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Iowa Code § 703.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 703 / Section 703.5
Liability of corporations, partnerships and voluntary associations.
Status: in_force

(1) A public or private corporation, partnership, or other voluntary association shall have the same level of culpability as an individual committing the crime when any of the following is true:

(1) (a) The conduct constituting the offense consists of an omission to discharge a specific duty or an affirmative performance imposed on the accused by law.

(1) (b) The conduct or act constituting the offense is committed by an agent, officer, director, or employee of the accused while acting within the scope of the authority of the agent, officer, director or employee and in behalf of the accused and when said act or conduct is authorized, requested, or tolerated by the board of directors or by a high managerial agent.

(2) “High managerial agent” means an officer of the corporation, partner, or other agent in a position of comparable authority with respect to the formulation of policy or the supervision in a managerial capacity of subordinate employees.

[C79, 81, §703.5]2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 633A.3108 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.3108
Limitation on contest of revocable trust.
Status: in_force

Unless previously barred by adjudication, consent, or other limitation, if notice is published or given as provided in section 633A.3110 within one year of the settlor’s death, a proceeding to contest the validity of a revocable trust must be brought within the period specified in that notice. If notice is not published or given within that period, a proceeding to contest the validity of a trust must be brought no later than one year following the death of the settlor.

99 Acts, ch 125, §32, 109; 2000 Acts, ch 1150, §17C2001, §633.31082005 Acts, ch 38, §54, 55CS2005, §633A.31082008 Acts, ch 1119, §29, 39; 2012 Acts, ch 1123, §19, 32
Iowa Code § 533.508 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.508
False statements — penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A director, officer, or employee of a state credit union shall not intentionally publish, disseminate, or distribute any advertising or notice containing any false, misleading, or deceptive statements concerning rates, terms, or conditions on which loans are made, or deposits or share installments are received, or concerning any charge which the state credit union is authorized to impose pursuant to this chapter, or concerning the financial condition of the state credit union. Any director, officer, or employee of a state credit union who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a fraudulent practice.

(2) Any person who maliciously or with intent to deceive makes, publishes, utters, repeats, or circulates any false statement concerning any state credit union which imputes or tends to impute insolvency, unsound financial condition or financial embarrassment, or which may tend to cause or provoke or aid in causing or provoking a general withdrawal of deposits from such state credit union, or which may otherwise injure or tend to injure the business or goodwill of such state credit union, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §75; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §307
Iowa Code § 630.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 630 / Section 630.4
Debtor interrogated.
Status: in_force

The debtor, on the debtor’s appearance, may be interrogated in relation to any facts calculated to show the amount of the debtor’s property, or the disposition which has been made of it, or any other matter pertaining to the purpose for which the examination is permitted to be made. The interrogatories and answers shall be reduced to writing and preserved by the court or officer before whom they are taken. All examinations and answers under this chapter shall be on oath.

[C51, §1956; R60, §3378; C73, §3138; C97, §4075; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11803; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §630.4]
Iowa Code § 303.3E — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.3E
Culture, history, and arts teams program.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.441; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 206.7A — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 206 / Section 206.7A
Discharge of pesticides into natural lakes civil penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not intentionally spray, place, discharge, or otherwise put a pesticide off label into a natural lake, or an artificial lake connected to a natural lake, that is used as a source water for public or private water supplies.

(2) This section does not apply to a commercial, public, or private applicator who is certified pursuant to this chapter.

(3) A person who violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of one thousand dollars.

2018 Acts, ch 1085, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §58
Iowa Code § 468.69 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.69
Bonds received for assessments.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued for the cost of construction, maintenance, or repair of any drainage or levee district improvements, or for the refunding of any obligation of such district may be acquired by any taxpayer or group of taxpayers of such district and applied at their face value in the order of their priority, if any priority exists between bonds of the same issue, upon the payment of the delinquent or future assessments levied against the property of such taxpayers to pay off the bonds so acquired. The interest coupons attached to such bonds may likewise be applied at their face value to the payment of assessments for interest accounts, delinquent or future.

[C35, §7495-e1; C39, §7495.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.76]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.692014 Acts, ch 1092, §103; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §134
Iowa Code § 554.3420 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3420
Conversion of instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies to instruments. An instrument is also converted if it is taken by transfer, other than a negotiation, from a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or a bank makes or obtains payment with respect to the instrument for a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or receive payment. An action for conversion of an instrument may not be brought by the issuer or acceptor of the instrument or a payee or endorsee who did not receive delivery of the instrument either directly or through delivery to an agent or a co-payee.

(2) In an action under subsection 1, the measure of liability is presumed to be the amount payable on the instrument, but recovery may not exceed the amount of the plaintiff’s interest in the instrument.

(3) A representative, other than a depositary bank, who has in good faith dealt with an instrument or its proceeds on behalf of one who was not the person entitled to enforce the instrument is not liable in conversion to that person beyond the amount of any proceeds that it has not paid out.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §67, 122; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 10A.331 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.331
Judgment modification.
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation to the court of a file-stamped copy of a decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner, ending, diminishing, or increasing the compensation under the provisions of this subchapter, the court shall revoke or modify the decree or judgment to conform to such decision.

[S13, §2477-m33; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1466; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.43]98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2003 Acts, ch 140, §52023 Acts, ch 19, §1475, 1477C2024, §10A.331
Iowa Code § 518A.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518A / Section 518A.3
Meetings.
Status: in_force

Unless the time and place of holding the annual meeting of the members of any association transacting business under the provisions of this chapter are plainly stated in their articles of incorporation or bylaws, twenty days’ notice of the time and place of holding of said meetings shall be given to all members of the association. Annual meetings may adjourn from time to time.

[S13, §1759-o; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9031; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §518.3; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §518A.3]
Iowa Code § 73.4 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.4
Domestic laborer — definition.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 133, §9, 10, 11.
Iowa Code § 587.7 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 587 / Section 587.7
Judgments or decrees quieting title.
Status: in_force

No existing judgment or decree quieting title to real estate as against defects arising prior to January 1, 1966, and purporting to sustain the record title shall be held ineffectual because of the failure to properly set out in the petition or notice the derivation or devolution of the interest of the unknown defendants, or on account of the failure of the record to show that such notice was approved by the court or that the same was published as directed by the court, or because of the failure of the record to show that an affidavit was filed by plaintiff showing that personal service could not be made on any defendant in the state of Iowa, or because of the failure of defense by a guardian ad litem for any defendant under legal disability, or where there was more than one tract of real estate described in the same petition and decree, or where the plaintiffs have no joint or common interest in the property or defects of title, or because of failure to comply with any other provision of law. All such decrees are hereby made legal and effectual the same as if all provisions of law had been complied with in obtaining them.

[S13, §2963-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10380; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.7]
Iowa Code § 633.170 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.170
Amount of bond.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as herein otherwise provided, the court or the clerk shall fix the penalty of the bond in an amount equal to the value of the personal property of the estate, plus the estimated gross annual income of the estate during the period of administration.

(2) Unless a bond is waived by will under the authority of section 633.172, or by other instrument creating the estate, or in accordance with section 633.173, or by prior order of court, the clerk shall fix the bond in the amount provided by subsection 1 of this section. The clerk shall not thereafter increase or decrease a bond.

[C51, §1276, 1316, 1317; R60, §2308, 2348, 2349; C73, §2321, 2350, 2362, 2363; C97, §3267, 3268, 3293, 3301; S13, §3268; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11828, 11838, 11876, 11887, 12578; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.10, 632.7, 633.32, 633.43, 668.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.170]
Iowa Code § 648.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 648 / Section 648.16
Priority of assignment.
Status: in_force

Such actions shall be accorded reasonable priority for assignment to assure their prompt disposition. No continuance shall be granted for the purpose of taking testimony in writing.

[C97, §4216; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12277; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.16]
Iowa Code § 552.22 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 552 / Section 552.22
Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to all physical exercise club contracts entered into in this state on or after July 1, 1988, concerning physical exercise club facilities located, or services to be provided, in this state.

88 Acts, ch 1221, §22
Iowa Code § 555C.4 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 555C / Section 555C.4
Removal by manufactured home community or mobile home park owner.
Status: in_force

Unless the valueless home is to be titled in the name of a third party, the manufactured home community or mobile home park owner may dispose of a valueless home and any personal property to a demolisher, sanitary landfill, or other lawful disposal site under the terms and conditions as the manufactured home community or mobile home park owner shall determine.

95 Acts, ch 104, §4; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §16
Iowa Code § 299.18 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 299 / Section 299.18
Education of certain children who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind, or have severe disabilities.
Status: in_force

Children who are of compulsory attendance age and who are so deaf or hard of hearing, or blind, or have such severe disabilities so as to be unable to obtain an education in the public or accredited nonpublic schools shall be sent to the appropriate state-operated school, or shall receive appropriate special education under chapter 256B, unless exempted, and any person having such a child under the person’s control or custody shall see that the child attends the state-operated school or special education program during the scholastic year.

[S13, §2718-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4427; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.18]91 Acts, ch 200, §16; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §76; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §21
Iowa Code § 515G.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515G / Section 515G.5
Appointment of consultant.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan may provide for the appointment by the mutual insurer of a person as defined in section 4.1, subsection 20, who is qualified to act as a consultant. The appointment of the consultant shall be reviewed by the commissioner and unless the commissioner finds the consultant unqualified, the consultant shall carry out the duties required by the mutual insurer and this chapter.

(2) The consultant may assist in determining the equity or value of the policyholders and the mutual insurer. The consultant may consider the value of the consideration to be given to the participating policyholders in exchange for their membership interests or into which the membership interest is to be converted and may consider any valuations necessary to carry out the plans provided for in section 515G.3. Valuations shall be made taking into account the latest filed annual statement of the mutual insurer and any significant developments occurring subsequent to the date of the statement.

(3) The findings of the consultant may be modified by the mutual insurer at any time so long as the results are not unfair or inequitable to policyholders.

(4) If it can be shown by the mutual insurer to the commissioner that an underwriter of the shares is a qualified person, the underwriter may be appointed as the consultant.

90 Acts, ch 1083, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 16.107 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.107
Infrastructure loan program.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 61, §19.
Iowa Code § 468.48 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.48
Notice of increased assessment.
Status: in_force

The board shall cause notice to be served upon the owner of any tract of land or easement against which it is proposed to increase the assessment, requiring the owner to appear at a fixed date and show cause why such assessment should not be so increased. Such notice shall be served for the time and in the manner prescribed in section 468.15 or section 468.16, as the case may be, except that personal service in the same manner as an original notice may be made in lieu of the other methods.

[SS15, §1989-a12; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7475; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.55]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.48
Iowa Code § 268.4 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4
Iowa waste reduction center for the safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances.
Status: in_force

(1) The Iowa waste reduction center for the safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances is established at the university of northern Iowa. The university of northern Iowa, in cooperation with the department of natural resources, shall develop and implement a program which provides the following:

(1) (a) Information regarding the safe use and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances to small businesses which generate the substances.

(1) (b) Dissemination of information to public and private agencies regarding state and federal solid waste and hazardous substances regulations, and assistance in achieving compliance with the regulations.

(1) (c) Advice and consultation in the proper storage, handling, treatment, reuse, recycling, and disposal methods of solid waste and hazardous substances.

(1) (d) Identification of the advantages of proper substance management relative to liability and operational costs of a particular small business.

(1) (e) Assistance in the providing of capital formation in order to comply with state and federal regulations.

(2) (a) An advisory committee to the center is established, consisting of a representative of each of the following organizations:

(2) (a) The economic development authority.

(2) (a) The small business development commission.

(2) (a) The university of northern Iowa.

(2) (a) The state university of Iowa.

(2) (a) Iowa state university of science and technology.

(2) (a) The department of natural resources.

(2) (b) The active participation of representatives of small businesses in the state shall also be sought and encouraged.

(3) Information obtained or compiled by the center shall be disseminated directly to the economic development authority, the small business development centers, and other public and private agencies with interest in the safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances.

(4) The center may solicit, accept, and administer moneys appropriated to the center by a public or private agency.

(5) This section does not do any of the following:

(5) (a) Relieve a person receiving assistance under this section of any duties or liabilities otherwise created or imposed upon the person by law.

(5) (b) Transfer to the state, the university of northern Iowa, or an employee of the state or the university, a duty or liability otherwise imposed by law on a person receiving assistance under this section.

(5) (c) Create a liability to the state, the university of northern Iowa, or an employee of the state or the university for an act or omission arising from the providing of assistance or advice in cleaning up, handling, or disposal of hazardous waste. However, an individual may be liable if the act or omission results from intentional wrongdoing or gross negligence.

87 Acts, ch 225, §403; 89 Acts, ch 77, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Iowa Code § 303.29 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.29
Use of structures.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.454; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 551.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 551 / Section 551.10
Cumulative remedies.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as repealing any other Act, or part of an Act, but the remedies herein provided shall be cumulative to all other remedies provided by law.

[S13, §5028-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9894; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §551.10]2013 Acts, ch 30, §139
Iowa Code § 184.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 184 / Section 184.5
Referendums conducted to abolish the council and terminate imposition of the assessment.
Status: in_force

(1) A referendum may be called to abolish the council and terminate the imposition of the assessment. The secretary shall call, and the department shall conduct, the referendum upon the department’s receipt of a petition requesting the referendum. The petition must be signed by at least twenty eligible voters or fifty percent of all eligible voters, whichever is greater. In order to be an eligible voter under this section, a producer must have paid an assessment in the year of the referendum. The referendum shall be conducted within sixty days following receipt of the petition. The petitioners shall guarantee payment of the cost of the referendum by providing evidence of financial security as required by the department.

(2) The following procedures shall apply to a referendum conducted pursuant to this section:

(2) (a) The department shall publish a notice of the referendum for a period of not less than five days in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the state. The notice shall state the voting places, period of time for voting, and other information deemed necessary by the department. A referendum shall not be commenced until five days after the last date of publication.

(2) (b) Upon signing a statement certifying to the secretary that the producer is an eligible voter, a producer is entitled to one vote in each referendum conducted pursuant to this section. The department may conduct the referendum by mail, electronic means, or a general meeting of eligible voters. The department shall conduct the referendum and count and tabulate the ballots filed during the referendum within thirty days following the close of the referendum.

(2) (b) If a majority of the total number of eligible voters who vote in the referendum approve the continuation of the council and the imposition of the assessment, the council and the imposition of the assessment shall continue as provided in this chapter.

(2) (b) If a majority of the total number of eligible voters who vote in the referendum held pursuant to this section do not approve continuing the council and the imposition of the assessment, the secretary shall terminate the collection of the assessment on the first day of the year for which the referendum was to continue. The secretary shall terminate the activities of the council in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after the determination. An additional referendum may be held as provided in section 184.2. However, the subsequent referendum shall not be held within one hundred eighty days.

95 Acts, ch 7, §6CS95, §196A.4C98 Acts, ch 1032, §11; 98 Acts, ch 1038, §5, 13C99, §184.5
Iowa Code § 419.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 419 / Section 419.5
Determination of rent.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to entering into a lease, sale contract or loan agreement with respect to any project, the governing body must determine the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project; the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the governing body may deem advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and unless the terms of the lease, sale contract or loan agreement provide that the lessee or contracting party shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto, the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured.

(2) The determination and findings of the governing body, required to be made by subsection 1 of this section, shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued; provided, however, that the foregoing amounts need not be expressed in dollars and cents in the lease, sale contract or loan agreement or in the proceedings under which the bonds are authorized to be issued, but may be set forth in the form of a formula or formulas. Prior to the issuance of the bonds authorized by this chapter the municipality shall enter into a lease, sale contract or loan agreement with respect to the project which shall require the lessee or contracting party to complete the project and which shall provide for payment to the municipality of such rentals or payments as, upon the basis of such determinations and findings, will be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project; to build up and maintain any reserves deemed advisable, by the governing body, in connection therewith and unless the lease, sale contract or loan agreement obligates the lessee or contracting party to pay for the maintenance and insurance on the project, to pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §419.5]