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Iowa Code § 563.9 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 563 / Section 563.9
Paying for share of adjoining wall.
Status: in_force

Every proprietor joining a wall has the right of making it a wall in common, in whole or in part, by repaying to the owner thereof one-half of its value, or one-half of the part which the proprietor wishes to hold in common, and one-half of the value of the ground on which it is built, if the person who has built it has laid the foundation entirely upon the person’s own ground.

[R60, §1922; C73, §2027; C97, §3000; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10171; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.9]
Iowa Code § 453A.29 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.29
Notice and appeal.
Status: in_force

The department shall notify any person assessed pursuant to section 453A.28 by sending a written notice of the determination by mail to the principal place of business of the person as shown on the person’s application for permit, and if an application was not filed by the person, to the person’s last known address. A determination by the department of the amount of tax, penalty, and interest due, or the amount of refund for excess tax paid, is final, unless the person aggrieved by the determination appeals to the director for a revision of the determination within sixty days from the date of the notice of determination of tax, penalty, and interest or refund owing or unless the taxpayer contests the determination by paying the tax, interest, and penalty and timely filing a claim for refund. The director shall grant a hearing and upon the hearing, the director shall determine the correct tax, penalty, and interest or refund due and notify the appellant of the decision by mail. Judicial review of action of the director may be sought in accordance with the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, and section 422.29.

[C39, §1556.24; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.29]86 Acts, ch 1007, §8; 86 Acts, ch 1241, §3, 4C93, §453A.2994 Acts, ch 1133, §13, 16; 99 Acts, ch 151, §80, 89; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
Iowa Code § 707.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 707 / Section 707.2
Murder in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits murder in the first degree when the person commits murder under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) The person willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation kills another person.

(1) (b) The person kills another person while participating in a forcible felony.

(1) (c) The person kills another person while escaping or attempting to escape from lawful custody.

(1) (d) The person intentionally kills a peace officer, correctional officer, public employee, or hostage while the person is imprisoned in a correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the Iowa department of corrections, or in a city or county jail.

(1) (e) The person kills a child while committing child endangerment under section 726.6, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, or while committing assault under section 708.1 upon the child, and the death occurs under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life.

(1) (f) The person kills another person while participating in an act of terrorism as defined in section 708A.1.

(2) Murder in the first degree is a class “A” felony.

(3) For purposes of determining whether a person should register as a sex offender pursuant to the provisions of chapter 692A, the fact finder shall make a determination as provided in section 692A.126.

[C51, §2569, 2572; R60, §4192, 4195; C73, §3849, 3852; C97, §4728, 4747, 4796; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12911, 12924, 12961; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §690.2, 692.1, 697.1; C79, 81, §707.2]83 Acts, ch 96, §118, 159; 94 Acts, ch 1172, §42; 2002 Acts, ch 1075, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 119, §48; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §199
Iowa Code § 357E.11A — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357E / Section 357E.11A
Bonds and indebtedness combined districts.
Status: in_force

(1) A combined district may borrow money for its corporate purposes, but shall not become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five percent on the value of the taxable property within the district, to be ascertained by the last state and county tax lists previous to the incurring of the indebtedness. Indebtedness within this limit shall not include the indebtedness of any other municipal corporation located wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district.

(2) A combined district shall have the same powers to issue bonds that cities have under the laws of this state, including but not limited to chapter 76, section 384.4, and sections 384.23 through 384.94. The bonds shall be made payable at the place and be of the form as the board of trustees shall by resolution designate. In the application of the laws to this section, the words used in the laws referring to municipal corporations or to cities shall be held to include combined districts organized under this chapter; the words “council” or “city council” shall be held to include the board of trustees of a combined district; the words “mayor” and “clerk” shall be held to include the president and clerk of a board of trustees; and like construction shall be given to any other words in the laws where required to permit the exercise of the powers by combined districts under this section.

(3) Except for the issuance of refunding bonds, an indebtedness shall not be incurred under this section until authorized by an election. The election shall be held and notice given in the same manner as provided in section 357E.8, except that a proposition to authorize indebtedness is approved if sixty percent of those voting on the proposition vote in favor of the proposition. Subject to section 39.2, subsection 4, a proposition for the authorization of indebtedness may be submitted to the voters at the same election as the election under section 357E.8.

2011 Acts, ch 108, §4; 2017 Acts, ch 82, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 71, §128, 136
Iowa Code § 598C.503 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598C / Section 598C.503
Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the validity of a temporary court order concerning custodial responsibility during deployment which was entered before July 1, 2016.

2016 Acts, ch 1084, §29
Iowa Code § 147A.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.3
Meetings of the council quorum.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §435.
Iowa Code § 192.124 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.124
Retention of marked container.
Status: in_force

A person shall not, without the consent of the owner, retain for a longer period than three days a container bearing a registered mark, and any person receiving such a container shall immediately return it to the owner by a common carrier. A receipt from a common carrier is prima facie evidence that the container was returned.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §192.36; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §192.59]CS91, §192.12492 Acts, ch 1076, §1; 95 Acts, ch 67, §14
Iowa Code § 468.139 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.139
Trees and hedges.
Status: in_force

When it becomes necessary to destroy any trees or hedges outside the right-of-way of any ditch, lateral, or drain in order to prevent obstruction by the roots thereof, if the board and the owners of such trees or hedges cannot agree upon the damage for the destruction thereof, the board may proceed to acquire the right to destroy and remove such trees or hedges by the same proceedings provided for acquiring right-of-way for said drainage improvement in the first instance.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7570; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.149]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.139
Iowa Code § 809A.12A — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 809A / Section 809A.12A
Limitations on civil forfeiture.
Status: in_force

(1) If the total value of the property seized for forfeiture is less than the minimum civil forfeiture amount, a judicial forfeiture proceeding shall not be brought unless one of the following applies:

(1) (a) The conduct giving rise to forfeiture resulted in a conviction.

(1) (b) The property owner is deceased.

(1) (c) Charges have been filed against the property owner, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the property owner, and either of the following applies:

(1) (c) The property owner is outside the state and is unable to be extradited or brought back to the state for prosecution.

(1) (c) Law enforcement has made reasonable efforts to locate and arrest the property owner, but the property owner has not been located.

(1) (d) The property owner has not claimed the property subject to forfeiture or asserted any interest in the property at any time during or after the seizure of the property, and all claims brought under section 809A.11 have been denied.

(2) The prosecuting attorney has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the value of the property is or exceeds the minimum civil forfeiture amount in any civil action.

2017 Acts, ch 114, §8, 15
Iowa Code § 702.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 702 / Section 702.8
Death.
Status: in_force

“Death” means the condition determined by the following standard:A person will be considered dead if in the announced opinion of a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 148, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 148C, or a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 152, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, that person has experienced an irreversible cessation of spontaneous respiratory and circulatory functions. In the event that artificial means of support preclude a determination that these functions have ceased, a person will be considered dead if in the announced opinion of two physicians, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, that person has experienced an irreversible cessation of spontaneous brain functions. Death will have occurred at the time when the relevant functions ceased.

[C79, 81, §702.8]2001 Acts, ch 113, §5; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §137
Iowa Code § 394.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 394 / Section 394.1
Authority to issue bonds — taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) Cities are hereby authorized to contract indebtedness and to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to pay the cost of opening, establishing, constructing, improving, extending, or remodeling of a zoo or zoological garden and to construct, reconstruct, or repair any such improvement and to pay the cost of land needed for any of said purposes.

(2) Taxes for the payment of said bonds shall be levied in accordance with chapter 76, and said bonds shall be payable through the debt service fund in not more than twenty years, and bear interest at a rate not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A, and shall be of such form as the city council shall by resolution provide, but no city shall become indebted in excess of five percent of the actual value of the taxable property within said city, as shown by the last preceding state and county tax lists. The indebtedness incurred for the purpose provided in this section shall not be considered an indebtedness incurred for general or ordinary purposes.

(3) This section shall be construed as granting additional power without limiting the power already existing in cities.

(4) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all municipal corporations regardless of form of government or manner of incorporation.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §394.1]2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 357C.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357C / Section 357C.9
Trustees’ powers.
Status: in_force

The trustees may purchase street lighting service and facilities and may levy an annual tax not to exceed fifty-four cents per thousand dollars of assessed value for the purpose of exercising the powers granted in this chapter. This levy shall be optional with the trustees, but no levy shall be made unless first approved by the voters as provided herein. The trustees may purchase material, employ labor, and may perform all other acts necessary to properly maintain and operate the benefited street lighting district. The trustees shall be allowed necessary expenses in the discharge of the duties, but shall not receive any salary.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357C.9]
Iowa Code § 515D.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515D / Section 515D.12
Immunity of liability.
Status: in_force

There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against the commissioner of insurance or any employee of the division or against any insurer, its authorized representatives, its agents, its employees, or against any firm, person, or corporation furnishing to the insurer information as to reasons for cancellation or intent not to renew, for any statement made by any of them in any written notice of cancellation or notice of intent not to renew or in any other communication, oral or written, specifying the reasons for cancellation or intent not to renew, or for any information provided or evidence submitted at any hearings conducted in connection with reasons for cancellation or intent not to renew.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515D.12]
Iowa Code § 35.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35 / Section 35.3
Veterans preference in private employment permitted.
Status: in_force

(1) A private employer may grant preference in hiring and promotion to an individual who is a veteran.

(2) (a) A private employer may grant preference in hiring and promotion to the spouse of a veteran who has sustained a permanent, compensable service-connected disability as adjudicated by the United States veterans administration or by the retirement board of one of the armed forces of the United States.

(2) (b) A private employer may grant preference in hiring and promotion to the surviving spouse of a deceased member of the United States armed forces who died while serving on active duty during a time of military conflict or who died as a result of such service.

(3) Granting a hiring or promotion preference under this section does not violate any state law or local ordinance regarding equal employment opportunity, including but not limited to chapter 216.

(4) The hiring and promotion preferences allowable under this section shall only be granted if consistent with applicable federal laws and regulations.

2014 Acts, ch 1116, §29
Iowa Code § 501A.1103 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.1103
Abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) After a plan of merger has been approved by the members entitled to vote on the approval of the plan and before the effective date of the plan, the plan may be abandoned by the same vote that approved the plan.

(2) (a) A merger may be abandoned upon any of the following:

(2) (a) The members of each of the constituent domestic cooperatives entitled to vote on the approval of the plan have approved the abandonment at a meeting by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the membership interests entitled to vote.

(2) (a) The abandonment is approved in such manner as may be required by a foreign business entity under the laws of the state under which the foreign business entity is organized.

(2) (a) The members of a constituent domestic cooperative are not entitled to vote on the approval of the plan, and the board of the constituent domestic cooperative has approved the abandonment by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present.

(2) (a) The plan provides for abandonment and all conditions for abandonment set forth in the plan are met.

(2) (a) The plan is abandoned before the effective date of the plan by a resolution of the board of any constituent domestic cooperative abandoning the plan of merger approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, subject to the contract rights of any other person under the plan. If a plan of merger is with a domestic business entity or foreign business entity, the plan of merger may be abandoned before the effective date of the plan by a resolution of the foreign business entity adopted according to the laws of the state under which the foreign business entity is organized, subject to the contract rights of any other person under the plan.

(2) (b) If articles of merger have been filed with the secretary, but have not yet become effective, the constituent organizations, in the case of abandonment under paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (1) through (4), the constituent organizations or any one of them, in the case of abandonment under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (5), or the abandoning organization in the case of abandonment under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (6), shall file with the secretary articles of abandonment that include all of the following:

(2) (b) The names of the constituent organizations.

(2) (b) The provisions of this section under which the plan is abandoned.

(2) (b) If the plan is abandoned under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (6), the text of the resolution abandoning the plan.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §83; 2008 Acts, ch 1162, §144, 154, 155; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §155, 161
Iowa Code § 222.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.11
Expense.
Status: in_force

All actual and necessary expenses incurred in the taking into protective custody, restraint, and transportation of such patients to the resource centers shall be paid on itemized vouchers, sworn to by the claimants, and approved by the superintendent and the director from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3461; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §222.51; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §222.11]2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §427
Iowa Code § 347.23A — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 347 / Section 347.23A
Memorial hospital or county hospital payable from revenue bonds changed to county hospital.
Status: in_force

(1) A hospital established as a memorial hospital under chapter 37 or a county hospital supported by revenue bonds and organized under chapter 347A may become, in accordance with the provisions of this section, a county hospital organized and managed as provided for in this chapter. If the hospital is established by a city as a memorial hospital, the city must be located in the county which will own and manage the hospital. A proposition for the change must be submitted to and approved by a majority of the electors of the county which will own and manage the hospital as provided for in this chapter. In addition, if the hospital is a memorial hospital organized by a city under chapter 37, the proposition must also be approved by a majority of the electors of that city. The proposition shall be submitted to the electors at an election called by the county board of supervisors and held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a”.

(2) The proposition shall be placed upon the ballot by the board of supervisors if requested by the hospital’s board of trustees or governing commission and the request is endorsed by a petition for this purpose signed by eligible electors of the county equal in number to five percent of the votes cast for president of the United States or governor, as the case may be, at the last general election. Upon the approval of the proposition the hospital, its assets and liabilities, shall become the property of the county and this chapter shall govern its future management.

(2) (a) The question for a memorial hospital established by a city under chapter 37 shall be submitted in substantially the following form:Shall the hospital of , Iowa, be transferred to and become the property of, and be managed by the county of , Iowa, under provision of chapter 347 of the Code of Iowa?

(2) (b) The question for a memorial hospital established by a county under chapter 37 or a county hospital supported by revenue bonds and organized under chapter 347A shall be submitted in substantially the following form:Shall the hospital of , Iowa, organized and governed under chapter of the Code of Iowa be changed to be established and governed under chapter 347 of the Code of Iowa?

(3) For the purpose of computing whether or not the proposition is carried, if the hospital is a memorial hospital established by a city under the provisions of chapter 37, the votes of the residents of that city shall be counted both for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the proposition is carried within the city and also for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the proposition is carried within the county.

94 Acts, ch 1135, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §28; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §60, 71
Iowa Code § 148C.6A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148C / Section 148C.6A
Section 148C.6A
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 93, §13, 14.
Iowa Code § 639.21 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.21
Following property.
Status: in_force

If, after an attachment has been placed in the hands of the sheriff, any property of the defendant is moved from the county, the sheriff may pursue and attach the same in an adjoining county within twenty-four hours after removal.

[R60, §3188; C73, §2966; C97, §3893; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.21]
Iowa Code § 190C.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190C / Section 190C.5
State fees — deposit into general fund of the state.
Status: in_force

(1) The department acting as a state certifying agent shall establish a schedule of fees by rule.

(1) (a) The department shall establish the rate of fees based on an estimate of the amount of revenues from the fees required by the department to administer and enforce this chapter.

(1) (b) The department shall annually review the estimate and may change the rate of fees. The fees must be adjusted in order to comply with this subsection.

(1) (c) The fees shall be charged to persons who are certified under this chapter, including production operations and handling operations, in a manner that is consistent with the national organic program.

(2) (a) The department acting as a state certifying agent may charge additional fees for carrying out the duties of that position to the extent that the fees are consistent with the national organic program.

(2) (b) The secretary acting as the state organic program’s governing state official may charge fees for carrying out the duties of that position to the extent consistent with the national organic program.

(3) The department shall collect state fees under this chapter which shall be deposited into the general fund of the state.

98 Acts, ch 1205, §5, 20; 2003 Acts, ch 104, §10, 21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §77
Iowa Code § 331.444 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.444
Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) The board may sell general obligation bonds at public or private sale in the manner prescribed by chapter 75.

(2) General obligation funding or refunding bonds issued for the purposes specified in section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (7), may be exchanged for the evidences of the legal indebtedness being funded or refunded, or the funding or refunding bonds may be sold in the manner prescribed by chapter 75 and the proceeds applied to the payment of the indebtedness. Funding or refunding bonds may bear interest at the same rate as, or at a higher or lower rate or rates of interest than the indebtedness being funded or refunded.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5278; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §346.4; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §346.4, 346A.3; S81, §331.444; 81 Acts, ch 117, §443]