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Iowa Code § 135B.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135B / Section 135B.12
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

The department’s final findings or the final survey findings of the joint commission or the American osteopathic association with respect to compliance by a hospital or rural emergency hospital with requirements for licensing or accreditation shall be made available to the public in a readily available form and place. Other information relating to a hospital or rural emergency hospital obtained by the department which does not constitute the department’s findings from an inspection of the hospital or rural emergency hospital or the final survey findings of the joint commission or the American osteopathic association shall not be made available to the public, except in proceedings involving the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license under this chapter. The name of a person who files a complaint with the department shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release to a person other than department employees or agents involved in the investigation of the complaint.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.12]88 Acts, ch 1249, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §10; 91 Acts, ch 107, §22023 Acts, ch 16, §12, 20, 21; 2025 Acts, ch 86, §50
Iowa Code § 488.806 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.806
Known claims against dissolved limited partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) A dissolved limited partnership may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedure described in subsection 2.

(2) A dissolved limited partnership may notify its known claimants of the dissolution in a record. The notice must do all of the following:

(2) (a) Specify the information required to be included in a claim.

(2) (b) Provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent.

(2) (c) State the deadline for receipt of the claim, which may not be less than one hundred twenty days after the date the notice is received by the claimant.

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

(2) (e) Unless the limited partnership has been throughout its existence a limited liability limited partnership or elected under prior law to become a limited liability limited partnership, state that the barring of a claim against the limited partnership will also bar any corresponding claim against any general partner or person dissociated as a general partner which is based on section 488.404.

(3) A claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred if the requirements of subsection 2 are met and at least one of the following applies:

(3) (a) The claim is not received by the specified deadline.

(3) (b) In the case of a claim that is timely received but rejected by the dissolved limited partnership, the claimant does not commence an action to enforce the claim against the limited partnership within ninety days after the receipt of the notice of the rejection.

(4) This section does not apply to a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution or a liability that is contingent on that date.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §68, 118
Iowa Code § 256.82 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.82
Board — advisory committees.
Status: in_force

(1) The Iowa public broadcasting board is created to plan, establish, and operate educational radio and television facilities and other telecommunications services to serve the educational needs of the state. The board shall be composed of nine members selected in the following manner:

(1) (a) Four members shall be appointed by the governor. At least one member shall have experience in or knowledge of the television and telecommunications industry, and at least one member shall have experience with or knowledge of fundraising nonprofit organizations.

(1) (b) Five members shall be selected in the manner provided in this paragraph.

(1) (b) One member shall be appointed by the state association of private colleges and universities.

(1) (b) One member shall be appointed jointly by the superintendents of the community colleges created by chapter 260C.

(1) (b) One member shall be appointed jointly by the administrators of the area education agencies created by chapter 273.

(1) (b) One member shall be appointed by the state board of regents.

(1) (b) One member shall be appointed by the state board of education.

(2) (a) Board members shall serve a three-year term commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the term.

(2) (b) Membership on the board does not constitute holding a public office and members shall not be required to take and file oaths of office before serving. A member shall not be disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of appointment to the board nor shall a member forfeit an office or employment by reason of appointment to the board.

(3) (a) The board shall appoint an advisory committee on journalistic and editorial integrity.

(3) (b) Duties of the advisory committee, and of additional advisory committees the board may from time to time appoint, shall be specified in rules of internal management adopted by the board.

(3) (c) Members of advisory committees shall receive actual expenses incurred in performing their official duties.

93 Acts, ch 48, §39; 94 Acts, ch 1184, §22; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §23 – 25; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §70; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §37; 2024 Acts, ch 1004, §33, 34; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §289
Iowa Code § 318.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 318 / Section 318.9
Utility structures.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A utility structure in a highway right-of-way used for telephone, electric, natural gas, or other distribution or transmission purposes shall be removed by the owner or operator of the transmission lines upon written notice from the highway authority of not less than ninety days, to the owner and operator. The notice shall, with reasonable certainty, specify the utility structure to be removed and shall be served in the same manner that original notices are required to be served. If the owner or operator of the transmission line is unable to remove the utility structure within the required time due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner or operator, the owner or operator shall file a request with the highway authority for an extension of time to complete the work.

(1) (b) If the owner or operator of a transmission line needs authorization from the utilities commission or other governmental authority to relocate a utility structure or to obtain a new private easement right for relocation of the utility structure, the owner or operator shall request an extension of time within which to remove the utility structure. The highway authority shall grant an extension of time for at least ninety days following the date authorization is granted or the easement right is obtained.

(2) Upon written application, the highway authority shall locate the construction of new telephone, electric, or transmission lines or parts of lines, including natural gas pipeline, for the roads within the highway authority’s jurisdiction, subject to the jurisdiction of the utilities commission under chapters 476, 478, and 479, as follows:

(2) (a) The county engineer, or the board of supervisors if a county engineer is not available, shall locate the lines for secondary roads.

(2) (b) The department shall locate the lines for primary roads.

(3) The department and the county engineer, or the board of supervisors if a county engineer is not available, may designate the location of a utility structure within a highway right-of-way. A utility structure that is not properly located within the highway right-of-way shall be removed within a time prescribed to a designated location. If not so removed, the highway authority may remove the utility structure and recover costs as provided in section 318.5.

2006 Acts, ch 1097, §92024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 88B.10 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 88B / Section 88B.10
Section 88B.10
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1074, §8.
Iowa Code § 524.1608 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1608
Penalty for accepting deposits while insolvent.
Status: in_force

If a state bank shall accept any deposit or renew any certificate of deposit in violation of section 524.805, subsection 4, any officer or employee knowing of such insolvency who willfully receives, accepts or renews or is accessory to or otherwise knowingly permits such acceptance shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice and shall, in either event be forever disqualified from acting as an officer or employee of any state bank.

[C97, §1885; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9280; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §528.82; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.1608]
Iowa Code § 204.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 204 / Section 204.14
Criminal offense falsified permit or certificate.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §204A.7; 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §45.
Iowa Code § 144A.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144A / Section 144A.12
Application to existing declarations.
Status: in_force

A declaration executed prior to April 23, 1992, shall remain valid and shall be given effect in accordance with the then-applicable provisions of this chapter. If a declaration executed prior to April 23, 1992, includes a provision which would not have been given effect under this chapter prior to April 23, 1992, but which would be given effect under 1992 Acts, ch. 1132, then the provision shall be given effect in accordance with 1992 Acts, ch. 1132.

92 Acts, ch 1132, §5; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Iowa Code § 496C.1 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496C / Section 496C.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Professional Corporation Act”.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496C.1]
Iowa Code § 43.93 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.93
Place of holding caucus.
Status: in_force

Each precinct caucus shall be held in a building which is publicly owned or is suitable for and from time to time made available for holding public meetings wherever it is possible to do so. Upon the application of the county chairperson, the person having control of a building supported by taxation under the laws of this state shall make available the space necessary to conduct the caucus without charge during presidential election years and at a charge not greater than that made for its use by other groups during other years. When using public buildings, the county chairpersons shall cooperate to attempt the collocation of the caucuses.

[C77, 79, 81, §43.93]86 Acts, ch 1224, §4
Iowa Code § 48A.15 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 48A / Section 48A.15
Commissioner’s action upon receipt of challenge or withdrawal.
Status: in_force

(1) A challenge is valid if it meets the criteria in section 48A.14, subsections 1, 2, and 3.

(2) Upon receipt of a challenge which is not valid, the commissioner shall notify the challenger of the reason the challenge is not valid, and shall take no further action regarding the challenge.

(3) Upon receipt of a valid challenge, the commissioner shall, within five working days, notify the challenged registrant and the challenger of the date, time, and place of a hearing on the matter of the challenge, to be held not less than twenty nor more than thirty days from the commissioner’s receipt of the challenge. The notice of a hearing shall include a copy of the challenge, and shall advise the challenged registrant that the registrant may personally appear at the hearing, or may submit to the commissioner before the hearing evidence, documentation, or statements refuting the challenge.

(4) The notice prescribed by subsection 3 shall be sent by first class forwardable mail to the challenged registrant at the registrant’s most recent mailing address according to the registration records.

(5) If the challenge is withdrawn, the commissioner shall immediately notify the challenged registrant of the withdrawal, and shall cancel the scheduled hearing.

(6) If the challenged registrant notifies the commissioner that the challenged registrant wishes to appear in person but is unable to do so on the date scheduled, the commissioner may reschedule the hearing.

94 Acts, ch 1169, §16
Iowa Code § 535.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535 / Section 535.14
Prompt crediting of payment on loans secured by residential real property.
Status: in_force

A lender is subject to the requirements set forth in section 537.3206, regarding the prompt crediting of payments, with respect to a loan secured by a lien or security interest on owner-occupied residential real property. For purposes of this section, “residential real property” means residential real property as defined in section 535B.1.

99 Acts, ch 15, §2
Iowa Code § 432.12A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432 / Section 432.12A
Historic preservation tax credit.
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed under this chapter shall be reduced by a historic preservation tax credit allowed under chapter 404A.

2002 Acts, ch 1003, §4, 5; 2007 Acts, ch 165, §7, 9; 2014 Acts, ch 1118, §11, 12; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §122; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §124
Iowa Code § 904.306 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.306
Conferences.
Status: in_force

Quarterly conferences of the superintendents and the district directors of the institutions shall be held with the director for the consideration of all matters relative to the management of the institutions. Full minutes of the meetings shall be preserved in the records of the director. The director may cause papers to be prepared and read at the conferences on appropriate subjects.

83 Acts, ch 96, §35, 159CS83, §217A.5185 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.306C93, §904.3062024 Acts, ch 1182, §62
Iowa Code § 331.611 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.611
Vital statistics.
Status: in_force

(1) The recorder shall be the county registrar and carry out duties as provided in chapter 144.

(2) The duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

(2) (a) Register and maintain certifications of birth as provided in sections 144.13 through 144.18, 144.45, and 144.46.

(2) (b) Register and maintain certifications of death as provided in sections 144.26 through 144.35, 144.45, and 144.46.

(2) (c) Issue and maintain marriage certificates as provided in sections 144.36, 144.45, and 144.46, and chapter 595.

95 Acts, ch 124, §12, 26
Iowa Code § 510C.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510C / Section 510C.4
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may take any action within the commissioner’s authority to enforce compliance with this chapter.

2019 Acts, ch 88, §4
Iowa Code § 97B.73A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.73A
Section 97B.73A
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1103, §60.See §97B.80C.
Iowa Code § 505.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 505 / Section 505.1
Insurance division created.
Status: in_force

An insurance division is created within the department of insurance and financial services to regulate and supervise the conducting of the business of insurance in the state. The commissioner of insurance is the chief executive officer of the division. As used in this subtitle and chapter 502, “division” means the insurance division.

[S13, §1683-r, -r1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8604; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §505.1]86 Acts, ch 1245, §745; 93 Acts, ch 60, §6; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §1132023 Acts, ch 19, §2726
Iowa Code § 498.14 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.14
Conditions printed on certificates.
Status: in_force

The conditions of membership specified in sections 498.12 and 498.13 shall be printed upon the face of every membership certificate.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8498; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §498.14]
Iowa Code § 709.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709 / Section 709.4
Sexual abuse in the third degree.
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits sexual abuse in the third degree when the person performs a sex act under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) The act is done by force or against the will of the other person, whether or not the other person is the person’s spouse or is cohabiting with the person.

(1) (b) The act is between persons who are not at the time cohabiting as husband and wife and if any of the following are true:

(1) (b) The other person is suffering from a mental defect or incapacity which precludes giving consent.

(1) (b) The other person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and any of the following are true:

(1) (b) The person is a member of the same household as the other person.

(1) (b) The person is related to the other person by blood or affinity to the fourth degree.

(1) (b) The person is in a position of authority over the other person and uses that authority to coerce the other person to submit.

(1) (b) The person is four or more years older than the other person.

(1) (c) The act is performed while the other person is under the influence of a controlled substance, which may include but is not limited to flunitrazepam, and all of the following are true:

(1) (c) The controlled substance, which may include but is not limited to flunitrazepam, prevents the other person from consenting to the act.

(1) (c) The person performing the act knows or reasonably should have known that the other person was under the influence of the controlled substance, which may include but is not limited to flunitrazepam.

(1) (d) The act is performed while the other person is mentally incapacitated, physically incapacitated, or physically helpless.

(2) Sexual abuse in the third degree is a class “C” felony.

[C51, §2581, 2583; R60, §4204, 4206; C73, §3861, 3863; C97, §4756, 4758; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12966, 12967; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §698.1, 698.3; C79, 81, §709.4]89 Acts, ch 138, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1128, §1; 97 Acts, ch 78, §1; 99 Acts, ch 159, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §201; 2021 Acts, ch 37, §4
Iowa Code § 169.19 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 169 / Section 169.19
Enforcement — penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who practices veterinary medicine without a currently valid license or temporary permit is guilty of a fraudulent practice. Each act of such unlawful practice shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.

(2) A person who shall practice veterinary medicine without a currently valid license or temporary permit shall not receive any compensation for services so rendered.

(3) The county attorney of the county in which any violation of this chapter occurs shall conduct the necessary prosecution for such violation. Notwithstanding this provision, the board of veterinary medicine or any citizen of this state may bring an action to enjoin any person from practicing veterinary medicine without a currently valid license or temporary permit. The action brought to restrain a person from engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine without possessing a license shall be brought in the name of the state of Iowa. If the court finds that the individual is violating or threatening to violate this chapter it shall enter an injunction restraining the individual from such unlawful acts.

(4) The successful maintenance of an action based on any one of the remedies set forth in this section shall in no way prejudice the prosecution of an action based on any other remedy set forth in this section.

(5) The department shall cooperate with the board of veterinary medicine in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

[S13, §2538-l; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2805 – 2807; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §169.45 – 169.48; C79, 81, §169.19]83 Acts, ch 115, §12; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Iowa Code § 80B.10 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80B / Section 80B.10
Annual report.
Status: in_force

The council shall make an annual report to the governor, the attorney general, and the commissioner of public safety which shall include pertinent data regarding the standards established and the degree of participation of agencies in the training program. The report required by this section shall specifically include data regarding academy resources devoted to training relating to human trafficking.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §80B.10]2014 Acts, ch 1097, §1
Iowa Code § 804.26 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 804 / Section 804.26
Officer’s return.
Status: in_force

In all cases, the peace officer, when the officer takes a person committed to the officer under an order as provided in this chapter before a magistrate, either for the purpose of giving bail, if bail be taken, or for trial or preliminary examination, must make a return on such order, and sign such return with the officer’s name of office, and deliver the same to the magistrate.

[R60, §4573; C73, §4225; C97, §5215; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13496; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §758.9; C79, 81, §804.26]
Iowa Code § 450.61 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.61
Bequests to personal representatives.
Status: in_force

If a decedent appoints one or more personal representatives and, in lieu of their allowance or commission, makes a bequest or devise of property to them which would otherwise be liable to tax, or appoints them residuary legatees, and the bequests, devises, or residuary legacies exceed the statutory fees as compensation for their services, the excess is liable to tax.

[S13, §1481-a21; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7366; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.61]83 Acts, ch 177, §26, 38
Iowa Code § 591.17 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 591 / Section 591.17
Nonprofit corporations legalized.
Status: in_force

(1) In all instances where corporations not for pecuniary profit have heretofore adopted renewal articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation and there has been a failure to set forth therein the time of the annual meeting or the time of the annual meeting of the trustees or directors and such renewal articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation are otherwise complete and in compliance with the law as set forth in section 504.1, Code 1989, such renewal articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation are hereby legalized and validated and shall be held to have the same force and effect as though all of such provisions had been complied with in all respects.

(2) In all instances where corporations not for pecuniary profit have adopted renewal articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation and the certificate thereof shall not have been signed and acknowledged by the three or more persons who shall have adopted the same but such documents shall have been signed and acknowledged by one or more officers of the corporation or of its board of directors or trustees, such certificates of renewal are hereby legalized and validated and shall be held to be in full force and effect.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §591.17]2004 Acts, ch 1086, §95; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 235F.7 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235F / Section 235F.7
Emergency orders.
Status: in_force

(1) When the court is unavailable from the close of business at the end of the day or week to the resumption of business at the beginning of the day or week, a petition may be filed before a district judge, or district associate judge designated by the chief judge of the judicial district, who may grant emergency relief in accordance with section 235F.6, subsection 1 or 2, if the district judge or district associate judge deems it necessary to protect the vulnerable elder from elder abuse, upon good cause shown in an ex parte proceeding. Present danger of elder abuse constitutes good cause for purposes of this subsection.

(2) An emergency order issued under subsection 1 shall expire seventy-two hours after issuance. When the order expires, the plaintiff may seek a temporary order from the court pursuant to section 235F.5.

(3) A petition filed and emergency order issued under this section and any documentation in support of the petition and order shall be immediately certified to the court. The certification shall commence a proceeding for purposes of section 235F.2.

2014 Acts, ch 1107, §7