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Iowa Code § 578A.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 578A / Section 578A.5
Lien late fee electronic communication permitted.
Status: in_force

(1) The operator of a self-service storage facility and the operator’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns shall have a lien upon all of an occupant’s personal property located at the self-service storage facility for delinquent rent, late fees, labor, or other charges incurred pursuant to a rental agreement and for expenses incurred for preservation, sale, or disposition of the personal property. The lien established by this subsection shall have priority over all other liens and security interests except for those perfected prior to the time the personal property is brought to the self-service storage facility.

(2) The lien described in subsection 1 attaches on the date on which personal property is brought to the self-service storage facility.

(3) If the rental agreement specifies a limit on the value of personal property that the occupant may store in the leased space, such limit shall be deemed to be the maximum value of the personal property in the occupant’s leased space.

(4) A rental agreement under this chapter may provide for a reasonable late fee for failure of the occupant to timely make payments for the leased space when due. A monthly late fee of twenty dollars or twenty percent of the monthly rental amount, whichever is greater, shall be reasonable and is not a penalty.

(5) The operator and occupant may agree to use electronic mail to satisfy all notice requirements under this chapter. The parties, if consenting to use electronic mail for notice, must consent to use electronic mail for all notices. If the parties agree, the rental agreement shall contain a section outlining the rights and duties for each party regarding the use of electronic mail.

2019 Acts, ch 50, §5
Iowa Code § 232.75 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.75
Sanctions.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, official, agency, or institution required by this chapter to report a suspected case of child abuse who knowingly and willfully fails to do so is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(2) Any person, official, agency, or institution required by section 232.69 to report a suspected case of child abuse who knowingly fails to do so or who knowingly interferes with the making of such a report in violation of section 232.70 is civilly liable for the damages proximately caused by such failure or interference.

(3) A person who reports or causes to be reported to the department false information regarding an alleged act of child abuse, knowing that the information is false or that the act did not occur, commits a simple misdemeanor.

[C75, 77, §235A.9; C79, 81, §232.75]86 Acts, ch 1238, §11; 87 Acts, ch 13, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 122, §62023 Acts, ch 19, §610
Iowa Code § 8.64 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.64
Section 8.64
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 170, §46, 50.
Iowa Code § 263C.5 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263C / Section 263C.5
Funding use.
Status: in_force

(1) The center may accept and administer private and external donations and gifts. The university of Iowa center for advancement shall be the designated foundation for philanthropic gifts or funding for the center.

(2) Any moneys appropriated to the center, and any private and external donations to the center, shall be used only for the direct operation of the center.

(3) Any additional funding required to operate the center shall be proportionally provided by the regents institutions, subject to approval of the board.

2025 Acts, ch 163, §6
Iowa Code § 2B.36 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2B / Section 2B.36
Effect of authentication.
Status: in_force

(1) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under section 2B.35 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

(2) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this subchapter, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

(3) A party contesting the authentication of legal material in an electronic record authenticated under section 2B.35 has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the electronic record is not authentic.

2019 Acts, ch 92, §6
Iowa Code § 100.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100 / Section 100.5
Reports — when public records.
Status: in_force

(1) Reports required by section 100.3 shall be kept on file for public inspection in the fire marshal’s office. In those circumstances where disclosure of particular facts in the reports would plainly and seriously jeopardize an investigation of criminal activity, the portions of the reports pertaining to the facts are classified as peace officers’ investigative reports and subject to section 22.7.

(2) Reports and records on investigations made by the state fire marshal’s office are the same as peace officers’ investigative reports and subject to section 22.7.

[S13, §2468-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1627; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §100.5; 81 Acts, ch 47, §1]84 Acts, ch 1095, §4; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Iowa Code § 70A.27 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.27
Leave of absence for charge of a crime civil penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section:

(1) (a) “Convicted” means convicted of an indictable offense and includes a guilty plea or other finding of guilt by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(1) (b) “Public employee” means any individual employed by a public employer. “Public employee” includes heads of executive branch agencies.

(1) (c) “Public employer” means the state, its boards, commissions, agencies, and departments, and its political subdivisions including school districts and other special purpose districts. “Public employer” includes the general assembly and the governor.

(2) (a) A public employee on a leave of absence with full or partial compensation because the public employee is charged, by indictment or information, with the commission of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense shall pay to the public employer employing the public employee a civil penalty equal to the cash wages that the public employee received during the period of the leave of absence if the public employee is convicted of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense.

(2) (b) A public employee shall pay to the public employer employing the public employee a civil penalty equal to any payments that the public employee received pursuant to the terms of the public employee’s employment contract that result from the termination of the contract, if the termination was caused by the employee being charged, by indictment or information, with the commission of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense, and if the public employee is convicted of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense.

2011 Acts, ch 88, §1
Iowa Code § 137D.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137D / Section 137D.4
Injunction.
Status: in_force

A person operating a home food processing establishment or selling homemade food items created at a home food processing establishment in violation of a provision of this chapter may be restrained by injunction from further operating that home food processing establishment. If an imminent health hazard exists, the home food processing establishment must cease operation and notify the department. Operation shall not be resumed until authorized by the department.

88 Acts, ch 1220, §10C89, §170C.4C91, §137D.42016 Acts, ch 1086, §6; 2022 Acts, ch 1129, §5
Iowa Code § 80.14 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80 / Section 80.14
Diplomas.
Status: in_force

To each person satisfactorily completing the course of study prescribed, an appropriate certificate or diploma shall be issued.

[C39, §1225.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §80.14]
Iowa Code § 901.9 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 901 / Section 901.9
Information for parole board.
Status: in_force

At the time of committing a defendant to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for incarceration, the trial judge and prosecuting attorney shall, and the defense attorney may, furnish the board of parole with a full statement of their recommendations relating to release or parole.

83 Acts, ch 38, §1; 83 Acts, ch 96, §160
Iowa Code § 488.504 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.504
Interim distributions.
Status: in_force

A partner does not have a right to any distribution before the dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership unless the limited partnership decides to make an interim distribution.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §46, 118
Iowa Code § 468.319 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.319
Assessments — interest.
Status: in_force

Such assessment as finally made shall draw interest at the same rate and from the same time as assessment against lands.

[S13, §1989-a38; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7631; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §459.5]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.319
Iowa Code § 215.26 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215 / Section 215.26
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §215.1; 2019 Acts, ch 128, §8.
Iowa Code § 139A.24 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 139A / Section 139A.24
Blood donation or sale — penalty.
Status: in_force

A person suffering from a communicable disease dangerous to the public health who knowingly gives false information regarding the person’s infected state on a blood plasma sale application to blood plasma-taking personnel commits a serious misdemeanor.

2000 Acts, ch 1066, §24
Iowa Code § 313.20 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.20
Auditor appointment bond duties.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of administrative services shall appoint the auditor of the department who shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the auditor’s duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the department from the primary road fund. The auditor shall check and audit all claims against the department before such claims are approved by the department, and shall keep all records and accounts relating to the expenditures of the department. The auditor shall, in the checking and auditing of claims against the department, and keeping the records and accounts of the department, be under the direction and supervision of the director of the department of administrative services, and act as an agent of the director. The department shall furnish the auditor with such help and assistants as may be necessary to properly perform the duties specified in this section. The auditor may be removed by the director of the department of administrative services.

[C24, §4706; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b20; C39, §4755.20; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.20]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §142
Iowa Code § 488.1005 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.1005
Proceeds and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:

(1) (a) Any proceeds or other benefits of a derivative action, whether by judgment, compromise, or settlement, belong to the limited partnership and not to the derivative plaintiff.

(1) (b) If the derivative plaintiff receives any proceeds, the derivative plaintiff shall immediately remit them to the limited partnership.

(2) If a derivative action is successful in whole or in part, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, from the recovery of the limited partnership.

(3) If the court finds that the derivative proceeding was commenced or maintained without reasonable cause or for an improper purpose, it may order the plaintiff to pay any defendant’s reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in defending the action.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §88, 118
Iowa Code § 554.10104 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.10104
Laws not repealed.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 30, §44 – 46.See §554.7103.
Iowa Code § 70A.13 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.13
Particulars required by county board.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall not approve any claim for mileage or other traveling expenses presented by any peace officer including the sheriff and the sheriff’s deputies unless the destinations, and number of miles covered in each trip are given, or, in the case of extended trips, unless railroad, hotel, and other traveling expenses, excepting meals, are verified by receipts.

[C35, §1225-e2; C39, §1225.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §79.13]C93, §70A.13
Iowa Code § 10A.210 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.210
Prosecutions for violations labor services.
Status: in_force

(1) If the director or commissioner learns of any violation of any law administered by the department or division under this subchapter, the director or commissioner may give the county attorney of the county in which the violation occurred written notice of the facts, whereupon that officer shall institute the proper proceedings against the person charged with the offense.

(2) If the director or commissioner is of the opinion that the violation is not willful, or is an oversight or of a trivial nature, the director or commissioner may at the director’s or commissioner’s discretion fix a time within which the violation shall be corrected and notify the owner, operator, superintendent, or person in charge. If the violation is corrected within the time fixed, then the director or commissioner shall not cause prosecution to be begun.

[C97, §2472; S13, §2472; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1520; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §91.11]99 Acts, ch 68, §17; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §21; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1455, 1459C2024, §10A.210
Iowa Code § 489.909 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.909
Withdrawal upon dissolution or conversion to certain nonfiling entities.
Status: in_force

(1) A registered foreign limited liability company that has dissolved and completed winding up or has converted to a domestic or foreign nonfiling entity other than a limited liability partnership shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of withdrawal. The statement must be signed by the dissolved foreign limited liability company or the converted domestic or foreign nonfiling entity and state:

(1) (a) In the case of a foreign limited liability company that has completed winding up all of the following:

(1) (a) Its name and jurisdiction of formation.

(1) (a) That the foreign limited liability company withdraws its registration to do business in this state and revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf.

(1) (a) An address to which process on the foreign limited liability company may be sent by the secretary of state under section 489.119, subsection 3.

(1) (b) In the case of a foreign limited liability company that has converted to a domestic or foreign nonfiling entity other than a limited liability partnership, all of the following:

(1) (b) The name of the converting foreign limited liability company and its jurisdiction of formation.

(1) (b) The type of the nonfiling entity to which it has converted and its name and jurisdiction of formation.

(1) (b) That it withdraws its registration to do business in this state and revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf.

(1) (b) An address to which process on the foreign limited liability company may be sent by the secretary of state under section 489.119, subsection 3.

(2) After the withdrawal of the registration of a foreign limited liability company, service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the entity was registered to do business in this state may be made as provided in section 489.119.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §74, 161
Iowa Code § 126.21 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 126 / Section 126.21
Chapter not applicable to animal drugs.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to drugs intended for use for animals and not for humans.

89 Acts, ch 197, §20CS89, §203B.21C93, §126.21
Iowa Code § 455B.193 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.193
Qualifications for collection of credible data.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this part, all of the following shall apply:

(1) (a) Data is not credible data unless the data originates from studies and samples collected by the department, a professional designee of the department, or a qualified volunteer. For purposes of this paragraph, “professional designee” includes governmental agencies other than the department, and a person hired by, or under contract for compensation with, the department to collect or study data.

(1) (b) All information submitted by a qualified volunteer shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the department. The qualified volunteer shall submit a site specific plan with data which includes information used to obtain the data, the sampling and analysis plan, and quality control and quality assurance procedures used in the monitoring process. The qualified volunteer must provide proof to the department that the water monitoring plan was followed. The department shall review all data collected by a qualified volunteer, verify the accuracy of the data collected by a qualified volunteer, and determine that all components of the water monitoring plan were followed.

(1) (c) The department shall retain all information submitted by a qualified volunteer submitting the information for a period of not less than ten years from the date of receipt by the department. All information submitted shall be a public record.

(1) (d) The department shall adopt rules establishing requirements for a person to become a qualified volunteer.

(2) The department of natural resources shall develop a methodology for water quality assessments as used in the section 303(d) lists and assess the validity of the data.

2000 Acts, ch 1068, §10; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §73; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143
Iowa Code § 537.3623 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3623
Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

An action shall not be brought under this part more than two years after the occurrence of the alleged violation.

87 Acts, ch 80, §23
Iowa Code § 633.314 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.314
Taxation of costs.
Status: in_force

The court shall tax the costs in an action to contest or set aside a will. No costs shall be taxed against a losing party who has been joined in the action but who does not appear.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.314]
Iowa Code § 266.39A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.39A
Agricultural research.
Status: in_force

Iowa state university of science and technology shall conduct continuing agricultural research to provide information about environmental and social impacts of agricultural research on the small or family farm and information about population trends and impact of the trends on Iowa agriculture. The research shall include an agricultural land tenure study conducted every five years to determine the ownership of farmland, and to analyze ownership trends, using the categories of land ownership defined in chapter 9H. The study shall be conducted on the basis of regions established by the university. A region shall be composed of not more than twenty-three contiguous counties.

89 Acts, ch 319, §71; 92 Acts, ch 1080, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 168, §30
Iowa Code § 52.18 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.18
Section 52.18
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 57, §96.
Iowa Code § 468.105 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.105
New contract — suit on bond.
Status: in_force

Unless the contractor or the surety on the contractor’s bond shall appear and in good faith proceed to comply with the demand, and resume work under the contract within the time fixed, the board shall proceed to let contracts for the unfinished work in the same manner as original contracts, and apply all funds not paid to the original contractor toward the completion of the work, and if not sufficient for such purpose, may cause suit to be brought upon the bond of the defaulting contractor for the benefit of the district, and the amount of recovery thereon shall be credited to the district.

[C73, §1212; C97, §1944; S13, §1944, 1989-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7536; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.115]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.105
Iowa Code § 85.68 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.68
Actions — collection of payments — subrogation.
Status: in_force

The labor commissioner shall be charged with the collection of contributions and payments to the second injury fund required to be made pursuant to section 85.65. In addition, the labor commissioner, on behalf of the second injury fund created under this subchapter, shall have a cause of action under section 85.22 to the same extent as an employer against any person not in the same employment by reason of whose negligence or wrong the subsequent injury of the person with the previous disability was caused. The action shall be brought by the labor commissioner on behalf of the fund, and any recovery, less the necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the labor commissioner, shall be paid to the treasurer of state and credited to the second injury fund.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.68]83 Acts, ch 105, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §21; 98 Acts, ch 1113, §5, 7; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Iowa Code § 70A.40 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.40
Elective public officer contact information.
Status: in_force

(1) Within thirty days of an elective public officer swearing to an oath of office, the governmental entity the officer serves shall provide the officer with designated contact information with the governmental entity. A governmental entity that maintains an internet site shall cause to be published the contact information for each of the entity’s elective public officers on the internet site maintained by the entity. An elective public officer may provide additional contact information that would normally be used to make contact with the officer to the governmental entity to be published as provided in this section for designated contact information.

(2) (a) For the purposes of this section, “contact information” means a telephone number or an electronic mail address.

(2) (b) For the purposes of this section, “elective public officer” or “officer” means all of the following:

(2) (b) Members of the general assembly.

(2) (b) Members of a county board of supervisors.

(2) (b) Members of a city council.

(2) (b) Members of a board of directors of a school district.

2015 Acts, ch 113, §1
Iowa Code § 232.191 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.191
Early intervention and follow-up programs.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §91; . See §232.192.
Iowa Code § 524.806 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.806
Deposit in the names of two or more individuals.
Status: in_force

When a deposit is made in any state bank in the names of two or more individuals, payable to any one or more of them, or payable to the survivor or survivors, the deposit, including interest, or any part thereof, may be paid to any one or more of the individuals whether the others be living or not, and the receipt or acquittance of the individuals so paid is a valid and sufficient release and discharge to the state bank for any payment so made.

[S13, §1889-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9267; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §528.64; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.806; 81 Acts, ch 173, §3]