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Iowa Code § 260C.61 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.61
Rates, fees, and rentals — pledge.
Status: in_force

If bonds or notes are issued by a board, the board shall establish, impose, and collect rates, fees or rentals for the use of and services provided by the residence halls and dormitories, including dining and other incidental facilities therefor, at the institution on behalf of which the bonds or notes are issued, shall adjust the rates, fees, or rentals from time to time, in order to always provide net amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes as they become due, and shall maintain a reserve. The board may pledge a sufficient amount of the net rents, profits and income derived from the operation of residence halls and dormitories, including dining and other facilities, at the institution for this purpose. Rates, fees, or rentals collected at one institution shall not be used to discharge bonds or notes issued for or on account of another institution. All bonds or notes issued under the terms of this subchapter shall be exempt from taxation by the state of Iowa and the interest on the bonds or notes is exempt from the state income tax.

90 Acts, ch 1253, §63C91, §280A.61C93, §260C.612014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Iowa Code § 572.15 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 572 / Section 572.15
Discharge of mechanic’s lien bond.
Status: in_force

A mechanic’s lien may be discharged at any time by submitting a bond to the administrator in twice the amount of the sum for which the claim for the lien is posted, with surety or sureties, to be approved by the administrator, conditioned for the payment of any sum for which the claimant may obtain judgment upon the claim.

[C97, §3093; S13, §3093; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10284; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.15]86 Acts, ch 1017, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 83, §11; 2012 Acts, ch 1105, §12, 27, 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13; 2013 Acts, ch 99, §8
Iowa Code § 15.393 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.393
Film, television, and video project promotion program — tax credits and income exclusion.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1136, §38 – 41.
Iowa Code § 138.11 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 138 / Section 138.11
Access to camp for inspection.
Status: in_force

The director may enter and inspect migrant labor camps at any reasonable time and may question persons, and investigate facts, conditions, practices, or any other matters as are necessary or appropriate to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any rules made pursuant to this chapter, or in the formulation of any additional rules. The director may, to the extent appropriate, utilize the services of any other state department or agency or any local agency for assistance in inspections and investigations.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §138.11]
Iowa Code § 812.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 812 / Section 812.5
Competency hearing — findings.
Status: in_force

The court shall receive all relevant and material evidence offered at the hearing and shall not be bound by the formal rules of evidence. The evidence shall include the psychiatric evaluation ordered under section 812.3 or conducted within thirty days of the probable cause finding.

(1) If the court finds the defendant is competent to stand trial, the court shall reinstate the criminal proceedings suspended under section 812.3.

(2) If the court, by a preponderance of the evidence, finds the defendant is suffering from a mental disorder which prevents the defendant from appreciating the charge, understanding the proceedings, or assisting effectively in the defense, the court shall suspend the criminal proceedings indefinitely and order the defendant to be placed in a treatment program pursuant to section 812.6 and shall make further findings of record as necessary under section 812.6.

[C51, §3264 – 3267; R60, §5020 – 5023; C73, §4625 – 4628; C97, §5543; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13908; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §783.4; C79, 81, §812.5]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 85 Acts, ch 21, §47; 94 Acts, ch 1079, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1084, §7
Iowa Code § 614.22 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 614 / Section 614.22
Action affecting ancient deeds.
Status: in_force

(1) An action shall not be maintained to set aside, cancel, annul, declare void or invalid, or to redeem from a tax deed, guardian’s deed, executor’s deed, administrator’s deed, receiver’s deed, referee’s deed, assignee’s deed, or sheriff’s deed which has been recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in this state in which the land described in the deed is situated prior to January 1, 1980, unless the action is commenced prior to January 1, 1992, and if an action to set aside, cancel, annul, declare void or invalid, or to redeem from the deed is not commenced prior to January 1, 1992, then the deed and all the proceedings upon which the deed is based are valid and unimpeachable and effective to convey title as stated in the deed, without exception for infancy, mental illness, absence from the state, or other disability or cause; provided that this subsection and section 614.23 do not apply to real property described in a deed which is not in the possession of those claiming title under the deed.

(2) (a) On and after January 1, 1992, an action shall not be maintained to set aside, cancel, annul, declare void or invalid, or to redeem from a tax deed, guardian’s deed, executor’s deed, administrator’s deed, receiver’s deed, referee’s deed, assignee’s deed, or sheriff’s deed, if the deed has been recorded in the office of the recorder for more than ten years. The deed must be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which the land described in the deed is situated. If an action under this subsection is not commenced within ten years of the recording of the deed, then the deed and all proceedings upon which the deed is based are valid and unimpeachable and effective to convey title as stated in the deed, without exception for infancy, mental illness, absence from the state, or other disability or cause.

(2) (b) However, this subsection and section 614.23 do not apply to real property described in a deed which is not in the possession of those claiming title under the deed.

[SS15, §3447-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11029; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.22]91 Acts, ch 183, §39; 2000 Acts, ch 1069, §2; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 232.172 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.172
Confinement of delinquent juvenile.
Status: in_force

(1) For a juvenile under the jurisdiction of this state who is subject to the interstate compact for juveniles under section 232.173, the confinement of the juvenile in an institution located within another compacting state shall be as provided under the compact.

(2) This subsection applies to the confinement of a delinquent juvenile under the jurisdiction of this state in an institution located within a noncompacting state, as defined in section 232.173, that entered into the interstate compact on juveniles under section 232.171. In addition to any institution in which the authorities of this state may otherwise confine or order the confinement of the delinquent juvenile, such authorities may, pursuant to the out-of-state confinement amendment to the interstate compact on juveniles in section 232.171, confine or order the confinement of the delinquent juvenile in a compact institution within another party state.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §231.15; C79, 81, §232.140]CS85, §232.1722010 Acts, ch 1192, §75; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §58
Iowa Code § 639.33 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.33
Service when party absent.
Status: in_force

If the party required to be notified is not found at the party’s usual place of business or residence, such notice may be served upon a member of the party’s family over fourteen years of age at such place.

[C97, §3900; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12109; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.33]
Iowa Code § 554.9404 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9404
Rights acquired by assignee — claims and defenses against assignee.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable agreement not to assert defenses or claims, and subject to subsections 2 through 5, the rights of an assignee are subject to:

(1) (a) all terms of the agreement between the account debtor and assignor and any defense or claim in recoupment arising from the transaction that gave rise to the contract; and

(1) (b) any other defense or claim of the account debtor against the assignor which accrues before the account debtor receives a notification of the assignment signed by the assignor or the assignee.

(2) Subject to subsection 3 and except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the claim of an account debtor against an assignor may be asserted against an assignee under subsection 1 only to reduce the amount the account debtor owes.

(3) This section is subject to law other than this Article which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(4) In a consumer transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor’s obligation, law other than this Article requires that the record include a statement to the effect that the account debtor’s recovery against an assignee with respect to claims and defenses against the assignor may not exceed amounts paid by the account debtor under the record, and the record does not include such a statement, the extent to which a claim of an account debtor against the assignor may be asserted against an assignee is determined as if the record included such a statement.

(5) This section does not apply to an assignment of a health care insurance receivable.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §66, 185, 187; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §77
Iowa Code § 497.4 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.4
Fee.
Status: in_force

For filing the articles of incorporation of associations organized under this chapter, there shall be paid to the secretary of state ten dollars, and for the filing of an amendment to such articles, five dollars; provided that when the capital stock of such corporation shall be less than five hundred dollars, such fee for filing either the articles of incorporation or amendments thereto shall be one dollar. In all cases there shall be paid a recording fee of fifty cents per page.

[SS15, §1641-r4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8462; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.4]94 Acts, ch 1055, §10
Iowa Code § 257.7 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.7
Authorized expenditures.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts are subject to chapter 24. The authorized expenditures of a school district during a base year shall not exceed the lesser of the budget for that year certified under section 24.17 plus any allowable amendments permitted in this section, or the authorized budget, which is the sum of the combined district cost for that year, the actual miscellaneous income received for that year, and the actual unspent balance from the preceding year.

(2) If actual miscellaneous income for a budget year exceeds the anticipated miscellaneous income in the certified budget for that year, or if an unspent balance has not been previously certified, a school district may amend its certified budget.

89 Acts, ch 135, §7; 90 Acts, ch 1190, §2
Iowa Code § 68A.602 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68A / Section 68A.602
Fund created.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 144, §13, 14.
Iowa Code § 422.11X — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.11X
Disaster recovery housing project tax credit.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §111, 114.
Iowa Code § 321E.29A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321E / Section 321E.29A
Raw milk transporters.
Status: in_force

A permit-issuing authority may issue annual permits authorizing a raw milk transporter to transport by motor truck raw milk to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. The combined gross weight or gross weight on any axle or group of axles of the motor truck shall not exceed the limits established under section 321.463. The permit-issuing authority may specify weight limits or routes for each raw milk transporter or establish weight limits or routes under section 321E.8.

98 Acts, ch 1103, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 49, §22
Iowa Code § 43.63 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.63
Canvass by state board.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of the abstracts of votes from the counties, the secretary of state shall immediately open the envelopes and canvass the results for all offices. The secretary of state shall invite to attend the canvass one representative from each political party which, at the last three preceding general elections, cast for its candidate for president of the United States or for governor, as the case may be, at least two percent of the total vote cast for all candidates for that office at those elections, as determined by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall notify the chairperson of each political party of the time of the canvass. However, the presence of a representative from a political party is not necessary for the canvass to proceed.

(2) Not later than the twenty-seventh day after the primary election, the secretary of state shall present to the state board of canvassers abstracts showing the number of ballots cast by each political party for each office and a summary of the results for each office, showing the votes cast in each county. The state board of canvassers shall review the results compiled by the secretary of state and, if the results are accurately tabulated, the state board shall approve the canvass.

[S13, §1087-a22; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §591; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.63]95 Acts, ch 189, §3; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2025 Acts, ch 123, §28
Iowa Code § 573.26 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 573 / Section 573.26
Public corporation — action on bond.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting in any manner the right of the public corporation to pursue any remedy on the bond given for the performance of the contract.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10323; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573.26]
Iowa Code § 318.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 318 / Section 318.7
Injunction to restrain obstructions.
Status: in_force

A highway authority may maintain a suit in equity aided by injunction to restrain an obstruction in a highway right-of-way. In such actions, the highway authority may cause the legal boundary lines of the highway to be adjudicated provided all interested parties are impleaded.

2006 Acts, ch 1097, §7
Iowa Code § 636.24 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 636 / Section 636.24
Population and indebtedness.
Status: in_force

The population specified in section 636.23 shall be determined by the last preceding official federal census. The indebtedness of any municipality or governmental subdivision shall be determined by the official certificate of the officer of such municipality or district in charge of its public accounts.

[C31, 35, §12772-c1; C39, §12772.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §682.24]C93, §636.24
Iowa Code § 481A.83 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.83
Prohibited stocking.
Status: in_force

A person shall not stock or introduce into the waters of the state a live fish, except for hooked bait, without the permission of the director. This section does not apply to privately owned ponds and lakes.

88 Acts, ch 1216, §30C89, §109.83C93, §481A.83
Iowa Code § 164.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 164 / Section 164.14
Imported designated animals.
Status: in_force

(1) Female designated animals other than female bovine animals, which are under an age established by the department, and female bovine animals over six months and under eighteen months of age, may enter the state for feeding purposes to be consigned to a state-approved premises under quarantine, if the female designated animals are not postparturient. The designated native female animals that have been consigned to the state-approved premises may be released from the state-approved premises if they have been any of the following:

(1) (a) Consigned to slaughter.

(1) (b) Consigned to a federally approved market.

(1) (c) Consigned to another quarantined premises.

(1) (d) Tested negative for brucellosis at the owner’s expense. The test shall be made not less than sixty days after the last consignment to the premises and shall include all animals on the premises.

(2) Female designated animals, other than female bovine, over an age established by the department and female bovine over eighteen months of age may enter the state if the designated animals are any of the following:

(2) (a) Consigned to a federally approved market.

(2) (b) Consigned to a slaughter plant for immediate slaughter.

(2) (c) Accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection showing a record of a negative brucellosis test, when required, accomplished within thirty days of importation.

[C54, 58, 62, §164.11(7a); C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.14]86 Acts, ch 1036, §8; 97 Acts, ch 124, §14; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §19
Iowa Code § 554.8320 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8320
Section 554.8320
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1138, §81, 84.
Iowa Code § 231E.12 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231E / Section 231E.12
Liability.
Status: in_force

All employees and volunteers of the state office and local offices operating under this chapter and other applicable chapters and pursuant to rules adopted under this and other applicable chapters are considered employees of the state and state volunteers for the purposes of chapter 669 and shall be afforded protection under section 669.21 or 669.24, as applicable. This section does not relieve a guardian or conservator from performing duties prescribed under chapter 633.

2005 Acts, ch 175, §141
Iowa Code § 2.33 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.33
Differential treatment in legislation.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall not pass a bill that uses gender as the basis for differential treatment unless there is a compelling reason for the differential treatment and no reasonable alternatives exist by which the treatment could be mitigated or avoided.

84 Acts, ch 1042, §1
Iowa Code § 468.371 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.371
Registration.
Status: in_force

When bonds have been executed as provided in this part they shall be delivered to the county treasurer and the treasurer’s receipt taken for each bond. The county treasurer shall register each bond in a book provided for that purpose, which shall show the number of each bond, its date, date of sale, amount, date of maturity, and the name and address of the purchaser, and if exchanged what evidences of debt were received for each bond. The record shall at all times be open to the inspection of the owners of property within the district. The treasurer shall certify on the back of each bond as follows:This bond duly and properly registered in my office this day of (month), (year).Treasurer of the County of

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7667; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.17]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.3712000 Acts, ch 1058, §56; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §306
Iowa Code § 910.3A — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 910 / Section 910.3A
Notification of homicide victim’s county of residence.
Status: in_force

The county attorney of a county in which a judgment of conviction and sentence under section 707.2, 707.3, 707.4, 707.5, or 707.6A is rendered against a defendant relating to a person’s death shall notify in writing the clerk of the district court of the county of the person’s residence. Such notification shall be for the purpose of the county of the person’s residence recovering from the defendant the fee and expenses incurred investigating the person’s death pursuant to section 331.802, subsection 2.

96 Acts, ch 1139, §2
Iowa Code § 203.20 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 203 / Section 203.20
Shrinkage adjustments disclosures penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who, in connection with the receipt of grain for storage, processing, or sale, adjusts the scale weight of the grain to compensate for the moisture content of the grain shall compute the amount of the adjustment by multiplying the scale weight of the grain by that factor which results in a rate of adjustment of one and eighteen hundredths percent of weight per one percent of moisture content. The person who uses any rate of weight adjustment for moisture content other than the one prescribed by this subsection commits a fraudulent practice as defined in section 714.8. The person shall post on the business premises in a conspicuous place notice of the rate of adjustment for moisture content as prescribed by this subsection. The person who fails to make this disclosure commits a simple misdemeanor.

(2) A person who, in connection with the receipt of grain for storage, processing, or sale, adjusts the quantity of the grain received to compensate for losses to be incurred during the handling, processing, or storage of the grain shall post on the business premises in a conspicuous place notice of the rate of adjustment to be made for this shrinkage. The person who fails to make this disclosure commits a simple misdemeanor.

(3) A person who adjusts the scale weight of grain for moisture content and for handling, processing, or storage losses may combine the two adjustment factors into a single factor and may use this resulting factor to compute the amount of weight adjustment in connection with storage, processing, or sale transactions, provided that the person shall post on the business premises in a conspicuous place a notice that discloses the moisture shrinkage factor prescribed by subsection 1, the handling shrinkage factor to be imposed, and the single factor that results from combining these factors. The person who fails to make this disclosure commits a simple misdemeanor.

[81 Acts, ch 180, §17]C83, §542.20C93, §203.202023 Acts, ch 154, §8, 19
Iowa Code § 8.57B — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.57B
Water quality infrastructure fund creation appropriations.
Status: in_force

(1) A water quality infrastructure fund is created within the division of soil conservation and water quality of the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 423G.6, and appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law.

(2) The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the division of soil conservation and water quality of the department of agriculture and land stewardship for the exclusive purpose of supporting water quality agriculture infrastructure programs created in section 466B.43.

(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2018 Acts, ch 1001, §3; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §6; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §32
Iowa Code § 611.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 611 / Section 611.1
Proceedings classified.
Status: in_force

Every proceeding in court is an action, and is civil, special, or criminal.

[R60, §2605; C73, §2504; C97, §3424; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10938; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.1]