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Iowa Code § 556.23 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556 / Section 556.23
Examination of records.
Status: in_force

The treasurer of state may at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice examine the records of any person if the treasurer of state has reason to believe that the person has failed to report property that should have been reported pursuant to this chapter. If an examination of the records of a person results in the disclosure of property reportable and deliverable under this chapter, the treasurer of state may assess the cost of the examination against the holder at a rate not to exceed one hundred dollars a day for each examiner, but in no case may the charges exceed the value of the property found to be reportable and deliverable.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.23]84 Acts, ch 1295, §22
Iowa Code § 461B.10 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461B / Section 461B.10
Continuances.
Status: in_force

The court in which such action is pending shall grant such continuances to a nonresident defendant as may be necessary to afford the nonresident defendant reasonable opportunity to defend said action.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106A.10]C93, §461B.10
Iowa Code § 554.13104 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13104
Leases subject to other law.
Status: in_force

(1) A lease, although subject to this Article, is also subject to any applicable:

(1) (a) certificate of title or registration statute of this state (including as provided in chapters 321 and 462A);

(1) (b) certificate of title statute of another jurisdiction (section 554.13105); or

(1) (c) consumer protection statute of this state, or final consumer protection decision of a court of this state existing on July 1, 1994.

(2) In case of conflict between this Article, other than sections 554.13105, 554.13304, subsection 3, and 554.13305, subsection 3, and a statute or decision referred to in subsection 1, the statute or decision controls.

(3) Failure to comply with an applicable law has only the effect specified therein.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §8
Iowa Code § 237C.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237C / Section 237C.9
Injunctive relief civil action.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a children’s residential facility without a certificate of approval required pursuant to this chapter, or a children’s residential facility with a certificate of approval that is not operating in compliance with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter or section 282.34, may be restrained by temporary or permanent injunction from providing children’s residential facility services or from other involvement with child care. The action may be instituted by the state or a county attorney.

(2) The parent or legal guardian of a child who is placed in a children’s residential facility, the state, the department of education, or the school district in which the children’s residential facility is located, may bring a civil action seeking relief from conduct constituting a violation of this chapter or section 282.34 or to prevent, restrain, or remedy such violation. A civil action brought by the department of education under this subsection shall be limited to seeking relief from conduct constituting a violation of section 282.34. Multiple petitioners may join in a single action under this subsection.

(3) If successful in obtaining injunctive relief under this section, the petitioner shall be awarded reasonable attorney fees and court costs.

2016 Acts, ch 1114, §9
Iowa Code § 654A.8 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654A / Section 654A.8
Initial mediation meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the borrower waives mediation, within twenty-one days after receiving a mediation request the farm mediation service shall send a mediation meeting notice to the borrower and to all known creditors of the borrower setting a time and place for an initial mediation meeting between the borrower, the creditors, and a mediator directed by the farm mediation service to assist in mediation. An initial mediation meeting shall be held within twenty-one days of the issuance of the mediation meeting notice.

(2) If a creditor subject to this chapter receives a mediation meeting notice under subsection 1, the creditor and the creditor’s successors in interest may not continue proceedings to enforce a debt against agricultural property of the borrower under chapter 654, to forfeit a real estate contract for the purchase of agricultural property of the borrower under chapter 656, to enforce a secured interest in agricultural property under chapter 554, or to otherwise garnish, levy on, execute on, seize, or attach agricultural property. Time periods under and affecting those procedures stop running until the farm mediation service issues a mediation release to the creditor.

86 Acts, ch 1214, §21
Iowa Code § 515.93 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.93
Violations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 152, §84.
Iowa Code § 252F.5 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252F / Section 252F.5
Certification to district court.
Status: in_force

(1) Actions initiated under this chapter are not subject to contested case proceedings or further review pursuant to chapter 17A.

(2) An action under this chapter may be certified to the district court if a party timely contests paternity establishment or paternity test results, or if a party requests a court hearing on the issues of child or medical support, or both, or upon the initiation of child support services as provided in this chapter. Review by the district court shall be an original hearing before the court.

(3) In any action brought under this chapter, the action shall not be certified to the district court in a contested paternity action unless all of the following have occurred:

(3) (a) Paternity testing has been completed.

(3) (b) The results of the paternity test have been issued to all parties.

(3) (c) A timely written objection to paternity establishment or paternity test results has been received from a party, or a timely written request for a court hearing on the issue of support has been received from a party by child support services, or child support services has requested a court hearing on child support services’ own initiative.

(4) A matter shall be certified to the district court in the county in which the notice was filed pursuant to section 252F.3, subsection 3.

(5) The court shall set the matter for hearing and notify the parties of the time of and place for hearing.

(6) If the court determines that the putative father is the legal father, the court shall establish the amount of the accrued and accruing child support pursuant to the guidelines established under section 598.21B, and shall establish medical support pursuant to chapter 252E.

(7) If the putative father or another party contesting paternity fails to appear at the hearing, upon a showing that proper notice has been provided to the party, the court shall find the party in default and enter an appropriate order establishing paternity and support.

93 Acts, ch 79, §18; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §34; 97 Acts, ch 175, §86; 2005 Acts, ch 69, §19; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §177, 178, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 202023 Acts, ch 19, §908
Iowa Code § 450.28 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.28
Notice of appraisement.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all appraisers appointed under the provisions of this chapter, upon receiving a commission as herein provided, to give notice to the director of revenue, the attorney of record of the estate, if any, and other persons known to be interested in the property to be appraised, of the time and place at which they will appraise such property, which time shall not be less than ten days from the date of such notice. The notice shall further state that the director of revenue or any person interested in the estate or property appraised may, within sixty days after filing of the appraisement with the clerk of court, file objections to the appraisement. The notice shall be served by certified mail and such notice is deemed completed when the notice is deposited in the mail and postmarked for delivery.

[S13, §1481-a6; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7332; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.28]97 Acts, ch 157, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 9C.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9C / Section 9C.6
License fee.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2021 Acts, ch 142, §32.
Iowa Code § 225.8 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 225 / Section 225.8
Maintenance.
Status: in_force

All voluntary private patients and committed private patients shall be kept and maintained without expense to the state, and the voluntary public patients and committed public patients shall be kept and maintained by the state.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §3962; C39, §3482.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §225.8]
Iowa Code § 321.460 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.460
Spilling loads on highways.
Status: in_force

A vehicle shall not be driven or moved on any highway by any person unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded or the load securely covered as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping or its load covering from dropping from the vehicle, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles loaded with hay or stover or the products listed in section 321.466, subsections 4 and 5.

[C39, §5035.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.460]
Iowa Code § 99G.7 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99G / Section 99G.7
Duties of administrator — powers of director.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator shall direct and supervise all administrative and technical activities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and with the administrative rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the commission. The administrator shall do all of the following:

(1) (a) Facilitate the initiation and supervise and administer the operation of the lottery games.

(1) (b) Promote or provide for promotion of the lottery and any functions related to the division.

(1) (c) Prepare a budget for the approval of the director for activities of the division.

(1) (d) Require bond from such retailers and vendors in such amounts as required by the division.

(1) (e) Report quarterly and annually to the commission.

(2) The administrator shall conduct an ongoing study of the operation and administration of lottery laws similar to this chapter in other states or countries, of available literature on the subject, of federal laws and regulations which may affect the operation of the lottery and of the reaction of citizens of this state to existing or proposed features of lottery games with a view toward implementing improvements that will tend to serve the purposes of this chapter.

(3) The director may for good cause suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any contract entered into in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the administrative rules, policies, and procedures of the commission.

(4) The director or the director’s designee may conduct hearings and administer oaths to persons for the purpose of assuring the security or integrity of lottery operations or to determine the qualifications of or compliance by vendors and retailers.

2003 Acts, ch 178, §69, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §10; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2305 – 2308; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §95, 96; 2025 Acts, ch 12, §4 – 6
Iowa Code § 35A.15 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35A / Section 35A.15
Home ownership assistance program.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1120, §2.See §16.54.
Iowa Code § 152E.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 152E / Section 152E.2
Compact administrator.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, or the director’s designee, shall serve as the compact administrator identified in article VII, paragraph “b”, of the nurse licensure compact contained in section 152E.1 and as the compact administrator identified in article VIII, paragraph “a”, of the advanced practice registered nurse compact contained in section 152E.3.

2000 Acts, ch 1008, §9; 2005 Acts, ch 53, §8; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2017 Acts, ch 91, §2, 3; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §63
Iowa Code § 350.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 350 / Section 350.8
School property used.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any school district may grant the use of any buildings, grounds, or equipment of the district to any county conservation board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter whenever such use of the school buildings, grounds, or equipment for such purposes will not interfere with the use of the buildings, grounds, and equipment for any purpose of the public school system.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.8]C93, §350.8
Iowa Code § 414.14 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.14
Vote required.
Status: in_force

The concurring vote of three members of the board in the case of a five-member board, four members in the case of a seven-member board, and five members in the case of a nine-member board, shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any such administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any such ordinance or to effect any variation in such ordinance.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6465; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §414.14]2005 Acts, ch 66, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §98
Iowa Code § 476.101 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.101
Local exchange competition.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §32.
Iowa Code § 502A.6 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502A / Section 502A.6
Fraudulent conduct.
Status: in_force

A person shall not directly or indirectly do any of the following in or in connection with the purchase or sale of, the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the offer to enter into, or the entry into of, a commodity contract or commodity option subject to section 502A.2, 502A.3, 502A.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, or section 502A.4, subsection 1, paragraph “d”:

(1) Cheat or defraud, or attempt to cheat or defraud, another person or employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud another person.

(2) Make a false report or enter a false record.

(3) Make an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(4) Engage in a transaction, act, practice, or course of business, including, without limitation, any form of advertising or solicitation, which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.

(5) Misappropriate or convert the funds, security, or property of another person.

90 Acts, ch 1169, §6
Iowa Code § 455B.264 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.264
Jurisdiction — water and floodplains.
Status: in_force

(1) The department has jurisdiction over the public and private waters in the state and the lands adjacent to the waters necessary for the purposes of carrying out this part. The department may construct flood control works or any part of the works. In the construction of the works, in making surveys and investigations, or in formulating plans and programs relating to the water resources of the state, the department may cooperate with an agency of another state or the United States, or with any other person.

(2) Upon application by any person for permission to divert, pump, or otherwise take waters from any watercourse, underground basin or watercourse, drainage ditch, or settling basin within this state for any purpose other than a nonregulated use, the director shall investigate the effect of the use upon the natural flow of the watercourse, the effect of the use upon the owners of any land which might be affected by the use, the effect of the use upon prior users of the water source and contracts made under section 455B.263 and whether the use is consistent with the principles and policies of beneficial use.

(3) Upon application by any person for approval of the construction or maintenance of any structure, dam, obstruction, deposit, or excavation to be erected, used, or maintained in or on the floodplains of any river or stream, the department shall investigate the effect of the construction or maintenance project on the efficiency and capacity of the floodway. In determining the effect of the proposal the department shall consider fully its effect on flooding of or flood control for any proposed works and adjacent lands and property, on the wise use and protection of water resources, on the quality of water, on fish, wildlife, and recreational facilities or uses, and on all other public rights and requirements.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455A.18; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §18, 96]C83, §455B.26483 Acts, ch 137, §11; 85 Acts, ch 7, §4; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899A, 1899B
Iowa Code § 73A.2 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73A / Section 73A.2
Notice of hearing.
Status: in_force

Before any municipality shall enter into any contract for any public improvement to cost in excess of the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in section 314.1B, the governing body proposing to make the contract shall adopt proposed plans and specifications and proposed form of contract, fix a time and place for hearing at the municipality affected or other nearby convenient place, and give notice by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least ten days before the hearing.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §352; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §23.2; 81 Acts, ch 28, §1]C93, §73A.22006 Acts, ch 1017, §20, 42, 43
Iowa Code § 249A.46 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249A / Section 249A.46
Liability of other persons repayment of claims.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may require repayment of medical assistance paid from the person submitting an incorrect or improper claim, the person causing the claim to be submitted, or the person receiving payment for the claim.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impede or restrict alternative recovery methods for claims specified in this section or claims which do not meet the requirements of this section.

2013 Acts, ch 24, §10
Iowa Code § 904.912 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.912
Fees for probation and parole.
Status: in_force

(1) A person placed on probation or parole and subject to supervision by a district department shall be required to pay an enrollment fee of three hundred dollars to the district department to offset the costs of supervision. In addition to the enrollment fee, the district department may require a person to pay a fee to the district department to offset the costs of providing sex offender programming to that person.

(2) The fees established pursuant to this section shall not be waived by the sentencing court. Each district department shall retain fees collected for administrative and program services.

(3) The department may adopt rules for the administration of this section. If adopted, the rules shall include a provision for waiving the collection of fees for persons determined to be unable to pay.

97 Acts, ch 190, §7CS1997, §905.142000 Acts, ch 1229, §242006 Acts, ch 1183, §272024 Acts, ch 1182, §86, 93C2025, §904.912
Iowa Code § 542B.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 542B / Section 542B.12
Disposition of fees.
Status: in_force

The staff shall collect and account for all fees provided for by this chapter and pay the fees to the treasurer of state who shall deposit the fees in the licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1865; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.12]90 Acts, ch 1168, §16; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §36C93, §542B.1294 Acts, ch 1107, §872023 Acts, ch 108, §42
Iowa Code § 506.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 506 / Section 506.12
Principal executive office.
Status: in_force

An insurance company incorporated under the laws of this state for the purpose of engaging in the business of insurance shall maintain a principal executive office in this state unless otherwise allowed by the commissioner of insurance. The location of the principal executive office in this state of an insurance company incorporated under chapter 490 shall be identified in the insurance company’s articles of incorporation.

92 Acts, ch 1162, §2
Iowa Code § 43.104 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.104
Organization of district convention.
Status: in_force

The organization of a district convention and the procedure therein shall be substantially the same as in the state convention.

[S13, §1087-a26; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §631; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.104]
Iowa Code § 692A.16 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.16
Section 692A.16
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 119, §31.
Iowa Code § 496C.7 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496C / Section 496C.7
Practice by professional corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other statute or rule of law, a professional corporation may practice a profession, but may do so in this state only through shareholders, directors, officers, employees, and agents who are licensed to practice the same profession in this state.

(2) In its practice of a profession, no professional corporation shall do any act which could not lawfully be done by individuals licensed to practice the profession which the professional corporation is authorized to practice.

(3) (a) This section shall not prohibit persons practicing medicine and surgery, persons practicing osteopathic medicine and surgery, or persons practicing as physician assistants from practicing their respective professions in lawful combination pursuant to section 496C.4.

(3) (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand the scope of practice of a physician assistant.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496C.7]2010 Acts, ch 1131, §7; 2023 Acts, ch 73, §25
Iowa Code § 230.22 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 230 / Section 230.22
Penalty.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §135, 137.