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Iowa Code § 432.3 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432 / Section 432.3
Receipts — certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

At the time of filing the annual tax return and the final payment of said taxes, said companies and associations shall take duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the commissioner of insurance, and upon filing of said receipt, and not until then, the commissioner of insurance shall issue the annual certificate as provided by law.

[C73, §807; C97, §1333; S13, §1333; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7023; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §432.3; 81 Acts, ch 142, §2]
Iowa Code § 556E.8 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556E / Section 556E.8
Silver-plated articles.
Status: in_force

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a plate, plating, covering, or sheet of silver or of any alloy of silver, and which article is known in the market as “silver-plate” or “silver-electroplate”, or by any similar designation, and having stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any container in which said article is encased or enclosed, the word “sterling” or the word “coin” either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks, is guilty of a fraudulent practice.

[S13, §5077-b3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1913; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §119.8]C93, §556E.8
Iowa Code § 633.514 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.514
Hearing — continuance — orders.
Status: in_force

If, on the day set for hearing, the absentee fails to appear, the court shall appoint some disinterested person as guardian ad litem to appear for the absentee and all distributees not appearing, and said cause shall thereupon stand continued for twenty days. The guardian ad litem shall be a practicing attorney. The court shall have authority to make further continuance upon proper showing. The guardian ad litem shall investigate the matter and things alleged in the petition. Upon the further hearing, the court shall hear the proofs, and, if satisfied of the truth of the allegations of the petition, shall enter an order establishing the death of the absentee as a matter of law.

[C97, §3307; S13, §3307; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11905; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §634.5; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.514]90 Acts, ch 1271, §1514
Iowa Code § 521C.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521C / Section 521C.9
Duties of reinsurers utilizing the services of a reinsurance intermediary-manager.
Status: in_force

(1) A reinsurer shall not engage the services of a person to act as a reinsurance intermediary-manager on its behalf unless the person is licensed as required by section 521C.3, subsection 2.

(2) The reinsurer shall annually obtain a copy of statements of the financial condition of each reinsurance intermediary-manager whom the reinsurer has engaged pursuant to subsection 1. The statements of financial condition shall be prepared by an independent certified accountant in a form acceptable to the commissioner.

(3) If a reinsurance intermediary-manager establishes loss reserves, the reinsurer shall annually obtain the opinion of an actuary attesting to the adequacy of loss reserves established for losses incurred and outstanding on business produced by the reinsurance intermediary-manager. This opinion shall be in addition to any other required loss reserve certification.

(4) Binding authority for all retrocessional contracts or participation in reinsurance syndicates shall rest with an officer of the reinsurer who shall not be affiliated with the reinsurance intermediary-manager.

(5) Within thirty days of termination of a contract with a reinsurance intermediary-manager, the reinsurer shall provide written notification of the termination to the commissioner.

(6) A reinsurer shall not appoint to its board of directors any officer, director, employee, controlling shareholder, or an agent of a producer of its reinsurance intermediary-manager. This subsection shall not apply to relationships governed by chapter 521A relating to the regulation of insurance company holding systems or, if applicable, governed by chapter 510A relating to the regulation of producer controlled property and casualty insurers.

91 Acts, ch 26, §27
Iowa Code § 621.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 621 / Section 621.9
Cash in lieu of bond.
Status: in_force

In all cases in which a bond for security for costs is required, the party required to give such security may deposit in cash the amount fixed in said bond with the clerk of the district court in lieu of said bond.

[S13, §3852-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11253; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §621.9]
Iowa Code § 822.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 822 / Section 822.8
Grounds must be all-inclusive.
Status: in_force

All grounds for relief available to an applicant under this chapter must be raised in the applicant’s original, supplemental or amended application. Any ground finally adjudicated or not raised, or knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived in the proceeding that resulted in the conviction or sentence, or in any other proceeding the applicant has taken to secure relief, may not be the basis for a subsequent application, unless the court finds a ground for relief asserted which for sufficient reason was not asserted or was inadequately raised in the original, supplemental, or amended application.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663A.8]C93, §822.8
Iowa Code § 237.6 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237 / Section 237.6
Restricted use of facility.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensee or approved kinship caregiver shall not furnish child foster care in a building or on premises not designated in the licensee’s license or the kinship caregiver’s approval.

(2) A licensee shall not furnish child foster care to a greater number of children than is designated in the licensee’s license, unless authorized by the department.

(3) The department may issue multiple licenses authorizing separate and distinct parts of an agency licensee’s facility to provide different categories of child foster care.

[C27, 31, 35, §3661-a50; C39, §3661.064; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §237.9; C81, §237.6]2023 Acts, ch 19, §730; 2025 Acts, ch 135, §19
Iowa Code § 420.128 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.128
Chairperson and secretary.
Status: in_force

The precinct caucus shall elect, by a majority vote of those present, a chairperson and secretary who shall certify to the city central committee and city clerk the names and addresses of those elected as delegates to the city convention. The number of delegates from each voting precinct shall be determined by a ratio adopted by the respective political party’s city central committee, and the chairperson of the city central committee shall file with the city clerk a statement designating the number of delegates for each voting precinct in the city not less than twenty-five days before the date of the precinct caucuses. If the chairperson of the city central committee fails to so act, the county chairperson shall designate the number of delegates to be elected from each voting precinct and shall cause such information to be published in two newspapers within the city at least ten days prior to holding the precinct caucuses.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.128]
Iowa Code § 21.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 21 / Section 21.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Governmental body” means:

(1) (a) A board, council, commission, or other governing body expressly created by the statutes of this state or by executive order.

(1) (b) A board, council, commission, or other governing body of a political subdivision or tax-supported district in this state.

(1) (c) A multimembered body formally and directly created by one or more boards, councils, commissions, or other governing bodies subject to paragraphs “a” and “b” of this subsection.

(1) (d) Those multimembered bodies to which the state board of regents or a president of a university has delegated the responsibility for the management and control of the intercollegiate athletic programs at the state universities.

(1) (e) An advisory board, advisory commission, or task force created by the governor or the general assembly to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.

(1) (f) A nonprofit corporation other than a fair conducting a fair event as provided in chapter 174, whose facilities or indebtedness are supported in whole or in part with property tax revenue and which is licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering pursuant to chapter 99D or a nonprofit corporation which is a successor to the nonprofit corporation which built the facility.

(1) (g) A nonprofit corporation licensed to conduct gambling games pursuant to chapter 99F.

(1) (h) An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other body created by statute or executive order of this state or created by an executive order of a political subdivision of this state to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.

(1) (i) The governing body of a drainage or levee district as provided in chapter 468, including a board as defined in section 468.3, regardless of how the district is organized.

(1) (j) An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other body created by an entity organized under chapter 28E, or by the administrator or joint board specified in a chapter 28E agreement, to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.

(2) “Meeting” means a gathering in person or by electronic means, formal or informal, of a majority of the members of a governmental body where there is deliberation or action upon any matter within the scope of the governmental body’s policy-making duties. Meetings shall not include a gathering of members of a governmental body for purely ministerial or social purposes when there is no discussion of policy or no intent to avoid the purposes of this chapter.

(3) “Open session” means a meeting to which all members of the public have access.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, §28A.1; C79, 81, §28A.2]C85, §21.289 Acts, ch 73, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1175, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1271, §701; 91 Acts, ch 258, §26; 93 Acts, ch 25, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1019, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 132, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §31
Iowa Code § 524.1808 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1808
Insurance sales.
Status: in_force

(1) Insurance activities in Iowa of an out-of-state bank holding company and its subsidiaries are subject to regulation, including but not limited to regulation under Title XIII, subtitle 1, in the same manner and to the same extent as are the insurance activities of an Iowa bank holding company and its subsidiaries.

(2) An authorization for a state bank to engage in activities regulated under Title XIII, subtitle 1, if any, does not grant an out-of-state bank holding company that acquires a state bank or any state bank owned or controlled by such bank holding company or any subsidiary or affiliate the ability or right to engage in such activities outside of this state.

90 Acts, ch 1002, §13; 90 Acts, ch 1266, §57C91, §524.191296 Acts, ch 1056, §20, 23C97, §524.1808
Iowa Code § 455B.754 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.754
Legal responsibility.
Status: in_force

This subchapter X shall not be interpreted to affect the legal responsibility to the state to conduct response actions under any applicable state law. This subchapter X shall not be interpreted to affect or provide immunity from any criminal liability.

2004 Acts, ch 1141, §78, 79; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §107
Iowa Code § 135.16 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.16
Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children methamphetamine education.
Status: in_force

As a component of the federal funding received by the department as the administering agency for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, from the United States department of agriculture, food and nutrition service, the department shall incorporate a methamphetamine education program into its nutrition and health-related education services. The department shall be responsible for the development of the education program to be delivered, and for the selection of qualified contract agencies to deliver the instruction under the program.

99 Acts, ch 195, §8; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §30
Iowa Code § 446.39 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.39
Iowa finance authority statement.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 54, §45.
Iowa Code § 232B.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232B / Section 232B.11
Agreements with tribes for care and custody of Indian children.
Status: in_force

(1) The director or the director’s designee shall make a good faith effort to enter into agreements with Indian tribes regarding jurisdiction over child custody proceedings and the care and custody of Indian children whose tribes have land within Iowa, including but not limited to the Sac and Fox tribe, the Omaha tribe, the Ponca tribe, and the Winnebago tribe, and whose tribes have an Indian child who resides in the state of Iowa. An agreement shall seek to promote the continued existence and integrity of the Indian tribe as a political entity and the vital interest of Indian children in securing and maintaining a political, cultural, and social relationship with their tribes. An agreement shall assure that tribal services and Indian organizations or agencies are used to the greatest extent practicable in planning and implementing any action pursuant to the agreement concerning the care and custody of Indian children. If tribal services are not available, an agreement shall assure that community services and resources developed specifically for Indian families will be used.

(2) If an agreement entered into between the tribe and the department pertaining to the funding of foster care placements for Indian children conflicts with any federal or state law, the state in a timely, good faith manner shall agree to amend the agreement in a way that prevents any interruption of services to eligible Indian children.

(3) An agreement entered into under this section may be revoked by either party by giving one hundred eighty days’ advance written notice to the other party. The revocation shall not affect any action or proceeding over which a court has already assumed jurisdiction, unless the agreement provides otherwise.

2003 Acts, ch 153, §12; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §646
Iowa Code § 321.232 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.232
Speed detection jamming devices penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not sell, operate, or possess a speed detection jamming device, except as otherwise provided in this section, when the device is in a vehicle operated on the highways of this state or the device is held for sale in this state.

(2) This section does not apply to speed measuring devices purchased by, held for purchase for, or operated by peace officers using the devices in performance of their official duties.

(3) A speed detection jamming device sold, operated, or possessed in violation of subsection 1 may be seized by a peace officer and is subject to forfeiture as provided by chapter 809 or 809A.

(4) For the purposes of this section:

(4) (a) “Speed detection jamming device” means any active or passive device, instrument, mechanism, or equipment that is designed or intended to interfere with, disrupt, or scramble the radar or laser that is used by a peace officer to measure the speed of motor vehicles. “Speed detection jamming device” does not include equipment that is legal under federal communications commission regulations, such as a citizens’ band radio, a ham radio, or other similar electronic equipment.

(4) (b) “Speed measuring device” includes but is not limited to devices commonly known as radar speed meters or laser speed meters.

[81 Acts, ch 109, §1]96 Acts, ch 1133, §41; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §158
Iowa Code § 214A.42 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214A / Section 214A.42
State and local regulation governing fuel-powered equipment prohibition.
Status: in_force

A government entity shall not adopt or continue in effect any regulation, including in the form of a rule, ordinance, or resolution, that does any of the following:

(1) Prohibits or restricts a person from possessing, storing, transferring, acquiring, operating, maintaining, repairing, or reusing fuel-powered equipment or parts of fuel-powered equipment solely because such equipment is manufactured to be powered by a specific fuel source.

(2) Requires that a person selling fuel-powered equipment or parts of fuel-powered equipment do any of the following:

(2) (a) Sell fuel-powered equipment or parts of fuel-powered equipment solely because such equipment is manufactured to be powered by a specific fuel source.

(2) (b) Maintain an inventory of fuel-powered equipment or parts of fuel-powered equipment solely because such equipment is manufactured to be powered by a specific fuel source.

2025 Acts, ch 26, §2
Iowa Code § 712.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 712 / Section 712.1
Arson defined.
Status: in_force

(1) Causing a fire or explosion, or placing any burning or combustible material, or any incendiary or explosive device or material, in or near any property with the intent to destroy or damage such property, or with the knowledge that such property will probably be destroyed or damaged, is arson, whether or not any such property is actually destroyed or damaged. Provided, that where a person who owns said property which the defendant intends to destroy or damage, or which the defendant knowingly endangers, consented to the defendant’s acts, and where no insurer has been exposed fraudulently to any risk, and where the act was done in such a way as not to unreasonably endanger the life or property of any other person the act shall not be arson.

(2) Causing a fire or explosion that damages or destroys property while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of section 124.401 is arson. Even if a person who owns property which the defendant intends to destroy or damage, or which the defendant knowingly endangers, consents to the defendant’s act, and even if an insurer has not been exposed fraudulently to any risk, and even if the act was done in such a way as not to unreasonably endanger the life or property of any person, the act constitutes arson.

[C51, §2598 – 2603; R60, §4222 – 4227; C73, §3880 – 3885; C97, §4776 – 4781, 4795, 4798; C24, §12963, 12964, 12984 – 12989; C27, 31, 35, §12963, 12964, 12991-b1 – b3, -b5; C39, §12963, 12964, 12991.1 – 12991.3, 12991.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §697.3, 697.4, 707.1 – 707.3, 707.5; C79, 81, §712.1]2004 Acts, ch 1125, §13
Iowa Code § 235B.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235B / Section 235B.1
Dependent adult abuse services.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish and operate a dependent adult abuse services program. The program shall emphasize the reporting and evaluation of cases of abuse of a dependent adult who is unable to protect the adult’s own interests or unable to perform activities necessary to meet essential human needs. The program shall include but is not limited to:

(1) The establishment of local or regional multidisciplinary teams to assist in assessing the needs of, formulating and monitoring a treatment plan for, and coordinating services to victims of dependent adult abuse. The membership of a team shall include individuals who possess knowledge and skills related to the diagnosis, assessment, and disposition of dependent adult abuse cases and who are professionals practicing in the disciplines of medicine, public health, mental health, social work, law, law enforcement, or other disciplines relative to dependent adults. Members of a team shall include but are not limited to persons representing the area agencies on aging, county attorneys, health care providers, and other persons involved in advocating or providing services to dependent adults.

(2) Provisions for information sharing and case consultation among service providers, care providers, and victims of dependent adult abuse.

(3) Procedures for referral of cases among service providers, including the referral of victims of dependent adult abuse residing in licensed health care facilities.

83 Acts, ch 96, §159, 160; 83 Acts, ch 153, §4; 84 Acts, ch 1178, §3; 85 Acts, ch 180, §1; 87 Acts, ch 182, §2 – 8; 88 Acts, ch 1238, §2; 89 Acts, ch 24, §2, 3; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §52; 90 Acts, ch 1271, §1509; 91 Acts, ch 231, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1130, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1116, §16; 2008 Acts, ch 1093, §1, 2; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §50; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §28; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §62; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §46; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §715, 1937, 1938; 2024 Acts, ch 1004, §29; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §276
Iowa Code § 53.13 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.13
Voter’s affidavit on envelope.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §31, 32; . See §53.8.
Iowa Code § 52.29 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.29
Optical scan voting system sample ballots.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall provide for each precinct where an optical scan voting system is in use at least one sample optical scan ballot which shall be an exact copy of the official ballots as printed for that precinct. The sample ballot shall be posted prominently within the polling place, and shall be open to public inspection during the hours the polls are open on election day. If the ballot used on election day has offices or questions appearing on the back of the ballot, both sides of the sample ballot shall be displayed.

[C77, 79, 81, §52.29]2002 Acts, ch 1134, §57, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §37; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §59
Iowa Code § 10B.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10B / Section 10B.6
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the failure to timely file a report or the filing of false information in a report as provided in section 10B.4 is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.

(1) (b) The failure to file a report or the filing of false information in a report by a nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or other fiduciary thereof as provided in section 10B.4 is punishable by a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars for each offense.

(2) The secretary of state shall notify a reporting entity which the secretary of state has reason to believe is required to file a report and who has not filed a timely report, that the person may be in violation of section 10B.4. The secretary of state shall include in the notice a statement of the penalty which may be assessed if the required report is not filed within thirty days. The secretary of state shall refer to the attorney general any reporting entity which the secretary of state has reason to believe is required to report if, after thirty days from receipt of the notice, the reporting entity has not filed the required report. The attorney general may, upon referral from the secretary of state, file an action in district court to seek the assessment of a civil penalty of one hundred dollars for each day the report is not filed.

98 Acts, ch 1110, §206, 3012024 Acts, ch 1007, §11