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Iowa Code § 279.20 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.20
Superintendent — term — employment of support personnel.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of a school district may employ a superintendent of schools for a term of not to exceed three years. However, the board’s initial contract with a superintendent shall not exceed one year if the board is obligated to pay a former superintendent under an unexpired contract. The superintendent shall be the executive officer of the board and have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by rules adopted by the board or by law. Boards of directors may jointly exercise the powers conferred by this section.

(2) The board of directors of a school district may delegate the authority to hire support personnel and sign the support personnel employment contracts, if applicable, if the board adopts a policy authorizing the superintendent to perform such duties and specifying the positions the superintendent is authorized to fill. For purposes of this subsection, the term “support personnel” includes, but is not limited to, bus drivers, custodians, educational associates, and clerical and food service employees.

[R60, §2037; C73, §1726; C97, §2776; SS15, §2778; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4230; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.14; C77, 79, 81, §279.20]87 Acts, ch 224, §48; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §94
Iowa Code § 155A.22 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.22
General penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any chapter pertaining to or affecting the practice of pharmacy for which a specific penalty is not provided commits a simple misdemeanor.

87 Acts, ch 215, §22
Iowa Code § 686C.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 686C / Section 686C.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Asbestos action” means the same as defined in section 686A.2, but also includes any claim for damage or loss caused by the installation, presence, or removal of asbestos.

(2) “Corporation” means any corporation established under either domestic or foreign charter and includes a corporate subsidiary and any business entity in which a corporation participates or is a stockholder, a partner, or a joint venture.

(3) “Successor” means a corporation that assumes or incurs or has assumed or incurred successor asbestos-related liabilities through operation of law, including but not limited to a merger or consolidation or plan of merger or consolidation related to such consolidation or merger or by appointment as an administrator or as a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, liquidation, or receivership and that became a successor before January 1, 1972. “Successor” includes any of that successor corporation’s successors.

(4) “Successor asbestos-related liability” means any liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, which are related in any way to an asbestos action and were assumed or incurred by a corporation as a result of or in connection with a merger or consolidation, or the plan of merger or consolidation related to the merger or consolidation with or into another corporation, or that are related in any way to an asbestos action based on the exercise of control or the ownership of stock of the corporation before the merger or consolidation. “Successor asbestos-related liability” includes liabilities that, after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined under section 686C.4, were or are paid or otherwise discharged, or committed to be paid or otherwise discharged, by or on behalf of the corporation, or by a successor of the corporation, or by or on behalf of a transferor, in connection with settlements, judgments, or other discharges in this state or another jurisdiction.

(5) “Transferor” means a corporation from which successor asbestos-related liabilities are or were assumed or incurred.

2017 Acts, ch 11, §20
Iowa Code § 6B.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.7
Commissioners to qualify.
Status: in_force

Before meeting to assess the damages for the taking, all commissioners shall qualify by filing with the sheriff a written oath that they will to the best of their ability faithfully and impartially assess damages and make a written report assessing the damages to the sheriff.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7828; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.7]C93, §6B.799 Acts, ch 171, §8, 42; 2000 Acts, ch 1179, §14, 30
Iowa Code § 29A.98 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.98
Statutes of limitations affected by military service.
Status: in_force

The period of military service shall not be included in computing any period limited by law, rule, or order for the bringing of any action or proceeding in any court, board, bureau, commission, department, or other agency of government by or against any service member or by or against the service member’s heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, whether the cause of action or the right or privilege to institute the action or proceeding has accrued prior to or during the period of military service.

2002 Acts, ch 1117, §32, 40
Iowa Code § 49.57A — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.57A
Form of official ballot — implementation by rule.
Status: in_force

The state commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A to implement sections 49.30 through 49.41, section 49.57, and any other provision of the law prescribing the form of the official ballot.

2009 Acts, ch 57, §32
Iowa Code § 48A.7 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 48A / Section 48A.7
Registration in person.
Status: in_force

An eligible elector may register to vote by appearing personally and completing a voter registration form at the office of the commissioner in the county in which the person resides, at a motor vehicle driver’s license station, including any county treasurer’s office that is participating in county issuance of driver’s licenses under chapter 321M, or at any voter registration agency. A separate registration form shall be signed by each individual registrant.

94 Acts, ch 1169, §8; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §12; 98 Acts, ch 1143, §12, 26
Iowa Code § 29B.69 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.69
Petition for a new trial.
Status: in_force

At any time within two years after approval by the convening authority of a court-martial sentence which extends to dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, the accused may petition the governor for a new trial on ground of newly discovered evidence or fraud on the court-martial.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.69; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §41]
Iowa Code § 49.47 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.47
Notice on ballots.
Status: in_force

(1) At the top of paper ballots for public measures shall be printed the following:[Notice to voters. To vote to approve any question on this ballot, make a cross mark or check in the target before the word “Yes”. To vote against a question make a similar mark in the target preceding the word “No”.]

(2) This notice shall be adapted to describe the proper mark where it is appropriate.

[S13, §1106; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §765; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.47]97 Acts, ch 170, §43; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §7; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
Iowa Code § 598B.104 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598B / Section 598B.104
Application to Indian tribes.
Status: in_force

(1) A child-custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. §1901 et seq., is not subject to this chapter to the extent that it is governed by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.

(2) A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying this article and article II.

(3) A child-custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter must be recognized and enforced under article III.

99 Acts, ch 103, §4
Iowa Code § 184.11 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 184 / Section 184.11
Prohibited actions.
Status: in_force

The Iowa egg council shall not do any of the following:

(1) Execute a contract or act as an agent of a person who executes a contract for any of the following:

(1) (a) Selling eggs or egg products.

(1) (b) Selling equipment used in the manufacturing of egg products.

(2) (a) Make any contribution of council moneys, either directly or indirectly, to any political party or organization or in support of a political candidate for public office.

(2) (b) Make payments to a political candidate including but not limited to a member of Congress or the general assembly for honoraria, speeches, or for any other purposes above actual and necessary expenses.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §196A.13]95 Acts, ch 7, §12; 98 Acts, ch 1032, §11; 98 Acts, ch 1038, §11, 13C99, §184.1199 Acts, ch 109, §4, 5, 8
Iowa Code § 468.621 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.621
Drainage in course of natural drainage — reconstruction — damages.
Status: in_force

Owners of land may drain the land in the general course of natural drainage by constructing or reconstructing open or covered drains, discharging the drains in any natural watercourse or depression so the water will be carried into some other natural watercourse, and if the drainage is wholly upon the owner’s land the owner is not liable in damages for the drainage unless it increases the quantity of water or changes the manner of discharge on the land of another. An owner in constructing a replacement drain, wholly on the owner’s land, and in the exercise of due care, is not liable in damages to another if a previously constructed drain on the owner’s own land is rendered inoperative or less efficient by the new drain, unless in violation of the terms of a written contract. This section does not affect the rights or liabilities of proprietors in respect to running streams.

[S13, §1989-a53; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7736; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §465.22]87 Acts, ch 225, §306; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.621
Iowa Code § 232.51 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.51
Disposition of child with mental illness.
Status: in_force

(1) If the evidence received at an adjudicatory or a dispositional hearing indicates that the child is mentally ill, the court may direct the juvenile court officer or the department to initiate proceedings or to assist the child’s parent or guardian to initiate civil commitment proceedings in the juvenile court and such proceedings in the juvenile court shall adhere to the requirements of chapter 229.

(2) (a) If prior to the adjudicatory or dispositional hearing on the pending delinquency petition, the child is committed as a child with a mental illness and is ordered into a residential facility, institution, or hospital for inpatient treatment, the delinquency proceeding shall be suspended until such time as the juvenile court either terminates the civil commitment order or the child is released from the residential facility, institution, or hospital for purposes of receiving outpatient treatment.

(2) (b) During any time that the delinquency proceeding is suspended pursuant to this subsection, any time limits for speedy adjudicatory hearings and continuances shall be tolled.

(2) (c) This subsection shall not apply to waiver hearings held pursuant to section 232.45.

[C79, 81, §232.51]83 Acts, ch 186, §10055, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1186, §5; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §62; 2011 Acts, ch 10, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §85, 86; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §31, 35
Iowa Code § 556F.8 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556F / Section 556F.8
Advertisement.
Status: in_force

The finder of the lost goods, money, bank notes, or other things shall give written notice of the finding of the property. The notice shall contain an accurate description of the property and a statement as to the time when and place where the same was found, and the post office address of the finder. The notice shall:

(1) Be posted at the door of the courthouse in the county in which the property was found or at the city hall or police station if found within a city and in one other of the most public places in the county; and

(2) If the property found exceeds forty dollars in value, the notice shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in and having general circulation in the county.

[C51, §877, 878, 880; R60, §1509, 1510; C73, §1510, 1514 – 1516; C97, §2372, 2374; S13, §2372, 2374; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12206; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.8]94 Acts, ch 1188, §27C95, §556F.82000 Acts, ch 1043, §3
Iowa Code § 822.9 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 822 / Section 822.9
Appeal.
Status: in_force

An appeal from a final judgment entered under this chapter may be taken, perfected, and prosecuted either by the applicant or by the state in the manner and within the time after judgment as provided in the rules of appellate procedure for appeals from final judgments in criminal cases. However, if a party is seeking an appeal under section 822.2, subsection 1, paragraph “f”, the appeal shall be by writ of certiorari.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663A.9]85 Acts, ch 157, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1043, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1212, §38C93, §822.996 Acts, ch 1018, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §166
Iowa Code § 52.10 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.10
Section 52.10
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 57, §96.
Iowa Code § 633A.2107 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.2107
Constructive trusts.
Status: in_force

A constructive trust arises when a person holding title to property is subject to an equitable duty to convey the property to another, on the ground that the person holding title would be unjustly enriched if the person were permitted to retain the property.

99 Acts, ch 125, §14, 109C2001, §633.21072005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.2107
Iowa Code § 589.26 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.26
Land transfers by the department of health and human services legalized.
Status: in_force

Every deed, release, or other instrument in writing purporting to transfer any interest in land held or claimed by the department of health and human services or a predecessor agency, which is signed by a departmental official, and which was filed of record more than ten years earlier, in the office of the auditor or recorder or clerk of the district court of any county is legalized and shall be good and valid in law and in equity as fully as if the record expressly showed that it in all respects complied with and was fully authorized as provided in any statute pertaining to such instrument, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.26]91 Acts, ch 183, §312023 Acts, ch 19, §1230
Iowa Code § 29B.60 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.60
Execution of sentence — suspension of sentence.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in sections 29B.20 and 29B.65, a court-martial sentence, unless suspended or deferred, may be ordered executed by the convening authority when approved by the convening authority. The convening authority shall approve the sentence or the part, amount, or commuted form of the sentence as the convening authority sees fit, and may suspend or defer the execution of the sentence.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.60; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §36]
Iowa Code § 543B.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543B / Section 543B.13
Seal — records.
Status: in_force

The real estate commission shall adopt a seal with such design as the commission may prescribe engraved thereon, by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. Copies of all records and papers in the office of the commission, duly certified and authenticated by the seal of said commission, shall be received in evidence in all courts equally and with like effect as the original. All records kept in the office of the commission under authority of this chapter shall be open to public inspection under such reasonable rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the commission.

[C31, 35, §1905-c28; C39, §1905.25; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §117.13]C93, §543B.13
Iowa Code § 403A.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 403A / Section 403A.4
Aid from federal government.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred upon a municipality by other provisions of this chapter, a municipality is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation, to take over, lease or manage any project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government, and to these ends, to comply with such conditions and enter into such contracts, covenants, mortgages, trust indentures, leases or agreements as may be necessary, convenient or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to authorize every municipality to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing project by such municipality. To accomplish this purpose a municipality, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, may include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government any provisions, which the federal government may require as conditions to its financial aid of a housing project, not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.4]
Iowa Code § 216A.53 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.53
Commission on the status of women established.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §450.
Iowa Code § 616.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 616 / Section 616.9
Construction companies.
Status: in_force

An action may be brought against any corporation, company, or person engaged in the construction of a railway, canal, telegraph or telephone line, oil, gas, or gasoline transmission lines, highway, or public drainage improvement, on any contract relating thereto, or to any part thereof, or for damages in any manner growing out of the contract or work thereunder, in any county where such contract was made, or performed in whole or in part, or where the work was done out of which the damage claimed arose.

[C73, §2583; C97, §3498; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11042; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.9]
Iowa Code § 660.8 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 660 / Section 660.8
Books delivered.
Status: in_force

The court shall, upon application for that purpose, order any officer of such corporation, or any other person having possession of any of the effects, books, or papers thereof, in any wise necessary for the settlement of its affairs, to deliver the same to the trustees.

[C51, §2170; R60, §3752; C73, §3364; C97, §4332; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12436; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §660.8]
Iowa Code § 154D.2A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 154D / Section 154D.2A
Licensure behavior analysts assistant behavior analysts.
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant for a license to practice as a behavior analyst shall be granted a license by the board upon submitting to the board proof of the applicant’s current certification as a behavior analyst or behavior analyst-doctoral by a certifying entity.

(2) An applicant for a license to practice as an assistant behavior analyst shall be granted a license by the board upon submitting to the board proof of the applicant’s current certification as an assistant behavior analyst by a certifying entity. The applicant must also provide proof of ongoing supervision by a licensed behavior analyst in accordance with the requirements of the certifying entity.

2018 Acts, ch 1106, §8, 14
Iowa Code § 44.10 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 44 / Section 44.10
Effect of withdrawal.
Status: in_force

The name of a candidate who has withdrawn the candidate’s nomination as provided in section 44.9 shall not be printed on the official ballot under that nomination.

[C97, §1101; SS15, §1101; C24, §652; C27, 31, 35, §655-a10; C39, §655.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §44.10]2021 Acts, ch 80, §24
Iowa Code § 411.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 411 / Section 411.4
Service creditable.
Status: in_force

(1) Service for fewer than six months of a year is not creditable as service. Service of six months or more of a year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year, nor shall the system allow credit as service for any period of more than one month duration during which the member was absent without pay.

(2) The system shall credit as service for a member of the system a previous period of service only under any of the following circumstances:

(2) (a) The member had withdrawn the member’s accumulated contributions, as defined in section 411.21, for the previous period of service.

(2) (b) The member returned to service after an absence of service of a period of less than four years from the last day of the prior period of service.

(2) (c) The member returned to service after an absence of service of a period of four or more years from the last day of the prior period of service and the member had sufficient service as of the last day of the prior period of service to have been entitled to a retirement allowance on that date under section 411.6, subsection 1, paragraph “b”.

[C35, §6326-f4; C39, §6326.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §411.4]90 Acts, ch 1240, §51; 2000 Acts, ch 1077, §92, 110
Iowa Code § 161A.34 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.34
Payment to county treasurer.
Status: in_force

(1) All assessments for benefits shall be levied at one time against the property benefited and when levied and certified by the board or boards of supervisors shall be paid at the office of the county treasurer. Each person shall have the right within twenty days after the levy of assessments to pay the person’s assessment in full without interest. The county treasurer shall pay the collected moneys into a fund established by the governing body or an account of the county’s general fund as provided in section 161A.33.

(2) If any levy of assessments is not sufficient to meet the cost and expenses of organizing and construction apportioned to each owner upon each forty-acre tract or less, additional assessments may be made on the same classification as the previous ones.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.34]C93, §161A.342005 Acts, ch 116, §3
Iowa Code § 646.20 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.20
Improvements set off.
Status: in_force

When the plaintiff is entitled to damages for withholding or using or injuring the plaintiff’s property, the defendant may set off the value of any permanent improvements made thereon to the extent of the damages, unless the defendant prefers to take advantage of the law for the benefit of occupying claimants.

[C51, §2023; R60, §3596; C73, §3262; C97, §4199; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12249; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.20]
Iowa Code § 638.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 638 / Section 638.11
Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise ordered by the court or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is an original user of an account any digital asset of the account held in trust, including a catalogue of electronic communications of the trustee and the content of electronic communications.

2017 Acts, ch 79, §14