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Iowa Code § 251.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 251 / Section 251.4
Grants from state funds to counties.
Status: in_force

The department may require as a condition of making state assistance available to counties for emergency relief purposes, that the county boards of supervisors establish budgets in respect to the relief situation in the counties.

[C39, §3828.069; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §251.3; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §251.4; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1035]83 Acts, ch 123, §101, 2092023 Acts, ch 19, §831
Iowa Code § 161E.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161E / Section 161E.5
Maintenance cost.
Status: in_force

If construction of projects has been completed by the soil and water conservation district, subdistricts of soil and water conservation districts, political subdivisions of the state, or other local agencies, or the federal government, or a department or agency of the federal government, on private lands under the easement granted to the county, only the cost of maintenance may be assumed by the county.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467B.5]86 Acts, ch 1238, §61; 87 Acts, ch 23, §48; 89 Acts, ch 83, §63C95, §161E.5
Iowa Code § 445.3 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 445 / Section 445.3
Actions authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to all other remedies and proceedings now provided by law for the collection of taxes, the county treasurer may bring or cause an ordinary suit at law to be commenced and prosecuted in the treasurer’s name for the use and benefit of the county for the collection of taxes from any person, as shown by the county system in the treasurer’s office, and the suit shall be in all respects commenced, tried, and prosecuted to final judgment the same as provided for ordinary actions.

(2) The commencement of actions for ad valorem taxes authorized under this section shall not begin until the issuance of a tax sale certificate under the requirements of section 446.19. The commencement of actions for all other taxes authorized under this section shall not begin until ten days after the publication of tax sale under the requirements of section 446.9, subsection 2. This subsection does not apply to the collection of ad valorem taxes under section 445.32, and grain handling taxes under section 428.35.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions in section 535.3, interest on the judgment shall be at the rate provided in section 447.1 and shall commence from the month of the commencement of the action. This interest shall be in lieu of the interest assessed under section 445.39 from and after the month of the commencement of the action.

(4) An appeal may be taken to the Iowa supreme court as in other civil cases regardless of the amount involved.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this section, if the treasurer is unable or has reason to believe that the treasurer will be unable to offer land at the annual tax sale to collect the total amount due, the treasurer may immediately collect the total amount due by the commencement of an action under this section.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a statute authorizes the collection of a delinquent tax, assessment, rate, or charge by tax sale, the tax, assessment, rate, or charge, including interest, fees, and costs, may also be collected under this section and section 445.4.

(7) This section is remedial and shall apply to all delinquent taxes included in a tax sale certificate of purchase issued to a county. Upon assignment of a county-held tax sale certificate, this section shall not apply to the assignee.

[S13, §1452-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7186; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §445.3]91 Acts, ch 191, §28; 92 Acts, ch 1016, §18, 19; 95 Acts, ch 57, §12; 2007 Acts, ch 185, §5; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §70
Iowa Code § 260E.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260E / Section 260E.3
Agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) A community college may enter into an agreement to establish a project. If an agreement is entered into, the community college and the employer shall notify the department of revenue as soon as possible. An agreement shall provide for program costs, including deferred costs, which may be paid from one or a combination of the following sources:

(1) (a) Incremental property taxes to be received or derived from an employer’s business property where new jobs are created as a result of the project.

(1) (b) New jobs credit from withholding to be received or derived from new employment resulting from the project.

(1) (c) Tuition, student fees, or special charges fixed by the board of directors to defray program costs in whole or in part.

(1) (d) Guarantee of payments to be received under paragraph “a”, “b”, or “c”.

(2) Payment of program costs shall not be deferred for a period longer than ten years from the date of commencement of the project.

(3) Costs of on-the-job training for employees shall not exceed fifty percent of the annual gross payroll costs for up to one year of the new jobs. For purposes of this subsection, “gross payroll” can be the gross wages, salaries, and benefits for the jobs in training in the project.

(4) An agreement shall include a provision which fixes the minimum amount of incremental property taxes, new jobs credit from withholding, or tuition and fee payments which shall be paid for program costs.

(5) Any payments required to be made by an employer are a lien upon the employer’s business property until paid and have equal precedence with ordinary taxes and shall not be divested by a judicial sale. Property subject to the lien may be sold for sums due and delinquent at a tax sale, with the same forfeitures, penalties, and consequences as for the nonpayment of ordinary taxes. The purchaser at tax sale obtains the property subject to the remaining payments.

83 Acts, ch 171, §3, 8CS83, §280B.390 Acts, ch 1253, §74C93, §260E.394 Acts, ch 1182, §1, 2; 95 Acts, ch 195, §11, 44; 95 Acts, ch 201, §1, 3; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 489.401 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.401
Becoming member.
Status: in_force

(1) If a limited liability company is to have only one member upon formation, the person becomes a member as agreed by that person and the organizer of the company. That person and the organizer may be, but need not be, different persons. If different, the organizer acts on behalf of the initial member.

(2) If a limited liability company is to have more than one member upon formation, those persons become members as agreed by the persons before the formation of the company. The organizer acts on behalf of the persons in forming the company and may be, but need not be, one of the persons.

(3) After formation of a limited liability company, a person becomes a member according to any of the following:

(3) (a) As provided in the operating agreement.

(3) (b) As the result of a transaction effective under subchapter X.

(3) (c) With the affirmative vote or consent of all the members.

(3) (d) As provided in section 489.701, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.

(4) A person may become a member without any of the following:

(4) (a) Acquiring a transferable interest.

(4) (b) Making or being obligated to make a contribution to the limited liability company.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §31, 155; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §146; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §35, 161
Iowa Code § 489.1111 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1111
Voting trust — proxy.
Status: in_force

A member of a professional limited liability company shall not create or enter into a voting trust or any other agreement conferring upon any other person the right to vote or otherwise represent any interests of a professional limited liability company, and no such voting trust or agreement is valid or effective. Any proxy of a member of a professional limited liability company shall be an individual licensed to practice a profession in this state which the professional limited liability company is authorized to practice. Any provision in any proxy instrument denying the right of the member to revoke the proxy at any time or for any period of time is not valid or effective. This section does not otherwise limit the right of a member to vote by proxy, but the certificate of organization or operating agreement of the professional limited liability company may further limit or deny the right to vote by proxy.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §97, 155
Iowa Code § 505.23 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 505 / Section 505.23
Hearings.
Status: in_force

If an evidentiary hearing is conducted in a proceeding pursuant to section 508B.7, 515G.7, 521A.3, or 521A.14, or in a proceeding with respect to a merger or consolidation pursuant to chapter 521, the proceeding is a contested case subject to chapter 17A.

2000 Acts, ch 1023, §6
Iowa Code § 165.18 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 165 / Section 165.18
Iowa animal disease prevention fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An Iowa animal disease prevention fund is created in the state treasury under the control and management of the department.

(2) The fund shall include moneys appropriated by the general assembly credited to the fund. The fund may include other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department as provided in section 159.6A, including but not limited to the federal government, other public sources, or private sources.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department to develop, establish, and implement an animal disease prevention strategy.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(4) (b) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert.

83 Acts, ch 123, §74, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1178, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §442025 Acts, ch 156, §37
Iowa Code § 49.93 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.93
Number of votes for each office.
Status: in_force

(1) For an office to which one person is to be elected, a voter shall not vote for more than one candidate. If two or more persons are to be elected to an office, the voter shall vote for no more than the number of persons to be elected. If a person votes for more than the permitted number of candidates, the vote for that office shall not count. Valid votes cast on the rest of the ballot shall be counted.

(2) (a) An election in this state shall not be conducted using ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting.

(2) (b) For the purposes of this section, “ranked choice voting” or “instant runoff voting” means a method of casting and tabulating votes in which a voter ranks candidates in order of preference, tabulation of ballots proceeds in rounds such that in each round either a candidate is elected or the candidate receiving the fewest votes is defeated, votes are transferred from elected or defeated candidates to a voter’s next-ranked candidate in order of preference, and tabulation ends when a candidate receives the majority of votes cast or the number of candidates elected equals the number of offices to be filled, as applicable.

[C97, §1120; S13, §1120; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §810; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.93]97 Acts, ch 170, §472025 Acts, ch 123, §20, 21
Iowa Code § 715B.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 715B / Section 715B.4
Remedies to buyer.
Status: in_force

(1) An art merchant who sells a work of fine art or a multiple to a buyer under a warranty attesting to facts about the work which are not true is liable to the buyer to whom the work was sold.

(1) (a) If the warranty was untrue through no fault of the art merchant, the merchant’s liability is the consideration paid by the buyer upon return of the work in substantially the same condition in which it was received by the buyer.

(1) (b) If the warranty is untrue and the buyer is able to establish that the art merchant failed to make reasonable inquiries according to the custom and the usage of the trade to confirm the warranted facts about the work, or that the warranted facts would have been found to be untrue if reasonable inquiries had been made, the merchant’s liability is the consideration paid by the buyer with interest from the time of the payment at the rate prescribed by section 535.3 upon the return of the work in substantially the same condition in which it was received by the buyer.

(1) (c) If the warranty is untrue and the buyer is able to establish that the art merchant knowingly provided false information on the warranty or willfully and falsely disclaimed knowledge of information relating to the warranty, the merchant is liable to the buyer in an amount equal to three times the amount provided in paragraph “b”.

(1) (c) This remedy shall not bar or be deemed inconsistent with a claim for damages or with the exercise of additional remedies otherwise available to the buyer.

(2) In an action to enforce this section, the court may allow a prevailing buyer the costs of the action together with reasonable attorneys’ and expert witnesses’ fees. If the court determines that an action to enforce this section was brought in bad faith, the court may allow those expenses to the art merchant that it deems appropriate.

(3) An action to enforce any liability under this section shall be brought within the time period prescribed for such actions under section 614.1.

87 Acts, ch 49, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §233
Iowa Code § 186.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 186 / Section 186.4
Annual report.
Status: in_force

The secretary of the society shall make an annual report to the department of agriculture and land stewardship at such time as the department may require. Such report shall contain the proceedings of the society, an account of the exposition, a summarized statement of the expenditures for the year, the general condition of horticultural, honey bee, and forestry interests throughout the state, together with such additional information as the department may require.

[C73, §1119; C97, §1671; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2966; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §186.4]2025 Acts, ch 30, §33
Iowa Code § 421.18 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421 / Section 421.18
Duties of public officers and employees.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all public officers and employees of the state and local governments to give to the director of revenue information in their possession relating to taxation when required by the director, and to cooperate with and aid the director’s efforts to secure a fair, equitable, and just enforcement of the taxation and revenue laws.

[C31, 35, §6943-c28; C39, §6943.027; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §421.18]99 Acts, ch 151, §3, 89; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 169A.11 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 169A / Section 169A.11
Publication of brands list.
Status: in_force

The secretary from time to time shall publish on the internet a list of all brands on record at the time of the publication. The publication shall contain a facsimile of all brands recorded and the owner’s name and post office address. The records shall be arranged in convenient form for reference.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §187.11]C93, §169A.1195 Acts, ch 60, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §60
Iowa Code § 622.71A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.71A
Volunteer fire fighters — witness compensation.
Status: in_force

A volunteer fire fighter, as defined in section 85.61, who is subpoenaed to appear as a witness in connection with a matter regarding an event or transaction which the fire fighter perceived or investigated in the course of duty as a volunteer fire fighter, shall receive reasonable compensation as determined by the court from the party who subpoenaed the volunteer fire fighter. The daily compensation shall be equal to the average daily wage paid to full-time fire fighters of the same rank within the judicial district. However, the requirements of this section are not applicable if a volunteer fire fighter will receive the volunteer fire fighter’s regular salary or other compensation pursuant to the policy of the volunteer fire fighter’s regular employer, for the period of time required for travel to and from where the court or other tribunal is located and while the volunteer fire fighter is required to remain at that place pursuant to the subpoena.

95 Acts, ch 19, §1
Iowa Code § 262.32 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.32
Contract time limit.
Status: in_force

A contract for instruction under section 262.30 shall be in writing and shall extend over a period of not to exceed two years. A copy of the contract shall be filed in the office of the administrator of the area education agency.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3944; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.32]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §109
Iowa Code § 297.25 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 297 / Section 297.25
Rule of construction.
Status: in_force

Section 297.22 shall be construed as independent of the power vested in the electors by section 278.1, and as additional to such power. If a board of directors has exercised its independent power under section 297.22 regarding the disposition of real or personal property of the school district and has by resolution approved such action, the electors may subsequently proceed to exercise their power under section 278.1 for a purpose directly contrary to an action previously approved by the board of directors in accordance with section 297.22. However, the electors shall be limited to ten days after an action by the board to exercise such power for a purpose directly contrary to the board’s action.

[C27, 31, 35, §4385-a4; C39, §4385.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.25]97 Acts, ch 184, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1148, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 10, §3, 4
Iowa Code § 446.16 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.16
Bid — purchaser — bidder registration fee.
Status: in_force

(1) The person who offers to pay the total amount due, which is a lien on any parcel, for the smallest percentage of the parcel is the purchaser, and when the purchaser designates the percentage of any parcel for which the purchaser will pay the total amount due, the percentage thus designated shall give the person an undivided interest upon the issuance of a treasurer’s deed, as provided in chapter 448. If two or more persons have placed an equal bid and the bids are the smallest percentage offered, the county treasurer shall use a random selection process to select the bidder to whom a certificate of purchase will be issued. The percentage that may be designated by any purchaser under this subsection shall not be less than one percent.

(2) The treasurer may establish and collect a reasonable registration fee from each registered bidder at the tax sale. The fee shall not be assessed against a county or municipality. The total of the fees collected shall not exceed the total costs of the tax sale. Registration fees collected shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.

(3) The delinquent tax lien transfers with the tax sale certificate, whether held by the county or purchased by an individual, through assignment or direct purchase at the tax sale. The delinquent tax sale lien expires when the tax sale certificate expires.

(4) Only those persons as defined in section 4.1 are authorized to register to bid or to bid at the tax sale or to own a tax sale certificate by purchase, assignment, or otherwise. To be authorized to register to bid or to bid at a tax sale or to own a tax sale certificate, a person, other than an individual, must have a federal tax identification number and either a designation of agent for service of process on file with the secretary of state or a verified statement meeting the requirements of chapter 547 on file with the county recorder of the county in which the person wishes to register to bid or to bid at tax sale or of the county where the property that is the subject of the tax sale certificate is located.

[C51, §501; R60, §766; C73, §876; C97, §1423; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7253; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §446.16]90 Acts, ch 1203, §1; 91 Acts, ch 191, §68; 92 Acts, ch 1016, §25; 95 Acts, ch 57, §17; 97 Acts, ch 121, §19; 2004 Acts, ch 1092, §8; 2005 Acts, ch 34, §15, 26; 2009 Acts, ch 11, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 74.5 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 74 / Section 74.5
Call for payment.
Status: in_force

When a fund contains sufficient money to pay one or more interest-bearing obligations which are outstanding against the fund, the treasurer shall call those obligations for payment. Obligations may be paid in the order of presentation. This section does not authorize a fixed-term obligation to be called at a date earlier than is provided by the conditions and terms upon which it was issued.

[C51, §66, 153; R60, §87, 361; C73, §79, 328; C97, §105, 484, 660; C24, 27, 31, §136, 5161, 5647, 7496; C35, §1171-f5; C39, §1171.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §74.5]
Iowa Code § 262.25D — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.25D
Purchases meat products.
Status: in_force

The state board of regents, and institutions under the control of the board, shall establish policies to prevent the purchase of a food product that is any of the following:

(1) Misbranded as a meat product as prohibited in chapter 137E.

(2) A cultivated-protein food product as defined in section 137E.1.

2024 Acts, ch 1158, §12
Iowa Code § 633.392 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.392
Terms of sale.
Status: in_force

In all sales of property, the court may authorize credit to be given by the personal representative on such terms as the court may prescribe. Credit for more than twelve months shall be extended only after hearing pursuant to notice to interested parties.

[C51, §1347, 1348, 1350; R60, §2379, 2380, 2382; C73, §2392, 2393, 2395; C97, §3326; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11938; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.27; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.392]
Iowa Code § 90A.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 90A / Section 90A.3
Professional boxer registration.
Status: in_force

(1) Each professional boxer residing in Iowa shall register with the commissioner. The registration application shall be in the form prescribed by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by the fee established by rule by the commissioner. The information required by the commissioner shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) (a) The boxer’s name and address.

(1) (b) The boxer’s gender.

(1) (c) The boxer’s date of birth.

(1) (d) The boxer’s social security number or, if a foreign boxer, any similar citizen identification number or professional boxer number from the country of residence of the boxer.

(1) (e) The boxer’s personal identification number assigned to the boxer by a professional boxing registry certified by the association of boxing commissions if the boxer is registered with a registry.

(1) (f) Two copies of a recent photograph of the boxer.

(1) (g) An official government-issued photo identification containing the boxer’s photograph and social security number or similar foreign identification number.

(2) The commissioner shall issue an identification card to a boxer registered pursuant to this chapter. The identification card shall contain a recent photograph, the boxer’s social security number or similar foreign identification number, and a personal identification number assigned to the boxer by a boxing registry.

(3) A registration issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for two years from the date of issue.

(4) This section does not apply to professional wrestlers or contestants in boxing elimination tournaments.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, §727A.3; C79, 81, §99C.3]86 Acts, ch 1245, §944C87, §90A.397 Acts, ch 29, §3; 97 Acts, ch 40, §5