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Iowa Code § 321.106 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.106
Registration for fractional part of year.
Status: in_force

(1) When a motor truck, truck tractor, or road tractor is registered by the county treasurer pursuant to section 321.120, 321.121, or 321.122 and there is no delinquency and the registration is made in February or succeeding months through November, the annual registration fee shall be prorated for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year. A fee shall not be required for the month of December for a vehicle registered on a calendar year basis on which there is no delinquency. However, when such a vehicle is registered in November, the vehicle may be registered for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year or for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year and for the next registration year, upon payment of the applicable registration fees.

(2) When a vehicle is registered under chapter 326 and there is no delinquency and the registration is made in the second through eleventh month of the registration year, the annual registration fee shall be prorated for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year. However, when such a vehicle is registered in the eleventh month of the registration year, the vehicle may be registered for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year and for the next registration year, upon payment of the applicable registration fees.

(3) When a vehicle is registered on a birth month basis and there is no delinquency and the registration is made in the month after the beginning of the registration year or succeeding months, the annual registration fee shall be prorated for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year. A fee shall not be required for the month of the owner’s birthday for a vehicle on which there is no delinquency. However, when a vehicle registered on a birth month basis is registered during the eleventh month of the registration year, the vehicle may be registered for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year or for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year and for the next registration year, upon payment of the applicable registration fees.

(4) If a fee computed under this section contains a fractional part of a dollar, the fee shall be computed to the nearest whole dollar. A fee computed under this section shall not be less than five dollars. The fee so computed shall be deemed to be the annual registration fee for the remainder of the registration year. This subsection does not apply to vehicles registered under chapter 326.

(5) A reduction in the annual registration fee shall not be allowed by the department until the applicant files satisfactory evidence to prove that there is no delinquency in registration.

[SS15, §1571-m7; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4905; C39, §5008.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.106]82 Acts, ch 1062, §13, 38; 83 Acts, ch 24, §5, 12; 2000 Acts, ch 1028, §3, 4; 2008 Acts, ch 1113, §87; 2012 Acts, ch 1093, §9, 40; 2013 Acts, ch 103, §9
Iowa Code § 125.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.14
Licenses renewal fees.
Status: in_force

The department shall consider all cases involving initial issuance, and renewal, denial, suspension, or revocation of a license. The department shall issue a license to an applicant whom the department determines meets the licensing requirements of this chapter. Licenses shall expire no later than three years from the date of issuance and shall be renewed upon timely application made in the same manner as for initial issuance of a license unless notice of nonrenewal is given to the licensee at least thirty days prior to the expiration of the license. The department shall not charge a fee for licensing or renewal of programs contracting with the department for provision of treatment services. A fee may be charged to other licensees.

[C75, 77, §224B.14, 224B.15; C79, 81, §125.14; 81 Acts, ch 58, §8]89 Acts, ch 243, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1140, §19; 2002 Acts, ch 1108, §6; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §672023 Acts, ch 19, §87; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §378; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §144
Iowa Code § 707C.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 707C / Section 707C.4
Human reproductive cloning — prohibitions — penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not intentionally or knowingly do any of the following:

(1) (a) Perform or attempt to perform human reproductive cloning.

(1) (b) Participate in performing or in an attempt to perform human reproductive cloning.

(1) (c) Transfer or receive, in whole or in part, for the purpose of shipping, receiving, or importing, the product of human reproductive cloning.

(2) (a) A person who violates subsection 1, paragraph “a” or “b”, is guilty of a class “C” felony.

(2) (b) A person who violates subsection 1, paragraph “c”, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(3) A person who violates this section in a manner that results in a pecuniary gain to the person is subject to a civil penalty in an amount that is twice the amount of the gross gain.

(4) A person who violates this section and who is licensed pursuant to chapter 148 is subject to revocation of the person’s license.

(5) A violation of this section is grounds for denial of an application for, denial of renewal of, or revocation of any license, permit, certification, or any other form of permission required to practice or engage in any trade, occupation, or profession regulated by the state.

2007 Acts, ch 6, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §139
Iowa Code § 490.1512 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1512
Action by attorney general.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may maintain an action to enjoin a foreign corporation from doing business in this state in violation of this chapter.

2021 Acts, ch 165, §198, 230
Iowa Code § 726.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 726 / Section 726.5
Nonsupport.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A person, who being able to do so, fails or refuses to provide support for the person’s child or protected person under the age of eighteen years for a period longer than one year or in an amount greater than five thousand dollars commits the offense of nonsupport.

(1) (b) A person shall not be held to have violated this section if the person fails to support any child or protected person under the age of eighteen who has left the home of the parent or other person having legal custody of the child or protected person without the consent of that parent or person having legal custody of the child or protected person.

(2) “Support”, for the purposes of this section, means any support which has been fixed by court order, or, in the absence of any such order or decree, the minimal requirements of food, clothing or shelter.

(3) Nonsupport is a class “D” felony.

[S13, §4775-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13230; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §731.1; C79, 81, §726.5]2006 Acts, ch 1119, §8; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §229; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §98
Iowa Code § 390.8A — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 390 / Section 390.8A
Transmission facility ownership.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred upon a city or electric power agency elsewhere in this chapter, a city or electric power agency may acquire ownership interest in a transmission facility, including ownership of the capacity of such facility, within this state or in any other state for the purpose of participating with other utilities in transmission to be operated by a regional transmission organization or an independent transmission operator approved by the federal energy regulatory commission. For purposes of this section, “electric power agency” means the same as defined in section 390.9.

2012 Acts, ch 1065, §2
Iowa Code § 491.18 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.18
Proof of publication — filing.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1074, §4.
Iowa Code § 358.28 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.28
Annexation hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors to whom a petition filed pursuant to section 358.26 is addressed shall preside at the public hearing provided for in section 358.27 and shall continue the hearing with adjournments from day to day until completed without giving further notice of the hearing. A representative of the sanitary district board of trustees shall attend the public hearing and be available to answer questions regarding the proposed annexation. The board of supervisors may consider the property to be annexed, whether the property shall be described as provided in the petition or be otherwise described, and for the purpose of describing the property, may amend the petition by limiting or changing the property to be annexed as stated in the petition. The board of supervisors shall adjust the property to be annexed as needed to exclude land that has no reasonable likelihood of benefit from inclusion in the area to be annexed. The boundaries of the area to be annexed shall not be changed to incorporate property which is not included in the petition until the owner of the property is given notice of the proposed annexation as provided in section 358.27.

(2) All persons in the district and in the area to be annexed shall have an opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed annexation and make suggestions regarding the property to be annexed. The board of supervisors, after hearing the statements, evidence, and suggestions at the public hearing, shall enter an order determining the property to be annexed and directing that the question of annexation be submitted at an election to the registered voters residing within the district and within the area to be annexed. The order shall fix a date for the election which shall be held not more than sixty days after the date of the order.

98 Acts, ch 1139, §4
Iowa Code § 633.255 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.255
Purchase of new homestead.
Status: in_force

In case the homestead is sold, the surviving spouse may use any or all of the spouse’s share to procure a homestead which shall be exempt from liability for all debts from which the former homestead would have been exempt.

[C51, §1406; C73, §2451; C97, §3375; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12002; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.17; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.255]
Iowa Code § 625A.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 625A / Section 625A.15
Restitution of property.
Status: in_force

If, by the decision of an appellate court, the appellant becomes entitled to a restoration of any part of the money or property that was taken from the appellant by means of a judgment or order, either the appellate court or the court below may direct execution or writ of restitution to issue for the purpose of restoring to the appellant such property or its value.

[C51, §1992; R60, §3540; C73, §3198; C97, §4145; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12877; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §686.15]C93, §625A.15
Iowa Code § 679C.108 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679C / Section 679C.108
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Unless subject to chapter 21 or 22, mediation communications are confidential to the extent agreed to by the parties or provided by other law or rule of this state.

2005 Acts, ch 68, §13
Iowa Code § 425.19 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 425 / Section 425.19
Claim and credit or reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations provided in this subchapter, a claimant may annually claim a credit for property taxes due during the fiscal year next following the base year or claim a reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid in the base year. The amount of the credit for property taxes due for a homestead shall be paid on June 15 of each year from the elderly and disabled property tax credit fund under section 425.39, subsection 1, by the director of revenue to the county treasurer who shall credit the money received against the amount of the property taxes due and payable on the homestead of the claimant and the amount of the reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid shall be paid by the director of health and human services to the claimant from the reimbursement fund under section 425.39, subsection 2, on or before December 31 of each year.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §425.19]83 Acts, ch 172, §4; 99 Acts, ch 152, §14, 40; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2021 Acts, ch 41, §18, 36; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1131
Iowa Code § 159A.6B — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 159A / Section 159A.6B
Technical assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) The office shall assist persons in revitalizing rural regions of this state, by providing technical assistance to new or existing renewable fuel production facilities, including the establishment and operation of facilities, and specifically facilities which create coproducts, including coproducts which support livestock production operations. The office shall consult with the Iowa corn growers association and the Iowa soybean association. The office shall provide planning assistance which may include evaluations of methods to most profitably manage these operations. The business planning assistance shall provide for adequate environmental protection of this state’s natural resources from the operation of the facility.

(2) The office may execute contracts in order to provide technical support and outreach services for purposes of assisting and educating interested persons as provided in this section. The office may also contract with a consultant to provide part or all of these services. The office may require that a person receiving assistance pursuant to this section contribute up to fifty percent of the amount required to support the costs of contracting with the consultant to provide assistance to the person.

(3) The office shall cooperate with the economic development authority and regents institutions or other universities and colleges in order to carry out this section.

94 Acts, ch 1119, §21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §198; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §11, 41; 2009 Acts, ch 123, §29; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §50, 85, 86, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1126, §23; 2025 Acts, ch 136, §44, 59
Iowa Code § 476.44 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.44
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall not require an electric utility to purchase or wheel electricity from an alternate energy production facility or small hydro facility unless the facility is owned or operated by an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, city, town, or county that meets both of the following:

(1) (a) Is not primarily engaged in the business of producing or selling electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy other than electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy sold solely from alternate energy production facilities or small hydro facilities.

(1) (b) Does not sell electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy to residential users other than the tenants or the owner or operator of the facility.

(2) (a) An electric utility subject to this subchapter, except a utility that elects rate regulation pursuant to section 476.1A, shall not be required to own or purchase, at any one time, more than its share of one hundred five megawatts of power from alternate energy production facilities or small hydro facilities at the rates established pursuant to section 476.43. The commission shall allocate the one hundred five megawatts based upon each utility’s percentage of the total Iowa retail peak demand, for the year beginning January 1, 1990, of all utilities subject to this section. If a utility undergoes reorganization as defined in section 476.76, the commission shall combine the allocated purchases of power for each utility involved in the reorganization.

(2) (b) Notwithstanding the one hundred five megawatt maximum, the commission may increase the amount of power that a utility is required to own or purchase at the rates established pursuant to section 476.43 if the commission finds that a utility, including a reorganized utility, exceeds its 1990 Iowa retail peak demand by twenty percent and the additional power the utility is required to purchase will encourage the development of alternate energy production facilities and small hydro facilities. The increase shall not exceed the utility’s increase in peak demand multiplied by the ratio of the utility’s share of the one hundred five megawatt maximum to its 1990 Iowa retail peak demand.

83 Acts, ch 182, §5; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §38; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §97; 92 Acts, ch 1166, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 29, §3, 6; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §145; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 541.201 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.201
Section 541.201
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 498.36 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.36
Indemnification.
Status: in_force

A cooperative association operating under this chapter may indemnify any present or former director, officer, employee, member, or volunteer in the manner and in the instances authorized in sections 490.850 through 490.859, provided that where sections 490.850 through 490.859 provide for action by shareholders the sections are applicable to action by voting members of the cooperative association, and where sections 490.850 through 490.859 refer to the corporation organized under chapter 490 the sections are applicable to the cooperative association organized under this chapter, and where sections 490.850 through 490.859 refer to the director the sections are applicable to a director, officer, employee, member, or volunteer of the cooperative association organized under this chapter.

88 Acts, ch 1170, §7; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §63; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §105, 125
Iowa Code § 633A.4401 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4401
General powers — fiduciary duties.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee, without authorization by the court, may exercise the following powers:

(1) (a) The powers conferred by the terms of the trust.

(1) (b) Except as limited by the terms of the trust, powers conferred by this trust code.

(2) This part does not affect the power of the court to relieve a trustee from restrictions in the terms of the trust on the exercise of powers, to confer on a trustee additional powers whether or not authorized by the terms of the trust, or to restrict the exercise of a power otherwise given to the trustee by the terms of the trust or this trust code.

(3) The grant of a power to a trustee, whether by the terms of the trust, this trust code, or the court, does not in itself govern the exercise of the power. In exercising a power, the trustee shall act in accordance with fiduciary principles.

99 Acts, ch 125, §71, 109C2001, §633.44012005 Acts, ch 38, §54, 55CS2005, §633A.4401
Iowa Code § 123.87 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.87
Prompt service.
Status: in_force

It shall be a simple misdemeanor for any peace officer to delay service of original notices, writs of injunction, writs of abatement, or warrants for contempt in any equity case filed for injunction or abatement by the state.

[C24, 27, 31, §2049; C35, §1921-f88, 2049; C39, §1921.088, 2049; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.88, 128.36; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.87]
Iowa Code § 279.43 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.43
Reporting inappropriate teaching assignments.
Status: in_force

An employee licensed by the board of educational examiners and holding a contract as described in section 279.13 shall disclose any occurrence of a teaching assignment for which that employee is not properly licensed to the school official responsible for determining teaching assignments. Failure of the employee to disclose this occurrence or failure of the school official responsible for determining teaching assignments to make appropriate adjustments to the employee’s teaching assignment once the employee discloses the occurrence shall constitute an incident of misconduct as provided in section 256.146, subsection 13, and is actionable by the board. If the school official fails to make appropriate adjustments to the teaching assignment once disclosure by the employee is made, the employee shall report this occurrence to the department or to the board for further action.

2007 Acts, ch 214, §35
Iowa Code § 715.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 715 / Section 715.8
Venue for criminal violations.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining proper venue, a violation of this subchapter shall be considered to have been committed in any county in which any of the following apply:

(1) An act was performed in furtherance of the violation.

(2) The owner or operator who is the victim of the violation has a place of business in this state.

(3) The defendant has control or possession of any proceeds of the violation, or of any books, records, documents, property, financial instrument, computer software, computer program, computer data, or other material or objects used in furtherance of the violation.

(4) The defendant unlawfully accessed a computer or computer network by wires, electromagnetic waves, microwaves, or any other means of communication.

(5) The defendant resides.

(6) A computer used as an object or an instrument in the commission of the violation was located at the time of the violation.

2005 Acts, ch 94, §8; 2023 Acts, ch 77, §6
Iowa Code § 461C.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461C / Section 461C.1
Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage private holders of land to make land and water areas available to the public for a recreational purpose and for urban deer control by limiting a holder’s liability toward persons entering onto the holder’s property for such purposes. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally and broadly in favor of private holders of land to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111C.1]C93, §461C.12006 Acts, ch 1121, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §84; 2013 Acts, ch 128, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §29, 39
Iowa Code § 135.65 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.65
Procedure upon receipt of application — public notification.
Status: in_force

(1) Within fifteen business days after receipt of an application for a certificate of need, the department shall examine the application for form and completeness and accept or reject it. An application shall be rejected only if it fails to provide all information required by the department pursuant to section 135.62, subsection 1. The department shall promptly return to the applicant any rejected application, with an explanation of the reasons for its rejection.

(2) Upon acceptance of an application for a certificate of need, the department shall promptly undertake to notify all affected persons in writing that formal review of the application has been initiated. Notification to those affected persons who are consumers or third-party payers or other payers for health services may be provided by distribution of the pertinent information to the news media.

(3) Each application accepted by the department shall be formally reviewed to enable the department to determine whether or not to grant the certificate of need. A formal review shall consist, at a minimum, of the following steps:

(3) (a) Evaluation of the application against the criteria specified in section 135.63.

(3) (b) A public hearing on the application, to be held prior to completion of the evaluation required by paragraph “a”.

(4) When a hearing is to be held pursuant to subsection 3, paragraph “b”, the department shall give at least ten days’ notice of the time and place of the hearing. At the hearing, any affected person or that person’s designated representative shall have the opportunity to present testimony.

[C79, 81, §135.66]91 Acts, ch 225, §72023 Acts, ch 19, §1443C2024, §10A.7162025 Acts, ch 120, §32, 40, 55C2026, §135.65