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Iowa Code § 435.23 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 435 / Section 435.23
Exemptions prorating tax.
Status: in_force

(1) The manufacturer’s and retailer’s inventory of mobile homes, manufactured homes, or modular homes not in use as a place of human habitation shall be exempt from the annual tax. All travel trailers, fifth-wheel travel trailers, and towable recreational vehicles shall be exempt from this tax. The homes, travel trailers, fifth-wheel travel trailers, and towable recreational vehicles in the inventory of manufacturers and retailers shall be exempt from personal property tax.

(2) The homes coming into Iowa from out of state and located in a manufactured home community or mobile home park shall be liable for the tax computed pro rata to the nearest whole month, for the time the home is actually situated in Iowa.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135D.23]87 Acts, ch 210, §2C93, §435.2394 Acts, ch 1110, §10, 24; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §16; 2010 Acts, ch 1108, §11, 15; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §46; 2019 Acts, ch 67, §19, 20
Iowa Code § 148I.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148I / Section 148I.2
Licensure licensed midwifery.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in section 148I.3, beginning July 1, 2024, every person practicing midwifery in this state shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapters 17A, 147, and 272C establishing procedures for the licensure of new and practicing midwives.

(2) Prior to obtaining a license to practice midwifery, an applicant shall meet all of the following requirements:

(2) (a) Be at least twenty-one years old.

(2) (b) Submit proof of a high school diploma or its equivalent.

(2) (c) Submit proof of a current national certification as a certified professional midwife from the North American registry of midwives or its successor organization.

(2) (d) Submit proof of completion of an educational program or pathway accredited by the midwifery education accreditation council, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.

(2) (d) A certified professional midwife certified before July 1, 2024, and who received certification other than through completion of an educational program or pathway described in subparagraph (1) shall obtain a midwifery bridge certificate from the North American registry of midwives or its successor organization in order to obtain licensure in Iowa.

(2) (d) A person licensed to practice midwifery for at least two years in a state that does not require completion of an educational program or pathway described in subparagraph (1), shall obtain a midwifery bridge certificate from the North American registry of midwives or its successor organization in order to obtain licensure in Iowa.

(2) (e) Submit an application fee as prescribed by the board by rule.

(3) The board may request, at the applicant’s expense, that the department of public safety perform a criminal history check and the department of health and human services perform child and dependent adult abuse record checks of the applicant. If an applicant has a criminal record or a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the board shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the record warrants denial of licensure.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §1358; 2023 Acts, ch 127, §5
Iowa Code § 533D.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533D / Section 533D.13
Cease and desist order — injunction.
Status: in_force

(1) If the superintendent believes that any person has engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued by the superintendent, the superintendent may issue and serve on the person a cease and desist order. Upon entry of a cease and desist order the superintendent shall promptly notify in writing all persons to whom the order is directed that it has been entered and the reasons for the order. Any person to whom the order is directed may request in writing a hearing within fifteen business days after the date of the issuance of the order. Upon receipt of the written request, the matter shall be set for hearing within fifteen business days of the receipt by the superintendent, unless the person requesting the hearing consents to a later date. If a hearing is not requested within fifteen business days and none is ordered by the superintendent, the order of the superintendent shall automatically become final and remain in effect until modified or vacated by the superintendent. If a hearing is requested or ordered, the superintendent, after notice and hearing, shall issue written findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall affirm, vacate, or modify the order.

(2) The superintendent may vacate or modify an order if the superintendent finds that the conditions which caused its entry have changed or that it is otherwise in the public interest to do so. Any person aggrieved by a final order of the superintendent may appeal the order as provided in chapter 17A.

(3) If it appears that a person has engaged in or is engaging in an act or practice in violation of this chapter, the attorney general may initiate an action in the district court to enjoin such acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this chapter. Upon a showing of a violation of this chapter, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or writ of mandamus shall be granted or a receiver or conservator may be appointed to oversee the person’s assets. The attorney general shall not be required to post a bond.

95 Acts, ch 139, §13; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 226.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 226 / Section 226.1
Official designation definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The state hospitals for persons with mental illness shall be designated as follows:

(1) (a) Mental Health Institute, Independence, Iowa.

(1) (b) Mental Health Institute, Cherokee, Iowa.

(2) (a) The purpose of the mental health institutes is to operate as regional resource centers providing one or more of the following:

(2) (a) Treatment, training, care, habilitation, and support of persons with mental illness including:

(2) (a) Specialized treatment of behaviorally complex youth at a mental health institute located in Independence.

(2) (a) Specialized treatment and security for adults ordered by the court into the custody of the state for the purposes of competency restoration, adults who have been acquitted of a crime by reason of insanity, and similarly situated adults at a mental health institute in Cherokee.

(2) (a) Facilities, services, and other support to the communities located in the region being served by a mental health institute so as to maximize the usefulness of the mental health institutes while minimizing overall costs.

(2) (a) A unit for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators committed to the custody of the director pursuant to chapter 229A.

(2) (b) In addition, the mental health institutes are encouraged to act as a training resource for community-based program staff, medical students, and other participants in professional education programs.

(3) A mental health institute may request the approval of the department to change the name of the institution for use in communication with the public, in signage, and in other forms of communication.

(4) For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(4) (a) “Administrative services organization” means the same as defined in section 225A.1.

(4) (b) “Department” means the department of health and human services.

(4) (c) “Director” means the director of health and human services.

(4) (d) “Mental health institute” or “state mental health institute” means a state hospital for persons with mental illness as designated in this chapter.

[R60, §1471; C73, §1383; C97, §2253; S13, §2253-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3483; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §226.1]96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 98 Acts, ch 1155, §10; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 6, §33, 37; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §44; 2019 Acts, ch 100, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §471; 2023 Acts, ch 140, §1; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §66, 67, 137; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §412
Iowa Code § 488.1106 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.1106
Mergers.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership may merge with one or more other constituent organizations pursuant to this section and sections 488.1107 through 488.1109 and a plan of merger, if all of the following apply:

(1) (a) The governing statute of each of the other organizations authorizes the merger.

(1) (b) The merger is not prohibited by the law of a jurisdiction that enacted any of those governing statutes.

(1) (c) Each of the other organizations complies with its governing statute in effecting the merger.

(2) A plan of merger must be in a record and must include all of the following:

(2) (a) The name and form of each constituent organization.

(2) (b) The name and form of the surviving organization and, if the surviving organization is to be created by the merger, a statement to that effect.

(2) (c) The terms and conditions of the merger, including the manner and basis for converting the interests in each constituent organization into any combination of money, interests in the surviving organization, and other consideration.

(2) (d) If the surviving organization is to be created by the merger, the surviving organization’s organizational documents.

(2) (e) If the surviving organization is not to be created by the merger, any amendments to be made by the merger to the surviving organization’s organizational documents.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §94, 118; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §383
Iowa Code § 80.16 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80 / Section 80.16
Impersonating peace officer or employee — uniform.
Status: in_force

Any person who impersonates a peace officer or employee of the department, or wears a uniform likely to be confused with the official uniform of any such officer or employee, with intent to deceive anyone, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §80.6]98 Acts, ch 1074, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104C2020, §80.16
Iowa Code § 321.53 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.53
Nonresident owners of passenger vehicles and trucks.
Status: in_force

A nonresident owner, except as provided in sections 321.54 and 321.55, of a private passenger motor vehicle, not operated for hire, may operate or permit the operation of such vehicle within this state without registering such vehicle in, or paying any fees to, this state subject to the condition that such vehicle at all times when operated in this state is duly registered in, and displays upon it a valid registration plate or plates issued for such vehicle in the place of residence of such owner. A nonresident who leases a vehicle from a resident owner shall not be considered a nonresident owner of such vehicle for the purpose of exemption under this section. This section shall be operative to the extent that under the laws of the foreign country, state, territory, or federal district of such nonresident owner’s residence like exemptions and privileges are granted to vehicles registered under the laws, and owned by residents, of this state. A truck, truck tractor, trailer or semitrailer owned by a nonresident and operated on Iowa highways must have displayed upon it a valid registration plate or plates and a valid registration certificate, card, or other official evidence of its allowable weight in the state, district or county in which it is registered.

[S13, §1571-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4865; C39, §5003.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.53]
Iowa Code § 501.812 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.812
Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) If the secretary of state determines that one or more grounds exist under section 501.811 for dissolving a cooperative, the secretary of state shall serve the cooperative with written notice of the secretary of state’s determination under section 501.106.

(2) If the cooperative does not correct each ground for dissolution or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the secretary of state that each ground determined by the secretary of state does not exist within sixty days after service of the notice is perfected under section 501.106, the secretary of state shall administratively dissolve the cooperative by signing a certificate of dissolution that recites the ground or grounds for dissolution and its effective date. The secretary of state shall file the original of the certificate and serve a copy on the cooperative under section 501.106.

(3) A cooperative administratively dissolved continues its existence but shall not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under section 501.805 and notify claimants under sections 501.807 and 501.808.

(4) The administrative dissolution of a cooperative does not terminate the authority of its registered agent.

(5) The secretary of state’s administrative dissolution of a cooperative pursuant to this section appoints the secretary of state the cooperative’s agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action which arose during the time the cooperative was authorized to transact business in this state. Service of process on the secretary of state under this subsection is service on the cooperative. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall serve a copy of the process on the cooperative as provided in section 501.106. This subsection does not preclude service on the cooperative’s registered agent, if any.

98 Acts, ch 1152, §60, 69
Iowa Code § 249O.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249O / Section 249O.2
Hospital directed payment program.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to the department administering a hospital directed payment program under this chapter for any specific fiscal year, the department shall submit any authorizing documentation necessary to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services for approval. Upon receipt of approval from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, the department shall administer the hospital directed payment program during the specified fiscal year.

(2) (a) For the sole purpose of the hospital directed payment program, the department may impose an assessment on a hospital. The total amount of assessments collected by the department shall not exceed the amount necessary to fully fund the nonfederal share of the maximum state directed payment allowed under federal regulations.

(2) (b) The department shall establish requirements for timely payment of an assessment, and any penalties for late payment or nonpayment of an assessment. Any assessment imposed under this section shall constitute a debt due the state and may be collected by civil action under any method provided by law.

(2) (c) The department and a third-party administrator contracted with the department may collectively assess and collect an administrative fee of no more than four percent of the amount of each assessment imposed.

(3) Any assessments and penalties collected under this section shall be used for the purposes of the hospital directed payment program.

(4) (a) The hospital directed payment program shall not be administered, an assessment shall not be imposed, and a hospital shall not be required to pay an assessment if federal financial participation is not available, or if the hospital directed payment program and imposition of an assessment are not approved by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services.

(4) (b) If federal law or policy significantly impacts the hospital directed payment program as determined by the department, the department, in collaboration with stakeholders, may terminate the hospital directed payment program.

(5) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this chapter.

2025 Acts, ch 169, §41
Iowa Code § 357E.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357E / Section 357E.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Board” means the board of supervisors of a county, or the joint boards of supervisors of two or more counties, in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized.

(2) “Book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

(3) “District” means a benefited recreational lake district or a water quality district or a combined district incorporated as a public entity and organized pursuant to this chapter.

(4) “Recreational facilities” includes, but is not limited to, real and personal property, water, buildings, structures, or improvements including dams or other structures permitted or exempt from regulation under chapter 455B, and equipment useful and suitable for recreation programs, including those programs customarily identified with the term “recreation” such as public sports, games, pastimes, diversions, and amusement, on land or water and including community center houses, recreation grounds, recreation buildings, juvenile playgrounds, swimming pools, recreation centers, parks, lakes, and golf courses, and the acquisition of real estate for them.

(5) “Trustee” means a member of the board of trustees of a district.

(6) “Water quality activities” includes, but is not limited to, public information dissemination, creation or maintenance of grass waterways or wetlands, dredging, bank stabilization, water treatment, water monitoring, watershed protection, activities on lands outside the district which affect water quality within the district, and any other activity which will improve water quality of a stream, river, or lake.

88 Acts, ch 1194, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1181, §1, 2; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §200, 201; 2011 Acts, ch 108, §1
Iowa Code § 313.3 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.3
Primary road fund.
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created a primary road fund which shall include and embrace:

(1) (a) All road use tax funds which are by law credited to the primary road fund.

(1) (b) All federal aid primary and urban road funds received by the state.

(1) (c) All other funds which may by law be credited to the primary road fund.

(1) (d) All revenue accrued or accruing to the state of Iowa on or after January 26, 1949, from the sale of public lands within the state, under Acts of Congress approved March 3, 1845, supplemental to the Act for the Admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union, chapters 75 and 76, 5 Stat. 788, 790, shall be placed in the primary road fund.

(2) Unless otherwise provided, the primary road fund is hereby appropriated for highway construction.

[C24, §4690; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b3; C39, §4755.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.3]2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §41
Iowa Code § 328.40 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 328 / Section 328.40
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or who makes any material false statement or representation in any application or statement filed with the department as required by this chapter or any of the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice.

[C31, 35, §8338-c8; C39, §8338.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §328.40]
Iowa Code § 554.8311 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8311
Section 554.8311
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1138, §81, 84.
Iowa Code § 13B.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13B / Section 13B.12
Gideon fellowship.
Status: in_force

The state public defender may establish a Gideon fellowship program for the entry level hiring and training of public defender attorneys. The state public defender may appoint up to four Gideon fellows for a term of up to two years and may assign each fellow to a local public defender office or appellate defender office. Each fellow shall be a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in this state prior to commencement of the fellowship.

2014 Acts, ch 1071, §1
Iowa Code § 357E.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357E / Section 357E.4
Time of public hearing.
Status: in_force

The public hearing required in section 357E.3 shall be held within thirty days of the presentation of the petition. Notice of hearing shall be given by publication as provided in section 331.305.

88 Acts, ch 1194, §4
Iowa Code § 641.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 641 / Section 641.2
Attachment authorized.
Status: in_force

In all actions for money due to the state, or to any agent or officer for the use of the state, it shall be lawful for an attachment to issue against the property or debts of the defendant not exempt from execution, upon the filing of an affidavit of the attorney general, that the attorney general verily believes that a specific amount therein stated is justly due, and the defendant therein has refused to pay or secure the same, and unless an attachment is issued against the property of the defendant there is danger that the amount due will be lost to the state.

[C73, §3006; C97, §3919; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12153; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §641.2]94 Acts, ch 1173, §41
Iowa Code § 523C.19 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523C / Section 523C.19
Cease and desist orders.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the commissioner’s determination that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner may issue an order directing the person to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice resulting in the violation or to take other affirmative action as in the judgment of the commissioner is necessary to comply with the requirements of this chapter.

(2) If a hearing is not timely requested, the summary order becomes final by operation of law. The order shall remain effective from the date of issuance until the date the order becomes final by operation of law or is overturned by a presiding officer or court following a request for hearing. A person who has been issued a summary order under this section may contest it by filing a request for a contested case proceeding as provided in chapter 17A and in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. However, the person shall have at least thirty days from the date that the order is issued in order to file the request. Section 17A.18A is inapplicable to a summary order issued under this section.

(3) A person violating a summary order issued under this section shall be deemed in contempt of that order. The commissioner may petition the district court to enforce the order as certified by the commissioner. The district court shall adjudge the person in contempt of the order if the court finds after hearing that the person is not in compliance with the order. The court shall assess a civil penalty against the person in an amount not less than three thousand dollars but not greater than ten thousand dollars per violation, and may issue further orders as it deems appropriate.

92 Acts, ch 1078, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1147, §30; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §82
Iowa Code § 311.12 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 311 / Section 311.12
Publication of notice.
Status: in_force

The notice shall be published as provided in section 331.305 in the county as near as practicable to the district. Proof of the publication shall be made by the publisher by affidavit filed with the county engineer.

[C24, §4707; C27, 31, 35, §4753-a1; C39, §4753.01; C46, §311.11; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §311.12; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1213]87 Acts, ch 43, §8