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Iowa Code § 43.50 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.50
Signing and filing of abstract.
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall sign and certify to the correctness of the abstracts made under section 43.49, and file the abstracts with the commissioner.

[S13, §1087-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §578; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.50]2023 Acts, ch 66, §11
Iowa Code § 192.141 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.141
Grade standards for cottage cheese.
Status: in_force

The department may establish grade “A” standards for cottage cheese dry curd, cottage cheese, and low fat cottage cheese as a part of the ordinance required by this chapter. However, a governmental body, including the department, a county as provided in chapter 331, or a city as provided in chapter 364 shall not require a grade “A” rating for these products as a condition precedent to their sale.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §192.30; 81 Acts, ch 72, §5]88 Acts, ch 1152, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1168, §32; 91 Acts, ch 74, §15, 16, 25CS91, §192.141
Iowa Code § 543D.18A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543D / Section 543D.18A
Penalties for improper influence of an appraisal assignment.
Status: in_force

(1) A mortgage lender, mortgage broker or originator, real estate broker or salesperson, client, party, appraiser, or any other person with an interest in a real estate transaction or the financing of any loan secured by real estate involving an appraisal assignment shall not improperly influence or attempt to improperly influence the development, reporting, result, or review of a real estate appraisal through coercion, extortion, or bribery, or by the withholding or threatened withholding of payment for an appraisal fee, or the conditioning of the payment of an appraisal fee upon the opinion, conclusion, or valuation to be reached, or a request that the appraiser report a predetermined opinion, conclusion, or valuation, or the desired valuation of any person, or by any other act or practice that impairs or attempts to impair an appraiser’s independence, objectivity, and impartiality, as required by section 543D.18, subsections 1 and 2.

(2) A violation of this section is an unlawful practice under section 714.16, subsection 2, paragraph “a”.

(3) A violation of this section is a ground for discipline against any person holding a certificate of registration under this chapter or another license issued under the laws of the state of Iowa, as license is defined in section 17A.2, subsection 6, if the practice of the profession, occupation, or business regulated by the license relates to real estate transactions or the financing of loans secured by real estate.

(4) A person does not violate this section solely by asking an appraiser to consider additional, appropriate property information, or to provide further detail, substantiation, or explanation for the appraiser’s value conclusion, or to correct errors in the appraisal report, or by withholding payment of an appraisal fee based on a bona fide dispute regarding the appraiser’s compliance with the appraisal standards adopted by the board under this chapter. A person does not violate this section solely by retaining appraisers from panels or lists on a rotating basis, or by supplying an appraiser with information the appraiser is required to analyze under the appraisal standards adopted by the board under this chapter, such as agreements of sale, options, or listings of the property to be valued.

2007 Acts, ch 72, §5
Iowa Code § 820.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.4
Investigation by attorney general.
Status: in_force

When a demand shall be made upon the governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the governor may call upon the attorney general or any prosecuting officer in this state to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to the governor the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether the person ought to be surrendered.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.4; C79, 81, §820.4]
Iowa Code § 709.13 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709 / Section 709.13
Child in need of assistance complaints.
Status: in_force

During or following an investigation into allegations of violations of this chapter or of chapter 726 or 728 involving an alleged victim under the age of eighteen and an alleged offender who is not a person responsible for the care of the alleged victim, anyone with knowledge of the alleged offense may file a complaint pursuant to section 232.83 alleging the alleged victim to be a child in need of assistance as defined under section 232.2. In all cases, the complaint shall be filed by any peace officer with knowledge of the investigation when the peace officer has reason to believe that the alleged victim may require treatment as a result of the alleged offense and that the alleged victim’s parent, guardian, or custodian will be unwilling or unable to provide the treatment.

88 Acts, ch 1252, §5; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §374
Iowa Code § 252F.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252F / Section 252F.2
Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) In any case in which child support services is providing services pursuant to chapter 252B and paternity is at issue, proceedings may be initiated by child support services pursuant to this chapter for the sole purpose of establishing paternity and any accrued or accruing child support or medical support obligations. Proceedings under this chapter are in addition to other means of establishing paternity or support. Issues in addition to establishment of paternity or support obligations shall not be addressed in proceedings initiated under this chapter.

(2) An action to establish paternity and support under this chapter may be brought within the time limitations set forth in section 614.8.

93 Acts, ch 79, §15; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §905
Iowa Code § 313.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.7
Monthly certification of funds.
Status: in_force

The account of the primary road fund kept by the department of administrative services and the state treasurer shall show the amount of the primary road fund with all credits thereto and disbursements therefrom.

[C24, §4693; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b7; C39, §4755.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.7]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 732.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 732 / Section 732.6
Hiring professional strikebreakers prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, partnership, agency, firm, or corporation, or agent thereof:

(1) Unless directly involved in a labor dispute, to knowingly recruit, procure, supply or refer for employment in the place of employees involved in such labor dispute any person or persons who customarily or repeatedly offer themselves as replacements for employees involved in labor disputes.

(2) If directly involved in a labor dispute, to knowingly employ in place of employees involved in such dispute persons who customarily or repeatedly offer themselves as replacements for employees involved in labor disputes.

(3) To solicit or advertise for employees to replace employees involved in a labor dispute without notice in such solicitation or advertisement that the employment offered is in place of employees engaged in a labor dispute.

(4) To enter into an agreement, contract or arrangement with other persons, partnerships, agencies, firms or corporations, or agents thereof, to commit acts prohibited by subsection 1, 2 or 3 of this section.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §736B.6; C79, 81, §732.6]
Iowa Code § 66.8 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 66 / Section 66.8
Effect of suspension.
Status: in_force

In case of suspension, the order shall be served upon the officer in question and it shall be unlawful for the officer to exercise or attempt to exercise any of the functions of that office until such suspension is revoked.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §66.8]
Iowa Code § 50.42 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.42
Certificates mailed.
Status: in_force

The state commissioner shall prepare and deliver or mail certificates of election to the persons declared elected.

[C51, §292, 294; R60, §526, 528; C73, §648, 656, 658; C97, §1167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §881; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.42]
Iowa Code § 541.62 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.62
Section 541.62
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 249L.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249L / Section 249L.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Department” means the department of health and human services.

(2) “Direct care worker” means an employee of a nursing facility who holds a nursing assistant certification, is employed for the purpose of nursing assistance, and provides direct care to residents, regardless of the employee’s job title.

(3) “Gross revenue” means all revenue reported by the nursing facility for patient care, room, board and services, but does not include contractual adjustments, bad debt, Medicare revenue, or revenue derived from sources other than nursing facility operations including but not limited to nonoperating revenue and other operating revenue.

(4) “Medically indigent individual” means an individual eligible for coverage under the medical assistance program who is a resident of a Medicaid-certified nursing facility.

(5) “Nonoperating revenue” means income from activities not relating directly to the day-to-day operations of a nursing facility such as gains on the disposal of a facility’s assets, dividends, and interest from security investments, gifts, grants, and endowments.

(6) “Nursing facility” means a licensed nursing facility as defined in section 135C.1 that is a freestanding facility or a nursing facility operated by a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B, but does not include a distinct-part skilled nursing unit or a swing-bed unit operated by a hospital, or a nursing facility owned by the state or federal government or other governmental unit.

(7) “Other operating revenue” means income from nonpatient care services to patients and from sales to and activities for persons other than patients which may include but are not limited to such activities as providing personal laundry service for patients, providing meals to persons other than patients, gift shop sales, or vending machine commissions.

(8) “Patient day” means a calendar day of care provided to an individual resident of a nursing facility that is not reimbursed under Medicare, including the date of admission but not including the date of discharge, unless the dates of admission and discharge occur on the same day, in which case the resulting number of patient days is one patient day.

(9) “Uniform tax requirement waiver” means a waiver of the uniform tax requirement for permissible health care-related taxes as provided in 42 C.F.R. §433.68(e)(2)(i) and (ii).

2009 Acts, ch 160, §2, 5; 2016 Acts, ch 1139, §80, 81, 83, 84; 2017 Acts, ch 174, §112, 115, 116; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §103, 105, 107; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §95, 96; 2022 Acts, ch 1131, §52 – 54; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §823
Iowa Code § 514D.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514D / Section 514D.3
Standards for policies established.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner shall issue rules to establish specific standards, including standards of full and fair disclosure, that set forth the manner, content, and required disclosure for the sale of policies of individual accident and sickness insurance and individual subscriber contracts which shall be in addition to and in accordance with applicable laws of this state, including but not limited to sections 514A.1 through 514A.8 and sections 514A.10 through 514A.12. These rules may include but shall not be limited to any of the following subjects:

(1) (a) Terms of renewability.

(1) (b) Initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility.

(1) (c) Nonduplication of coverage provisions.

(1) (d) Coverage of dependents.

(1) (e) Coverage of persons eligible for Medicare by reason of age.

(1) (f) Preexisting conditions.

(1) (g) Termination of insurance.

(1) (h) Probationary periods.

(1) (i) Limitations.

(1) (j) Exceptions.

(1) (k) Reductions.

(1) (l) Elimination periods.

(1) (m) Requirements for replacement.

(1) (n) Recurrent conditions.

(1) (o) The definition of terms, including but not limited to the following:Hospital, accident, sickness, injury, physician, accidental means, total disability, partial disability, nervous disorder, guaranteed renewable, and noncancelable.

(2) The commissioner may issue rules with respect to policies of individual accident and sickness insurance and individual subscriber contracts that specify prohibited policies or subscriber contracts, or prohibited policy or contract provisions which the commissioner finds to be unjust, unfair, or unfairly discriminatory to the policyholder or any person insured under the policy or any beneficiary. This subsection does not authorize the commissioner to prohibit a policy or policy provision or subscriber contract or contract provision which is specifically authorized by statute.

(3) A rule issued by the commissioner under this section shall not apply to a conversion policy issued pursuant to a contractual conversion privilege under a group or individual policy of accident and sickness insurance when such group or individual contract contains provisions that are inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter or any rule issued under this chapter.

(4) A rule issued by the commissioner under this section shall not apply to policies being issued to employees or members being added to a franchise plan, as defined in section 509.14, which is in existence on the effective date of the rule.

[C81, §514D.3]2021 Acts, ch 80, §322
Iowa Code § 643.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 643 / Section 643.6
Filing — purpose of bond.
Status: in_force

A bond shall be filed with the clerk, and be for the use of any person injured by the proceeding.

[C51, §1996; R60, §3554; C73, §3229; C97, §4167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12182; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.6]
Iowa Code § 426.6 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 426 / Section 426.6
Computation by auditor — appeal.
Status: in_force

(1) The agricultural land tax credit allowed each year shall be computed as follows:On or before April 1, the county auditor shall list by school districts all tracts of agricultural lands which are entitled to credit, together with the taxable value for the previous year, together with the budget from each school district for the previous year, and the tax rate determined for the general fund of the district in the manner prescribed in section 444.3 for the previous year, and if such tax rate is in excess of five dollars and forty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value, the auditor shall multiply the tax levy which is in excess of five dollars and forty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value by the total taxable value of the agricultural lands entitled to credit in the district, and on or before April 1, certify the amount to the department of revenue.

(2) In the event the county auditor denies a credit upon any such lands, the auditor shall immediately mail to the owner at the owner’s last known address notice of the decision thereon. The owner may, within thirty days thereafter, appeal to the board of supervisors of the county wherein the land involved is situated by serving notice of said appeal upon the chairperson of said board. The board shall hear such appeal promptly and shall determine anew all questions involved in said appeal and shall within ten days after such hearing, mail to the owner at the owner’s last known address, notice of its decision. In the event of disallowance the owner may, within ten days from the date such notice is mailed, appeal such disallowance by the board of supervisors to the district court of that county by serving written notice of appeal on the county auditor. The appeal shall be tried de novo and may be heard in term time or vacation. The decision of the district court thereon shall be final.

[C39, §6943.160 – 6943.163; C46, §426.4 – 426.6; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §426.6]86 Acts, ch 1245, §442; 2001 Acts, ch 143, §3; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §54; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 185C.31 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 185C / Section 185C.31
Penalty.
Status: in_force

It is a simple misdemeanor for any person to willfully violate any provision of this chapter or for any person to willfully render or furnish a false or fraudulent report, statement, or record required by the secretary.

[C77, 79, 81, §185C.31]
Iowa Code § 501A.905 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.905
Lost certificates — replacement.
Status: in_force

(1) A new membership interest certificate may be issued under section 554.8405 in place of one that is alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

(2) The issuance of a new certificate under this section does not constitute an overissue of the membership interests the new certificate represents.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §71
Iowa Code § 468.256 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.256
Initiating dissolution of contained district.
Status: in_force

To initiate the dissolution of a contained district under the circumstances described in section 468.250, subsection 2:

(1) The board of supervisors or board of trustees of the district proposed to be dissolved shall enter an order for the proposed dissolution of that district and the surrender of its improvements and rights-of-way to the overlying district.

(2) The board of supervisors or board of trustees of the overlying district shall enter an order approving the proposed acceptance of those improvements and rights-of-way.

[C81, §456.11]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.256
Iowa Code § 461A.17 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.17
Expense and compensation.
Status: in_force

All necessary expenses incurred by such landscape architect, engineer, or gardener, under the provisions of section 461A.16, shall be paid in the same manner as are other expenditures by the commission, but no compensation shall be paid for such services.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1811; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.17]C93, §461A.17
Iowa Code § 75.5 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 75 / Section 75.5
Selling price.
Status: in_force

All public bonds issued under this chapter may be sold at a price not less than ninety-eight percent of par, plus accrued interest from the date of the bonds to the date of delivery of the bonds.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1175; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §75.5]83 Acts, ch 90, §15
Iowa Code § 602.1210 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.1210
Selection of chief judges.
Status: in_force

Not later than December 15 in each odd-numbered year the chief justice shall appoint chief judges of the judicial districts, subject to the approval of the supreme court. The chief judge of a judicial district shall be appointed from those district judges who are serving within the district. A chief judge shall serve for a two-year term and is eligible for reappointment. The supreme court, by majority vote, may remove a person from the position of chief judge. Vacancies in the office of chief judge shall be filled in the same manner. An order appointing a chief judge shall be filed with the clerk of the supreme court, who shall mail a copy to the clerk of the district court in each county in the judicial district.

83 Acts, ch 186, §1210, 10201
Iowa Code § 595.3A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 595 / Section 595.3A
Application form and license — abuse prevention language.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other information contained in an application form for a marriage license and a marriage license, the application form and license shall contain the following statement in bold print:The laws of this state affirm your right to enter into this marriage and at the same time to live within the marriage under the full protection of the laws of this state with regard to violence and abuse. Neither of you is the property of the other. Assault, sexual abuse, and willful injury of a spouse or other family member are violations of the laws of this state and are punishable by the state.

97 Acts, ch 175, §233
Iowa Code § 368.17 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 368 / Section 368.17
When approval barred.
Status: in_force

The committee may not approve:

(1) An incorporation unless it finds that the city to be incorporated will be able to provide customary municipal services within a reasonable time.

(2) A discontinuance or severance if the city to be discontinued or the territory to be severed will be surrounded by one or more cities unless a petition for annexation of the same area is also filed and approved.

(3) A discontinuance or severance unless it finds that the county or another city will be able to provide necessary municipal services to the residents.

(4) An annexation unless the territory is adjoining the city to which it will be annexed, and the committee finds that the city will be able to provide to the territory substantial municipal services and benefits not previously enjoyed by such territory, and that the motive for annexation is not solely to increase revenues to the city.

(5) A consolidation unless the cities are contiguous.

(6) An incorporation of territory, any part of which is within two miles of an existing city, unless a petition for annexation of substantially the same territory to such city has been dismissed, disapproved, or voted upon unfavorably within the last five years.

(7) A city development action which creates an island.

[R60, §1043; C73, §430, 431; C97, §610, 611, 615; S13, §615; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5612 – 5614; C46, 50, §362.26, 362.28, 362.29; C54, §362.26; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.1, 362.26; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.17]91 Acts, ch 187, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1174, §5
Iowa Code § 313.63 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.63
Action by adjoining state.
Status: in_force

The department shall not enter into an agreement of acceptance until the adjoining state enters into an agreement to accept ownership of that portion of the bridge being within the adjoining state.

[C46, §313.32; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.63]87 Acts, ch 232, §21
Iowa Code § 256F.9 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256F / Section 256F.9
Procedures after revocation student enrollment.
Status: in_force

If a charter school or innovation zone school contract is revoked in accordance with this chapter, a nonresident student who attended the school, and any siblings of the student may submit an application to another school district according to section 282.18. Applications and notices required by section 282.18 shall be processed and provided in a prompt manner.

2002 Acts, ch 1124, §9, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §234; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §21; 2022 Acts, ch 1153, §32, 41