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Iowa Code § 600A.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600A / Section 600A.3
Exclusivity.
Status: in_force

(1) Termination of parental rights shall be accomplished only according to the provisions of this chapter. However, termination of parental rights between an adult child and the child’s parents may be accomplished by a decree of adoption establishing a new parent-child relationship.

(2) If a proceeding held under this chapter involves an Indian child as defined in section 232B.3 and the proceeding is subject to the Iowa Indian child welfare Act under chapter 232B, the proceeding and other actions taken in connection with the proceeding or this chapter shall comply with chapter 232B. In any proceeding held or action taken under this chapter involving an Indian child, the applicable requirements of the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-89, shall be applied to the proceeding or action in a manner that complies with chapter 232B and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, Pub. L. No. 95-608.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, §232.40; C77, 79, 81, §600A.3]2003 Acts, ch 153, §17; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §126; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 252.26 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252 / Section 252.26
General assistance director.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors in each county shall appoint or designate a general assistance director for the county, who shall have the powers and duties conferred by this chapter. In counties of one hundred thousand or less population, the county board may designate as general assistance director an employee of the department of health and human services who is assigned to work in that county and directed by the director of health and human services, pursuant to an agreement with the county board, to exercise the functions and duties of general assistance director in that county. The general assistance director shall receive as compensation an amount to be determined by the county board.

[C51, §819; R60, §1387; C73, §1361, 1364; C97, S13, §2230, 2233; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5321, 5327; C39, §3828.098, 3828.104; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §252.26, 252.32; C81, §252.26]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 123, §102, 209; 92 Acts, ch 1212, §162023 Acts, ch 19, §835
Iowa Code § 507C.52 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.52
Domiciliary liquidators in other states.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as to special deposits and security on secured claims under section 507C.53, subsection 3, the domiciliary liquidator of an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state shall be vested with the title to the assets, property, contracts, rights of action, agents’ balances, books, accounts, and other records of the insurer located in this state. The date of vesting is the date of the filing of the petition, if that date is specified by the domiciliary law for the vesting of property in the domiciliary state. Otherwise, the date of vesting is the date of entry of the order directing possession to be taken. The domiciliary liquidator may immediately recover balances due from agents and obtain possession of the books, accounts, and other records of the insurer located in this state. The domiciliary liquidator may also have the right to recover all other assets of the insurer located in this state, subject to section 507C.53.

(2) If a domiciliary liquidator is appointed for an insurer not domiciled in a reciprocal state, the commissioner of this state shall be vested with the title to the property, contracts and rights of action, books, accounts and other records of the insurer located in this state, at the same time that the domiciliary liquidator is vested with title in the domicile. The commissioner of this state may petition for a conservation or liquidation order under section 507C.50 or 507C.51, or for an ancillary receivership under section 507C.53, or after approval by the court may transfer title to the domiciliary liquidator, as the interests of justice and the equitable distribution of the assets require.

(3) Claimants residing in this state may file claims with the liquidator or ancillary receiver in this state or with the domiciliary liquidator, if the domiciliary law permits. The claims shall be filed on or before the last date fixed for the filing of claims in the domiciliary liquidation proceedings.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §52; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §32
Iowa Code § 147.24 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.24
Compensation.
Status: in_force

Members of a board shall receive actual expenses for their duties as a member of the board. Each member of each board shall also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6, within the limits of funds available.

[C97, §2574; S13, §2574, 2575-a34, -a44, 2583-a, -p, 2600-g; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2461; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §147.24; C71, 73, §147.24, 153.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §147.24]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1141; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §39; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §17
Iowa Code § 327D.186 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.186
Liability for negligence of employees.
Status: in_force

Every corporation operating a railway shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person, including employees of such corporation, in consequence of the neglect of the agents, or by any mismanagement of the engineers, or other employees thereof, and in consequence of the willful wrongs, whether of commission or omission, of such agents, engineers, or other employees, when such wrongs are in any manner connected with the use and operation of any railway on or about which they shall be employed, and no contract which restricts such liability shall be legal or binding.

[C73, §1307; C97, §2071; S13, §2071; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.122; C77, 79, 81, §327D.186]
Iowa Code § 541.130 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.130
Section 541.130
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 670A.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 670A / Section 670A.2
Perpetrator liability.
Status: in_force

(1) A perpetrator assumes the risk of and is liable for any loss, injury, or death which results from or arises out of the perpetrator’s course of criminal conduct. A crime victim is not liable for any damages caused by any acts of the victim in defending or attempting to defend against the crime if the victim used reasonable force when committing the acts. A perpetrator’s assumption of risk and liability does not eliminate a victim’s duty to protect against any conditions which the victim knows or has reason to know may create an unreasonable risk of harm. This section shall not apply to perpetrators who, because of mental illness or defect, are incapable of knowing the nature and quality of their acts or are incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong in relation to those acts.

(2) For purposes of this section, a certified copy of a guilty plea, an order entering a judgment of guilt, a court record of conviction or adjudication, an order adjudicating a child delinquent, or a record of an informal adjustment agreement shall be conclusive proof of a perpetrator’s assumption of risk of and liability for any damage or harm caused to a victim.

(3) In addition to any claim for damages, the court shall award a victim reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees and disbursements, which are incurred in the prosecution of the damages claim.

(4) Except as necessary to preserve evidence, the court shall stay any action for damages under this section during the pendency of any criminal action which pertains to the course of criminal conduct which forms the basis for a claim for relief under this section.

98 Acts, ch 1111, §2
Iowa Code § 455B.177 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.177
Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that because the federal Water Pollution Control Act provides for a permit system to regulate the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the United States and provides that permits may be issued by states which are authorized to implement that Act, it is in the interest of the people of Iowa to enact this part 1 of subchapter III in order to authorize the state to implement the federal Water Pollution Control Act, and federal regulations and guidelines issued pursuant to that Act.

(2) The general assembly further finds and declares that because the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300f et seq., as amended by Pub. L. No. 104-182, provides for the implementation of the Act by states which have adequate authority to do so, it is in the interest of the people of Iowa to implement the provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and federal regulations and guidelines issued pursuant to the Act.

(3) The general assembly further finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of Iowa to assess and reduce nutrients in surface waters over time by implementing the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy. To evaluate the progress achieved over time toward the goals of the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy and the United States environmental protection agency gulf hypoxia action plan, the baseline condition shall be calculated for the time period from 1980 to 1996.

[C77, 79, 81, §455B.36; 82 Acts, ch 1050, §4]C83, §455B.17796 Acts, ch 1079, §15; 97 Acts, ch 4, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1001, §20; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §92
Iowa Code § 714E.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714E / Section 714E.4
Violations.
Status: in_force

It is a violation of this chapter for a foreclosure consultant to do any of the following:

(1) Claim, demand, charge, collect, or receive compensation until after the foreclosure consultant has fully performed each and every service the foreclosure consultant contracted to perform or represented the foreclosure consultant would perform.

(2) Claim, demand, charge, collect, or receive a fee, interest, or other compensation for any reason which exceeds eight percent per annum of the amount of any loan which the foreclosure consultant may make to the owner. Such a loan must not, as provided in subsection 3, be secured by the residence in foreclosure or any other real or personal property.

(3) Take a wage assignment, a lien of any type on real or personal property, or other security to secure the payment of compensation. Any such security is void and unenforceable.

(4) Receive consideration from any third party in connection with services rendered to an owner unless the consideration is first fully disclosed to the owner.

(5) Acquire an interest, directly or indirectly, or by means of a subsidiary or affiliate in a residence in foreclosure from an owner with whom the foreclosure consultant has contracted.

(6) Take a power of attorney from an owner for any purpose, except to inspect documents as provided by law.

(7) Induce or attempt to induce an owner to enter into a contract which does not comply in all respects with the requirements of this chapter.

(8) Claim, demand, charge, collect, or receive a fee, interest, or other compensation for promising to negotiate a mortgage loan or real estate contract modification, forbearance, repayment plan, or other loss mitigation for the consumer and fail to successfully negotiate such a modification, forbearance, repayment plan, or other loss mitigation.

(9) Prohibit the borrower from contacting any lender, servicer, government entity, attorney, counselor, individual, or company that may seek to help the consumer. Any such provision is void and unenforceable.

2008 Acts, ch 1125, §4, 19; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §180
Iowa Code § 144C.10 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144C / Section 144C.10
Effect of declaration.
Status: in_force

(1) The designee designated in a declaration shall have the sole discretion pursuant to the declaration to determine what final disposition of the declarant’s remains and ceremonies to be performed after the declarant’s death are reasonable under the circumstances.

(2) The most recent declaration executed by a declarant shall control.

(3) This chapter does not prohibit a person from conducting a separate ceremony to commemorate a declarant, at the person’s expense, to assist in the bereavement process.

(4) The rights of a donee created by an anatomical gift pursuant to chapter 142C are superior to the authority of a designee under a declaration executed pursuant to this chapter.

2008 Acts, ch 1051, §15, 22; 2010 Acts, ch 1032, §1
Iowa Code § 215.8 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215 / Section 215.8
Reasonable variations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2021 Acts, ch 149, §21; . See §215.7(2).
Iowa Code § 668.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 668 / Section 668.6
Enforcement of contribution.
Status: in_force

(1) If the percentages of fault of each of the parties to a claim for contribution have been established previously by the court as provided in section 668.3, a party paying more than the party’s percentage share of damages may recover judgment for contribution upon motion to the court or in a separate action.

(2) If the percentages of fault of each of the parties to a claim for contribution have not been established by the court, contribution may be enforced in a separate action, whether or not a judgment has been rendered against either the person seeking contribution or the person from whom contribution is sought.

(3) If a judgment has been rendered, an action for contribution must be commenced within one year after the judgment becomes final. If a judgment has not been rendered, a claim for contribution is enforceable only upon satisfaction of one of the following sets of conditions:

(3) (a) The person bringing the action for contribution must have discharged the liability of the person from whom contribution is sought by payment made within the period of the statute of limitations applicable to the claimant’s right of action and must have commenced the action for contribution within one year after the date of that payment.

(3) (b) The person seeking contribution must have agreed while the action of the claimant was pending to discharge the liability of the person from whom contribution is sought and within one year after the date of the agreement must have discharged that liability and commenced the action for contribution.

84 Acts, ch 1293, §6
Iowa Code § 515I.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515I / Section 515I.4
Requirements for eligible surplus lines insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) When this state is the home state of the insured, a nonadmitted insurer shall not place any surplus lines insurance business in this state unless the insurer has been approved for such activity by the commissioner. A nonadmitted insurer seeking to qualify as an eligible surplus lines insurer shall submit a request to so qualify in a form and format as directed by the commissioner which demonstrates all of the following:

(1) (a) Capital and surplus or its equivalent under the laws of the insurer’s domiciliary jurisdiction which equals the greatest of the following:

(1) (a) The minimum capital and surplus requirements under the laws of this state.

(1) (a) Fifteen million dollars.

(1) (a) The risk-based capital level requirements pursuant to chapter 521E.

(1) (b) Evidence that the nonadmitted insurer is in good standing with its domiciliary regulator.

(2) The commissioner may waive the requirements of this section or set specific requirements on a case-by-case basis upon an affirmative finding of acceptability by the commissioner that the placement of insurance with the nonadmitted insurer is necessary and will not be detrimental to the public and to policyholders. In determining whether business may be placed with a nonadmitted insurer, the commissioner shall consider all of the following:

(2) (a) The interests of the public and policyholders.

(2) (b) The length of time the insurer has been licensed to do insurance business in its domiciliary jurisdiction and elsewhere.

(2) (c) The unavailability of particular coverages from other admitted insurers or eligible surplus lines insurers in this state.

(2) (d) The size of the nonadmitted insurer as measured by the insurer’s assets, capital and surplus, reserves, premium writings, insurance in force, or other appropriate criteria.

(2) (e) The kinds of business the nonadmitted insurer writes, the insurer’s net exposure, and the extent to which the insurer’s business is diversified among several lines of insurance and geographic locations.

(2) (f) The past and projected trend in the size of the nonadmitted insurer’s capital and surplus considering such factors as premium growth, operating history, loss and expense ratios, or other appropriate criteria.

(3) Eligible surplus lines insurers shall not be required to file or seek approval of their forms and rates.

2012 Acts, ch 1025, §4, 22; 2021 Acts, ch 181, §32
Iowa Code § 681.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 681 / Section 681.1
Must be without preferences.
Status: in_force

No general assignment of property by an insolvent person, firm, or corporation, or in contemplation of insolvency, for the benefit of creditors, shall be valid unless it be made for the benefit of all the creditors in proportion to the amount of their respective claims; and in every such assignment the assent of the creditors shall be presumed.

[C51, §977, 978; R60, §1826, 1827; C73, §2115, 2116; C97, §3071; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12720; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §681.1]
Iowa Code § 602.9206 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.9206
Temporary service by senior judge.
Status: in_force

(1) Section 602.1612 does not apply to a senior judge but does apply to a retired senior judge. During the tenure of a senior judge, if the judge is able to serve, the judge may be assigned by the supreme court to temporary judicial duties on courts of this state without salary for an aggregate of thirteen weeks out of each twelve-month period, and for additional weeks with the judge’s consent. A senior judge shall not be assigned to judicial duties on the supreme court unless the judge has been appointed to serve on the supreme court prior to retirement. While serving on temporary assignment, a senior judge has and may exercise all of the authority of the office to which the judge is assigned, shall continue to be paid the judge’s annuity as senior judge, shall be reimbursed for the judge’s actual expenses to the extent expenses of a district judge are reimbursable under section 602.1509, and, if assigned to the court of appeals or the supreme court, shall be given the assistance of a law clerk and a secretary designated by the court administrator of the judicial branch from the court administrator’s staff. Each order of temporary assignment shall be filed with the clerks of court at the places where the senior judge is to serve.

(2) A senior judge also shall be available to serve in the capacity of administrative law judge under chapter 17A, and the supreme court may assign a senior judge for temporary duties as an administrative law judge. A senior judge shall not be required to serve a period of time as an administrative law judge which, when added to the period of time being served by the person as a judge, if any, would exceed the maximum period of time the person agreed to serve pursuant to section 602.9203, subsection 2.

[C81, §605A.26]83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)CS83, §602.920688 Acts, ch 1109, §30; 90 Acts, ch 1271, §1512; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §62; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §43, 46; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2025 Acts, ch 101, §21
Iowa Code § 321.265 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.265
Striking fixtures upon a highway.
Status: in_force

The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to property legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner, a peace officer, or person in charge of the damaged property of the damage and shall inform the person of the driver’s name and address and the registration number of the vehicle causing the damage and shall, upon request and if available, exhibit the driver’s license of the driver of the vehicle and shall report the accident when and as required in section 321.266. A person who violates this section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “o”.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5079; C39, §5020.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.265]90 Acts, ch 1230, §69; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §6; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §35, 93
Iowa Code § 437B.19 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.19
Deposit of tax proceeds.
Status: in_force

All revenues received from imposition of the statewide property tax shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. Fifty percent of the revenues shall be available, as appropriated by the general assembly, to the department of management for salaries, support, services, and equipment to administer the replacement tax. The balance of the revenues shall be available, as appropriated by the general assembly, to the department of revenue for salaries, support, services, and equipment to administer and enforce the replacement tax and the statewide property tax.

2013 Acts, ch 94, §28, 35, 36
Iowa Code § 400.21 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 400 / Section 400.21
Notice of appeal.
Status: in_force

If the appeal be taken by the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended, notice of the appeal, signed by the appellant and specifying the ruling appealed from, shall be filed with the clerk of the commission. If the appeal is taken by the person making such removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension, such notice shall also be served upon the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended.

[SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5705; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.21; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.21]2017 Acts, ch 2, §60, 64; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §52; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §125
Iowa Code § 161E.8 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161E / Section 161E.8
Conservation commissioners.
Status: in_force

In counties where soil and water conservation districts exist the commissioners in said county shall be responsible for the inspection of all flood and erosion control structures built on private land under easement to the county, shall furnish such technical assistance as they may have available in making estimates of needed repairs without cost to the county, and shall report any needed repair and the nature thereof to the county board of supervisors.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467B.8]C95, §161E.8
Iowa Code § 410.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 410 / Section 410.5
Membership fee — assessments.
Status: in_force

Every member of said departments shall be required to pay to the treasurer of said funds a membership fee to be fixed by the board of trustees, not exceeding five dollars, and shall also be assessed and required to pay annually an amount equal to one percent per annum upon the amount of the annual salary paid to the member, which assessment shall be deducted and retained in equal monthly installments out of such salary.

[S13, §932-d,-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6314; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §410.5]