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Iowa Code § 633.675 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.675
Cause for termination.
Status: in_force

(1) A guardianship or a conservatorship shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) If the protected person is a minor, when the protected person reaches full age.

(1) (b) The death of the protected person.

(1) (c) Upon determination by the court that the conservatorship or guardianship is no longer necessary for any other reason.

(2) The court shall terminate a guardianship if it finds that the basis for appointing a guardian pursuant to section 633.552 has not been established.

(3) The court shall terminate a conservatorship if the court finds that the basis for appointing a conservator pursuant to section 633.553 or 633.554 is not satisfied.

(4) The court shall terminate a conservatorship if it finds by clear and convincing evidence all of the following:

(4) (a) The value of the protected person’s property is insufficient to justify the cost of administration.

(4) (b) That continued administration of the conservatorship is not in the best interest of the protected person.

(4) (c) That a reasonable alternative exists under section 633.678 for managing the protected person’s assets.

(5) The standard of proof and the burden of proof to be applied in a termination proceeding shall be the same as set forth in section 633.551, subsection 2.

[S13, §3228-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12641; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §671.10, 672.21; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.675]97 Acts, ch 178, §16; 2010 Acts, ch 1143, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §74; 2014 Acts, ch 1048, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 57, §37, 43, 44; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §361, 362; 2021 Acts, ch 8, §25; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §33
Iowa Code § 216A.113 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.113
Deaf services commission established.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission of deaf services is established, and shall consist of seven voting members appointed by the governor. Membership of the commission shall include at least four members who are deaf or hard of hearing, and three members who are representatives of telephone companies. The commission shall also include the director, or the director’s designee, as a nonvoting member. All members shall reside in Iowa.

(2) Voting members of the commission shall serve four-year staggered terms which shall begin and end pursuant to section 69.19. Voting members whose terms expire may be reappointed. Vacancies on the commission may be filled for the remainder of the term in the same manner as the original appointment. Voting members shall receive actual expenses incurred while serving in their official capacity, subject to statutory limits. Voting members may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.

(3) The voting members of the commission shall appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson and other officers as the commission deems necessary. A majority of the voting members currently appointed to the commission shall constitute a quorum. A quorum shall be required for the conduct of business of the commission, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the currently appointed voting members is necessary for any substantive action taken by the commission. A voting member shall not vote on any action if the voting member has a conflict of interest on the matter, and a statement by the voting member of a conflict of interest shall be conclusive for this purpose.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1252C87, §601K.113C93, §216A.1132010 Acts, ch 1031, §139, 170; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §42, 80; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §9; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §453
Iowa Code § 633.641 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.641
Duties of conservator.
Status: in_force

(1) A conservator is a fiduciary and has duties of prudence and loyalty to the protected person.

(2) In investing and selecting specific property for distribution, a conservator shall consider any estate plan or other donative, nominative, or appointive instrument of the protected person, known to the conservator.

(3) If a protected person has executed a valid power of attorney under chapter 633B, the conservator shall act in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 633B.108.

(4) The conservator shall report to the department of health and human services the protected person’s assets and income, if the protected person is receiving medical assistance under chapter 249A. Such reports shall be made upon establishment of a conservatorship for an individual applying for or receiving medical assistance, upon application for benefits on behalf of the protected person, upon annual or semiannual review of continued medical assistance eligibility, when any significant change in the protected person’s assets or income occurs, or as otherwise requested by the department of health and human services. Written reports shall be provided to the department of health and human services office for the county in which the protected person resides or the office in which the protected person’s medical assistance is administered.

[C51, §1499; R60, §2551; C73, §2250; C97, §3200; S13, §3228-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12581, 12640; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §668.9, 671.9; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.641]94 Acts, ch 1112, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 57, §32, 43, 44; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §220; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1282; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §28
Iowa Code § 306A.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306A / Section 306A.5
Acquisition of property and property rights.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, may acquire private or public property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as such units are authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. All property rights acquired under this chapter shall be in fee simple. In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for a controlled-access facility or portion of, or service road in connection with a controlled-access facility, the cities and highway authorities, in their discretion, may acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land, if by so doing the interests of the public will be best served, even though the entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.

(2) Access rights to any highway shall not be acquired by any authority having jurisdiction and control over the highways of this state by adverse possession or prescriptive right. Action taken by any such authority shall not form the basis for any claim of adverse possession of or prescriptive right to any access rights by any such authority.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.5]89 Acts, ch 83, §39; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §77
Iowa Code § 163A.7 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 163A / Section 163A.7
Reactor tag.
Status: in_force

All swine showing a positive reaction to the brucellosis test shall be tagged in the left ear with a reactor identification tag and moved to slaughter on such form as shall be designated by the department within a thirty-day period from the date of test. The herd of origin shall be placed under immediate quarantine to be retested no sooner than thirty days or later than sixty days from the date of the test showing the positive reaction. Such quarantine shall remain in effect until a complete negative herd test is conducted on all swine intended or used for breeding purposes.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163A.7]
Iowa Code § 510B.4A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510B / Section 510B.4A
Retaliation prohibited.
Status: in_force

A pharmacy benefits manager shall not retaliate against a pharmacy based on the pharmacy’s exercise of any right or remedy under this chapter, including but not limited to filing a complaint with the commissioner or cooperating with the commissioner pursuant to the commissioner’s authority under this chapter. Retaliation prohibited by this section shall include but is not limited to all of the following:

(1) Terminating or refusing to renew a contract with the pharmacy.

(2) Subjecting the pharmacy to increased audits.

(3) Withholding or failing to promptly pay the pharmacy any money owed by the pharmacy benefits manager to the pharmacy.

2024 Acts, ch 1100, §3
Iowa Code § 554.1101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.1101
Short titles.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.

(2) This Article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code — General Provisions.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1101]2007 Acts, ch 41, §1
Iowa Code § 455B.334 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.334
Waste disposal site.
Status: in_force

The commission may approve or prohibit the establishment and operation of a nuclear waste disposal site in this state by a private person. In determining whether to grant or deny a permit to establish and operate a nuclear waste disposal site, the commission shall consider the need for a nuclear waste disposal site and the existing physical conditions, topography, soils and geology, climate, transportation, and land use at the proposed site. If the commission decides to issue a permit to establish and operate a nuclear waste disposal site, it shall establish, by rule, standards and procedures for the safe operation and maintenance of the proposed site. The commission shall also require the permittee to provide a sufficient surety bond or other financial commitment to insure the perpetual maintenance and monitoring of the nuclear waste disposal site.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.88]C83, §455B.33483 Acts, ch 136, §5
Iowa Code § 633F.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633F / Section 633F.4
Form and effect of receipt and acceptance by custodial trustee jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) Obligations of a custodial trustee, including the obligation to follow directions of the beneficiary, arise under this chapter upon the custodial trustee’s acceptance, express or implied, of the custodial trust property.

(2) The custodial trustee’s acceptance may be evidenced by a writing stating in substance:CUSTODIAL TRUSTEE’S RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCEI, _______ (name of custodial trustee) acknowledge receipt of the custodial trust property described below or in the attached instrument and accept the custodial trust as custodial trustee for __________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act. I undertake to administer and distribute the custodial trust property pursuant to the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act. My obligations as custodial trustee are subject to the directions of the beneficiary unless the beneficiary is designated as, is, or becomes incapacitated. The custodial trust property consists of _____________________________.Dated: _____________________________Signed: _____________________________(signature of custodial trustee)

(3) Upon accepting custodial trust property, a person designated as custodial trustee under this chapter is subject to personal jurisdiction of the court with respect to any matter relating to the custodial trust.

2021 Acts, ch 8, §4; 2021 Acts, ch 174, §27
Iowa Code § 521C.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521C / Section 521C.10
Examination authority.
Status: in_force

(1) A reinsurance intermediary is subject to examination by the commissioner. The commissioner shall have access to all books, bank accounts, and records of the reinsurance intermediary in a form usable to the commissioner.

(2) A reinsurance intermediary-manager may be examined as if it were the reinsurer.

91 Acts, ch 26, §28
Iowa Code § 234.45 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 234 / Section 234.45
Iowa marriage initiative grant fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An Iowa marriage initiative grant fund is established in the state treasury under the authority of the department. The grant fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund and notwithstanding section 8.33 such moneys shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated at the close of the fiscal year but shall remain in the Iowa marriage initiative grant fund. Moneys credited to the fund shall be used as directed in appropriations made by the general assembly for funding of services to support marriage and to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families that are secure and nurturing.

(2) It is the intent of the general assembly to credit to the Iowa marriage initiative grant fund, federal moneys provided to the state for the express purpose of supporting marriage or two-parent families.

2001 Acts, ch 191, §37; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §687
Iowa Code § 694.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 694 / Section 694.3
Report on missing person.
Status: in_force

A law enforcement agency in which a complaint of a missing person has been filed shall prepare, as soon as practicable, a report on a missing person. That report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) All information contained in the complaint on a missing person.

(2) All information or evidence gathered by a preliminary investigation, if one was made.

(3) A statement, by the law enforcement officer in charge, setting forth that officer’s assessment of the case based upon all evidence and information received.

(4) An explanation of the next steps to be taken by the law enforcement agency filing the report.

84 Acts, ch 1084, §3
Iowa Code § 275.7 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.7
Budget.
Status: in_force

The area education agency board shall include in the budget submitted each year such sums as it deems necessary to carry on its reorganization work under this chapter.

[SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4139, 4177; C46, 50, §274.21, 275.9, 276.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.7]
Iowa Code § 326.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 326 / Section 326.9
Individual vehicles not to be proportionally registered.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1093, §39.
Iowa Code § 576.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 576 / Section 576.1
Nature of lien.
Status: in_force

Every forwarding and commission merchant shall have a lien upon all property of every kind in the merchant’s possession, for the transportation and storage thereof, for all lawful charges and services thereon or in connection therewith, and, if sold under the provisions of this chapter, for selling the same.

[R60, §1898, 1899, 1900 – 1902; C73, §2177 – 2179; C97, §3130, 3131; S13, §3131; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10341; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §576.1]
Iowa Code § 600.24 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600 / Section 600.24
Access to records.
Status: in_force

The department may allow access to adoption records held by the department or an agency if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The identity of the biological parents of the adopted person is concealed from the person gaining access to the records.

(2) The person gaining access to the records uses them solely for the purposes of conducting a legitimate medical research project or of treating a patient in a medical facility.

[C79, 81, §600.24]92 Acts, ch 1142, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1046, §18
Iowa Code § 533.103 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.103
Credit union division created.
Status: in_force

A credit union division of the department of insurance and financial services is created to administer this chapter.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §3; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2745
Iowa Code § 389.2 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 389 / Section 389.2
Submission to voters.
Status: in_force

A joint water utility may be established by two or more cities. A proposal to establish a joint water utility or to join an existing joint water utility may be submitted to the voters of a city by the city council upon its own motion, or upon receipt of a valid petition pursuant to section 362.4.

(1) If the proposal is to establish a joint water utility, the proposal shall be submitted to the voters of each city proposing to establish the joint water utility. If a majority of the electorate in each of at least two cities approves the proposal, the cities approving the proposal may establish a joint water utility.

(2) If the proposal is to join an existing joint water utility, the proposal must first be submitted to the joint water utility board for its approval. If the proposal is approved by the board, the proposal shall be submitted to the electorate of the city wishing to join. The proposal must receive a majority affirmative vote for passage.

91 Acts, ch 168, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §156
Iowa Code § 148A.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148A / Section 148A.5
Limitations.
Status: in_force

A license to practice physical therapy does not authorize the licensee to practice operative surgery or osteopathic or chiropractic manipulation, or to administer or prescribe any drug or medicine included in materia medica.

88 Acts, ch 1002, §2
Iowa Code § 279.25 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.25
Discharge of administrator.
Status: in_force

An administrator may be discharged at any time during the contract year for just cause. The administrator shall be notified in writing that the board has voted to consider termination of the administrator’s contract and the applicable procedures of section 279.24 shall apply.

[C77, 79, 81, §279.25]
Iowa Code § 125.32A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.32A
Discrimination prohibited.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §135, 137.
Iowa Code § 43.53 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.53
Nominees for subdivision office — write-in candidates.
Status: in_force

The nominee of each political party for any office to be filled by the voters of any political subdivision within the county shall be the person receiving the highest number of votes cast in the primary election by the voters of that party for the office. That person shall appear as the party’s candidate for the office on the general election ballot. A person whose name is not printed on the official primary ballot shall not be declared nominated as a candidate for such office in the general election unless that person receives at least five votes. Nomination of a candidate for the office of county supervisor elected from a district within the county shall be governed by section 43.52 and not by this section.

[S13, §1087-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §581; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.53]95 Acts, ch 189, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 152, §5
Iowa Code § 631.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.7
Parties, pleadings, and motions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, there shall be no written pleadings or motions unless the court in the interests of justice permits them, in which event they shall be similar in form to the original notice.

(2) Motions, except a motion under rule of civil procedure 1.246, shall be heard only at the time set for a hearing on the merits.

(3) Except as provided in section 631.8, subsection 4, a counterclaim, cross-petition or intervention shall be in writing and in the form promulgated under section 631.15. Copies shall be submitted for each party appearing, and shall be mailed by ordinary mail to those parties by the clerk. A cross-petition against persons not a party to the action shall be made pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.246 and the new party shall be served with notice as provided in this chapter.

(4) The rules of civil procedure pertaining to actions, joinder of actions, parties and intervention shall apply to small claims actions, except that rule of civil procedure 1.241 shall not apply. No counterclaim is necessary to assert an offset arising out of the subject matter of the plaintiff’s claim. A counterclaim, cross-petition, or intervention against an existing party is deemed denied and no responsive pleading by such party is required.

[C73, §631.7, 631.8; C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.7]
Iowa Code § 551A.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 551A / Section 551A.4
Exemptions from requirements — burden of proof.
Status: in_force

(1) The following business opportunities are exempt from the requirements of section 551A.3:

(1) (a) The offer or sale of a business opportunity if the purchaser is a bank, federally chartered savings and loan association, trust company, insurance company, credit union, or investment company as defined by the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. §80a-1 et seq., a pension or profit-sharing trust, or other financial institution or institutional buyer, or a broker-dealer registered pursuant to chapter 502, whether the purchaser is acting for itself or in a fiduciary capacity.

(1) (b) An offer or sale of a business opportunity which is a franchise, provided that the seller delivers to each purchaser at the earlier of the first personal meeting between the seller and the purchaser, or fourteen days prior to the earlier of the execution by a purchaser of a contract imposing a binding legal obligation on the purchaser or the payment by a purchaser of any consideration in connection with the offer or sale of the business opportunity, one of the following disclosure documents:

(1) (b) A uniform franchise offering circular prepared in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the North American securities administrators association, inc.

(1) (b) A disclosure document prepared pursuant to the federal trade commission rule entitled “Disclosure requirements and prohibitions concerning franchising and business opportunity ventures”, 16 C.F.R. pt. 436 or any successor regulation.

(1) (b) For the purposes of this paragraph “b”, a “personal meeting” means a face-to-face meeting between the purchaser and the seller or their representatives, which is held for the purpose of discussing the offer or sale of a business opportunity.

(1) (c) The offer or sale of a business opportunity for which the cash payment made by a purchaser does not exceed five hundred dollars and the payment is made for the not-for-profit sale of sales demonstration equipment, material, or samples, or the payment is made for product inventory sold to the purchaser at a bona fide wholesale price.

(2) In an administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding related to this chapter, the burden of proving an exemption, an exception from a definition, or an exclusion from this chapter is upon the person claiming it.

[81 Acts, ch 171, §3]C83, §523B.391 Acts, ch 205, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1189, §15, 16; 99 Acts, ch 90, §2, 3; 2004 Acts, ch 1104, §21, 30C2005, §551A.42005 Acts, ch 56, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §152; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §192; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §173
Iowa Code § 322D.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322D / Section 322D.9
Application — all-terrain vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to a franchise for all-terrain vehicles only if chapter 322F does not apply to a dealership engaged in the retail sale of equipment designed to be principally used for agricultural operations under chapter 322F.

(2) The rights under section 322D.2, subsection 1, shall apply to a franchise for all-terrain vehicles as follows:

(2) (a) All franchises in effect on July 1, 2002, that have no expiration date and are continuing franchises.

(2) (b) Franchises that have been executed or renewed on or after July 1, 2002, but only for all-terrain vehicles and related parts or attachments purchased on or after July 1, 2002.

2002 Acts, ch 1011, §7
Iowa Code § 24.29 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 24 / Section 24.29
Appeal.
Status: in_force

The state board may conduct the hearing or may appoint a deputy. A deputy designated to hear an appeal shall attend in person and conduct the hearing in accordance with section 24.28. The deputy shall promptly report the proceedings at the hearing, which report shall become a part of the permanent record of the state board.

[C39, §390.4; C46, 50, 54, §24.28; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §24.29; 82 Acts, ch 1079, §4]2021 Acts, ch 76, §8