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Iowa Code § 202B.402 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 202B / Section 202B.402
Penalties — reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Failure to timely file a report or the filing of false information is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.

(2) For purposes of this section, a report is timely filed if the report is filed prior to May 1 of the year in which it is required to be filed.

(3) The secretary of state shall notify a person who the secretary has reason to believe is required to file a report as provided by this chapter and who has not filed a timely report, that the person may be in violation of this section. 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 person who the secretary has reason to believe is required to report under this chapter if, after thirty days from receipt of the notice, the person 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.

[C77, 79, 81, §172C.11]91 Acts, ch 172, §6C93, §9H.112003 Acts, ch 115, §16, 19CS2003, §202B.4022017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 349.7 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 349 / Section 349.7
Subscribers — how determined.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall determine the bona fide yearly subscribers of a newspaper within the county, as follows:

(1) Those subscribers listed by the publisher whose papers are delivered, by or for the publisher, by mail or otherwise, upon an order or subscription for same by the subscriber, and in accordance with the postal laws and regulations, and who have been subscribers at least six consecutive months prior to date of application.

(2) Those subscribers who have been subscribers at least six consecutive months before the date of application, whose papers are regularly delivered by carrier upon an order or subscription, or whose papers are purchased from the publisher for resale and delivery by independent carriers who have filed with the publisher a list of their subscribers.

[C39, §5402.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.7]86 Acts, ch 1183, §1
Iowa Code § 216A.72 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.72
Office of persons with disabilities.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §451.
Iowa Code § 147.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.2
License required.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and surgery, podiatry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, genetic counseling, psychology, chiropractic, physical therapy, physical therapist assisting, nursing, dentistry, dental hygiene, dental assisting, optometry, speech pathology, audiology, occupational therapy, occupational therapy assisting, orthotics, prosthetics, pedorthics, respiratory care, pharmacy, cosmetology arts and sciences, barbering, social work, dietetics, applied behavior analysis, marital and family therapy or mental health counseling, massage therapy, mortuary science, polysomnography, athletic training, acupuncture, nursing home administration, or sign language interpreting or transliterating, or shall not practice as a physician assistant or a hearing aid specialist, unless the person has obtained a license for that purpose from the board for the profession.

(2) For purposes of this section, a person who is licensed in another state and recognized for licensure in this state pursuant to the nurse licensure compact contained in section 152E.1 or pursuant to the advanced practice registered nurse compact contained in section 152E.3 shall be considered to have obtained a license to practice nursing.

[C97, §2582, 2588; S13, §2575-a28, -a31, -a36, 2582, 2583-a, -d, -r, 2600-o4; SS15, §2588; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2439; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.2]85 Acts, ch 168, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1225, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1035, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §5; 98 Acts, ch 1050, §1, 5; 2000 Acts, ch 1008, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1053, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1185, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1045, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §421, 433; 2005 Acts, ch 53, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §28; 2008 Acts, ch 1009, §1, 5; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 1101, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 57, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 70, §3, 18; 2018 Acts, ch 1052, §2, 12; 2018 Acts, ch 1106, §3, 14
Iowa Code § 679C.102 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679C / Section 679C.102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Mediation” means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute.

(2) “Mediation communication” means a statement, whether oral or in a record, verbal or nonverbal, that occurs during a mediation or is made for purposes of considering, conducting, participating in, initiating, continuing, or reconvening a mediation or retaining a mediator.

(3) “Mediation party” means an individual who participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.

(4) “Mediator” means an individual who conducts a mediation.

(5) “Nonparty participant” means a person, other than a mediation party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.

(6) “Person” means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.

(7) “Proceeding” means any of the following:

(7) (a) A judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process, including related prehearing and posthearing motions, conferences, and discovery.

(7) (b) A legislative hearing or similar process.

(8) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(9) “Sign” means any of the following:

(9) (a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record.

(9) (b) To attach or logically associate an electronic symbol, sound, or process to or with a record with the present intent to authenticate a record.

2005 Acts, ch 68, §7
Iowa Code § 325A.11 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 325A / Section 325A.11
Passenger transportation.
Status: in_force

In addition to the requirements of subchapter I, motor carriers of passengers and charter carriers shall comply with the requirements of this subchapter. A transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N.1, need not comply with the requirements of subchapter I or this subchapter.

97 Acts, ch 104, §42, 61; 2016 Acts, ch 1101, §20, 24
Iowa Code § 15.500 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.500
Property tax exemption.
Status: in_force

(1) A community in which an eligible business’s project is located may grant the eligible business a property tax exemption for a portion of the actual value added by improvements to real property directly related to the eligible business’s created jobs. The community may allow a property tax exemption for a period not to exceed twenty years beginning the year that the improvements to real property are first assessed for taxation.

(2) For purposes of this section, “improvements” means new construction, and rehabilitation of and additions to existing structures.

(3) A property tax exemption granted under subsection 1 shall apply to all taxing districts, except for school districts, in which the real property is located.

2024 Acts, ch 1090, §12, 15
Iowa Code § 208.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 208 / Section 208.1
Policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to provide for the reclamation and conservation of land affected by the mining of gypsum, clay, stone, sand, gravel, or other ores or mineral solids, except coal, and thereby to preserve natural resources, protect and perpetuate the taxable value of property, and protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare of the people of this state.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §83A.1]85 Acts, ch 137, §1C93, §208.196 Acts, ch 1043, §1
Iowa Code § 317.1B — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 317 / Section 317.1B
State weed commissioner.
Status: in_force

The secretary of agriculture may appoint a state weed commissioner to aid in the administration of this chapter and carry out other duties as assigned by the secretary of agriculture relating to the control or eradication of weeds.

2018 Acts, ch 1047, §3
Iowa Code § 556.28 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556 / Section 556.28
Interstate agreements and cooperation.
Status: in_force

(1) The treasurer of state may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed property that it or another state may be entitled to subject to a claim of custody. The treasurer of state by rule may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made pursuant to this section and prescribe the form.

(2) To avoid conflicts between the treasurer of state’s procedures and the procedures of unclaimed property administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the uniform unclaimed property Act, the treasurer of state, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, before adopting, amending or repealing rules, shall advise and consult with the unclaimed property administrators in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the uniform unclaimed property Act and take into consideration the rules of unclaimed property administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the uniform unclaimed property Act.

(3) The treasurer of state may join with other states to seek enforcement of this chapter against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under this chapter.

(4) At the request of another state, the attorney general of this state may bring an action in the name of the unclaimed property administrator of the other state in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder in this state of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the attorney general in bringing the action.

(5) The treasurer of state may request that the attorney general of another state or any other person bring an action in the name of the unclaimed property administrator in the other state. The state shall pay all expenses including attorney’s fees in any action under this subsection. Any expenses paid pursuant to this subsection may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to the claim by the owner under this chapter.

84 Acts, ch 1295, §24
Iowa Code § 214A.20 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214A / Section 214A.20
Limitation on liability.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §214A.25; 2022 Acts, ch 1067, §22.
Iowa Code § 203C.20 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 203C / Section 203C.20
Receipt by warehouse operator to self.
Status: in_force

A licensed warehouse operator may issue a warehouse receipt for agricultural products owned by the warehouse operator and dispose of the title to or interest in such products through the medium of such receipt. Such receipt shall be of the same standing as though it had been issued to a person other than the licensed warehouse operator upon a rightful deposit of the products by such other person. Sections 203C.18 and 203C.19 shall be applicable to any such receipt.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §543.20]C93, §203C.20
Iowa Code § 562.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562 / Section 562.1
Apportionment of rent.
Status: in_force

The executor of a tenant for life who leases real estate so held, and dies on or before the day on which the rent is payable, and a person entitled to rent dependent on the life of another may recover the proportion of rent which had accrued at the time of the death of such life tenant.

[C51, §1267; R60, §2299; C73, §2011; C97, §2988; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §562.1]
Iowa Code § 602.4202 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.4202
Rulemaking procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) The supreme court shall submit a rule or form prescribed by the supreme court under section 602.4201, subsection 3, or pursuant to any other rulemaking authority specifically made subject to this section to the legislative council and shall at the same time report the rule or form to the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and house committees on judiciary. The legislative services agency shall make recommendations to the supreme court on the proper style and format of rules and forms required to be submitted to the legislative council under this subsection.

(2) A rule or form submitted as required under subsection 1 takes effect sixty days after submission to the legislative council, or at a later date specified by the supreme court, unless the legislative council, within sixty days after submission and by a majority vote of its members, delays the effective date of the rule or form to a date as provided in subsection 3.

(3) The effective date of a rule or form submitted during the period of time beginning February 15 and ending February 14 of the next calendar year may be delayed by the legislative council until May 1 of that next calendar year.

(4) If the general assembly enacts a bill changing a rule or form, the general assembly’s enactment supersedes a conflicting provision in the rule or form as submitted by the supreme court.

83 Acts, ch 186, §5202, 10201; 85 Acts, ch 197, §14; 98 Acts, ch 1115, §9, 21; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49
Iowa Code § 336.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 336 / Section 336.15
Existing contracts assumed.
Status: in_force

Whenever a library district is established in accordance with this chapter, its board of trustees shall assume all the obligations of the existing library service contracts made by jurisdictions participating in the library district.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.15]C93, §336.152001 Acts, ch 158, §34; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §330
Iowa Code § 99B.16 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99B / Section 99B.16
Records and reports licensed qualified organization.
Status: in_force

(1) A qualified organization licensed pursuant to section 99B.12, unless otherwise provided, shall maintain proper books of account and records showing, in addition to any other information required by the department, the following:

(1) (a) Gross receipts and the amount of the gross receipts taxes collected or accrued with respect to gambling activities conducted by the licensed qualified organization.

(1) (b) All expenses, charges, fees, and other deductions.

(1) (c) The cash amounts, or the cost to the licensee of goods or other noncash valuables, distributed to participants in the licensed activity.

(1) (d) The amounts dedicated and the date and name and address of each person to whom distributed.

(2) The books of account and records shall be made available to the department or a law enforcement agency for inspection at reasonable times, with or without notice. A failure to permit inspection is a serious misdemeanor.

(3) A licensed qualified organization required to maintain records shall submit an annual report to the department on forms furnished by the department. The annual report shall be submitted by January 31 of each year for the prior calendar year period of January 1 through December 31.

2015 Acts, ch 99, §33, 56
Iowa Code § 215.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215 / Section 215.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Commercial weighing and measuring device” means a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device used to establish size, quantity, area or other quantitative measurement of a commodity sold by weight or measurement, or where the price to be paid for producing the commodity is based upon the weight or measurement of the commodity. The term includes an accessory attached to or used in connection with a commercial weighing or measuring device when the accessory is so designed or installed that its operation may affect the accuracy of the device. “Commercial weighing and measuring device” includes a public scale or a commercial scanner.

(2) “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

(3) “Liquefied petroleum gas” means liquids that do not remain in a liquid state at atmospheric pressures and temperatures composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of hydrocarbons:propane, propylene, butanes including normal butane or isobutane, and butylenes.

(4) “Packer” means a person engaged in the business of any of the following:

(4) (a) Buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter;

(4) (b) Manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for sale or shipment in commerce;

(4) (c) Marketing meats, meat food products, or livestock products in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor in commerce.

(5) “Service agency” means an individual, firm, or corporation which holds itself out to the public as having servicers available to install, service, or repair a weighing or measuring device for hire.

(6) “Servicer” means an individual employed by a service agency who installs, services, or repairs a commercial weighing or measuring device for hire, commission, or salary.

[C81, §215.26]90 Acts, ch 1084, §10, 11; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §143, 144; 2019 Acts, ch 128, §8C2020, §215.12024 Acts, ch 1043, §64
Iowa Code § 297.18 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 297 / Section 297.18
Appraisement.
Status: in_force

Such appraisers shall inspect the premises and, at the time and place designated in the notice, appraise said site in writing, which appraisement, after being duly verified, shall be filed with the county sheriff.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4382; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.18]
Iowa Code § 589.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.1
Acknowledgments — seal not affixed.
Status: in_force

All deeds, mortgages, or other instruments in writing for the conveyance of lands which have been made and executed more than ten years earlier, and the officer taking the acknowledgment has not affixed the officer’s seal to the acknowledgment; the acknowledgment is, nevertheless, good and valid in law and equity, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.

[S13, §2942-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10384; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.1]84 Acts, ch 1090, §1; 91 Acts, ch 183, §11
Iowa Code § 96.15 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 96 / Section 96.15
Waiver — fees — assignments — penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute the individual’s rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void. Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer’s contributions, required under this chapter from such employer, shall be void. No employer shall directly or indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer’s contributions required from the employer, or require or accept any waiver of any right under this chapter by any individual in the employer’s employ. Any employer or officer or agent of an employer who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each offense, be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

(2) An individual claiming benefits shall not be charged fees of any kind in any proceeding under this chapter by the department or its representatives or by a court or an officer of the court. An individual claiming benefits in a proceeding before the department, an appeal tribunal, or a court may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent. A person who violates a provision of this subsection is guilty of a serious misdemeanor for each violation.

(3) Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be void, and such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debt; and benefits received by any individual, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for the collection of all debts. Any waiver of any exemption provided for in this subsection shall be void.

[C39, §1551.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §96.15]85 Acts, ch 54, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §37
Iowa Code § 43.120 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.120
Section 43.120
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15.See §39A.2 – 39A.4.
Iowa Code § 218.92 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.92
Residents with dangerous mental disturbances.
Status: in_force

When a resident of an institution has become so mentally disturbed as to constitute a danger to self, to other residents or staff of the institution, or to the public, and the institution cannot provide adequate security, the director or the director’s designee, with the consent of the director of the Iowa department of corrections, may order the resident to be transferred to the Iowa medical and classification center, if the superintendent of the institution from which the resident is to be transferred, with the support of a majority of the medical staff, recommends the transfer in the interest of the resident, other residents, or the public. If the resident transferred was hospitalized pursuant to sections 229.6 through 229.15, the transfer shall be promptly reported to the court that ordered the hospitalization of the resident, as required by section 229.15, subsection 5. The Iowa medical and classification center has the same rights, duties, and responsibilities with respect to the resident as the institution from which the resident was transferred had while hospitalized in the institution. The cost of the transfer shall be paid from the funds of the institution from which the transfer is made.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.92; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §5]83 Acts, ch 96, §69, 159; 89 Acts, ch 83, §34; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §33; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §29, 51; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §21; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §111; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §409
Iowa Code § 28F.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28F / Section 28F.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Electric power agency” means an entity financing or acquiring electric power facilities pursuant to this chapter or chapter 28E.

(2) “Project” or “projects” means any works or facilities referred to in section 28F.1 and shall include all property real and personal, pertinent thereto or connected with such project or projects, and the existing works or facilities, if any, to which such project or projects are an extension, addition, betterment, or improvement.

(3) “Public agency”, “state”, and “private agency” shall have the meanings prescribed by section 28E.2.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §28F.2; 81 Acts, ch 31, §7]2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §3, 362010 Acts, ch 1018, §4
Iowa Code § 633.203 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.203
Affidavit for corporate fiduciary.
Status: in_force

In any case where a corporation is acting as a fiduciary under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 524, subchapter X, the affidavit required by section 633.202 shall be executed and made by an officer of such corporation.

[C31, 35, §12065-d3; C39, §12065.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.28; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.203]