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Iowa Code § 236.16 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236 / Section 236.16
Department powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall:

(1) (a) Designate and award grants for existing and pilot programs pursuant to this chapter to provide emergency shelter services and support services to victims of domestic abuse.

(1) (b) Design and implement a uniform method of collecting data from domestic abuse organizations funded under this chapter.

(1) (c) Designate and award moneys for publicizing and staffing a statewide, toll-free telephone hotline for use by victims of domestic abuse. The department may award a grant to a public agency or a private, nonprofit organization for the purpose of operating the hotline. The operation of the hotline shall include informing victims of their rights and of various community services that are available, referring victims to service providers, receiving complaints concerning misconduct by peace officers and encouraging victims to refer such complaints to the office of ombudsman, providing counseling services to victims over the telephone, and providing domestic abuse victim advocacy.

(1) (d) Advertise the toll-free telephone hotline through the use of public service announcements, billboards, print and broadcast media services, and other appropriate means, and contact media organizations to encourage the provision of free or inexpensive advertising concerning the hotline and its services.

(1) (e) Develop, with the assistance of the entity operating the telephone hotline and other domestic abuse victim services providers, brochures explaining the rights of victims set forth under section 236.12 and the services of the telephone hotline, and distribute the brochures to law enforcement agencies, victim service providers, health practitioners, charitable and religious organizations, and other entities that may have contact with victims of domestic abuse.

(2) The department shall consult and cooperate with all public and private agencies which may provide services to victims of domestic abuse, including but not limited to, legal services, social services, prospective employment opportunities, and unemployment benefits.

(3) The department may accept, use, and dispose of contributions of money, services, and property made available by an agency or department of the state or federal government, or a private agency or individual.

85 Acts, ch 175, §7; 89 Acts, ch 279, §6; 91 Acts, ch 218, §15; 2013 Acts, ch 10, §30
Iowa Code § 633.659 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.659
Allowance by conservator.
Status: in_force

When a claim has been filed and has been admitted in writing by the conservator, it shall stand allowed, in the absence of fraud or collusion.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.659]
Iowa Code § 663.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 663 / Section 663.4
Application — to whom made.
Status: in_force

Application for the writ must be made to the court or judge most convenient in point of distance to the applicant, and the more remote court or judge, if applied to therefor, may refuse the same unless a sufficient reason be stated in the petition for not making the application to the more convenient court or a judge thereof.

[C51, §2217; R60, §3805; C73, §3452; C97, §4420; S13, §4420; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12471; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.4]
Iowa Code § 461A.59 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.59
Powers in municipalities.
Status: in_force

Municipalities or corporations organized only for the purpose of establishing a water recreational area, acting separately or in conjunction with each other in counties not having a county conservation board, may establish water recreational areas. If a water recreational area is established without the support of public funds of the state of Iowa, the municipalities or corporations establishing the water recreational area, as the case may be, shall have control of the water recreational area independently of the executive council.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.59]C93, §461A.592021 Acts, ch 80, §296
Iowa Code § 384.58 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.58
Inspection of work.
Status: in_force

(1) The engineer for the city shall inspect all work done under this subchapter, and within fifteen days of final completion of the public improvement, the engineer shall file a certificate with the clerk stating:

(1) (a) That the engineer has inspected the completed work.

(1) (b) That the work has or has not been performed in compliance with the terms of the contract, and the particulars, if any, in which the work varies from the terms.

(1) (c) The total cost of the completed work.

(2) Within fifteen days after the filing of the engineer’s certificate, the council shall by resolution accept or reject the work.

(3) Upon accepting the work, or within ten days thereafter, the council shall ascertain the total cost and by resolution determine the proportion or amount of the cost to be assessed against private property within the assessment district. If the council has elected to award more than one contract for the work, the council may elect to proceed separately with the acceptance and levy of assessments for the work done under each contract.

(4) Upon accepting the work, the council shall order payment of any amount due the contractor, to be made by warrants issued in the manner provided by section 384.57 or by other means. The city shall order payment of any amount due the contractor to be made in accordance with the terms of the contract. Failure to make payment within seventy days after the work under the contract has been completed and if the work has been accepted and all required materials, certifications, and other documentations required to be submitted by the contractor and specified by the contract have been furnished the awarding city by the contractor, shall cause interest to accrue on the amount unpaid to the benefit of the unpaid party. Interest shall not accrue on funds retained by a city to satisfy the provisions of section 573.14 regarding claims on file. Interest shall accrue during the period commencing the thirty-first day following the completion of work and satisfaction of the other requirements of this subsection and ending on the date of payment. The rate of interest shall be determined, by the period of time during which interest accrues, and shall be the same as the rate of interest that is in effect under section 12C.6, as of the day interest begins to accrue, for a deposit of public funds for a comparable period of time. Nothing contained in this subsection shall abridge any of the rights set forth in section 573.16.

[C97, §820, 822; S13, §779, 792-f, 820, 840-a; SS15, §840-r; C24, 27, §6018, 6025; C31, 35, §6018, 6025, 6610-c52, 6610-c54; C39, §6018, 6025, 6610.53, 6610.56; C46, §391.45, 391.52, 417.56, 417.58; C50, §391.45, 391.52, 391A.20, 417.56, 417.58; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.45, 391.52, 391A.23, 417.56, 417.58; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.58; 81 Acts, ch 127, §2]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 303.86 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.86
Arts council.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.465 through 15.467, 15.470; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 476.73 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.73
Affiliate records.
Status: in_force

(1) Every public utility and affiliate through the public utility shall provide the commission with access to books, records, accounts, documents, and other data and information which the commission finds necessary to effectively implement and effectuate the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The commission may require affiliates of a public utility to keep separate records and the commission may provide for the examination and inspection of the books, accounts, papers, and records, as may be necessary to enforce this chapter.

(3) The commission may inquire as to and prescribe, for ratemaking purposes, the allocation of capitalization, earnings, debts, and expenses related to ownership, operation, or management of affiliates.

89 Acts, ch 103, §42024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 541.122 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.122
Section 541.122
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 327G.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.6
Failure to fence.
Status: in_force

Any corporation operating a railway and failing to fence its right-of-way shall be liable to the owner of any stock killed or injured by reason of the want of such fence for the full amount of the damages sustained by the owner, unless it was occasioned by the willful act of such owner or the owner’s agent; and to recover the same it shall only be necessary for the owner to prove the loss of or injury to the owner’s property.

[C73, §1289; C97, §2055; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8005; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §478.6; C77, 79, 81, §327G.6]
Iowa Code § 476.18 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.18
Impermissible charges.
Status: in_force

(1) Public utilities subject to rate regulation are prohibited from including either directly or indirectly in their charges or rates to customers the costs of lobbying.

(2) Legal costs and attorney fees incurred by a public utility subject to rate regulation in an appeal in state or federal court involving the validity of any action of the commission shall not be included either directly or indirectly in the public utility’s charges or rates to customers except to the extent that recovery of legal costs and attorney fees is allowed by the commission. The commission shall allow a public utility to recover reasonable legal costs and attorney fees incurred in the appeal. The commission may consider the degree of success of the legal arguments of the public utility in determining the reasonable legal costs and attorney fees to be allowed.

(3) (a) Public utilities subject to rate regulation are prohibited from including either directly or indirectly in their charges or rates to customers the costs of advertising other than advertising which is required by the commission or by other state or federal regulation. However, this subsection does not apply to a utility’s advertising which is deemed by the commission to be necessary for the utility’s customers and which is approved by the commission.

(3) (b) Every ad which is published, broadcast, or otherwise displayed or disseminated to the public by a public utility which is to be charged to the customers of the public utility and which is not required by the commission or by other state or federal regulation shall include a statement in the ad that the costs of the ad are being charged to the customers of the public utility. This paragraph does not apply to a utility’s product or service that is or becomes subject to competition as determined by the commission.

(4) This section does not apply to a rural electric cooperative.

83 Acts, ch 127, §30; 84 Acts, ch 1225, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 229.36 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.36
Limitation on proceedings.
Status: in_force

The proceeding authorized in sections 229.31 through 229.35 shall not be had more often than once in six months regarding the same person; nor regarding any patient within six months after the patient’s admission to the hospital.

[C73, §1443; C97, §2305; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3576; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.36]2005 Acts, ch 3, §52; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §87
Iowa Code § 2C.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2C / Section 2C.5
Term removal.
Status: in_force

The ombudsman shall hold office for four years from the first day in July of the year of approval by the senate and the house of representatives, and until a successor is appointed by the legislative council, unless the ombudsman can no longer perform the official duties, or is removed from office. The ombudsman may at any time be removed from office by constitutional majority vote of the two houses of the general assembly or as provided by chapter 66. If a vacancy occurs in the office of ombudsman, the deputy ombudsman shall act as ombudsman until the vacancy is filled by the legislative council.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601G.5]C93, §2C.52013 Acts, ch 10, §6
Iowa Code § 507B.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507B / Section 507B.1
Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance in accordance with the intent of Congress as expressed in the Act of Congress of March 9, 1945, Pub. L. No. 79-15, 59 Stat. 33, codified at 15 U.S.C. §1011 – 1015, by defining, or providing for the determination of, all such practices in this state which constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade practices so defined or determined.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §507B.1]2006 Acts, ch 1010, §135
Iowa Code § 542B.17 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 542B / Section 542B.17
Engineer’s certificate.
Status: in_force

The board shall issue a certificate of licensure as a professional engineer to an applicant who has passed the examination as a professional engineer and who has paid an additional fee. The certificate shall be signed by the chairperson and secretary of the board under the seal of the board. The certificate shall authorize the applicant to engage in the practice of engineering. The certificate shall not carry with it the right to practice land surveying, unless specifically so stated on the certificate, which permission shall be granted by the board without additional fee in cases where the applicant duly qualifies as a professional land surveyor as prescribed by the rules of the board.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1869; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.17]C93, §542B.1795 Acts, ch 65, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1055, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1009, §17
Iowa Code § 71.2 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 71 / Section 71.2
Payment prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person so unlawfully appointed or employed shall be paid or receive any compensation from the public money and such appointment shall be null and void and any person or persons so paying the same or any part thereof, together with their surety, shall be liable for any and all moneys so paid.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1167; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §71.2]
Iowa Code § 461A.58 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.58
Use by cities and state department of transportation.
Status: in_force

The city council within the limits of the municipal corporation and the state department of transportation may permit use of maintenance equipment under their control in state parks and other lands of the commission.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §111.58; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1011]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877C93, §461A.58
Iowa Code § 497.24 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.24
List of delinquents.
Status: in_force

In the month of April of each year the secretary of state shall prepare a list of all delinquent corporations and file the same in the secretary of state’s office.

[C27, 31, 35, §8480-a2; C39, §8480.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.24]
Iowa Code § 468.363 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.363
Division in other cases.
Status: in_force

After a levee or drainage district operating a pumping plant shall have been established and the improvement constructed and accepted, if it shall become apparent that the lands can be more effectually drained, managed, or controlled by a division thereof, then the said board or boards, or trustees, may, and if the district is divided by a stream, they shall, divide the district.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7659; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.9]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.363
Iowa Code § 541.175 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.175
Section 541.175
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 384.95 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.95
Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §41 – 43.
Iowa Code § 123.110 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.110
Proof of sale.
Status: in_force

It shall not be necessary in every case to prove payment in order to prove a sale within the meaning and intent of this chapter.

[R60, §1569; C73, §1549; C97, §2424; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1957; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §126.12; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.110]
Iowa Code § 8C.7C — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8C / Section 8C.7C
Height limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) A new, replacement, or modified utility pole or wireless support structure installed in a public right-of-way located within the city limits of an incorporated city for the purpose of siting a wireless facility, including a small wireless facility under the provisions of this chapter shall not exceed the greater of ten feet in height above the tallest utility pole existing on or before July 1, 2017, located within five hundred feet of the new, replacement, or modified utility pole in the same public right-of-way, or forty feet in height above ground level. Except as provided in section 8C.7A, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, an authority shall not require a special or conditional use permit for the installation of a utility pole or wireless support structure that complies with the height limitations of this subsection.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person may construct, modify, or maintain a utility pole or wireless support structure along, across, and under a public right-of-way in excess of the size limits provided in subsection 1, to the extent permitted by the authority’s applicable zoning regulations.

(3) A person shall comply with nondiscriminatory undergrounding requirements that prohibit wireless service providers from installing structures in a public right-of-way without prior zoning approval in areas designated as an underground district pursuant to a resolution or ordinance adopted by an authority prior to the date the application is filed or in areas zoned and used for single-family residential use, provided that such requirements shall not prohibit the replacement of existing structures.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the ability of a public utility to install a utility pole for the purposes of electric utility transmission or distribution within a public right-of-way subject to an authority’s planning and zoning regulations.

2017 Acts, ch 112, §5
Iowa Code § 80.35 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80 / Section 80.35
Transition.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 35, §32.
Iowa Code § 554.15102 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.15102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this Article:

(1) (a) “Article 14” means Article 14 of this chapter.

(1) (b) “Article 14 property” means a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible.

(2) The following definitions in other Articles of this chapter apply to this Article:

(2) (a) “Controllable account”... Section 554.9102.

(2) (b) “Controllable electronic record”... Section 554.14102.

(2) (c) “Controllable payment intangible”... Section 554.9102.

(2) (d) “Electronic money”... Section 554.9102.

(2) (e) “Financing statement”... Section 554.9102.

(3) Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.

2024 Acts, ch 1023, §125
Iowa Code § 231E.6 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231E / Section 231E.6
Court-initiated or petition-initiated appointment of state or local public guardian guardianship or conservatorship discharge.
Status: in_force

(1) The court may appoint on its own motion or upon petition of any person, the state office or a local office, to serve as guardian or conservator for any proposed protected person in cases in which the court determines that the proceeding will establish the least restrictive form of guardianship or conservatorship services suitable for the proposed protected person and if the proposed protected person meets all of the following criteria:

(1) (a) Is a resident of the service area in which the local office is located from which services would be provided or is a resident of the state, if the state office would provide the services.

(1) (b) Is eighteen years of age or older.

(1) (c) Does not have suitable family or another appropriate entity willing and able to serve as guardian or conservator.

(1) (d) Is incompetent.

(1) (e) Is an individual for whom guardianship or conservatorship services are the least restrictive means of meeting the individual’s needs.

(2) For all appointments made pursuant to this section, notice shall be provided to the state office or local office prior to appointment. For appointments made pursuant to this section, the state office or local office shall only accept appointments made pursuant to the filing of an involuntary petition for appointment of a conservator or guardianship pursuant to chapter 633.

2005 Acts, ch 175, §135; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §47; 2018 Acts, ch 1048, §7; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §42
Iowa Code § 452A.70 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 452A / Section 452A.70
Discontinuance of licensed activity — liability for taxes and penalties.
Status: in_force

If a licensee ceases to engage in the state in activities for which the person’s license was issued or discontinues, sells, or transfers the business in which the person has carried on that activity the licensee shall notify the department of revenue, which shall forward notice to the state department of transportation, in writing at least ten days prior to the time the cessation, discontinuance, sale or transfer takes effect. The notice shall give the date of proposed cessation or discontinuance, and, in the event of a proposed sale or transfer of the business, the date and the name and address of the purchaser or transferee. All fuel taxes, penalties and interest under this chapter not yet due and payable shall, together with any and all interest accruing or penalties imposed under this chapter shall become due and payable concurrently with the cessation, discontinuances, sale or transfer, and it shall be the duty of the licensee to make a report and pay all the fuel taxes, interest, and penalties within ten days.

[C27, 31, §5093-a5; C35, §5093-f10; C39, §5093.10; C46, 50, 54, §324.18; C58, 62, 66, §324.69; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §324.70]C93, §452A.702003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 321B.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321B / Section 321B.6
Right to choose motor vehicle glass repair shop.
Status: in_force

(1) An insured person that makes a first-party claim for repairing or replacing damaged motor vehicle glass under a motor vehicle insurance policy shall not be required to use a particular motor vehicle glass repair shop to be paid claim payments or receive other benefits under the policy.

(2) Subsection 1 shall not be construed to do any of the following:

(2) (a) Prohibit an insurer, insurance producer, insurance adjuster, or any person acting on behalf of an insurer, insurance producer, or insurance adjuster from recommending a shop or providing an explanation to an insured person of the coverage available, and any applicable liability limit, under the person’s insurance policy.

(2) (b) Prohibit an insurer from maintaining a network of motor vehicle glass repair shops.

(2) (c) Create a private cause of action.

2025 Acts, ch 58, §6, 10