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Iowa Code § 679C.115 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679C / Section 679C.115
Mediator immunity.
Status: in_force

A mediator or a mediation program shall not be liable for civil damages for a statement, decision, or omission made in the process of mediation unless the act or omission by the mediator or mediation program is made in bad faith, with malicious purpose, or in a manner exhibiting willful or wanton disregard of human rights, safety, or property. This section shall apply to mediation conducted before the workers’ compensation commissioner and mediation conducted pursuant to chapter 216.

2005 Acts, ch 68, §20
Iowa Code § 820.24 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.24
Expenses how paid.
Status: in_force

When the punishment of the crime shall be the confinement of the criminal in the penitentiary, the expenses shall be paid by the department of corrections; and in all other cases they shall be paid out of the county treasury in the county wherein the crime is alleged to have been committed. The expenses shall be the fees paid to the officers of the state on whose governor the requisition is made, and all necessary and actual traveling expenses incurred in returning the prisoner.

[C51, §3282; R60, §4518; C73, §4171, 4184; C97, §5169, 5181; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13498, 13499, 13511; C46, §759.2, 759.3, 759.15; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.24; C79, 81, §820.24]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2016 Acts, ch 1138, §6
Iowa Code § 633B.216 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633B / Section 633B.216
Taxes.
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to taxes authorizes the agent to do all of the following:

(1) Prepare, sign, and file federal, state, local, and foreign income, gift, payroll, property, Federal Insurance Contributions Act returns and other tax returns, claims for refunds, requests for extension of time, petitions regarding tax matters, and any other tax-related documents, including receipts, offers, waivers, consents, including but not limited to consents and agreements under section 2032A of the Internal Revenue Code, closing agreements, and any power of attorney required by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority with respect to a tax year upon which the statute of limitations has not run.

(2) Pay taxes due, collect refunds, post bonds, receive confidential information, and contest deficiencies determined by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority.

(3) Exercise any election available to the principal under federal, state, local, or foreign tax law.

(4) Act for the principal in all tax matters for all periods before the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.

2014 Acts, ch 1078, §41
Iowa Code § 497.1 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.1
Purposes of cooperative.
Status: in_force

Any number of persons, not less than five, may associate themselves as a cooperative association, society, company, or exchange, for the purpose of conducting any agricultural, dairy, ethanol production, mercantile, mining, manufacturing, or mechanical business on the cooperative plan. For the purposes of this chapter, the words “association”, “company”, “corporation”, “exchange”, “society”, or “union”, shall be construed to mean the same.

[SS15, §1641-r1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8459; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.1]92 Acts, ch 1099, §7
Iowa Code § 252A.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252A / Section 252A.11
Section 252A.11
Status: repealed

Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 175, §21, 22.
Iowa Code § 542B.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 542B / Section 542B.8
Expenses — compensation.
Status: in_force

Members of the board are entitled to receive all actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties within the limits of funds appropriated to the board. Each member of the board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1861; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.8]86 Acts, ch 1245, §717C93, §542B.8
Iowa Code § 97B.14A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.14A
Wage reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Change in the schedule of wage payments” means the formal or informal deferral of wages earned in one calendar year to a later calendar year or the acceleration of the wages payable under a contract of employment to the prior calendar year by changing the period over which the contractual compensation is paid, by shortening the period of employment over which contract wages are to be paid, or similar arrangements altering the timing of wage payments.

(1) (b) “Distortion of the normal wage progression pattern” means an increase of ten percent or more between the covered wages reported for any two consecutive years.

(2) An employer shall report wages of employees covered by this chapter to the system in a manner and form as prescribed by the system. If the wages reported by an employer appear to be a distortion of the normal wage progression pattern for an employee, the system may request that the employer provide documentation explaining the reason for the distortion. If the distortion of the normal wage progression pattern results from covering compensation that is excluded from the definition of covered wages, or from a change in the schedule of wage payments for an individual, the system shall remove wages that should not be covered from its records, and shall, in cases involving increases caused by a change in the schedule of wage payments, reallocate covered wages to the calendar quarters in which the covered wages would have been reported but for the change in the schedule of wage payments.

2000 Acts, ch 1077, §25; 2001 Acts, ch 68, §21, 24; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1103, §14
Iowa Code § 99B.57 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99B / Section 99B.57
Registered electrical or mechanical amusement devices persons under twenty-one penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not participate in the operation of a registered electrical or mechanical amusement device. A person who violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection 4.

(2) A person owning or leasing a registered electrical or mechanical amusement device, or an employee of a person owning or leasing a registered electrical or mechanical amusement device, who knowingly allows a person under the age of twenty-one years to participate in the operation of a registered electrical or mechanical amusement device, or a person who knowingly participates in the operation of a registered electrical or mechanical amusement device with a person under the age of twenty-one years, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(3) For purposes of this section, “registered electrical or mechanical amusement device” means an electrical or mechanical amusement device required to be registered as provided in section 99B.53.

2004 Acts, ch 1118, §6, 11C2005, §99B.10C2007 Acts, ch 173, §8; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §22, 56C2016, §99B.57
Iowa Code § 633.27A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.27A
Docketing guardianship and conservatorship proceedings applicability of separate reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

When a petition is filed for a conservatorship or guardianship, or a combined petition as provided in section 633.627, the administration thereof shall be treated as one proceeding, with one docket number, from the date of the filing of the petition. The separate reporting requirements for conservatorships and guardianships shall continue to apply in a combined petition. The clerk shall clearly indicate on the docket whether the proceedings are voluntary or involuntary and whether a guardianship, a conservatorship, or combined.

89 Acts, ch 178, §7; 2015 Acts, ch 5, §1
Iowa Code § 600B.39 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600B / Section 600B.39
“Child” defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, “child” means a person less than eighteen years of age.

[C81, §675.39]87 Acts, ch 98, §2C93, §600B.39
Iowa Code § 29A.52 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.52
Malice must be proved.
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding shall be maintained against any officer appointing a military court or against any member of a military court or commission, officer or agent acting under its authority, or reviewing its proceedings, on account of the imposition of a fine or penalty or for the execution of a sentence of any person, unless it be shown that such officer, member or agent has acted from motives of malice.

[C35, §467-f39; C39, §467.41; C46, 50, §29.41; C54, 58, 62, §29.52; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.52]
Iowa Code § 359.40 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.40
Cemeteries — plats — records.
Status: in_force

Where there is located in any township one or more cemeteries, the owner of the same, or any party owning an interest therein, may cause the same to be surveyed, platted, and laid out into subdivisions and lots, numbering the same by progressive numbers, giving the length and breadth, also the location with reference to known or permanent monuments to be made. The plat shall accurately describe all the subdivisions of the tract of land used, or designed to be used as a cemetery, and shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder, and filed with and recorded by the township clerk, and preserved by the township clerk among the records of the office.

[C97, §583; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5569; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.40]
Iowa Code § 523D.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523D / Section 523D.14
Injunctions.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may petition the district court in any county of the state for an injunction to restrain a person subject to this chapter and any agents, employees, or associates of the person from engaging in conduct or practices in violation of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. In a proceeding for an injunction, the commissioner may apply to the court for the issuance of a subpoena to require the appearance of a defendant and the defendant’s agents and any documents, books, or records germane to the hearing upon the petition for an injunction. Upon proof of any of the violations described in the petition for injunction, the court may grant the injunction.

91 Acts, ch 205, §18; 2004 Acts, ch 1104, §50
Iowa Code § 507C.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.6
Cooperation of officers, owners, and employees — penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) An officer, manager, director, trustee, owner, employee, or agent of an insurer, or any other person with authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer’s affairs, shall cooperate with the commissioner in any proceeding under this chapter or any investigation preliminary to the proceeding. The term “person” as used in this section, shall include any person who exercises control directly or indirectly over activities of the insurer through any holding company or other affiliate of the insurer. “To cooperate” shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(1) (a) To reply promptly in writing to any inquiry from the commissioner requesting a reply.

(1) (b) To make available to the commissioner any books, accounts, documents, or other records, information, or property of or pertaining to the insurer and in the person’s possession, custody, or control.

(2) A person shall not obstruct or interfere with the commissioner in the conduct of a delinquency proceeding or an investigation preliminary or incidental to a delinquency proceeding.

(3) This section does not abridge otherwise existing legal rights, including the right to resist a petition for liquidation, other delinquency proceedings, or other orders.

(4) It shall be unlawful for a person as defined in subsection 1 to fail to cooperate with the commissioner, or to obstruct or interfere with the commissioner in the conduct of a delinquency proceeding or an investigation preliminary or incidental to a delinquency proceeding, or to violate a valid order of the commissioner.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §6; 90 Acts, ch 1234, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1110, §25
Iowa Code § 28H.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28H / Section 28H.1
Councils of governments established.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a council of governments includes the following areas established by executive order number 11, 1968 or a chapter 28E agreement:

(1) Upper explorerland regional planning commission serving Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek counties.

(2) North Iowa area council of governments serving Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Winnebago, and Worth counties.

(3) Northwest Iowa planning and development commission serving Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, and Sioux counties.

(4) Siouxland interstate metropolitan planning council serving Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Woodbury, and Cherokee counties.

(5) MIDAS council of governments serving Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster, and Wright counties.

(6) Region six planning commission serving Hardin, Poweshiek, Tama, and Marshall counties.

(7) Iowa northland regional council of governments serving Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, and Grundy counties.

(8) East central intergovernmental association serving Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, and Jackson counties.

(9) Bi-state metropolitan planning commission serving Scott and Muscatine counties.

(10) East central Iowa council of governments serving Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Washington counties.

(11) Region twelve council of governments serving Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, and Sac counties.

(12) Southwest Iowa planning council serving Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Montgomery, Page, and Shelby counties.

(13) Southern Iowa council of governments serving Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union counties.

(14) Area fifteen regional planning commission serving Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Van Buren, and Wapello counties.

(15) Southeast Iowa regional planning commission serving Des Moines, Henry, Lee, and Louisa counties.

(16) Metropolitan area planning agency serving Mills and Pottawattamie counties.

(17) Chariton valley council of governments serving Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne counties.

90 Acts, ch 1157, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1262, §40; 2007 Acts, ch 76, §1, 2; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §13
Iowa Code § 123.40 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.40
Effect of revocation.
Status: in_force

Any retail alcohol licensee, wine permittee, or beer permittee whose license or permit is revoked under this chapter shall not thereafter be permitted to hold a retail alcohol license, wine permit, or beer permit in the state of Iowa for a period of two years from the date of revocation. A spouse or business associate holding ten percent or more of the capital stock or ownership interest in the business of a person whose license or permit has been revoked shall not be issued a retail alcohol license, wine permit, or beer permit, and no retail alcohol license, wine permit, or beer permit shall be issued which covers any business in which such person has a financial interest for a period of two years from the date of revocation. If a license or permit is revoked, the premises which had been covered by the license or permit shall not be relicensed for one year.

[C35, §1921-f32, 1921-f123; C39, §1921.032, 1921.125; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.32, 124.30; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.40]85 Acts, ch 32, §33; 2022 Acts, ch 1099, §36, 88
Iowa Code § 488.901 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.901
Governing law.
Status: in_force

(1) The laws of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern relations among the partners of the foreign limited partnership and between the partners and the foreign limited partnership and the liability of partners as partners for an obligation of the foreign limited partnership.

(2) A foreign limited partnership shall not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of any difference between the laws of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited partnership is organized and the laws of this state.

(3) A certificate of authority does not authorize a foreign limited partnership to engage in any business or exercise any power that a limited partnership shall not engage in or exercise in this state.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §76, 118
Iowa Code § 123.42 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.42
Broker’s permit.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to representing or promoting alcoholic liquor products in the state, the broker shall submit a completed application to the department electronically, or in a manner prescribed by the director, for a broker’s permit. The director may in accordance with this chapter issue a broker’s permit which shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance unless it is sooner suspended or revoked for a violation of this chapter.

(2) At the time of applying for a broker’s permit, each applicant shall submit to the department a list of names and addresses of all manufacturers, distillers, and importers whom the applicant has been appointed to represent in the state of Iowa for any purpose. The listing shall be amended by the broker as necessary to keep the listing current with the department.

(3) A broker’s permit is valid throughout the state, and a broker who represents more than one certificate or license holder is required to obtain only one broker’s permit.

(4) The annual fee for a broker’s permit is twenty-five dollars.

(5) An employee of a broker is not required to apply for or hold a broker’s permit.

(6) The holder of a distiller’s certificate of compliance, a manufacturer’s license, or a class “A” native distilled spirits license is not required to appoint a broker to represent its alcoholic liquor products in the state.

(7) Any violation of the requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall subject the permit holder to the general penalties provided in this chapter and shall constitute grounds for imposition of a civil penalty, suspension of the permit, or revocation of the permit after notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to section 123.39 and chapter 17A.

[C35, §1921-f37; C39, §1921.037; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.37; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.42]94 Acts, ch 1017, §3; 2013 Acts, ch 35, §7; 2018 Acts, ch 1060, §23 – 25; 2019 Acts, ch 113, §26, 27; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2410
Iowa Code § 233A.13 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 233A / Section 233A.13
Effect of discharge.
Status: in_force

The discharge of an inmate as reformed or having arrived at eighteen years of age, shall be a complete release from all penalties incurred by the conviction for the offense upon which the child was committed to the school.

[C73, §1661; C97, §2711; S13, §2711; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3697; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §242.13]C93, §233A.132023 Acts, ch 19, §666
Iowa Code § 148C.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148C / Section 148C.9
Eye examination restricted.
Status: in_force

A physician assistant engaged in independent practice shall not be permitted to measure the visual power and visual efficiency of the human eye, as distinguished from routine visual screening, except in the personal presence of a supervising physician at the place where such services are rendered.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, §148B.9; C81, §148C.9]88 Acts, ch 1225, §232023 Acts, ch 73, §16
Iowa Code § 622.45 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.45
Additional entries.
Status: in_force

Copies of additional entries shall, from time to time, be procured as made, certified as required in section 622.44, and entered in the book of “copies of original entries”, until all the lands in the county have been entered and so certified.

[R60, §4050; C73, §3705; C97, §4637; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11298; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.45]
Iowa Code § 543B.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543B / Section 543B.6
Acts constituting dealing in real estate.
Status: in_force

A person who, for another, in consideration of compensation, by fee, commission, salary, or otherwise, or with the intention or in the expectation or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, does, offers or attempts or agrees to do, engages in or offers or attempts or agrees to engage in, either directly or indirectly, any single act or transaction contained in the definition of a real estate broker as set out in section 543B.3, whether the act be an incidental part of a transaction or the entire transaction is a real estate broker or real estate salesperson within the meaning of this chapter.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §117.6; 81 Acts, ch 54, §4]C93, §543B.6
Iowa Code § 455B.307A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.307A
Discarding of solid waste — prohibitions — penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, “discard” means to place, cause to be placed, throw, deposit, or drop.

(2) A person shall not discard solid waste onto or in any water or land of the state, or into areas or receptacles provided for such purposes which are under the control of or used by a person who has not authorized the use of the receptacle by the person discarding the solid waste.

(3) A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for a first offense, two thousand dollars for a second offense, and three thousand dollars for a third or subsequent offense. The revenue from the penalty provided in this subsection shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state. Fifty percent of such moneys are appropriated to the state department of transportation for purposes of the cleanup of litter and illegally discarded solid waste. The remaining fifty percent of such moneys shall be deposited in the general fund of the county in which the violation occurred to be used exclusively for the cleanup and prevention of illegal dumping.

(4) This section shall not apply to the discarding of litter regulated under part 3 of this subchapter IV and local littering ordinances.

92 Acts, ch 1215, §10; 2006 Acts, ch 1087, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1076, §1, 2; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §102; 2021 Acts, ch 174, §23
Iowa Code § 561.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.2
Extent and value.
Status: in_force

If within a city plat, it must not exceed one-half acre in extent, otherwise it must not contain in the aggregate more than forty acres, but if, in either case, its value is less than five hundred dollars, it may be enlarged until it reaches that amount.

[C51, §1252; R60, §2284; C73, §1996; C97, §2978; S13, §2978; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10136; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.2]
Iowa Code § 13.24 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13 / Section 13.24
Section 13.24
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 59, §238.