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Iowa Code § 53.12 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.12
Duty of commissioner.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall enclose the absentee ballot in an unsealed envelope, to be furnished by the commissioner, which envelope shall bear upon its face the words “county commissioner of elections”, the address of the commissioner’s office, and the same serial number appearing on the unsealed envelope shall be affixed to the application.

[SS15, §1137-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §938; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.12]84 Acts, ch 1291, §14
Iowa Code § 654A.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654A / Section 654A.2
Section 654A.2
Status: repealed

Repealed by 90 Acts, ch 1143, §30.See §13.13.
Iowa Code § 904.706 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.706
Revolving farm fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A revolving farm fund is created in the state treasury in which the department shall deposit receipts from agricultural products, nursery stock, agricultural land rentals, and the sale of livestock. However, before any agricultural operation is phased out, the department which proposes to discontinue this operation shall notify the governor, chairpersons and ranking members of the house and senate appropriations committees, and co-chairpersons and ranking members of the subcommittee in the senate and house of representatives which has handled the appropriation for this department in the past session of the general assembly. Before the department sells farmland under the control of the department, the director shall notify the governor, chairpersons and ranking members of the house and senate appropriations committees, and co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee that handled the appropriation for the department during the past session of the general assembly. The department may pay from the fund for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of farms and agricultural or nursery property under the control of the department. A purchase order for five thousand dollars or less payable from the fund is exempt from the general purchasing requirements of chapter 8A, subchapter III. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated receipts in the revolving farm fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.

(2) Notwithstanding section 8.36, the department shall annually prepare a financial statement covering the previous calendar year to provide for an accounting of the funds in the revolving farm fund. The financial statement shall be filed with the legislative services agency on or before February 1 each year.

(3) As used in this section, “department” means the department of corrections and the department of health and human services.

(4) The farm operations administrator appointed under section 904.302 shall perform the functions described under section 904.302 for agricultural operations on property of the department of health and human services.

(5) The department of health and human services shall enter into an agreement under chapter 28D with the Iowa department of corrections to implement this section.

83 Acts, ch 96, §48, 159CS83, §217A.7085 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.70686 Acts, ch 1075, §2; 89 Acts, ch 9, §1; 91 Acts, ch 260, §1221C93, §904.7062003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §283; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1337
Iowa Code § 326.15 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 326 / Section 326.15
Refunds of registration fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Refunds of registration fees paid for motor vehicles under this chapter shall be in accordance with section 321.126. In addition, if a motor vehicle is removed from an apportioned fleet, the registrant shall return the registration plate to the department and make a claim for refund. A refund shall not be allowed without documentation of the subsequent registration of the motor vehicle.

(2) A qualified registrant may certify to the department that the registration plate has been destroyed in lieu of surrendering the plate. The department shall adopt rules to define a qualified registrant.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §326.15]83 Acts, ch 161, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1063, §44 – 47; 2004 Acts, ch 1013, §32, 35; 2012 Acts, ch 1093, §25
Iowa Code § 422.92 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.92
Rules for short taxable year.
Status: in_force

A taxpayer having a taxable year of less than twelve months shall pay estimated tax under rules adopted by the director.

[C79, 81, §422.92]89 Acts, ch 251, §29
Iowa Code § 508F.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508F / Section 508F.7
Not unfair or deceptive trade practice.
Status: in_force

The issuance of a qualified charitable gift annuity does not constitute a violation of chapter 507B.

2001 Acts, ch 28, §8
Iowa Code § 191.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 191 / Section 191.5
Advertising oleomargarine — restrictions.
Status: in_force

No person, in person or by an agent, shall, by any means whatever, directly or indirectly, advertise or represent by statement, printing, writing, circular, poster, design, device, grade designation, advertisement, symbol, sound, or any combination thereof, that oleo, oleomargarine or margarine, or any brand of oleo, oleomargarine or margarine, is a dairy product for the purpose of inducing or which is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase for consumption of oleo, oleomargarine or margarine, or any brand thereof. Whoever shall violate this provision shall be deemed guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §191.5]
Iowa Code § 161A.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.2
Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to integrate the conservation of soil and water resources into the production of agricultural commodities to insure the long-term protection of the soil and water resources of the state of Iowa, and to encourage the development of farm management and agricultural practices that are consistent with the capability of the land to sustain agriculture, and thereby to preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs, assist and maintain the navigability of rivers and harbors, preserve wildlife, protect the tax base, protect public lands and promote the health, safety and public welfare of the people of this state.

[C39, §2603.03; C46, §160.2; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.2]86 Acts, ch 1245, §645C93, §161A.2
Iowa Code § 147.86 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.86
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of this subtitle, except insofar as the provisions apply or relate to or affect the practice of pharmacy, or where a specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

[C97, §2580, 2581, 2588, 2590, 2591, 2595; S13, §2575-a35, -a45, 2581, 2583-d, -r, 2589-d, 2600-o4; SS15, §2588; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2522; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.86]92 Acts, ch 1183, §6; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §12; 94 Acts, ch 1132, §25; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §24; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §22; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §61
Iowa Code § 907.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 907 / Section 907.8
Supervision during probationary period.
Status: in_force

(1) A person released on probation shall be assigned to a probation officer. Both the person and the person’s probation officer shall be furnished with the conditions of the person’s probation including a copy of the plan of restitution and the restitution plan of payment, if any, and the regulations which the person will be required to observe, in writing. The probation officer shall explain these conditions and regulations to the person and shall supervise, assist, and counsel the person during the term of the person’s probation.

(2) (a) When probation is granted, the court shall order said person committed to the custody, care, and supervision:

(2) (a) Of any suitable resident of this state; or

(2) (a) Of the judicial district department of correctional services.

(2) (b) Jurisdiction over these persons shall remain with the sentencing court.

(3) In each case in which the court orders the person committed to the custody, care, and supervision of the judicial district department of correctional services, the clerk of the district court shall at once furnish the director of the judicial district department of correctional services with certified copies of the indictment or information, the minutes of testimony attached thereto, the judgment entry if judgment is not deferred, and the original mittimus. The county attorney shall at once advise the director, by letter, that the defendant has been placed under the supervision of the judicial district department of correctional services and give the director a detailed statement of the facts and circumstances surrounding the crime committed and the record and history of the defendant as may be known to the county attorney. If the defendant is confined in the county jail at the time of sentence, the court may order the defendant held until arrangements are made by the judicial district department of correctional services for the defendant’s employment and the defendant has signed the necessary probation papers. If the defendant is not confined in the county jail at the time of sentence, the court may order the defendant to remain in the county wherein the defendant has been convicted and sentenced and report to the sheriff as to the defendant’s whereabouts.

[S13, §5447-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3801; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §247.21; C75, 77, §789A.7; C79, 81, §907.8; 82 Acts, ch 1162, §12, 14]97 Acts, ch 125, §7; 98 Acts, ch 1197, §6, 13; 2000 Acts, ch 1177, §4, 5; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §215
Iowa Code § 618.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 618 / Section 618.5
Permissible selection.
Status: in_force

Publications may be made in a newspaper published at least once a week.

[C73, §3832; C97, §1293; S13, §1293; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11100; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §618.5]2003 Acts, ch 108, §106
Iowa Code § 710.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 710 / Section 710.6
Violating custodial order.
Status: in_force

(1) A relative of a child who, acting in violation of an order of any court which fixes, permanently or temporarily, the custody or physical care of the child in another, takes and conceals the child, within or outside the state, from the person having lawful custody or physical care, commits a class “D” felony.

(2) A parent of a child living apart from the other parent who conceals that child or causes that child’s whereabouts to be unknown to a parent with visitation rights or parental time in violation of a court order granting visitation rights or parental time and without the other parent’s consent, commits a serious misdemeanor.

[C79, 81, §710.6]85 Acts, ch 132, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1145, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 455H.105 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455H / Section 455H.105
Duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

The commission shall do all of the following:

(1) Adopt rules pertaining to the assessment, evaluation, and cleanup of the presence of hazardous substances which allow participants to carry out response actions using background standards, statewide standards, or site-specific cleanup standards pursuant to this chapter.

(2) Adopt rules establishing statewide standards and criteria for determination of background standards and site-specific cleanup standards.

(3) Adopt rules establishing a program intended to encourage and enhance assessment, evaluation, and cleanup of sites which may have been the site of or affected by a release.

(4) Adopt rules establishing a program to administer the land recycling fund established in section 455H.401.

(5) Adopt rules establishing requirements for the submission, performance, and verification of site assessments, cleanup plans, and certifications of completion. The rules shall provide that all site assessments, cleanup plans, and certifications of completion submitted by a participant shall be prepared by or under the supervision of an appropriately trained professional, including a groundwater professional certified pursuant to section 455B.474.

(6) Adopt rules for public notice of the proposed verification of a certificate of completion by the department where the certificate of completion is conditioned on the use of an institutional or technological control.

97 Acts, ch 127, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 171, §9
Iowa Code § 73A.7 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73A / Section 73A.7
Hearing and decision.
Status: in_force

(1) At such hearing, the appellants and any other interested person may appear and be heard. The appeal board shall examine, with the aid of competent assistants, the entire record, and if it shall find that the form of contract is suitable for the improvement proposed, that the improvement and the method of providing for payment therefor is for the best interests of the municipality and the taxpayers therein, and that such improvements can be made within the estimates therefor, it shall approve the same. Otherwise, it may reject the same as a whole or, it shall recommend such modifications of the plans, specifications, or contract, as in its judgment shall be for the public benefit, and if such modifications are so made, it shall approve the same.

(2) The appeal board shall certify its decision to the body proposing to enter into such contract unless it shall have rejected the same as a whole, whereupon the municipality shall advertise for bids and let the contract subject to the approval of the appeal board which shall at once render its final decision thereon and transmit the same to the municipality.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §357; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §23.7]C93, §73A.7
Iowa Code § 602.6106 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.6106
Sessions not at county seats — effect — duty of clerk.
Status: in_force

When court is held at a place that is not the county seat, all of the provisions of the Code relating to district courts are applicable, except as follows:All proceedings in the court have, within the territory over which the court has jurisdiction, the same force and effect as though ordered in the court at the county seat, but transcripts of judgments and decrees, levies of writs of attachment upon real estate, mechanics’ liens, lis pendens, sales of real estate, redemption, satisfaction of judgments and mechanics’ liens, and dismissals or decrees in lis pendens, together with all other matters affecting titles to real estate, shall be certified by the clerk’s designee to the clerk of district court at the county seat who shall immediately enter them upon the records at the county seat.

83 Acts, ch 186, §7106, 10201; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §36
Iowa Code § 2.58 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.58
Section 2.58
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49.See chapter 2A.
Iowa Code § 238.17 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 238 / Section 238.17
Forms for registration and record preservation and maintenance.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall prescribe forms for the registration and record of children cared for by any child-placing agency licensed under this chapter and for reports required by the department from the agencies.

(2) If, for any reason, a child-placing agency ceases to exist, all records of registration and placement and all other records of any kind and character maintained by the child-placing agency shall be turned over to the department to be preserved and maintained by the department as a permanent record.

[C27, 31, 35, §3661-a74; C39, §3661.088; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.17]2009 Acts, ch 133, §233; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §769
Iowa Code § 421B.6 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421B / Section 421B.6
Sales exceptions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a sale at wholesale or a sale at retail made as follows:

(1) In an isolated transaction.

(2) Where cigarettes are offered for sale, or sold in a bona fide clearance sale for the purpose of discontinuing trade in such cigarettes and said offer to sell, or sale shall state the reason therefor and the quantity of such cigarettes offered for sale, or to be sold.

(3) Where cigarettes are offered for sale or are sold as imperfect or damaged, and the offer to sell, or sale shall state the reason therefor and the quantity of such cigarettes offered for sale or to be sold.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §551A.6]C93, §421B.62009 Acts, ch 41, §123
Iowa Code § 43.103 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.103
Duty of county commissioner.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in case the district delegates for the commissioner’s county have not been selected, shall deliver a copy of the call of the state party chairperson to the chairperson of the convention which selects said delegates.

[S13, §1087-a26; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §630; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.103]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §23
Iowa Code § 536A.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536A / Section 536A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

(1) “Administrator” means the person designated in section 537.6103.

(2) “Affiliate” means the same as defined in 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

(3) “Commercial activities” means activities in which an industrial loan company is not specifically authorized to engage under the provisions of this chapter.

(4) “Control” means the same as provided in 12 U.S.C. §1841(a)(2).

(5) “Corporation” shall mean any corporation for pecuniary profit organized under the laws of the state of Iowa.

(6) “Industrial loan company” shall mean a corporation operating under the provisions of this chapter and engaged in the business of loaning money to be repaid in one payment or in weekly, monthly or other periodic installments and the charging, receiving or requiring of interest, discount, fees, compensation or charges of whatever nature or kind for the use of such money and for the services to be rendered to the borrower in connection with the loan. The term “industrial loan company” shall not include those businesses specifically exempted in section 536A.5.

(7) “License” shall mean a permit or authorization issued or required under the provisions of this chapter to make loans in accordance with this chapter at a single location or place of business.

(8) “Licensee” means a person licensed under this chapter.

(9) “Superintendent” means the superintendent of banking within the banking division of the department of insurance and financial services.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.2]86 Acts, ch 1245, §757; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §68; 2006 Acts, ch 1015, §122023 Acts, ch 19, §2757
Iowa Code § 554.9335 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9335
Accessions.
Status: in_force

(1) A security interest may be created in an accession and continues in collateral that becomes an accession.

(2) If a security interest is perfected when the collateral becomes an accession, the security interest remains perfected in the collateral.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the other provisions of this part determine the priority of a security interest in an accession.

(4) A security interest in an accession is subordinate to a security interest in the whole which is perfected by compliance with the requirements of a certificate-of-title statute under section 554.9311, subsection 2.

(5) After default, subject to part 6, a secured party may remove an accession from other goods if the security interest in the accession has priority over the claims of every person having an interest in the whole.

(6) A secured party that removes an accession from other goods under subsection 5 shall promptly reimburse any holder of a security interest or other lien on, or owner of, the whole or of the other goods, other than the debtor, for the cost of repair of any physical injury to the whole or the other goods. The secured party need not reimburse the holder or owner for any diminution in value of the whole or the other goods caused by the absence of the accession removed or by any necessity for replacing it. A person entitled to reimbursement may refuse permission to remove until the secured party gives adequate assurance for the performance of the obligation to reimburse.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §55, 187
Iowa Code § 554.9708 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9708
Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1052, §34, 37.
Iowa Code § 633.299 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.299
Order appointing executor.
Status: in_force

If a petition for appointment of an executor has been filed, the order admitting the will to probate shall include appointment of an executor thereof, unless the court or clerk shall determine that no appointment should be made at such time.

[C51, §1299, 1302; R60, §2331, 2334; C73, §2332, 2333; C97, §3278; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11857; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §633.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.299]
Iowa Code § 325A.24 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 325A / Section 325A.24
Scheduled fines — penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise established, or who aids or abets a person in a failure to comply with this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, is subject to the fine provided in section 805.8A, subsection 13, paragraph “e”.

97 Acts, ch 104, §55, 61; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5
Iowa Code § 717E.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 717E / Section 717E.2
Pet awards prohibited.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of a simple misdemeanor if the person awards a pet or advertises that a pet may be awarded as any of the following:

(1) A prize for participating in a game.

(2) A prize for participating in a fair.

(3) An inducement or condition for visiting a place of business or attending an event sponsored by a business.

(4) An inducement or condition for executing a contract which includes provisions unrelated to the ownership, care, or disposition of the pet.

2004 Acts, ch 1109, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §81
Iowa Code § 297.20 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 297 / Section 297.20
Sale of improvements.
Status: in_force

If there are improvements on said site, the improvements may, at the request of either party, be appraised and sold separately.

[C97, §2816; S13, §2816; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4384; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.20]
Iowa Code § 554.13204 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13204
Formation in general.
Status: in_force

(1) A lease contract may be made in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including conduct by both parties which recognizes the existence of a lease contract.

(2) An agreement sufficient to constitute a lease contract may be found although the moment of its making is undetermined.

(3) Although one or more terms are left open, a lease contract does not fail for indefiniteness if the parties have intended to make a lease contract and there is a reasonably certain basis for giving an appropriate remedy.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §17
Iowa Code § 185.1A — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 185 / Section 185.1A
Recognition of Iowa soybean association.
Status: in_force

The corporation known as the Iowa soybean association incorporated under the laws of this state shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter by filing each year with the secretary a verified proof of its organization, the names of its officers, and any other information required by the secretary.

2005 Acts, ch 82, §4