FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Iowa Code § 556D.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556D / Section 556D.2
Consignment.
Status: in_force

(1) If an artist delivers or causes to be delivered a work of fine art of the artist’s own creation to an art dealer in this state for the purpose of exhibition or sale on a commission, fee, or other basis of compensation, the delivery to and acceptance of the work of fine art by the art dealer is a consignment, unless the delivery to the art dealer is an outright sale for which the artist receives or has received full compensation upon delivery.

(2) When an art dealer accepts a work of fine art for the purposes of sale or exhibition and sale to the public on a commission, fee, or other basis of compensation, there shall be a contract or agreement between the artist and art dealer which shall include the following provisions:

(2) (a) That the amount of the proceeds due the artist from the sale of the work of fine art shall be delivered to the artist at a time agreed upon by the artist and the art dealer.

(2) (b) That the art dealer shall be responsible for the stated value of the work of fine art in the event of the loss of or damage to the work of fine art while it is in the possession of the art dealer.

(2) (c) That the work of fine art shall be sold by the art dealer only for the amount agreed upon by the artist in the contract or agreement and that the art dealer will take only the commission or fee agreed upon.

(2) (d) That the work of fine art may be used or displayed by the art dealer or any other person only with the prior written consent of the artist. The artist may require that the artist be acknowledged in the use of the work of fine art.

86 Acts, ch 1233, §2; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 303.3D — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.3D
Iowa great places program fund.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.440; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 614.34 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 614 / Section 614.34
Preserving interest during forty-year period.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person claiming an interest in land may preserve and keep effective such interest by filing for record during the forty-year period immediately following the effective date of the root of title of the person whose record title would otherwise be marketable, a notice in writing duly verified by oath or affirmation setting forth the nature of the claim. No disability or lack of knowledge of any kind on the part of anyone shall suspend the running of said forty-year period. Such notice may be filed for record by the claimant or by any other person acting on behalf of any claimant who is:

(1) (a) Under a disability,

(1) (b) Unable to assert a claim on the claimant’s own behalf, or

(1) (c) One of a class, but whose identity cannot be established or is uncertain at the time of filing such notice of claim for record.

(2) If the same record owner of any possessory interest in land has been in possession of such land continuously for a period of forty years or more, during which period no title transaction with respect to such interest appears of record in the chain of title, and no notice has been filed by the record owner or on the record owner’s behalf as provided in subsection 1, and such possession continues to the time when marketability is being determined, such period of possession shall be deemed equivalent to the filing of the notice immediately preceding the termination of the forty-year period described in subsection 1.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.34]
Iowa Code § 508.15A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.15A
Suspension and summary suspension.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may do one or more of the following:

(1) For a violation of Title XIII, subtitle 1, after a hearing provided pursuant to chapter 17A, order the suspension of the license or authority to transact the business of insurance within the state.

(2) Upon three days’ notice, if the commissioner has reason to believe that there is imminent substantial risk to an insurer’s solvency, order the insurer to appear before the commissioner and show cause why its license or authority to do insurance business within the state should not be suspended. At the hearing to show cause, the commissioner may summarily suspend the license or authority of the insurer to do business within the state.

(3) Summarily order an insurer to cease and desist from a violation, anticipated violation, or suspected violation of chapter 507B, 510, or 513A, if a hearing is provided pursuant to chapter 17A within thirty days of the summary cease and desist order.

91 Acts, ch 213, §7
Iowa Code § 403.14 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 403 / Section 403.14
Urban renewal agency powers.
Status: in_force

(1) A municipality may itself exercise its urban renewal project powers, as defined in this section, or may, if the local governing body by resolution determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have such powers exercised by the urban renewal agency, if one exists or is subsequently established in the community. In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency shall be vested with all of the urban renewal project powers in the same manner as though all such powers were conferred on such agency instead of the municipality. If the local governing body does not elect to make such determination, the municipality in its discretion may exercise its urban renewal project powers through a board or commissioner, or through such officers of the municipality as the local governing body may by resolution determine.

(2) As used in this section, the term “urban renewal project powers” shall include the rights, powers, functions and duties of a municipality under this chapter, except the following:

(2) (a) The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area or combination thereof and to designate such area as appropriate for an urban renewal project and to hold any public hearings required with respect thereto.

(2) (b) The power to approve urban renewal plans and modifications thereof.

(2) (c) The power to establish a general plan for the locality as a whole.

(2) (d) The power to formulate a workable program under section 403.3.

(2) (e) The power to make the determinations and findings provided for in section 403.4, and section 403.5, subsection 4.

(2) (f) The power to issue general obligation bonds.

(2) (g) The power to appropriate funds, to levy taxes and assessments, and to exercise other powers provided for in section 403.6, subsection 8.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.14]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §212; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §68
Iowa Code § 6B.23 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.23
Question determined.
Status: in_force

On the trial of the appeal, no judgment shall be rendered except for costs and allocation of interest earned pursuant to section 6B.25, but the amount of damages shall be ascertained and entered of record.

[C73, §1257; C97, §2011; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7842; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.23]C93, §6B.232004 Acts, ch 1121, §1
Iowa Code § 233A.10 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 233A / Section 233A.10
Unlawful interference.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any parent or other person not a party to the placing of a child in foster care to interfere in any manner or assume or exercise any control over the child or the child’s earnings. The child’s earnings shall be used, held, or otherwise applied for the exclusive benefit of the child, in accordance with section 234.37.

[S13, §2704; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3694; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §242.10]C93, §233A.102023 Acts, ch 19, §663
Iowa Code § 639.70 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.70
Filing and recording.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court receiving such certificate shall file and record the same upon the margin of the encumbrance book at place where the original entry of attachment is found.

[S13, §3934-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12146; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.70]
Iowa Code § 490.1007 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1007
Restated articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation’s board of directors may restate its articles of incorporation at any time, without shareholder approval, to consolidate all amendments into a single document.

(2) If the restated articles include one or more new amendments that require shareholder approval, the amendments shall be adopted and approved as provided in section 490.1003.

(3) A corporation that restates its articles of incorporation shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing articles of restatement setting forth all of the following:

(3) (a) The name of the corporation.

(3) (b) The text of the restated articles of incorporation.

(3) (c) A statement that the restated articles consolidate all amendments into a single document.

(3) (d) If a new amendment is included in the restated articles, the statements required under section 490.1006 with respect to the new amendment.

(4) Duly adopted restated articles of incorporation supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments to the articles of incorporation.

(5) The secretary of state may certify restated articles of incorporation as the articles of incorporation currently in effect, without including the statements required by subsection 3, paragraph “d”.

89 Acts, ch 288, §115; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §60, 125; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §143, 230
Iowa Code § 666.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 666 / Section 666.5
Collusion.
Status: in_force

A judgment for a penalty or forfeiture, rendered by collusion, does not prevent another action for the same subject matter.

[C51, §2150; R60, §3731; C73, §3372; C97, §4340; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12556; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §666.5]
Iowa Code § 523I.812 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523I / Section 523I.812
Suit by commissioner.
Status: in_force

(1) If the person or persons in control of a cemetery do not care for and maintain the cemetery, the district court of the county in which the cemetery is located may do the following:

(1) (a) By injunction compel the cemetery to expend the net income of the care fund as required by this chapter.

(1) (b) Appoint a receiver to take charge of the care fund and expend the net income of the care fund as required by this chapter.

(1) (c) Grant relief on a petition for relief filed pursuant to this section by the commissioner.

(2) (a) Inadequate care and maintenance of a cemetery includes but is not limited to the following:

(2) (a) Failure to adequately mow grass.

(2) (a) Failure to adequately edge and trim bushes, trees, and memorials.

(2) (a) Failure to keep walkways and sidewalks free of obstructions.

(2) (a) Failure to adequately maintain the cemetery’s equipment and fixtures.

(2) (b) This subsection is not intended to prevent the establishment of a cemetery as a nature park or preserve.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §67; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Iowa Code § 561.16 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.16
Exemption.
Status: in_force

The homestead of every person is exempt from judicial sale where there is no special declaration of statute to the contrary. Persons who reside together as a single household unit are entitled to claim in the aggregate only one homestead to be exempt from judicial sale. A single person may claim only one homestead to be exempt from judicial sale. For purposes of this section, “household unit” means all persons of whatever ages, whether or not related, who habitually reside together in the same household as a group.

[C51, §1245; R60, §2277; C73, §1988; C97, §2972, 2973; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10150; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.16; 81 Acts, ch 182, §1]87 Acts, ch 116, §3
Iowa Code § 148.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148 / Section 148.12
Voluntary agreements.
Status: in_force

The board, after due notice and hearing, may issue an order to revoke, suspend, or restrict a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, or to issue a restricted license on application if the board determines that a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery or an applicant for licensure has entered into a voluntary agreement to restrict the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in another state, district, territory, country, or an agency of the federal government. A certified copy of the voluntary agreement shall be considered prima facie evidence.

86 Acts, ch 1211, §17; 92 Acts, ch 1183, §19; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §14; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §97; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §55
Iowa Code § 558.37 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.37
Section 558.37
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1052, §10.
Iowa Code § 501A.207 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.207
Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.
Status: in_force

(1) If the secretary refuses to file a document delivered to the secretary’s office for filing, the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative may appeal the refusal, within thirty days after the return of the document, to the district court for the county in which the cooperative’s principal office or, if none in this state, where its registered office is or will be located. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the secretary’s explanation of the refusal to file.

(2) The court may summarily order the secretary to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.

(3) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §10
Iowa Code § 554.8315 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8315
Section 554.8315
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1138, §81, 84.
Iowa Code § 427A.12 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427A / Section 427A.12
Replacement fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 178, §11.
Iowa Code § 15E.134 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.134
Section 15E.134
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 126, §114.
Iowa Code § 497.34 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.34
Indemnification.
Status: in_force

A cooperative association operating under this chapter may indemnify any present or former director, officer, employee, member, or volunteer in the manner and in the instances authorized in sections 490.850 through 490.859, provided that where sections 490.850 through 490.859 provide for action by shareholders the sections are applicable to action by voting members of the cooperative association, and where sections 490.850 through 490.859 refer to the corporation organized under chapter 490 the sections are applicable to the cooperative association organized under this chapter, and where sections 490.850 through 490.859 refer to the director the sections are applicable to a director, officer, employee, member, or volunteer of the cooperative association organized under this chapter.

88 Acts, ch 1170, §6; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §62; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §104, 125
Iowa Code § 312.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 312 / Section 312.6
Limitation on use of funds.
Status: in_force

Funds received by municipal corporations from the road use tax fund shall be used for any purpose relating to the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public streets.

[C39, §4686.21, 4686.25; C46, §310.21, 310.25; C50, §308A.6; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §312.6]
Iowa Code § 306.27 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306 / Section 306.27
Changes for safety, economy, and utility.
Status: in_force

The state department of transportation as to primary roads and the boards of supervisors as to secondary roads on their own motion may change the course of any part of any road or stream, watercourse, or dry run and may pond water in order to avoid the construction and maintenance of bridges, or to avoid grades, or railroad crossings, or to straighten a road, or to cut off dangerous corners, turns, or intersections on the highway, or to widen a road above statutory width, or for the purpose of preventing the encroachment of a stream, watercourse, or dry run upon the highway. The department and the board of supervisors shall conduct their proceedings in the manner and form prescribed in chapter 6B, except that the board of supervisors may use the form prescribed in sections 306.28 through 306.37 for the condemnation of right-of-way that is contiguous to existing road right-of-way and necessary for the maintenance, safety improvement, or upgrade of the existing secondary road. Changes are subject to chapter 455B and chapter 459, subchapters II and III.

[C97, §427; SS15, §1527-r1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4607; C46, 50, §306.48; C54, 58, 62, 66, §306.21; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306.27]83 Acts, ch 101, §66; 87 Acts, ch 61, §1; 99 Acts, ch 171, §28, 42; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §159
Iowa Code § 654A.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654A / Section 654A.10
Mediation period.
Status: in_force

The mediator may call mediation meetings during the mediation period, which is up to forty-two days after the farm mediation service received the mediation request. However, if all parties consent, mediation may continue after the end of the mediation period.

86 Acts, ch 1214, §23
Iowa Code § 479.26 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479 / Section 479.26
Financial condition of permittee — bond.
Status: in_force

Before any permit is granted under this chapter the applicant must satisfy the commission that the applicant has property within this state other than pipelines, subject to execution of a value in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or the applicant must file and maintain with the commission a surety bond in the penal sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars with surety approved by the commission, conditioned that the applicant will pay any and all damages legally recovered against it growing out of the construction or operation of its pipeline and gas storage facilities in the state of Iowa. When the pipeline company deposits with the commission security satisfactory to the commission as a guaranty for the payment of the damages, or furnishes to the commission satisfactory proofs of its solvency and financial ability to pay the damages, the pipeline company is relieved of the provisions requiring bond.

[C31, §8338-d27; C35, §8338-f40; C39, §8338.48; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §490.27; C77, 79, 81, §479.26; 81 Acts, ch 159, §11]2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 598C.203 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598C / Section 598C.203
Modification of agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) By mutual consent, the parents of a child may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to this article.

(2) If an agreement is modified under subsection 1 before deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be in writing and signed by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.

(3) If an agreement is modified under subsection 1 during deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be agreed to in a record by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.

2016 Acts, ch 1084, §10
Iowa Code § 514I.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514I / Section 514I.9
Program benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) The advisory council shall review the benefits package annually and shall determine additions to or deletions from the benefits package offered. The advisory council shall submit the recommendations to the general assembly for any amendment to the benefits package.

(2) Benefits, in addition to those required by rule, may be provided to eligible children by a participating insurer if the benefits are provided at no additional cost to the state.

98 Acts, ch 1196, §10, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §131; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2013 Acts, ch 138, §104; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1217; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §481
Iowa Code § 125.74 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.74
Preapplication screening assessment program.
Status: in_force

Prior to filing an application pursuant to section 125.75, the clerk of the district court or the clerk’s designee shall inform the interested person referred to in section 125.75 about the option of requesting a preapplication screening assessment through a preapplication screening assessment program, if available. The state court administrator shall prescribe practices and procedures for implementation of the preapplication screening assessment program.

2013 Acts, ch 130, §36
Iowa Code § 670.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 670 / Section 670.9
Compromise and settlement.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may compromise, adjust, and settle tort claims against the municipality and its officers, employees, and agents for damages under section 670.2 or 670.8 and may appropriate money for the payment of amounts agreed upon.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613A.9]C93, §670.92016 Acts, ch 1011, §115; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §163
Iowa Code § 504.1404 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1404
Revocation of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may revoke its dissolution within one hundred twenty days of its effective date.

(2) Revocation of dissolution must be authorized in the same manner as the dissolution was authorized unless that authorization permitted revocation by action of the board of directors alone, in which event the board of directors may revoke the dissolution without action by the members or any other person.

(3) After the revocation of dissolution is authorized, the corporation may revoke the dissolution by delivering to the secretary of state for filing, articles of revocation of dissolution, together with a copy of its articles of dissolution, that set forth all of the following:

(3) (a) The name of the corporation.

(3) (b) The effective date of the dissolution that was revoked.

(3) (c) The date that the revocation of dissolution was authorized.

(3) (d) If the corporation’s board of directors or incorporators revoked the dissolution, a statement to that effect.

(3) (e) If the corporation’s board of directors revoked a dissolution authorized by the members alone or in conjunction with another person or persons, a statement that revocation was permitted by action of the board of directors alone pursuant to that authorization.

(3) (f) If member or third-person action was required to revoke the dissolution, the information required by section 504.1403, subsection 1, paragraphs “e” and “f”.

(4) Revocation of dissolution is effective upon the effective date of the articles of revocation of dissolution.

(5) When the revocation of dissolution is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the dissolution and the corporation resumes carrying on its activities as if dissolution had never occurred.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §140, 192
Iowa Code § 135O.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135O / Section 135O.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Boarding home” means a premises used by its owner or lessee for the purpose of letting rooms for rental to three or more persons not related within the third degree of consanguinity to the owner or lessee where supervision or assistance with activities of daily living is provided to such persons. A boarding home does not include a facility, home, or program otherwise subject to licensure or regulation by the department of health and human services or the department.

(2) “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

(3) “Premises” means the same as defined in section 562A.6.

2009 Acts, ch 136, §3; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1901