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Iowa Code § 162.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 162 / Section 162.1
Purpose and scope.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to accomplish all of the following:

(1) (a) Ensure that all dogs and cats handled by commercial establishments are provided with humane care and treatment.

(1) (b) Regulate the transportation, sale, purchase, housing, care, handling, and treatment of dogs and cats by persons engaged in transporting, buying, or selling them.

(1) (c) Provide that all vertebrate animals consigned to pet shops are provided humane care and treatment by regulating the transportation, sale, purchase, housing, care, handling, and treatment of such animals by pet shops.

(1) (d) Authorize the sale, trade, or adoption of only those animals which appear to be free of infectious or communicable disease.

(1) (e) Protect the public from zoonotic disease.

(2) This chapter does not apply to livestock as defined in section 717.1 or any other agricultural animal used in agricultural production as provided in chapter 717A.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.1]96 Acts, ch 1034, §7; 2010 Acts, ch 1030, §1, 29; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §40
Iowa Code § 358.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.15
Personal interest in contracts.
Status: in_force

A trustee of such district shall not be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, work, or business of the district, or in the sale of any article the expense, price, or consideration of which is paid by such district; nor in the purchase of any real estate or other property belonging to the district, or which is to be sold for taxes or assessments or by virtue of legal process at the suit of the district. However, this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the selection of any person as trustee because of the person’s ownership of real estate in the district or because the person is a taxpayer in the district.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358.15]2019 Acts, ch 59, §111
Iowa Code § 602.6401 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.6401
Number and apportionment.
Status: in_force

(1) Two hundred six magistrates shall be apportioned among the counties as provided in this section. Magistrates appointed pursuant to section 602.6303 or 602.6402 shall not be counted for purposes of this section.

(2) By February of each year in which magistrates’ terms expire, the state court administrator shall apportion magistrate offices among the counties in accordance with the following criteria:

(2) (a) The existence of either permanent, temporary, or seasonal populations not included in the current census figures.

(2) (b) The geographical area to be served.

(2) (c) Any inordinate number of cases over which magistrates have jurisdiction that were pending at the end of the preceding year.

(2) (d) The number and types of juvenile proceedings handled by district associate judges.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection 2, each county shall be allotted at least one resident magistrate.

(4) By March of each year in which magistrates’ terms expire, the state court administrator shall give notice to the clerks of the district court and to the chief judges of the judicial districts of the number of magistrates to which each county is entitled. If the state court administrator does not give the notice as required in this subsection by March of each year in which magistrates’ terms expire, the existing magistrate apportionment in effect shall remain in effect through the succeeding magistrates’ terms, and any apportionment performed pursuant to subsection 2 is void until such succeeding terms expire.

83 Acts, ch 186, §7401, 10201; 2000 Acts, ch 1057, §10, 11; 2005 Acts, ch 171, §3; 2006 Acts, ch 1060, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1129, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §221, 222
Iowa Code § 53.35 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.35
Refusal to return ballot.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 59, §37, 38.
Iowa Code § 589.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.2
Conveyances by county.
Status: in_force

All deeds executed more than ten years earlier, by a court or the chairperson of the board of supervisors of a county, and to which the officer executing the deed has failed or omitted to affix the county seal, and all deeds where the clerk has failed or omitted to countersign when required so to do, are legalized and valid as though the law had in all respects been fully complied with.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10385; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.2]84 Acts, ch 1090, §2; 91 Acts, ch 183, §12
Iowa Code § 8A.328 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.328
Recycling revolving fund.
Status: in_force

A recycling revolving fund is created within the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from the federal government or private sources for placement in the fund. The assets of the fund shall be used by the department only for supporting recycling operations. Moneys in the fund shall be drawn upon the written requisition of the director or an authorized representative of the director. The fund is subject to an annual audit by the auditor of state. Section 8.33 does not apply to any moneys in the fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §43
Iowa Code § 558A.3 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558A / Section 558A.3
Good faith and amendments.
Status: in_force

(1) All information required by this section and rules adopted by the commission shall be disclosed in good faith. If at the time the disclosure is required to be made, information required to be disclosed is not known or available to the transferor, and a reasonable effort has been made to ascertain the information, an approximation of the information may be used. The information shall be identified as an approximation. The approximation shall be based on the best information available at the time.

(2) A disclosure statement shall be amended, if information disclosed in the statement is or becomes inaccurate or misleading, or is supplemented. The amended statement shall be subject to the same procedures as the original disclosure statement as provided in this chapter. However, the statement is not required to be amended if either of the following applies:

(2) (a) The information disclosed in conformance with this chapter is subsequently rendered inaccurate as a result of an act, occurrence, or agreement subsequent to the delivery of the disclosure statement.

(2) (b) The information is based on information of a public agency, including the state, a political subdivision of the state, or the United States. The information shall be deemed to be accurate and complete, unless the transferor or the broker or salesperson has actual knowledge of an error, inaccuracy, or omission, or fails to exercise ordinary care in obtaining the information.

93 Acts, ch 30, §5
Iowa Code § 468.73 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.73
Sale at par — right to pay.
Status: in_force

Any person shall have the right to pay the amount of the person’s assessment represented by any outstanding improvement certificate, with the interest thereon to the date of such payment, at any time. No improvement certificate shall be issued or negotiated for the use of the drainage district for less than par value with accrued interest up to the delivery or transfer thereof. Every such certificate, when paid, shall be delivered to the treasurer and by the treasurer surrendered to the party to whose assessment it relates.

[S13, §1989-a26, -a27; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7502; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.80]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.73
Iowa Code § 311.30 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 311 / Section 311.30
Certificates registered — payment.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall, in connection with the road account for said district, enter the name and post office address of all persons to whom any of said certificates are issued, with a particular designation of the certificates delivered to each person. Any subsequent holder may present the certificate to the county treasurer and cause the subsequent holder’s name and post office address to be entered in lieu of that of such former holder. Whenever the fund for such particular district has money to pay the first retirable certificate or certificates, the county treasurer shall, by mail, as shown by the county treasurer’s records, promptly notify the holder of such certificate of such fact and that from and after ten days after the mailing of such letter all interest on such certificates will cease.

[C24, §4717; C27, 31, 35, §4753-a9; C39, §4753.09; C46, §311.19; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §311.30]
Iowa Code § 468.563 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.563
Void bonds or assessments.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part shall not apply to bonds or assessments adjudicated to be void.

[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b23; C39, §7714.24; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.24]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.563
Iowa Code § 238.10 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 238 / Section 238.10
Revocation of license.
Status: in_force

The department may, after due notice and hearing, revoke the license if any of the following applies:

(1) The licensee violates any provision of this chapter.

(2) When the agency is maintained in such a way as to waste or misuse funds contributed by the public or without due regard to sanitation or hygiene or to the health, comfort, or well-being of the child cared for or placed by the agency.

(3) The licensee or the licensee’s agents violate any law of the state in a manner disclosing moral turpitude or unfitness to maintain the agency.

(4) The agency is operated by a person of ill repute or bad moral character.

(5) The agency operates in persistent violation of the regulations governing such agencies.

[S13, §3260-k; C24, §3663; C27, 31, 35, §3661-a67; C39, §3661.081; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.10]2023 Acts, ch 19, §765
Iowa Code § 523I.201 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523I / Section 523I.201
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner may employ officers, attorneys, accountants, and other employees as needed for administering this chapter.

(2) It is unlawful for the commissioner or any administrative staff to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the commissioner and which is not made public. This chapter does not authorize the commissioner or any staff member to disclose any such information except among themselves or to other cemetery and funeral administrators, regulatory authorities, or governmental agencies, or when necessary and appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter or as required by chapter 22. This chapter neither creates nor derogates any privileges that exist at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the commissioner or any administrative staff.

(3) The commissioner shall submit an annual report to the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight by October 1 of each year reporting on the administration of this chapter. The report shall set forth any recommendations for changes in the law that the commissioner deems necessary or desirable to prevent abuses or evasions of this chapter or rules implementing this chapter or to rectify undesirable conditions in connection with the administration of this chapter or rules implementing this chapter.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §64; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §120; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §36, 37; 2008 Acts, ch 1123, §55; 2009 Acts, ch 86, §6
Iowa Code § 15.107A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.107A
Duties and responsibilities of the corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation’s board of directors and the chief executive officer shall determine the activities and priorities of the corporation within the general parameters of the duties and responsibilities described in this section and in this subchapter.

(2) The corporation shall, to the extent its articles so provide and within its public purpose, do all of the following with the purpose of increasing innovation in Iowa’s economy, bringing more innovative businesses to the state, and enhancing and expanding the bioscience development platforms:

(2) (a) Consult with the Iowa innovation council in the creation of a comprehensive strategic plan as described in section 15.117A, subsection 6, paragraph “a”.*

(2) (b) Act as an innovation intermediary by aligning local technologies, assets, and resources to work together on advancing innovation and the bioscience development platforms.

(2) (c) Perform any functions delegated by the authority pursuant to section 15.106B, subsection 2, paragraph “d”.

(2) (c) In performing such functions, the corporation shall not subcontract the performance of a delegated function except as provided in subparagraph (2).

(2) (c) The corporation may subcontract services under the following conditions:

(2) (c) The services are necessary to accomplish the functions delegated to the corporation.

(2) (c) The contract delegating the function contains a list of the services that may be subcontracted pursuant to this subparagraph (2).

(2) (c) The contract delegating the function requires that any agreement to subcontract a service must be approved by the authority prior to the execution of such an agreement by the corporation.

(2) (d) Encourage, stimulate, and support the development and expansion of the state’s economy.

(2) (e) Develop and implement effective marketing and promotional programs.

(2) (f) Provide pertinent information to prospective new businesses.

(2) (g) Formulate and pursue programs for encouraging the location of new businesses in the state and for retaining and fostering the growth of existing businesses.

(2) (h) Solicit the involvement of the private sector, including support and funding, for economic development initiatives in the state.

(2) (i) Coordinate the economic development efforts of other state and local entities in an effort to achieve policy consistency.

(2) (j) Collect and maintain any economic data and research that is relevant to the formulation and implementation of effective policies.

(2) (k) Cooperate with and provide information to state agencies, local governments, community colleges, and the board of regents on economic development matters, including the areas of workforce development and job training.

2011 Acts, ch 118, §13, 89; 2019 Acts, ch 139, §8, 9
Iowa Code § 515.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.5
Filing with commissioner.
Status: in_force

The articles, when thus certified by the secretary of state as recorded in the secretary of state’s office, or a copy thereof certified by the secretary of state as such, shall be filed in the office of the commissioner of insurance and remain therein.

[C73, §1123; C97, §1688; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8900; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.5]
Iowa Code § 462A.55 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.55
Sales or use tax to be paid before registration.
Status: in_force

No vessel shall be registered by the county recorder until there has been presented to the recorder receipts, bills of sale, or other satisfactory evidence that the sales or use tax has been paid for the purchase of the vessel. If the owner of the vessel is unable to present satisfactory evidence that the sales or use tax has been paid, the county recorder shall collect the tax. On or before the tenth day of each month, the county recorder shall remit to the department of revenue the amount of the taxes so collected during the preceding month, in a manner prescribed by the department.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106.55]C93, §462A.552003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2021 Acts, ch 86, §38
Iowa Code § 410.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 410 / Section 410.8
Disability — how contracted.
Status: in_force

No member who has not served five years or more in said department shall be entitled to be retired and paid a pension under the provisions of this chapter, unless such disability was contracted while engaged in the performance of the member’s duties, or by reason of following such occupation. The question of disability shall be determined by the trustees upon the concurring report of at least two out of three physicians designated by the board of trustees to make a complete physical examination of the member. After any member shall become entitled to be retired, such right shall not be lost or forfeited by discharge or for any other reason except conviction for felony.

[S13, §932-e,-n; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6316; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §410.8]
Iowa Code § 327D.66 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.66
Rate schedules — filing and public access.
Status: in_force

(1) Every common carrier, except railway corporations, subject to the provisions of this chapter shall file with the department and shall print schedules showing the rates for the transportation within this state of persons and property from each point upon its route to all other points on the route and from all points upon its route to all points upon every other route leased, operated, or controlled by it; and from each point on its route or upon any route leased, operated, or controlled by it to all points upon the route of any other common carrier, whenever a through route and a joint rate have been established or ordered between any two points. If no joint rate over a through route has been established, the schedules of the several carriers in the through route shall show the separately established rates, applicable to the through transportation.

(2) The schedules shall be plainly printed and a copy of often used schedules shall be kept by every carrier readily accessible to and for inspection by the public in every station and office of the carrier where passengers or property are received for transportation when the station or office is in the charge of an agent. A notice printed in bold type and stating that the often used schedules are on file with the agent and open to public inspection, and that the agent will assist any person to determine from the schedule any rate shall be posted by the carrier in public and conspicuous places in each station or office. The department shall, by rule, provide that adequate public access to schedules not often used be provided in a different manner.

(3) Railway corporations shall maintain a copy of schedules and rates on file in the office of the carrier readily accessible to and for inspection by the public.

[C73, §1304; C97, §2128; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8083, 8085, 8087; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.49, 479.51, 479.53; C77, 79, 81, §327D.66; 81 Acts, ch 22, §16]89 Acts, ch 57, §1, 2; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 458A.11 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 458A / Section 458A.11
Rules covering practice before department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall prescribe rules governing the practice and procedure before it.

(2) An order or amendment of an order, except in an emergency, shall not be made by the department without a public hearing upon at least ten days’ notice. The public hearing shall be held at the time and place prescribed by the department, and any interested person is entitled to be heard. The applicable time frames for the issuance and appeal of the order are defined in section 455B.110.

(3) When an emergency requiring immediate action is found to exist the department may issue an emergency order without notice of hearing, which shall be effective upon promulgation. An emergency order shall not remain effective for more than fifteen days.

(4) Any notice required by this chapter shall be given at the election of the department either by personal service or by letter to the last recorded address and one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state capital city and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the land affected or some part of the land is situated. The notice shall issue in the name of the state, shall be signed by the director, shall specify the style and number of the proceeding and the time and place of the hearing, and shall briefly state the purpose of the proceeding. Should the department elect to give notice by personal service, the service may be made by any officer authorized to serve process, or by any agent of the department, in the same manner as is provided by law for the service of original notices in civil actions in the district court of the state. Proof of the service by such agent shall be by the affidavit of the person making personal service.

(5) All orders issued by the department shall be in writing, shall be entered in full and indexed in books to be kept by the director for that purpose, and shall be public records open for inspection at all times during reasonable office hours. A copy of any rule or order certified by the director or any officer of the department shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state with the same effect as the original.

(6) The department may act upon its own motion, or upon the petition of any interested person. On the filing of a petition concerning any matter within the jurisdiction of the department, the department shall promptly fix a date for a hearing and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given. The hearing shall be held without undue delay after the filing of the petition. The department shall enter its order within thirty days after the hearing.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.11; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §46, 96]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1815, 1816C93, §458A.112019 Acts, ch 97, §9; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §246
Iowa Code § 702.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 702 / Section 702.2
Act.
Status: in_force

The term “act” includes a failure to do any act which the law requires one to perform.

[C79, 81, §702.2]
Iowa Code § 309.66 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 309 / Section 309.66
Use of gravel beds.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may permit private parties or municipal corporations to take materials from such acquired lands in order to improve any street or highway in the county, but it shall be a serious misdemeanor for any person to use or for the board of supervisors to dispose of any such material for any purpose other than for the improvement of such streets or highways.

[S13, §2024-i1, -i2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4659; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.66]
Iowa Code § 148.13A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148 / Section 148.13A
Board authority over physicians supervising certain psychologists.
Status: in_force

The board of medicine shall, in consultation with the board of behavioral health professionals, establish by rule all of the following:

(1) Specific minimum standards for the appropriate supervision of a psychologist prescribing medication pursuant to a conditional prescription certificate under chapter 154B. Such standards shall include requiring a physician serving as a supervising licensed physician to notify the board of medicine of the identity of the psychologist the physician is supervising and any change in the status of the supervisory relationship.

(2) The process for initiating and conducting disciplinary proceedings under chapter 17A if a licensed physician fails to adequately supervise a psychologist prescribing psychotropic medications pursuant to a prescription certificate under chapter 154B. The rule shall take into account the deliberations of the board in making such a determination.

2016 Acts, ch 1112, §4; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §492