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Iowa Code § 556.19 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556 / Section 556.19
Procedure for abandoned property paid or delivered.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person claiming an interest in any property delivered to the state under this chapter may file a claim thereto or to the proceeds from the sale thereof on the form prescribed by the state treasurer.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, the treasurer of state may waive the requirement of a claim form and pay or deliver property directly to a person if the person receiving the property or payment is shown to be the apparent owner included on a report filed under section 556.11 and the treasurer of state reasonably believes the person is entitled to receive the property or payment. The treasurer of state may use state tax information to assist in identifying the owner of property that has been abandoned as provided under this chapter or in verifying a claim filed under this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.19]2024 Acts, ch 1147, §5
Iowa Code § 512A.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 512A / Section 512A.2
Rules promulgated.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall promulgate such reasonable rules as the commissioner deems necessary to assure the proper operation of benevolent associations.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §512A.2]
Iowa Code § 15.386 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.386
Section 15.386
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 150, §67 – 69.
Iowa Code § 39.5 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 39 / Section 39.5
Notice of bond election.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other notice related to the election required by law to be published, posted, or provided, if the election is subject to section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “d”, the commissioner shall not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day of each election mail to each registered voter of the applicable jurisdiction a notice of the election that includes the full text of the public measure to be voted upon at the election.

2023 Acts, ch 71, §117, 136
Iowa Code § 468.579 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.579
Lien.
Status: in_force

When conservator’s drainage district bonds are issued under this part, nothing in this part shall be construed as impairing the lien of all unpaid assessments upon the real estate within the drainage district, nor shall this part be construed as impairing the priority of the lien of the unpaid assessments, nor the right, duty, and power of the officer authorized by law, to levy, collect, and apply the proceeds of the assessments, to the payment of outstanding drainage bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of the assessments.

[C35, §7714-f11; C39, §7714.38; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §464.10]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.5792019 Acts, ch 59, §169
Iowa Code § 479A.14 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479A / Section 479A.14
Section 479A.14
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 32, §3.
Iowa Code § 9B.21B — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9B / Section 9B.21B
Fees certification.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall collect the following fees, for use in offsetting the cost of administering this chapter:

(1) For furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to a notary public, one dollar per page and five dollars for the certificate.

(2) For furnishing an uncertified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to a notary public, one dollar per page.

(3) For certifying, under seal of the secretary of state, a statement as to the status of a notary commission which would not appear from a certified copy of documents on file in the secretary of state’s office, five dollars.

2012 Acts, ch 1050, §21, 60
Iowa Code § 515.78 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.78
Foreign companies may become domestic.
Status: in_force

(1) An insurer which is organized under the laws of any state and has created or will create jobs in this state or which is an affiliate or subsidiary of a domestic insurer, and is admitted to do business in this state for the purpose of writing insurance authorized by this chapter may become a domestic insurer by complying with section 490.905 or 491.33 and with all of the requirements of law relative to the organization and licensing of a domestic insurer of the same type and by designating its principal place of business in this state may become a domestic corporation and be entitled to like certificates of its corporate existence and license to transact business in this state, and be subject in all respects to the authority and jurisdiction thereof.

(2) The certificates of authority, agent’s appointments and licenses, rates, and other items which are in existence at the time any insurer transfers its corporate domicile to this state, pursuant to this section, shall continue in full force and effect upon such transfer. For purposes of existing authorizations and all other corporate purposes, the insurer is deemed the same entity as it was prior to the transfer of its domicile. All outstanding policies of any transferring insurer shall remain in full force and effect and need not be endorsed as to any new name of the company or its new location unless so ordered by the commissioner of insurance.

[81 Acts, ch 161, §2]C83, §515.9989 Acts, ch 288, §193; 2007 Acts, ch 152, §25CS2007, §515.782011 Acts, ch 66, §2; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §227, 230
Iowa Code § 8A.110 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.110
State employee suggestion system.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a state employee suggestion system for the purpose of encouraging state employees to develop and submit ideas which will reduce costs and increase efficiency in state government and which will make monetary and other awards to state employees whose cost reduction ideas are adopted under the system.

(2) The department shall provide necessary personnel for the efficient operation of the system. The department shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of the system and to establish the award policy under which the system will operate. The rules shall include:

(2) (a) Eligibility standards and restrictions for both the state employee submitting the suggestion and the suggestion being submitted. The rules shall provide that suggestions relating to academic affairs, including teaching, research, and patient care programs at a university teaching hospital, are ineligible.

(2) (b) Procedures for submitting and evaluating suggestions, including the responsibilities of each person involved in the system and providing that the final decision to implement shall be made by the director of the applicable state agency.

(2) (c) The method of presentation of awards to employees.

(2) (d) The method of promoting the suggestion program in the broadest possible manner to state employees.

(2) (e) Any other policies necessary to properly administer the system.

(3) (a) When a suggestion is implemented and results in a direct cost reduction within state government, the suggester shall be awarded ten percent of the first year’s net savings, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and a certificate. A cash award shall not be awarded for a suggestion which saves less than one hundred dollars during the first year of implementation. The state agency head shall approve all awards and determine the amount to be awarded. Appeals of award amounts shall be submitted to the director whose decision is final.

(3) (b) Certificates shall be awarded to suggesters of implemented suggestions that result in a direct cost reduction of less than one hundred dollars. The state agency head shall make the determination as to who will receive certificates. That decision is final.

(4) An award made pursuant to this section shall be paid for out of the appropriated funds of the state agency realizing the cost savings, but the payment for awards shall not violate any state or federal contract, law, or regulation, or impair any agency contractual obligation.

(5) The ability of employees to patent ideas submitted under this section is subject to all other agency rules and Code requirements pertaining to patents.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §10; 2014 Acts, ch 1036, §2
Iowa Code § 542.17 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 542 / Section 542.17
Confidential communications.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensee shall not voluntarily disclose information communicated to the licensee by a client relating to and in connection with services rendered to the client by the licensee, except with the permission of the client, or an heir, successor, or personal representative of the client. Such information is deemed to be confidential. However, this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of information required to be disclosed by the standards of the public accounting profession in reporting on the examination of financial statements or in the performance of an attest service or as prohibiting disclosures in a court proceeding, in an investigation or proceeding under this chapter or chapter 272C, in an ethical investigation conducted by a private professional organization, in the course of a peer review, to another person active in the licensee’s firm performing services for that client on a need-to-know basis, to persons associated with the investigative entity who need this information for the sole purpose of assuring quality control, or as otherwise required by law.

(2) This section does not preclude a licensee from filing a complaint with, or responding to an inquiry made by, the board, a taxing authority or law enforcement authority of this state, or a licensing or similar authority of another state or the United States.

2001 Acts, ch 55, §17, 38; 2015 Acts, ch 13, §9; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 137A.6 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137A / Section 137A.6
Violation misbranding civil penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as an egg product as provided in section 137A.3 as determined by the department.

(2) A food processing plant violating subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, not to exceed ten thousand dollars total for violations arising out of the same transaction or occurrence. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.

(3) The department shall impose the civil penalty provided in subsection 2. A food processing plant may contest the imposition of the civil penalty by initiating a contested case proceeding pursuant to chapter 17A.

(4) Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.

2024 Acts, ch 1158, §19
Iowa Code § 187.303 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 187 / Section 187.303
Choose Iowa licensing agreement fees.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may apply to the department to participate in the choose Iowa promotional program according to procedures established by rules adopted by the department. The department shall evaluate and approve or disapprove applications based on criteria established by rules adopted by the department. The department may disapprove an application if the department determines the applicant’s use of the choose Iowa logo would be associated with the consumption of an adulterated or illegal food item.

(2) The department may enter into a licensing agreement with a person participating in the program. The participating person may use the choose Iowa logo to advertise a food item originating as an agricultural commodity produced on an Iowa farm, subject to terms and conditions required by rules adopted by the department. A licensing agreement shall not be for more than one year.

(3) The department shall establish application and license fees by rules adopted by the department.

2022 Acts, ch 1152, §6C2023, §159.302024 Acts, ch 1177, §14, 16C2025, §187.303
Iowa Code § 125.40 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.40
Criminal laws limitations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §135, 137.
Iowa Code § 36.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 36 / Section 36.5
Attorney general powers.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may represent veterans who may have been injured because of contact with chemicals, in an action for release of information relating to exposure to such causative agents during military service and release of the veterans’ medical records.

83 Acts, ch 141, §5CS83, §139A.5C93, §36.5
Iowa Code § 216.5A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216 / Section 216.5A
Powers and duties of commission.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To adopt, amend, or rescind procedures as necessary for the conduct of commission meetings.

(2) To sit as the final reviewing body for decisions issued by an administrative law judge following an appeal from a contested case hearing.

(3) To make policy recommendations to the director for consideration to be incorporated with any recommendations from the agency to the governor and general assembly.

2024 Acts, ch 1170, §257
Iowa Code § 37.28 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 37 / Section 37.28
Anticipatory warrants.
Status: in_force

If the funds raised under this chapter are insufficient for any fiscal year to pay the principal and interest due in that year on bonds issued for hospital purposes under section 37.6 and to pay the expenses of the operation and maintenance of the hospital and any other hospital expenses authorized by this chapter for the fiscal year, the commission may issue anticipatory warrants drawn on the funds to be raised. The warrants shall be in denominations of one hundred, five hundred and one thousand dollars and shall draw interest at a rate not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A. These warrants are not a general obligation of any political subdivision which owns the hospital.

[C79, 81, S81, §37.28; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1007; 82 Acts, ch 1104, §2]83 Acts, ch 123, §44, 209
Iowa Code § 563.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 563 / Section 563.1
Resting wall on neighbor’s land.
Status: in_force

Where building lots have been surveyed and plats thereof recorded, anyone who is about to build contiguous to the land of another may, if there be no wall on the line between them, build a brick, reinforced concrete, or stone wall thereon, when the whole thickness of such wall above the cellar wall does not exceed eighteen inches exclusive of the plastering, and rest one-half thereof on the adjoining land, but the adjoining owner shall not be compelled to contribute to the expense of building said wall.

[R60, §1914; C73, §2019; C97, §2994; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10163; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.1]
Iowa Code § 514.19 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514 / Section 514.19
Combined service corporations.
Status: in_force

A corporation subject to this chapter may combine with any other corporation subject to this chapter as permitted under chapter 504 and upon the approval by the commissioner of insurance. Each corporation shall comply with chapter 504, the corporation’s articles of incorporation, and the corporation’s bylaws. The combined service corporation shall continue the service benefits previously provided by each corporation and may, subject to the approval of the commissioner of insurance, offer other service benefits not previously provided by the corporations before combining, which are permitted under this chapter.

83 Acts, ch 27, §14; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §393; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §87
Iowa Code § 507.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507 / Section 507.8
Payment by company.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall upon the completion of an examination, or at such regular intervals prior to completion as the commissioner determines, prepare an account of the costs incurred in performing and preparing the report of such examinations which shall be charged to and paid by the companies examined, and upon failure or refusal of any company examined to pay such bill or bills, the same may be recovered in an action brought in the name of the state, and the commissioner may also revoke the certificate of authority of such company to transact business within this state.

[S13, §1821-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8632; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §507.8]88 Acts, ch 1112, §302
Iowa Code § 692.9 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692 / Section 692.9
Surveillance data prohibited.
Status: in_force

No surveillance data shall be placed in files or manual or automated data storage systems by the department or division or by any peace officer or criminal or juvenile justice agency. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be a public offense punishable under section 692.7.

[C75, 77, §749B.9; C79, 81, §692.9]95 Acts, ch 191, §38; 2006 Acts, ch 1034, §2
Iowa Code § 501B.6 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.6
Ownership and transfer of property.
Status: in_force

(1) An unincorporated nonprofit association may acquire, hold, encumber, or transfer in its name an interest in real or personal property.

(2) An unincorporated nonprofit association may be a beneficiary of a trust or contract, a legatee, or a devisee.

2010 Acts, ch 1112, §6, 33
Iowa Code § 490.1105 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1105
Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries.
Status: in_force

(1) A domestic or foreign parent entity that owns shares of a domestic corporation which carry at least ninety percent of the voting power of each class and series of the outstanding shares of the subsidiary that has voting power may do any of the following:

(1) (a) Merge the subsidiary into itself, if it is a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity, or into another domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity in which the parent entity owns at least ninety percent of the voting power of each class and series of the outstanding shares or eligible interests which have voting power.

(1) (b) Merge itself, if it is a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity, into such subsidiary, in either case without the approval of the board of directors or shareholders of the subsidiary, unless the articles of incorporation or organic rules of the parent entity or the articles of incorporation of the subsidiary corporation otherwise provide.

(1) (c) Section 490.1104, subsection 9, applies to a merger under this section. The articles of merger relating to a merger under this section do not need to be signed by the subsidiary.

(2) A parent entity shall, within ten days after the effective date of a merger approved under subsection 1, notify each of the subsidiary’s shareholders that the merger has become effective.

(3) Except as provided in subsections 1 and 2, a merger between a parent entity and a domestic subsidiary corporation shall be governed by the provisions of this subchapter applicable to mergers generally.

89 Acts, ch 288, §125; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §69, 125; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §152, 230
Iowa Code § 572.27 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 572 / Section 572.27
Limitation on action.
Status: in_force

Any action to enforce a mechanic’s lien shall be brought within two years from the expiration of ninety days after the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor was performed.

[C51, §984; R60, §1865; C73, §2529; C97, §3447; S13, §3447; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10296; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.27]87 Acts, ch 79, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 83, §16
Iowa Code § 533A.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.3
Investigation.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the filing of each application and the payment of the fees, the superintendent shall conduct an investigation of the facts concerning the application and the requirements provided in subsection 3.

(2) The superintendent shall grant or deny each application for a license within sixty days from the date that the application and the required fee are filed and paid, unless the period is extended by written agreement between the applicant and the superintendent.

(3) (a) The superintendent shall enter an order granting the application, and issue and deliver a license to the applicant if the superintendent finds that both of the following are satisfied:

(3) (a) The experience, financial responsibility, character, and general fitness of the applicant is sufficient as to command the confidence of the public and to warrant belief that the business will be operated lawfully, honestly, fairly, and efficiently within the purposes of this chapter.

(3) (a) The applicant has not been convicted of or pled guilty to a felony or an indictable misdemeanor for financial gain, or has not had a record of having defaulted in payment of money collected for others, including the discharge of such debts through bankruptcy proceedings.

(3) (b) If the applicant is not a natural person, this subsection shall apply to the owners, partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, and managers of the applicant.

(4) If the applicant has, at the time of the application, a license for an office located within ten miles of the location of the office named in the application, a license shall not be issued unless the superintendent finds that public convenience will be served by the issuance of the license.

(5) A license shall not be transferable or assignable.

(6) If the superintendent finds the applicant not qualified under subsection 3, the superintendent shall enter an order denying the application and notify the applicant of the denial, returning the license fee. Within fifteen days after the entry of such order, the superintendent shall prepare written findings and shall deliver a copy to the applicant.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §533A.3]2006 Acts, ch 1042, §3
Iowa Code § 307.40 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307 / Section 307.40
Copies of contracts to legislative services agency.
Status: in_force

The department shall give a copy of each contract for construction or reconstruction of roads, streets, or bridges entered into by the department in which the contract price is for five million dollars or more to the legislative services agency.

88 Acts, ch 1278, §26; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49
Iowa Code § 80.24 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80 / Section 80.24
Industrial disputes.
Status: in_force

A peace officer of the department shall not be used or called upon for service within any municipality involving an industrial dispute unless a threat of imminent violence exists, and then only either by order of the governor or on the request of the chief executive officer of the municipality or the sheriff of the county where the threat of imminent violence exists if such request is approved by the governor.

[C39, §1225.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §80.24]2005 Acts, ch 35, §17; 2006 Acts, ch 1034, §1, 3
Iowa Code § 554.9405 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9405
Modification of assigned contract.
Status: in_force

(1) A modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective against an assignee if made in good faith. The assignee acquires corresponding rights under the modified or substituted contract. The assignment may provide that the modification or substitution is a breach of contract by the assignor. This subsection is subject to subsections 2 through 4.

(2) Subsection 1 applies to the extent that:

(2) (a) the right to payment or a part thereof under an assigned contract has not been fully earned by performance; or

(2) (b) the right to payment or a part thereof has been fully earned by performance and the account debtor has not received notification of the assignment under section 554.9406, subsection 1.

(3) This section is subject to law other than this Article which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(4) This section does not apply to an assignment of a health care insurance receivable.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §67, 185, 187