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Iowa Code § 537.3301 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3301
Security in consumer credit transactions.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a consumer credit sale, a seller may take a security interest in the property sold. In addition, a seller may take a security interest in goods upon which services are performed or in which goods sold are installed or to which they are annexed, or in land to which the goods are affixed or which is maintained, repaired or improved as a result of the sale of the goods or services, if in the case of a security interest in land the amount financed is one thousand dollars or more, or in the case of a security interest in goods if either the amount financed is three hundred dollars or more, or if the goods are household goods, or motor vehicles used by a consumer, the consumer’s dependents, or the family with which the consumer resides, as transportation to and from a place of employment, one hundred dollars or more. Except as provided with respect to cross-collateral under section 537.3302, a seller may not otherwise take a security interest in property to secure the debt arising from a consumer credit sale.

(2) With respect to a consumer lease, a lessor may not take a security interest in property to secure the debt arising from the lease. This subsection does not apply to a security deposit for a consumer lease or a consumer rental purchase agreement.

(3) With respect to a supervised loan, a lender may not take a security interest, other than a purchase money security interest, in the clothing, one dining table and set of chairs, one refrigerator, one heating stove, one cooking stove, one radio, beds and bedding, one couch, two living room chairs, cooking utensils, or kitchenware used by the consumer, the consumer’s dependents, or the family with whom the consumer resides.

(4) A security interest taken in violation of this section is void.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.3301]87 Acts, ch 80, §42
Iowa Code § 490.1004 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1004
Voting on amendments by voting groups.
Status: in_force

(1) The holders of the outstanding shares of a class are entitled to vote as a separate voting group, if shareholder voting is otherwise required by this chapter, on a proposed amendment to the articles of incorporation if the amendment would do any of the following:

(1) (a) Effect an exchange or reclassification of all or part of the shares of the class into shares of another class.

(1) (b) Effect an exchange or reclassification, or create the right of exchange, of all or part of the shares of another class into shares of the class.

(1) (c) Change the rights, preferences, or limitations of all or part of the shares of the class.

(1) (d) Change the shares of all or part of the class into a different number of shares of the same class.

(1) (e) Create a new class of shares having rights or preferences with respect to distributions that are prior or superior to the shares of the class.

(1) (f) Increase the rights, preferences, or number of authorized shares of any class that, after giving effect to the amendment, have rights or preferences with respect to distributions that are prior or superior to the shares of the class.

(1) (g) Limit or deny an existing preemptive right of all or part of the shares of the class.

(1) (h) Cancel or otherwise affect rights to distributions that have accumulated but not yet been authorized on all or part of the shares of the class.

(2) If a proposed amendment would affect a series of a class of shares in one or more of the ways described in subsection 1, the holders of shares of that series are entitled to vote as a separate voting group on the proposed amendment.

(3) If a proposed amendment that entitles the holders of two or more classes or series of shares to vote as separate voting groups under this section would affect those two or more classes or series in the same or a substantially similar way, the holders of shares of all the classes or series so affected shall vote together as a single voting group on the proposed amendment, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or added as a condition by the board of directors pursuant to section 490.1003, subsection 3.

(4) A class or series of shares is entitled to the voting rights granted by this section even if the articles of incorporation provide that the shares are nonvoting shares.

89 Acts, ch 288, §112; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §57, 125; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §141, 230
Iowa Code § 591.7 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 591 / Section 591.7
Cooperative associations or corporations.
Status: in_force

In all instances where cooperative associations or corporations have been organized under the law as it appears in chapter 389, Code of 1927, where such associations or corporations have filed the original articles rather than a verified copy with the county recorder or where the secretary of state failed to certify the filing and acceptance of such articles, or where the certificate of the secretary of state contained a facsimile signature rather than the true signature of the secretary of state, or where there is any defect in the articles, notice, procedure or otherwise, the incorporation of such corporation or association and all of the corporate acts thereof are hereby legalized in all respects.

[C31, 35, §10413-c1; C39, §10413.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §591.7]
Iowa Code § 231.58 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231 / Section 231.58
Long-term living coordination.
Status: in_force

The director may convene meetings, as necessary, of the director and the director of inspections, appeals, and licensing, to assist in the coordination of policy, service delivery, and long-range planning relating to the long-term living system and older Iowans and Iowans with disabilities in the state. The group may consult with individuals, institutions, and entities with expertise in the area of the long-term living system and older Iowans and Iowans with disabilities, as necessary, to facilitate the group’s efforts.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1026C87, §249D.5889 Acts, ch 52, §1C93, §231.582000 Acts, ch 1004, §13, 22; 2003 Acts, ch 141, §14; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §215; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §15; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §34, 58; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §37, 38; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §90; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §585, 1927; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §152, 162
Iowa Code § 216A.142 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.142
Commission on the status of African Americans established.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §461.
Iowa Code § 670.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 670 / Section 670.11
Claims not retrospective.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall have no application to any occurrence or injury claim or action arising prior to January 1, 1968.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613A.11]C93, §670.11
Iowa Code § 602.1213 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.1213
District judicial conferences.
Status: in_force

(1) The judicial officers within a judicial district, excluding the magistrates, may convene as an administrative body as necessary to:

(1) (a) Prescribe local court procedures, subject to the approval of the supreme court.

(1) (b) Advise the chief judge respecting supervision and administration of the judicial district.

(1) (c) Exercise other duties, as established by law or by the supreme court.

(2) A district judicial conference shall act by majority vote of its members.

83 Acts, ch 186, §1212, 10201; 96 Acts, ch 1153, §4
Iowa Code § 633A.6101 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.6101
Subject matter jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) The district court sitting in probate has exclusive jurisdiction of proceedings concerning the internal affairs of a trust and of actions and proceedings to determine the existence of a trust, actions and proceedings by or against creditors or debtors of a trust, and other actions and proceedings involving a trust and third persons. Such jurisdiction may be invoked by any interested party at any time.

(2) Unless a trust is under continuous court supervision pursuant to section 633.10, subsection 4, the trust shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the probate court and the court shall not issue letters of appointment.

99 Acts, ch 125, §89, 109C2001, §633.61012002 Acts, ch 1107, §20; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §49, 54CS2005, §633A.61012010 Acts, ch 1137, §10
Iowa Code § 507C.35 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.35
Filing of claims.
Status: in_force

(1) Proof of all claims shall be filed with the liquidator in the form required by section 507C.36 on or before the last day for filing specified in the notice required under section 507C.22. However, proof of claims for cash surrender values or other investment values in life insurance and annuities need not be filed unless the liquidator expressly so requires.

(2) The liquidator may permit a claimant making a late filing to share in distributions, whether past or future, as if the claimant were not late, to the extent that the payment will not prejudice the orderly administration of the liquidation under any of the following circumstances:

(2) (a) The existence of the claim was not known to the claimant and that the claimant filed the claim as promptly thereafter as reasonably possible after learning of it.

(2) (b) A transfer to a creditor was avoided under sections 507C.26 through 507C.28, or was voluntarily surrendered under section 507C.29, and that the filing satisfies the conditions of section 507C.29.

(2) (c) The valuation under section 507C.41 of security held by a secured creditor shows a deficiency, which is filed within thirty days after the valuation.

(3) The liquidator shall permit late filing claims to share in distributions, whether past or future, as if they were not late, if the claims are claims of a guaranty association or foreign guaranty association for reimbursement of covered claims paid or expenses incurred, or both, subsequent to the last day for filing where the payments were made and expenses incurred as provided by law.

(4) The liquidator may consider any claim filed late which is not covered by subsection 2, and permit it to receive distributions which are subsequently declared on any claims of the same or lower priority if the payment does not prejudice the orderly administration of the liquidation. The late-filing claimant shall receive at each distribution the same percentage of the amount allowed on the claim as is then being paid to claimants of any lower priority. This shall continue until the claim has been paid in full.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §35
Iowa Code § 362.3 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 362 / Section 362.3
Publication of notices.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided by state law:

(1) (a) If notice of an election, hearing, or other official action is required by the city code, the notice must be published at least once, not less than four nor more than twenty days before the date of the election, hearing, or other action.

(1) (b) A publication required by the city code must be in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the city. However, if the city has a population of two hundred or less, or in the case of ordinances and amendments to be published in a city in which no newspaper is published, a publication may be made by posting in three public places in the city which have been permanently designated by ordinance.

(2) In the case of notices of elections, a city with a population of two hundred or less meets the publication requirement of this section by posting notices of elections in three public places which have been designated by ordinance.

[R60, §1133; C73, §492; C97, §686, 687; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5720, 5721, 5721-a1; C39, §5720, 5721, 5721.1; C46, 50, §366.7 – 366.9; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.3]93 Acts, ch 143, §48; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §50; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Iowa Code § 461.22 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461 / Section 461.22
Report.
Status: in_force

The three departments shall jointly prepare and submit to the governor and the general assembly not later than January 15 of each year a complete report in an electronic format detailing all of the following:

(1) The receipts and expenditures of the trust fund and its accounts, a summary of initiatives supported by trust fund moneys, the results of those expenditures, any performance goals or measurements, and plans for future short-term or long-term expenditures.

(2) Recommendations to the general assembly, including legislation proposed by one or more of the departments.

2010 Acts, ch 1158, §6, 17
Iowa Code § 15.436 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.436
Arts and culture enhancement fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The economic development authority shall, pursuant to section 15.106A, subsection 1, paragraph “o”, establish the arts and culture enhancement fund to be used for the purposes of this section. The fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this section and any other moneys that are lawfully available to the authority. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall accrue to the authority and shall be used for purposes of this section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.

(2) The authority shall allocate moneys in the arts and culture enhancement fund in appropriate amounts to be used for the following purposes:

(2) (a) To provide support to municipal and nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that serve as significant attractions or community resources.

(2) (b) To support artists and entities that foster artistic and cultural expression, promote lifelong learning and engagement in the arts, advance community development goals, or emphasize Iowa’s diverse heritage through the creation, performance, or presentation of artworks.

(2) (c) To increase access to arts and culture in rural and underserved communities in the state.

(2) (d) For the promotion of and investment in film, television, and video projects produced in the state.

(2) (e) To address other goals and priorities as reflected in the comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan designed by the authority with the assistance of the Iowa arts council pursuant to section 15.108, subsection 7.

(2) (f) For administrative costs related to this section.

(3) The authority may adopt by rule eligibility and priority criteria for allocation of moneys in the arts and culture enhancement fund.

90 Acts, ch 1272, §77C91, §303.391 Acts, ch 120, §297 Acts, ch 212, §322004 Acts, ch 1049, §1912004 Acts, ch 1175, §3932023 Acts, ch 19, §2084, 2125C2024, §15.4362025 Acts, ch 147, §32
Iowa Code § 8.57H — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.57H
Iowa coronavirus capital projects fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An Iowa coronavirus capital projects fund is created in the state treasury under the authority of the office of the governor. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. The fund shall consist of moneys received by the state from the coronavirus capital projects fund pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2, and any other moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund.

(2) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the office of the governor to be used, expended, granted, or transferred as determined by the governor to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19.

(3) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(4) This section is repealed July 1, 2027.

2021 Acts, ch 172, §25, 29; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §40
Iowa Code § 306D.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306D / Section 306D.2
Statewide scenic highways program — objectives and agency duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The state department of transportation shall prepare a statewide, long-range plan for the protection, enhancement, and identification of highways and secondary roads which pass through unusually scenic areas of the state as identified in section 306D.1. The department of natural resources, the economic development authority, private organizations, county conservation boards, city park and recreation departments, and the federal agencies having jurisdiction over land in the state shall be encouraged to assist in preparing the plan. The plan shall be coordinated with the state’s open space plan if a state open space plan has been approved by the general assembly. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following elements:

(1) (a) Preparation of a statewide inventory of scenic routes and ranking of relative uniqueness for each route. The degree to which these routes suffer from negative visual intrusions shall be documented.

(1) (b) Recommended techniques for preserving and enhancing the scenic qualities associated with each route.

(1) (c) Forecasts of significant changes in traffic volumes and environmental, social, and economic impacts if scenic routes are publicly identified and promoted as tourism attractions.

(1) (d) Recommended techniques for incorporating scenic highway routes in state and local tourism development and marketing programs.

(1) (e) Landscape management needs including maintenance, rehabilitation, and improvements to scenic areas.

(1) (f) Funding levels needed to accomplish the statewide scenic highway program.

(1) (g) Recommendations of how federal and state transportation programs can be modified or developed to assist the state’s scenic highway program.

(2) The preparation of the plan is subject to an appropriation by the general assembly for that purpose. The plan shall be submitted to the general assembly by January 15, 1988. Prior to submission of the plan to the general assembly, the department shall request comments on the proposed plan from state agencies, federal agencies, and private organizations with interests in scenic highways. The comments shall be submitted to the general assembly.

87 Acts, ch 175, §2; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §64; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2111
Iowa Code § 461A.60 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.60
Application for permit.
Status: in_force

Any municipality or corporation seeking to establish a water recreational area without public funds of the state of Iowa shall file with the commission a verified petition asking for a permit to establish a water recreational area.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.60]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877C93, §461A.60
Iowa Code § 554.1303 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.1303
Course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade.
Status: in_force

(1) A “course of performance” is a sequence of conduct between the parties to a particular transaction that exists if:

(1) (a) the agreement of the parties with respect to the transaction involves repeated occasions for performance by a party; and

(1) (b) the other party, with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it, accepts the performance or acquiesces in it without objection.

(2) A “course of dealing” is a sequence of conduct concerning previous transactions between the parties to a particular transaction that is fairly to be regarded as establishing a common basis of understanding for interpreting their expressions and other conduct.

(3) A “usage of trade” is any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation, or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question. The existence and scope of such a usage must be proved as facts. If it is established that such a usage is embodied in a trade code or similar record, the interpretation of the record is a question of law.

(4) A course of performance or course of dealing between the parties or usage of trade in the vocation or trade in which they are engaged or of which they are or should be aware is relevant in ascertaining the meaning of the parties’ agreement, may give particular meaning to specific terms of the agreement, and may supplement or qualify the terms of the agreement. A usage of trade applicable in the place in which part of the performance under the agreement is to occur may be so utilized as to that part of the performance.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the express terms of an agreement and any applicable course of dealing, or usage of trade must be construed wherever reasonable as consistent with each other. If such a construction is unreasonable:

(5) (a) express terms prevail over course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade;

(5) (b) course of performance prevails over course of dealing and usage of trade; and

(5) (c) course of dealing prevails over usage of trade.

(6) Subject to section 554.2209, a course of performance is relevant to show a waiver or modification of any term inconsistent with the course of performance.

(7) Evidence of a relevant usage of trade offered by one party is not admissible unless that party has given the other party notice that the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise to the other party.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9938, 9944, 9947, 10000; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.10, 554.16, 554.19, 554.72; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1205]2007 Acts, ch 41, §17, 53CS2007, §554.1303
Iowa Code § 479B.14 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479B / Section 479B.14
Permits — limitations — sale or transfer — records — extension.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall prepare and issue permits. The permit shall show the name and address of the pipeline company to which it is issued and identify the decision and order of the commission under which the permit is issued. The permit shall be signed by the chairperson of the commission and the official seal of the commission shall be affixed to it.

(2) The commission shall not grant an exclusive right to any pipeline company to construct, maintain, or operate its pipeline along, over, or across any public or private highway, grounds, waters, or streams. The commission shall not grant a permit for longer than twenty-five years.

(3) A permit shall not be sold until the sale is approved by the commission.

(4) If a transfer of a permit is made before the construction for which it was issued is completed in whole or in part, the transfer shall not be effective until the pipeline company to which it was issued files with the commission a notice in writing stating the date of the transfer and the name and address of the transferee.

(5) The commission shall keep a record of all permits granted by it, showing when and to whom granted and the location and route of the pipeline or underground storage facility, and if the permit has been transferred, the date and the name and address of the transferee.

(6) A pipeline company may petition the commission for an extension of a permit granted under this section by filing a petition containing the information required by section 479B.5, subsections 1 through 5, and meeting the requirements of section 479B.13.

95 Acts, ch 192, §41; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 490.841 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.841
Functions of officers.
Status: in_force

Each officer has the authority and shall perform the functions set forth in the bylaws or, to the extent consistent with the bylaws, the functions prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the functions of other officers.

89 Acts, ch 288, §94; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §31, 82