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Iowa Code § 490.862 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.862
Directors’ action.
Status: in_force

(1) Directors’ action respecting a director’s conflicting interest transaction is effective for purposes of section 490.861, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, if the transaction has been authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority, but no fewer than two, of the qualified directors who voted on the transaction, after required disclosure by the conflicted director of information not already known by such qualified directors, or after modified disclosure in compliance with subsection 2, provided that all of the following apply:

(1) (a) The qualified directors have deliberated and voted outside the presence of and without the participation by any other director.

(1) (b) Where the action has been taken by a board committee, all members of the committee were qualified directors, and any of the following apply:

(1) (b) The committee was composed of all the qualified directors on the board of directors.

(1) (b) The members of the committee were appointed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified directors on the board of directors.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, when a transaction is a director’s conflicting interest transaction only because a related person described in section 490.860, subsection 5, paragraph “e” or “f”, is a party to or has a material financial interest in the transaction, the conflicted director is not obligated to make required disclosure to the extent that the director reasonably believes that doing so would violate a duty imposed under law, a legally enforceable obligation of confidentiality, or a professional ethics rule, provided that the conflicted director discloses to the qualified directors voting on the transaction all of the following:

(2) (a) All information required to be disclosed that is not so violative.

(2) (b) The existence and nature of the director’s conflicting interest.

(2) (c) The nature of the conflicted director’s duty not to disclose the confidential information.

(3) A majority, but no fewer than two, of all the qualified directors on the board of directors, or on the board committee, constitutes a quorum for purposes of action that complies with this section.

(4) Where directors’ action under this section does not satisfy a quorum or voting requirement applicable to the authorization of the transaction by reason of the articles of incorporation or bylaws, or a provision of law, independent action to satisfy those authorization requirements shall be taken by the board of directors or a board committee, in which action directors who are not qualified directors may participate.

2013 Acts, ch 31, §42, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §121, 230
Iowa Code § 236.3A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236 / Section 236.3A
Plaintiffs proceeding pro se — provision of forms and assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall prescribe standard forms to be used by plaintiffs seeking protective orders by proceeding pro se in actions under this chapter. The standard forms shall include language in fourteen point boldface type. Standard forms prescribed by the department shall be the exclusive forms used by plaintiffs proceeding pro se, and may be used by other plaintiffs. The department shall distribute the forms to the clerks of the district courts.

(2) The clerk of the district court shall furnish the required forms to persons seeking protective orders through pro se proceedings pursuant to this chapter.

91 Acts, ch 218, §6; 2004 Acts, ch 1131, §1
Iowa Code § 638.12 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 638 / Section 638.12
Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user, or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian all of the following:

(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form.

(2) A certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of trust under section 633A.4604 that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee.

(3) A certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust.

(4) If requested by the custodian, any of the following:

(4) (a) A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust’s account.

(4) (b) Evidence linking the account to the trust.

2017 Acts, ch 79, §15
Iowa Code § 331.261 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.261
Charter — community commonwealth.
Status: in_force

(1) The community commonwealth charter shall provide for the following:

(1) (a) The official name of the community commonwealth government.

(1) (b) An elective legislative body established in the manner provided for county boards of supervisors under sections 331.201 through 331.216 and section 331.248, subsection 2, the initial compensation for members of that body, and for a method of changing the compensation.

(1) (c) Appointment of a manager pursuant to sections 331.241 through 331.243.

(1) (d) Adjustment of existing bonded indebtedness and other obligations to the extent it relates to the delivery of services.

(1) (e) The transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims, assets, and franchises as they relate to the delivery of services.

(1) (f) The transfer, reorganization, abolition, adjustment, and absorption of existing boards, existing subordinate service districts, local improvement districts, and agencies of the participating county and cities.

(1) (g) A system of delivery of services to the entire community commonwealth pursuant to section 331.263.

(1) (h) A formula for the transfer of taxing authority from member cities to the community commonwealth governing body to fund the delivery of regional services.

(1) (i) The transfer into the community commonwealth of areawide services which had been provided by other boards, commissions, and local governments, except that formation of a community commonwealth shall not affect the assignment of electric utility service territories pursuant to chapter 476, and shall not affect the rights of a city to grant a franchise under chapter 364.

(1) (j) A process by which the governing body of the community commonwealth and the governing bodies of the member cities provide by mutual agreement for the delivery of specified services to the community commonwealth.

(1) (k) The partisan election of community commonwealth government officials.

(2) The community commonwealth charter may include other provisions which the commission elects to include and which are not irreconcilable with state law, including, but not limited to, those provisions in section 331.248, subsection 4.

91 Acts, ch 256, §33; 2004 Acts, ch 1066, §26, 27, 31; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Iowa Code § 477A.8 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 477A / Section 477A.8
Customer service standards.
Status: in_force

(1) The holder of a certificate of franchise authority shall comply with customer service requirements consistent with those contained in 47 C.F.R. §76.309, and shall maintain a local or toll-free telephone number for customer service contact.

(2) The holder of a certificate of franchise authority shall implement an informal process for handling inquiries from municipalities and customers concerning billing events, service issues, and other complaints. If an issue is not resolved through this informal process, a municipality may request a confidential nonbinding mediation with the holder of a certificate of franchise authority, with the costs of such mediation to be shared equally between the municipality and the holder of a certificate of franchise authority.

2007 Acts, ch 201, §9, 15
Iowa Code § 633.52 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.52
Mistakes corrected.
Status: in_force

Mistakes in settlements may be corrected at any time before the final discharge of any fiduciary on such notice, if any, as the court may direct.

[C51, §1432; R60, §2457; C73, §2474; C97, §3398; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12049; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.9; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.52]
Iowa Code § 321.294 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.294
Minimum speed regulation.
Status: in_force

A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Peace officers are hereby authorized to enforce this provision by directions to drivers, and in the event of apparent willful disobedience to this provision and refusal to comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith the continued slow operation by a driver shall be a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 8.

[C31, 35, §5021-c1; C39, §5023.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.294]2000 Acts, ch 1203, §11; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5
Iowa Code § 266.6 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.6
Purnell Act.
Status: in_force

The assent of the legislature of the state of Iowa is hereby given to the provisions and requirements of the congressional Act approved February 24, 1925, commonly known as the Purnell Act; and that, in accordance with the requirements thereof, the state agrees to devote the moneys thus received to the more complete endowment and maintenance of the agricultural experiment station of the Iowa state university of science and technology as provided in said Act.

[C27, 31, 35, §4035-b1; C39, §4035.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §266.6]
Iowa Code § 256.121 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.121
Higher education division created.
Status: in_force

(1) The higher education division of the department of education is created. The head of the division is the administrator who shall be appointed by the director.

(2) The administrator shall do all of the following, subject to supervision of the director:

(2) (a) Administer and coordinate all of the following bureaus, boards, and commissions within the higher education division:

(2) (a) The community colleges and post-secondary readiness bureau under part 2.

(2) (a) The board of educational examiners under part 3.

(2) (a) The college student aid commission under part 4.

(2) (a) The community colleges bureau under chapter 260C.

(2) (b) Direct the activities of the division.

(2) (c) Control all property of the division.

(2) (d) Supervise the personnel employed by the division.

(2) (e) Perform other duties imposed by law or assigned by the director.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §2521; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §42 – 44
Iowa Code § 187.103 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 187 / Section 187.103
Administration.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt all rules under chapter 17A as it determines necessary or desirable to administer this chapter.

2024 Acts, ch 1177, §10, 16
Iowa Code § 358.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.8
Expenses and costs of election.
Status: in_force

The election held pursuant to this chapter shall be conducted by the county commissioner of elections. All expenses incurred in carrying out sections 358.4 and 358.5 of this chapter, together with the costs of the election, as determined by the county commissioner of elections, shall be paid by those who will be benefited by the proposed sanitary district. If the district is not established, the expenses and costs shall be collected upon the bond or bonds of the petitioners.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358.8]92 Acts, ch 1204, §18; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §128
Iowa Code § 489.904 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.904
Amendment of foreign registration statement.
Status: in_force

A registered foreign limited liability company shall sign and deliver to the secretary of state for filing an amendment to its foreign registration statement if there is a change in any of the following:

(1) Its name or alternate name.

(2) Its jurisdiction of formation, unless its registration is deemed to have been withdrawn under section 489.908 or transferred under section 489.910.

(3) An address required by section 489.903, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.

(4) The information required by section 489.903, subsection 1, paragraph “d”.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §79, 143, 161
Iowa Code § 50.4 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.4
Ballots objected to.
Status: in_force

Every ballot objected to by a precinct election official or challenger, but counted, shall be endorsed on the back thereof, “Objected to”, and there shall also be endorsed thereon, and signed by the officials, a statement as to how it was counted.

[C97, §1139; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §843; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.4]
Iowa Code § 326.19A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 326 / Section 326.19A
Failure to maintain operational records penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may assess a penalty in an amount equal to twenty percent of the apportioned fees if an audit conducted pursuant to the international registration plan confirms that the registrant has failed to maintain operational records on all of the following:

(1) (a) Verification of distance for the preceding year.

(1) (b) Reciprocity agreements to which the department may be a party.

(2) The department shall adopt rules specifying the records and other information required for an audit under the international registration plan.

92 Acts, ch 1100, §7; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2012 Acts, ch 1093, §27
Iowa Code § 12H.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12H / Section 12H.7
Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) The requirements of sections 12H.3, 12H.4, and 12H.5 shall not apply upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) (a) The Congress or president of the United States, through legislation or executive order, declares that mandatory divestment of the type provided for in this chapter interferes with the conduct of United States foreign policy.

(1) (b) A controlling circuit or district court of the United States issues an opinion that declares the mandatory divestment of the type provided for in this chapter or similar statutes of other states is preempted by the federal law of the United States.

(2) The requirements of sections 12H.3, 12H.4, and 12H.5 shall not apply to Iran if the United States revokes all sanctions imposed against the government of Iran.

2011 Acts, ch 82, §7
Iowa Code § 453A.24 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.24
Carrier to permit access to records.
Status: in_force

(1) Every common carrier or person in this state having custody of books or records showing the transportation of cigarettes both interstate and intrastate shall give and allow the department free access to those books and records.

(2) The director may require by rule that common carriers or the appropriate persons provide monthly reports to the department detailing all information the department deems necessary on shipments into and out of Iowa of cigarettes and tobacco products as set forth in this subchapter I and subchapter II of this chapter. A report required to be submitted by the director pursuant to this section shall be filed electronically.

[C39, §1556.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.24]C93, §453A.242007 Acts, ch 186, §39; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2025 Acts, ch 132, §16
Iowa Code § 152.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 152 / Section 152.9
Temporary license.
Status: in_force

The board may issue a temporary license to a natural person who has completed the requirements of and applied for licensure by endorsement. The board shall determine the length of time a temporary license shall remain effective.

[C77, 79, 81, §152.9]94 Acts, ch 1123, §1
Iowa Code § 124.303 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124 / Section 124.303
Registration.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall register an applicant to manufacture or distribute controlled substances included in sections 124.204, 124.206, 124.208, 124.210 and 124.212 unless it determines that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the board shall consider all of the following factors:

(1) (a) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels.

(1) (b) Compliance with applicable state and local law.

(1) (c) Any convictions of the applicant under any federal and state laws relating to any controlled substance.

(1) (d) Past experience in the manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, and the existence in the applicant’s establishment of effective controls against diversion.

(1) (e) Furnishing by the applicant of false or fraudulent material in any application filed under this chapter.

(1) (f) Suspension or revocation of the applicant’s federal registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances as authorized by federal law.

(1) (g) Any other factors relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety.

(2) Registration under subsection 1 of this section does not entitle a registrant to manufacture and distribute controlled substances in schedule I or II other than those specified in the registration.

(3) Practitioners shall be registered to dispense any controlled substances or to conduct research with controlled substances in schedules II through V if they are authorized to dispense or conduct research under the law of this state. The board need not require separate registration under this subchapter for practitioners engaging in research with nonnarcotic controlled substances in schedules II through V where the registrant is already registered under this subchapter in another capacity. Practitioners registered under federal law to conduct research with schedule I substances may conduct research in schedule I substances within this state upon furnishing the board evidence of the federal registration.

(4) Compliance by manufacturers and distributors with the provisions of the federal law respecting registration, excluding fees, entitles them to be registered under this chapter.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §204.303]C93, §124.3032017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 283A.8 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 283A / Section 283A.8
Use of school meal facilities by senior citizens.
Status: in_force

Boards of directors of school corporations may authorize the use by senior citizen organizations of school meal facilities subject to reasonable rules and regulations of the board. Such use shall not interfere with the use of the facilities for public school purposes. The board may charge for such use an amount not to exceed the cost to the district.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.8]94 Acts, ch 1193, §29
Iowa Code § 554.8316 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8316
Section 554.8316
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1138, §81, 84.
Iowa Code § 329.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 329 / Section 329.2
Airport hazards contrary to public interest.
Status: in_force

It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land and other persons in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, taking off and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein. Accordingly, it is hereby declared:

(1) That the creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the community served by the airport in question.

(2) That it is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented.

(3) That this should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible, by proper exercise of the police power.

(4) That the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards, and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or marking and lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which municipalities may raise and expend public funds, as an incident to the operation of airports, to acquire land or property interests therein.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §329.2]
Iowa Code § 558.11 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.11
Record — constructive notice.
Status: in_force

The evidence of title shall be filed with the recorder of deeds of the county in which the real estate is situated, who shall record the same, and place an abstract thereof upon the index of deeds. The recording thereof shall be constructive notice to all persons, as provided in other cases of entries upon said index, and the recorder shall receive the same fees therefor as for recording other instruments.

[C97, §2940; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10076; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.11]
Iowa Code § 523I.813 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523I / Section 523I.813
Annual report by perpetual care cemeteries.
Status: in_force

(1) A perpetual care cemetery shall file an annual report at the end of each reporting period of the cemetery.

(2) The report shall be filed with the commissioner within four months following the end of the cemetery’s reporting period in the form required by the commissioner.

(3) The commissioner may impose a late fee of five dollars for each day after April 30 that a perpetual care cemetery fails to file the perpetual care cemetery’s annual report. The maximum late fee that shall be imposed by the commissioner is five hundred dollars. The late fee shall be collected by the commissioner and deposited pursuant to section 505.7.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §68; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §49, 50; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §102; 2010 Acts, ch 1121, §31; 2016 Acts, ch 1122, §13; 2021 Acts, ch 181, §50
Iowa Code § 504.1406 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1406
Known claims against dissolved corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) A dissolved corporation may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedure described in this section.

(2) The dissolved corporation shall notify its known claimants in writing of the dissolution at any time after the effective date of the dissolution. The written notice must do all of the following:

(2) (a) Describe information that must be included in a claim.

(2) (b) Provide a mailing address where a claim may be sent.

(2) (c) State the deadline, which shall not be fewer than one hundred twenty days from the effective date of the written notice, by which the dissolved corporation must receive the claim.

(2) (d) State that the claim will be barred if not received by the deadline.

(3) A claim against the dissolved corporation is barred if either of the following occurs:

(3) (a) A claimant who was given written notice under subsection 2 does not deliver the claim to the dissolved corporation by the deadline.

(3) (b) A claimant whose claim was rejected by the dissolved corporation does not commence a proceeding to enforce the claim within ninety days from the effective date of the rejection notice.

(4) For purposes of this section, “claim” does not include a contingent liability or a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §142, 192