of structures.
Status: in_force

With respect to any lands title to which has been or may be granted by the state to any municipal corporation of the state, acting under special charter, sections 327F.4 and 327F.5 shall not, after the occurrence of such grant, continue to apply, excepting only that permanent structures erected prior to such grant under authority of said section 327F.4 may continue to be used, occupied, and maintained thereunder, and excepting further only that such lands may continue to be used and occupied thereunder, to the extent only that use and occupancy of such lands shall be necessary to the use and occupancy of such structures for like purposes and in like manner as before such grant; provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect riparian rights at common law.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.165]
Iowa Code § 476.19 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.19
Construction of statutes.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to invalidate any proceedings under statutes existing prior to the enactment of this chapter; nor shall any action, litigation or appeal pending prior to the effective date of rate regulation of this chapter be affected.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.25; C77, 79, 81, §476.19]2019 Acts, ch 59, §172
Iowa Code § 459A.201 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459A / Section 459A.201
Document processing requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall adopt and promulgate forms required to be completed in order to comply with this chapter, including forms for documents that the department shall make available on the internet in the same manner as provided in section 459.302.

(2) (a) The department shall provide for procedures for the receipt, filing, processing, and return of documents in an electronic format in the same manner as provided in section 459.302. The department shall provide for authentication of the documents that may include electronic signatures as provided in chapter 554D.

(2) (b) The department shall to every extent feasible provide for the processing of documents required under this subchapter using electronic systems in the same manner as required in section 459.302.

(3) (a) The department shall approve or disapprove an application for a construction permit as provided in section 459A.205 within sixty days after receiving the permit application. However, the applicant may deliver a notice requesting a continuance. Upon receipt of a notice, the time required for the department to act upon the application shall be suspended for the period provided in the notice, but for not more than thirty days after the department’s receipt of the notice. The applicant may submit more than one notice. However, the department may provide that an application is terminated if no action is required by the department for one year following delivery of the application to the department. The department may also provide for a continuance when it considers the application. The department shall provide notice to the applicant of the continuance. The time required for the department to act upon the application shall be suspended for the period provided in the notice, but for not more than thirty days. However, the department shall not provide for more than one continuance.

(3) (b) A nutrient management plan as provided in section 459A.208 shall be approved or disapproved as part of a construction permit application pursuant to section 459A.205.

(3) (b) For an open feedlot operation, if the nutrient management plan is not part of an application for a construction permit, the nutrient management plan shall be approved or disapproved within sixty days from the date that the department receives the nutrient management plan.

2005 Acts, ch 136, §6; 2015 Acts, ch 92, §11
Iowa Code § 558.31 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.31
Proof of execution and delivery in lieu of acknowledgment.
Status: in_force

Proof of the due and voluntary execution and delivery of a deed or other instrument may be made before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments, by one competent person other than the vendee or other person to whom the instrument is executed, in the following cases:

(1) If the grantor dies before making the acknowledgment.

(2) If the grantor’s attendance cannot be procured.

(3) If, having appeared, the grantor refuses to acknowledge the execution of the instrument.

[C51, §1220, 1221; R60, §2228; C73, §1959; C97, §2949; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.31]
Iowa Code § 306.43 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306 / Section 306.43
Jurisdictional transfer limits.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1075, §17.
Iowa Code § 64.6 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 64 / Section 64.6
State officers — blanket bonds.
Status: in_force

State officials are not required to obtain bonds, but may be covered under a blanket bond for state employees. The blanket bond purchases shall be made in an amount and with the level of assumption of risk by the state that is determined by the department of administrative services. The state shall pay the reasonable cost of bonds under this section.

83 Acts, ch 14, §2; 83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 186, §10027, 10201; 85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 86 Acts, ch 1211, §10; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1901; 89 Acts, ch 76, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 336.13 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 336 / Section 336.13
Maintenance expense on proportionate basis.
Status: in_force

(1) The maintenance of a public library established in accordance with this chapter shall be on the basis of each participating unit bearing its share of the total cost in proportion to its population as compared to the total population of the library district.

(2) The board of library trustees shall make an estimate of the amount necessary for the maintenance of the library, the sources of direct library revenue, and the amount to be contributed from taxes or other revenues by the participating city or county and hold a hearing on the estimate after notice of the hearing is published as provided in section 331.305 or section 362.3, as appropriate. On or before January 10 of each year, the board of library trustees shall transmit the estimate in dollars to the governing bodies of the jurisdictions participating in the library district. Each board of supervisors participating shall review the estimate and appropriate for library purposes its share from the county rural services fund budget. Each city council participating shall review the estimate for the city and appropriate for library purposes its share from the city general fund budget. Each participating city or county shall contribute its share from taxation or from other sources available for library purposes on an equitable basis. With approval of a city council, the county treasurer may withhold a reasonable portion of the taxes collected for a city to meet the city’s contribution for library purposes and deliver a receipt to the city clerk for the amount withheld.

(3) This section shall not affect the taxing authority provided under section 8A.222.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §358B.13; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1074; 82 Acts, ch 1104, §13]83 Acts, ch 123, §164, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1168, §1C93, §336.132001 Acts, ch 158, §32; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §329
Iowa Code § 515F.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.3
Scope of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to all forms of casualty insurance, including fidelity, surety, and guaranty bonds, including but not limited to all forms of fire and inland marine insurance, and to any combination of any of the foregoing, on risks or operations located in this state.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in specific subchapters of this chapter, this chapter does not apply to:

(2) (a) Reinsurance, other than statutorily authorized joint reinsurance mechanisms to the extent stated in section 515F.13.

(2) (b) Accident and health insurance.

(2) (c) Insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builders’ risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine, excluding inland marine insurance, as determined by the commissioner.

(2) (d) Workers’ compensation insurance.

(2) (e) Surplus lines insurance.

(2) (f) Insurance written by a county or state mutual insurance association as provided in chapter 518 or 518A.

90 Acts, ch 1234, §47; 2000 Acts, ch 1023, §32; 2002 Acts, ch 1111, §24; 2003 Acts, ch 119, §10, 11; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 538A.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 538A / Section 538A.6
Disclosure statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Before executing a contract or agreement with a buyer, or receiving money or other valuable consideration, a credit services organization shall provide the buyer with a statement in writing, containing all of the following:

(1) (a) A complete and detailed description of the services to be performed by the credit services organization for the buyer and the total cost of the services.

(1) (b) A statement explaining the buyer’s rights to proceed against the bond or surety account required by section 538A.4.

(1) (c) The name and address of the surety company which issued the bond, or the name and address of the depository and the trustee, and the account number of the surety account.

(2) The credit services organization shall maintain on file for a period of two years after the date the statement is provided, an exact copy of the statement, signed by the buyer, acknowledging receipt of the statement.

89 Acts, ch 183, §6CS89, §533C.6C93, §538A.6