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Iowa Code § 360.6 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 360 / Section 360.6
Custodian.
Status: in_force

The township clerk, under the direction of the trustees, shall be the custodian of the building, and the use thereof may be permitted by the township trustees to citizens of the township for any lawful purpose; and, for the purposes of this chapter, the township clerk is hereby clothed with all the powers and duties of a constable of the township, to maintain order within and about the premises, protect the property, and enforce orders of the township trustees with respect thereto. In case of joint ownership by the township and city, the duties herein enumerated shall devolve jointly upon the township trustees and the city authorities or they may purchase a building already built with the same limitations as in said section 360.4. A copy of this section shall be at all times kept posted in a conspicuous place in said hall.

[C97, §571; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5579; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.6]
Iowa Code § 554.13301 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13301
Enforceability of lease contract.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a lease contract is effective and enforceable according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the goods and against creditors of the parties.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §35
Iowa Code § 203.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 203 / Section 203.14
No obligation of state.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to imply any guarantee or obligation on the part of the state of Iowa, or any of its agencies, employees or officials, either elective or appointive, in respect to any agreement or undertaking to which the provisions of this chapter relate.

[C79, 81, §542.14]C93, §203.14
Iowa Code § 660.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 660 / Section 660.9
Inventory.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after their appointment, the trustees shall make and file in the office of the clerk of the court an inventory, sworn to by each of them, of all the effects, rights, and credits which come to their possession or knowledge.

[C51, §2171; R60, §3753; C73, §3365; C97, §4333; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12437; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §660.9]
Iowa Code § 257B.4 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257B / Section 257B.4
Division and appraisement.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may, as preliminary to a sale, authorize the trustees of a township, where the sixteenth section or land selected in lieu of the sixteenth section has not been sold, to lay out the section into tracts as in their judgment will be for the best interests of the permanent school fund, conforming, as far as the interests of the fund will permit, to the legal subdivisions of the United States surveys, and appraise each tract at what they believe to be its true value, and certify to the board the divisions and appraisements made by them. The division and appraisement shall be approved or disapproved by the board at its first meeting after the report, and in case it disapproves, it may at once order another division and appraisement. If the board of supervisors approves, the county auditor shall make and keep a record of the division, appraisement, and approval; but school lands shall not be sold for less than the appraised value per acre, except as provided. A member of the board of supervisors, county auditor, township trustee, or a person who was engaged in the division and appraisement of the land, shall not be directly or indirectly interested in the purchase of the land; and any sale made, where the parties have an interest in the land, shall be void.

[R60, §1970, 1971; C73, §1845 – 1847; C97, §2840; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4472; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §302.4]83 Acts, ch 185, §9, 62C93, §257B.4
Iowa Code § 455D.9 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455D / Section 455D.9
Land disposal of yard waste — prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) Land disposal of yard waste as defined by the department is prohibited. A sanitary landfill may accept yard waste under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) When the yard waste is separated at its source from other solid waste and is accepted by the sanitary landfill for the purposes of soil conditioning and composting.

(1) (b) When the yard waste is collected for disposal as a result of a severe storm and the yard waste originates in an area declared to be a disaster area in a declaration issued by the president of the United States or the governor.

(1) (c) When the yard waste is collected for disposal to control, eradicate, or prevent the spread of insect pests, tree and plant diseases, or invasive plant species problems.

(1) (d) When the yard waste is collected for disposal by a sanitary landfill that operates a methane collection system that produces energy.

(2) The department shall assist local communities in the development of collection systems for yard waste generated from residences and shall assist in the establishment of local composting facilities. Each city and county shall, by ordinance, require persons within the city or county to separate yard waste from other solid waste generated.

(3) The department shall adopt rules which define yard waste and provide for the safe and proper method of composting yard waste and other organic materials.

(4) State and local agencies responsible for the maintenance of public lands in the state shall give preference to the use of composted materials in all land maintenance activities.

(5) This section does not prohibit the use of yard waste as land cover or as soil conditioning material.

(6) This section prohibits the open burning of yard waste within the permitted boundary at a sanitary disposal project.

89 Acts, ch 272, §9; 90 Acts, ch 1191, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1182, §5; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §20; 2014 Acts, ch 1060, §1, 2; 2015 Acts, ch 19, §1
Iowa Code § 507C.36 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.36
Proof of claim.
Status: in_force

(1) Proof of claim shall consist of a statement signed by the claimant that includes all of the following that are applicable:

(1) (a) The particulars of the claim including the consideration given for it.

(1) (b) The identity and amount of the security on the claim.

(1) (c) The payments, if any, made on the debt.

(1) (d) A statement that the sum claimed is justly owing and that there is no setoff, counterclaim, or defense to the claim.

(1) (e) Any right of priority of payment or other specific right asserted by the claimant.

(1) (f) A copy of the written instrument which is the foundation of the claim.

(1) (g) The name and address of the claimant and the attorney who represents the claimant, if any.

(2) A claim need not be considered or allowed if it does not contain all the information in subsection 1 which is applicable. The liquidator may require that a prescribed form be used and may require that other information and documents be included.

(3) At any time the liquidator may request the claimant to present information or evidence supplementary to that required under subsection 1 and may take testimony under oath, require production of affidavits or depositions, or otherwise obtain additional information or evidence.

(4) A judgment or order against an insured or the insurer entered after the date of filing of a successful petition for liquidation, or a judgment or order against an insured or the insurer entered at any time by default or by collusion need not be considered as evidence of liability or of quantum of damages. A judgment or order against an insured or the insurer entered within four months before the filing of the petition need not be considered as evidence of liability or of the quantum of damages.

(5) Claims of a guaranty association or foreign guaranty association shall be in the form and contain the substantiation as may be agreed to by the association and the liquidator.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §36
Iowa Code § 237.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237 / Section 237.11
Penalty.
Status: in_force

An individual or an agency who provides child foster care without obtaining a license under this chapter or who knowingly violates this chapter or the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

[C27, 31, 35, §3661-a57; C39, §3661.071; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §237.16; C81, §237.11]
Iowa Code § 654A.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654A / Section 654A.3
Section 654A.3
Status: repealed

Repealed by 90 Acts, ch 1143, §30.See §13.13.
Iowa Code § 84I.7 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84I / Section 84I.7
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this chapter.

(2) The director may establish rules pursuant to chapter 17A to assess and collect interest on fees and penalties owed to the department of workforce development. The director may delay or, following written notice, deny the issuance of a license, if the applicant for the license owes a debt to the department of workforce development.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §2287, 2288
Iowa Code § 233A.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 233A / Section 233A.9
Resuming custody of child.
Status: in_force

If a child placed in foster care as provided in section 233A.7 is not given the care, education, treatment, and maintenance required by the articles of agreement, the director may return the child to the state training school, place the child in a different foster care placement, or release or finally discharge the child.

[C73, §1649; C97, §2704; S13, §2704; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3693; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §242.9]C93, §233A.92023 Acts, ch 19, §662
Iowa Code § 263.6 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263 / Section 263.6
Residency and fellowship positions priority for certain candidates rural rotations.
Status: in_force

The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall give priority in awarding federal residency positions as established under the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-33, and fellowships to applicants who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall also provide the opportunity to participate in a rural rotation to persons to whom a primary care residency or fellowship position, including such positions in psychiatry, is awarded in order to expose the resident or fellow to rural areas of the state.

2025 Acts, ch 164, §3
Iowa Code § 502.103 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.103
References to federal statutes.
Status: in_force

“Securities Act of 1933”, 15 U.S.C. §77a et seq.; “Securities Exchange Act of 1934”, 15 U.S.C. §78a et seq.; “Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935”, 15 U.S.C. §79 et seq.; “Investment Company Act of 1940”, 15 U.S.C. §80a-1 et seq.; “Investment Advisers Act of 1940”, 15 U.S.C. §80b-1 et seq.; “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq.; “National Housing Act”, 12 U.S.C. §1701; “Commodity Exchange Act”, 7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.; “Internal Revenue Code”, 26 U.S.C. §1 et seq.; “Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970”, 15 U.S.C. §78aaa et seq.; “Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998”, 112 Stat. 3227; “Small Business Investment Act of 1958”, 15 U.S.C. §661 et seq.; “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act”, 15 U.S.C. §7001 et seq.; and “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act”, Pub. L. No. 111-203 mean those federal statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those federal statutes, as in effect on January 1, 2015.

2004 Acts, ch 1161, §2, 68; 2015 Acts, ch 128, §2, 50, 51
Iowa Code § 8A.326 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.326
Terrace Hill commission.
Status: in_force

(1) The Terrace Hill commission is created consisting of nine persons, appointed by the governor, who are knowledgeable in business management and historic preservation and renovation. The governor shall appoint the chairperson. The terms of the commission members are for three years beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.

(2) The governor may appoint an administrator of the Terrace Hill facility who may perform any acts which are necessary or desirable to coordinate the administration of the Terrace Hill facility.

(3) The purpose of the Terrace Hill commission is to provide for the preservation, maintenance, renovation, landscaping, and administration of the Terrace Hill facility. The Terrace Hill facility includes the Terrace Hill mansion, carriage house, grounds, historical collections, and all other related property.

(4) The Terrace Hill commission may enter into contracts, subject to this chapter, to execute its purposes, including, without limitation, contracts authorizing nonprofit organizations acting solely for the benefit and support of the Terrace Hill facility to do any of the following:

(4) (a) Solicit funds and accept donations, gifts, and bequests approved by the commission and in accordance with priorities established by the commission.

(4) (b) Administer a Terrace Hill membership program.

(4) (c) Maintain the Terrace Hill historical collections.

(4) (d) Establish and maintain an endowment fund for musical arts for purposes of funding and conducting piano competitions and providing scholarships to select competition participants.

(5) The commission may adopt rules to administer the programs of the commission. The decision of the commission is final agency action under chapter 17A.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §41; 2013 Acts, ch 135, §63 – 65; 2018 Acts, ch 1073, §1
Iowa Code § 486A.904 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.904
Effect of conversion — entity unchanged.
Status: in_force

(1) A partnership or limited partnership that has been converted pursuant to this article is for all purposes the same entity that existed before the conversion.

(2) When a conversion takes effect all of the following apply:

(2) (a) All property owned by the converting partnership or limited partnership remains vested in the converted entity.

(2) (b) All obligations of the converting partnership or limited partnership continue as obligations of the converted entity.

(2) (c) An action or proceeding pending against the converting partnership or limited partnership may be continued as if the conversion had not occurred.

98 Acts, ch 1201, §48, 79, 82
Iowa Code § 7E.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7E / Section 7E.4
Definitions and terminology for executive branch organization.
Status: in_force

In statutory references and administrative usage, the following terminology and definitions shall be used as guidelines for the terminology applicable to state governmental structure and organization to the extent practicable:

(1) “Authority” means a body with independent power to issue and sell bonds.

(2) (a) “Board” means a policymaking or rulemaking body that has the power to hear contested cases.

(2) (b) “Board” includes a professional licensing board which sets standards of professional competence and conduct for the profession or occupation under its supervision, which may prepare and grade the examinations of prospective new practitioners when authorized by law, which may issue licenses when authorized by law, which investigates complaints of alleged unprofessional conduct, and which performs other functions assigned to it by law.

(3) “Commission” means a policymaking body that has rulemaking powers.

(4) “Committee” means a part-time body appointed to study a specific problem and to recommend a solution or policy alternative with respect to that problem, and intended to terminate on the completion of its assignment.

(5) “Council” means an advisory body appointed to function on a continuing basis for the study, and recommendation of solutions and policy alternatives, of the problems arising in a specified functional area of state government.

(6) “Department” means a principal administrative agency within the executive branch of state government, but does not include independent agencies.

(7) “Division”, “bureau”, “section”, and “unit” mean the subunits of a department, whether specifically created by law or created by the head of the department for the more economic and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department.

(8) “Head of the department” means the elective officer, director, commissioner, or other official in charge of a department.

(9) “Independent agency” is an administrative unit which, because of its unique operations, does not fit into the general pattern of operating departments.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §4; 88 Acts, ch 1278, §21; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 523A.405 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523A / Section 523A.405
Bond in lieu of trust fund.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall, by rule, establish terms and conditions under which a seller may, in lieu of trust requirements, file with the commissioner a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business and doing business in this state.

2001 Acts, ch 118, §32; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §74; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §63, 64; 2008 Acts, ch 1103, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1123, §46; 2011 Acts, ch 62, §3; 2015 Acts, ch 128, §36, 50, 51
Iowa Code § 610A.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 610A / Section 610A.1
Actions or appeals brought by inmates or prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding section 610.1 or 822.5, if the person bringing a civil action or appeal is an inmate of an institution or facility under the control of the department of corrections or a prisoner of a county or municipal jail or detention facility, the inmate or prisoner shall pay in full all fees and costs associated with the action or appeal.

(1) (a) Upon filing of the action or appeal, the court shall order the inmate or prisoner to pay a minimum of twenty percent of the required filing fee before the court will take any further action on the inmate’s or prisoner’s action or appeal and shall also order the inmate or prisoner to make monthly payments of ten percent of all outstanding fees and costs associated with the inmate’s or prisoner’s action or appeal.

(1) (b) If the inmate has an inmate account under section 904.702, the department of corrections shall withdraw moneys maintained in the account for the payment of fees and costs associated with the inmate’s action or appeal in accordance with the court’s order until the required fees and costs are paid in full. The inmate shall file a certified copy of the inmate’s account balance with the court at the time the action or appeal is filed.

(1) (c) An inmate may authorize the department of corrections to make or the inmate may make an initial or subsequent payment beyond that required by this section.

(1) (d) The court may dismiss any civil action or appeal in which the inmate or prisoner has previously failed to pay fees and costs in accordance with this section.

(1) (e) If the inmate has unsuccessfully prosecuted three or more frivolous actions in the preceding five-year period, the court may stay the proceeding in accordance with section 617.16.

(1) (f) If the inmate has had three or more actions dismissed pursuant to section 610A.2, the inmate shall not be permitted to file an action pursuant to chapter 610.

(2) The court may make the authorization provided for in section 610.1 if it finds that the inmate does not have sufficient moneys in the inmate’s account or sufficient moneys flowing into the account to make the payments required in this section or, in the case of a prisoner of a county or municipal jail or detention facility, that the prisoner otherwise meets the requirements of section 610.1.

(3) In any civil case filed by a petitioner who is an inmate or prisoner, the respondent may review the petition and, if applicable, file a pre-answer motion asserting, in addition to any other defense that must be asserted in such a motion under the rules of civil procedure, that the action or any portion of the action should be dismissed pursuant to this chapter because the action or any portion of the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or is otherwise subject to dismissal under section 610A.2.

95 Acts, ch 167, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1079, §17; 98 Acts, ch 1147, §2, 3, 6
Iowa Code § 626A.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626A / Section 626A.4
Stay.
Status: in_force

(1) If the judgment debtor shows the district court in which the judgment is filed that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.

(2) If the judgment debtor shows the district court in which the judgment is filed that grounds exist upon which enforcement of a judgment of the district court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.

[C81, §626A.4]
Iowa Code § 252I.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252I / Section 252I.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Account” means “account” as defined in section 524.103, the savings or deposits of a member received or being held by a credit union, or certificates of deposit. “Account” also includes deposits held by an agent, a broker-dealer, or an issuer as defined in section 502.102 and money-market mutual fund accounts and “account” as defined in 42 U.S.C. §666(a)(17). However, “account” does not include amounts held by a financial institution as collateral for loans extended by the financial institution.

(2) “Bank” means “bank”, “insured bank”, and “state bank” as defined in section 524.103.

(3) “Child support services” means child support services created in section 252B.2.

(4) “Court order” means “support order” as defined in section 252J.1.

(5) “Credit union” means “credit union” as defined in section 533.102.

(6) “Financial institution” means “financial institution” as defined in 42 U.S.C. §669A(d)(1). “Financial institution” also includes an institution which holds deposits for an agent, broker-dealer, or an issuer as defined in section 502.102.

(7) “Obligor” means a person who has been ordered by a court or administrative authority to pay support.

(8) “Support” or “support payments” means “support” or “support payments” as defined in section 252D.16.

(9) “Working days” means only Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but excluding the holidays specified in section 1C.2, subsection 1.

94 Acts, ch 1101, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1034, §15; 97 Acts, ch 175, §110; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §33; 2007 Acts, ch 174, §91; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §109; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §61, 62; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §950
Iowa Code § 123.82 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.82
Procedure.
Status: in_force

A proceeding to forfeit an abatement bond shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court, by the county attorney of the county where the bond is filed, an application under oath to forfeit such bond, setting out the alleged facts constituting the violation of the terms of the bond, upon which the court shall direct by order attached to such application that a notice be issued by the clerk of the district court directed to the principal and sureties on the bond to appear at a certain date fixed to show cause why such bond should not be forfeited and judgment entered for the penalty fixed therein.

[C24, 27, 31, §2042; C35, §1921-f83, 2042; C39, §1921.083, 2042; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.83, 128.29; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.82]