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Iowa Code § 177A.13 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 177A / Section 177A.13
Quarantines — seizure and destruction.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the state entomologist shall find that there exists in this state, or any part thereof, any dangerously injurious insect pest or plant disease, and that its dissemination should be controlled or prevented, the entomologist may institute quarantines and promulgate quarantine restrictions covering areas within the state affected by such pest or disease, and may adopt, issue and enforce rules supplemental to such quarantines for the control of this pest. Under such quarantines, the state entomologist, the entomologist’s inspectors or authorized agents may prohibit and prevent the movement within the state without inspection or the shipment or transportation within this state, of any agricultural or horticultural product, or any other material of any character whatsoever, capable of carrying any dangerously injurious insect pest or disease in any living state of its development; and, in the enforcement of such quarantine, may intercept, stop, and detain for official inspection any person, car, vessel, boat, truck, automobile, aircraft, wagon, or other vehicles or carriers of any kind or character, whether air, land, or water, or any container or material believed or known to be carrying such insect pest or plant disease in any living state of its development or any such material, in violation of said quarantine or of the rules issued supplemental thereto, and may seize, possess, and destroy any agricultural or horticultural product or other material of any character whatsoever, moved, shipped, or transported in violation of such quarantines or the said rules.

(2) The state entomologist shall give public notice of such quarantines, specifying the plants and plant products infested or infected, or likely to become infested or infected; and the movement, planting or other use of any such plant or plant product, or other thing or substance specified in such notice as likely to carry and disseminate such insect pest or disease, except under such conditions as shall be prescribed as to inspection, treatment and disposition, shall be prohibited within such area as the entomologist may designate. When the state entomologist shall find that the danger of the dissemination of such insect pest or disease has ceased to exist, the entomologist shall give public notice that the quarantine is raised.

[S13, §2575-a48; C24, §4049; C27, 31, 35, §4062-b13; C39, §4062.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §177A.13]
Iowa Code § 491.66 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.66
Dissolution — receivership.
Status: in_force

Courts of equity shall have full power, on good cause shown, to dissolve or close up the business of any corporation, and to appoint a receiver therefor, who shall be a resident of the state of Iowa. An action therefor may be instituted by the attorney general in the name of the state, reserving, however, to the stockholders and creditors all rights now possessed by them.

[C97, §1640; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8402; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.66]
Iowa Code § 135M.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135M / Section 135M.7
Resale prohibited.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to authorize the resale of prescription drugs by any person.

2005 Acts, ch 97, §7
Iowa Code § 665.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 665 / Section 665.1
“Court” defined.
Status: in_force

Any officer authorized to punish for contempt is a court within the meaning of this chapter.

[C51, §1608; R60, §2698; C73, §3501; C97, §4470; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12540; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §665.1]
Iowa Code § 479B.5 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479B / Section 479B.5
Petition.
Status: in_force

A petition for a permit shall state all of the following:

(1) The name of the individual, firm, corporation, company, or association applying for the permit.

(2) The applicant’s principal office and place of business.

(3) A legal description of the route of the proposed pipeline and a map of the route.

(4) A general description of the public or private highways, grounds, waters, streams, and private lands of any kind along, over, or across which the proposed pipeline will pass.

(5) If permission is sought to construct, maintain, and operate facilities for the underground storage of hazardous liquids the petition shall include the following additional information:

(5) (a) A description and a map of the public or private highways, grounds, waters, streams, and private lands of any kind under which the storage is proposed.

(5) (b) Maps showing the location of proposed machinery, appliances, fixtures, wells, and stations necessary for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the hazardous liquid storage facilities.

(6) The possible use of alternative routes.

(7) The relationship of the proposed project to the present and future land use and zoning ordinances.

(8) The inconvenience or undue injury which may result to property owners as a result of the proposed project.

(9) An affidavit attesting to the fact that informational meetings were held in each county affected by the proposed project and the time and place of each meeting.

95 Acts, ch 192, §32
Iowa Code § 85.43 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.43
Payment to spouse.
Status: in_force

(1) If the deceased employee leaves a surviving spouse qualified under the provisions of section 85.42, the full compensation shall be paid to the surviving spouse, as provided in section 85.31; provided that where a deceased employee leaves a surviving spouse and a dependent child or children the workers’ compensation commissioner may make an order of record for an equitable apportionment of the compensation payments.

(2) If the spouse dies, the benefits shall be paid to the person or persons wholly dependent on deceased, if any, share and share alike. If there are none wholly dependent, then such benefits shall be paid to partial dependents, if any, in proportion to their dependency for the periods provided in section 85.31.

(3) If the deceased leaves a dependent child or children who was or were such at the time of the injury, and the surviving spouse remarries, then and in such case, the payments shall be paid to the proper compensation trustee for the use and benefit of such dependent child or children for the period provided in section 85.31.

[S13, §2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1403; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.43]98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §29
Iowa Code § 16.64 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.64
Bonds and notes tax exemption.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall publish a notice of intention to issue bonds or notes. After sixty days from the date of publication of the notice, an action shall not be brought questioning the legality of any bonds or notes or the power of the authority to issue any bonds or notes or to the legality of any proceedings in connection with the authorization or issuance of the bonds or notes after determination by the board to proceed with the issuance of the bonds or notes.

(2) Bonds and notes issued by the authority for purposes of financing the beginning farmer loan program provided in section 16.75 are exempt from taxation by the state, and interest earned on the bonds and notes is deductible in determining net income for purposes of the state individual and corporate income tax under subchapters II and III of chapter 422.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §53, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §23; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2025 Acts, ch 147, §40
Iowa Code § 515.106 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.106
Limitation on termination of independent producers.
Status: in_force

An insurance company organized under this chapter or authorized to do business in this state shall not terminate a contract of an insurance producer who is an independent contractor but who is not an exclusive insurance producer as defined in section 522B.1 without at least one hundred eighty days’ notice, except for loss of license, fraud, nonpayment of company premiums that are due and not in dispute by the producer, or the withdrawal of operations in the state by the insurance company. This section does not apply to insurance producers or a business entity whose contract with an insurer authorized to do business in this state contains a written provision expressly reserving to the insurer all right, title, and interest to the ownership or the use of insurance business written by such an insurance producer or business entity.

2002 Acts, ch 1111, §19C2003, §515.125A2007 Acts, ch 152, §34CS2007, §515.106
Iowa Code § 411.35 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 411 / Section 411.35
Statewide system established — city systems terminated.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective January 1, 1992, a single statewide fire and police retirement system is established to replace the individual city fire retirement systems and police retirement systems operating under this chapter prior to that date. Each city fire retirement system and police retirement system operating under this chapter prior to May 3, 1990, shall participate in the statewide system.

(2) Effective January 1, 1992, each city fire retirement system and police retirement system operating under this chapter prior to that date is terminated, and all membership, benefit rights, and financial obligations under the terminating systems shall be assumed by the statewide fire and police retirement system.

90 Acts, ch 1240, §85; 91 Acts, ch 52, §4
Iowa Code § 165B.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 165B / Section 165B.3
Determination of infection.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules if necessary to provide methods and procedures to determine whether poultry are infected with a pathogenic virus, which may include detection and analysis of the disease using techniques approved by the United States department of agriculture.

2004 Acts, ch 1089, §4
Iowa Code § 153.39 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 153 / Section 153.39
Dental assistants — registration requirements, renewal, revocation, or suspension — exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not practice on or after July 1, 2001, as a registered dental assistant unless the person has registered with the board and received a certificate of registration pursuant to this chapter.

(2) Education requirements shall be determined by the board by rule, according to standards to be determined by the board. A person shall be registered upon the successful completion of either of the education and examination requirements established in paragraph “a” or “b”:

(2) (a) Successful completion of a course of study and examination approved by the board and sponsored by a board-approved postsecondary school.

(2) (b) Successful completion of on-the-job training and examination consisting of all of the following:

(2) (b) Completion of on-the-job training as specified in rule.

(2) (b) Successful completion of an examination process approved by the board. A written examination may be waived by the board pursuant to section 17A.9A, in practice situations where the written examination is deemed to be unnecessary or detrimental to the dentist’s practice.

(3) The education requirements in subsection 2, paragraphs “a” and “b” may include possession of a valid certificate in a nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Successful passage of an examination administered by the board under subsection 2, paragraph “a” or “b”, which shall include sections regarding infection control, hazardous materials, and jurisprudence, shall also be required.

(4) The board shall establish continuing education requirements as a condition of renewing registration as a registered dental assistant, as well as standards for the suspension or revocation of registration.

(5) A person may practice as a dental assistant without receiving a certificate of registration as described in this section if the person successfully completes a term of practical training under the supervision of a dentist. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the implementation of this subsection.

2000 Acts, ch 1002, §6; 2002 Acts, ch 1108, §23; 2005 Acts, ch 28, §1, 2; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §39; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §201; 2025 Acts, ch 41, §5, 6
Iowa Code § 301.6 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 301 / Section 301.6
Suit on bond.
Status: in_force

If at any time the publishers of such books as shall have been adopted by any board of directors shall neglect or refuse to furnish such books when ordered by said board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, at the very lowest price, either contract or wholesale, that such books are furnished any other district or state board, then said board of directors may and it is hereby made their duty to bring suit upon the bond given them by the contracting publisher.

[C97, §2827; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4450; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.6]
Iowa Code § 455A.10 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455A / Section 455A.10
State fish and game protection fund — capital projects and contingencies.
Status: in_force

Funds remaining in the state fish and game protection fund during a fiscal year which are not specifically appropriated by the general assembly are appropriated and may be used for capital projects and contingencies under the jurisdiction of the department relating to fish and wildlife arising during the fiscal year. A contingency shall not include any purpose or project which was presented to the general assembly by way of a bill or a proposed bill and which failed to be enacted into law. For the purpose of this section, a necessity of additional operating funds may be construed as a contingency. Before any of the funds authorized to be expended by this section are allocated for contingencies, it shall be determined by the executive council that a contingency exists and that the contingency was not existent while the general assembly was in session and that the proposed allocation shall be for the best interests of the state. If a contingency arises or could reasonably be foreseen during the time the general assembly is in session, expenditures for the contingency must be authorized by the general assembly.

91 Acts, ch 268, §610; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §44
Iowa Code § 189A.6 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.6
Health examination of employees.
Status: in_force

The operator of any establishment shall require all employees of such establishment to have a health examination by a physician or physician assistant and a certified health certificate for each employee shall be kept on file by the operator. The secretary may at any time require an employee of an establishment to submit to a health examination by a physician or physician assistant. No person suffering from any communicable disease, including any communicable skin disease, and no person with infected wounds, and no person who is a “carrier” of a communicable disease shall be employed in any capacity in an establishment. No person shall work or be employed in or about any establishment during the time in which a communicable disease exists in the home in which such person resides unless such person has obtained a certificate from a physician or physician assistant to the effect that no danger of public contagion or infection will result from the employment of such person in such establishment. Every person employed by an establishment and engaged in direct physical contact with meat or poultry products during its preparation, processing, or storage, shall be clean in person, wear clean washable outer garments and a suitable cap or other head covering used exclusively in such work. Only persons specifically designated by the operator of an establishment shall be permitted to touch meat or poultry products with their hands, and the persons so designated shall keep their hands scrupulously clean.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.6]2022 Acts, ch 1066, §21
Iowa Code § 252K.607 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252K / Section 252K.607
Contest of registration or enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:

(1) (a) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party.

(1) (b) The order was obtained by fraud.

(1) (c) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order.

(1) (d) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal.

(1) (e) There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought.

(1) (f) Full or partial payment has been made.

(1) (g) The statute of limitation under section 252K.604 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages.

(1) (h) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.

(2) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection 1, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state.

(3) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection 1 to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.

97 Acts, ch 175, §167; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §49
Iowa Code § 384.100 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.100
Opening and considering bids.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §41 – 43.See §26.10.
Iowa Code § 359.19 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.19
Employment of counsel.
Status: in_force

When litigation shall arise in any case not covered by section 359.18, involving the right or duty of township trustees with reference to any matter within their jurisdiction, and the trustees become or are made parties to such litigation, they shall have authority to employ attorneys in behalf of said township, and to levy the necessary tax to pay for their services, and to defray the expenses of such litigation.

[C97, §564; S13, §564; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5545; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.19]
Iowa Code § 154B.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 154B / Section 154B.7
Health service provider in psychology.
Status: in_force

A certified health service provider in psychology means a person licensed to practice psychology who has a doctoral degree in psychology, or prior to July 1, 1984, was licensed at the doctoral level with a degree in psychology or its equivalent, or was prior to January 1, 1984, licensed as a psychologist in this state and prior to January 1, 1985, receives a doctoral degree equivalent to a doctoral degree in psychology, and who has at least two years of clinical experience in a recognized health service setting or meets the standards of a national register of health service providers in psychology. A person certified as a health service provider in psychology shall be deemed qualified to diagnose or evaluate mental illness and nervous disorders, and to treat mental illnesses and nervous disorders, excluding those mental illnesses and nervous disorders which are established as primarily of biological etiology with the exception of the treatment of the psychological and behavioral aspects of those mental illnesses and nervous disorders.

84 Acts, ch 1122, §2
Iowa Code § 654.21 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654 / Section 654.21
Demand for delay of sale.
Status: in_force

At any time prior to entry of judgment, the mortgagor may file a demand for delay of sale. If the demand is filed, the sale shall be held promptly after the expiration of two months from entry of judgment. However, if the demand is filed and the mortgaged property is the residence of the mortgagor and is a one-family or two-family dwelling, the sale shall be held promptly after the expiration of six months, or three months if the petition includes a waiver of deficiency judgment, from entry of judgment. If the demand is filed, the mortgagor and mortgagee subsequently may file a stipulation that the sale may be held promptly after the stipulation is filed and that the mortgagee waives the right to entry of a deficiency judgment. If the stipulation is filed, the sale shall be held promptly after the filing. At any time prior to judgment, the mortgagor may pay the plaintiff the amount claimed in the petition and, if paid, the foreclosure action shall be dismissed. At any time after judgment and before the sale, the mortgagor may pay the plaintiff the amount of the judgment and, if paid, the judgment shall be satisfied of record and the sale shall not be held.

87 Acts, ch 142, §7; 2018 Acts, ch 1148, §5
Iowa Code § 581.1A — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 581 / Section 581.1A
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Livestock” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species, ostriches, rheas, emus, poultry, or fish or shellfish.

(2) “Veterinarian” means a person who practices veterinary medicine under a valid license or temporary permit as provided in chapter 169.

(3) “Veterinarian’s lien” or “lien” means a veterinarian’s lien created under section 581.2A.

2003 Acts, ch 82, §15
Iowa Code § 622.58 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.58
Proceedings of legislature.
Status: in_force

The proceedings of the legislature of this or any other state of the Union, or of the United States, or of any foreign government, are proved by the journals of those bodies, respectively, or of either branch thereof, and either by copies officially certified by the clerk of the house in which the proceeding was had, or by a copy purporting to have been printed by its order.

[C51, §2442; R60, §4062; C73, §3717; C97, §4650; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11311; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.58]
Iowa Code § 282.2 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 282 / Section 282.2
Offsetting tax.
Status: in_force

The parent or guardian whose child or protected person attends school in a district of which the parent or guardian is not a resident shall be allowed to deduct the amount of school tax paid by the parent or guardian in said district from the amount of tuition required to be paid.

[C97, §2804; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4269; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.2]88 Acts, ch 1158, §592024 Acts, ch 1009, §47
Iowa Code § 633.240 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.240
Election to receive homestead.
Status: in_force

In estates in which the surviving spouse has filed an election and in all intestate estates, whether an election is filed or not, the surviving spouse or the spouse’s conservator, if applicable, may, in lieu of the spouse’s share in the real property possessed by the decedent at any time during the marriage, which has not been sold on execution or other judicial sale, and to which the surviving spouse has made no express written relinquishment of right, elect to receive a life estate in the homestead. Such election shall be made and entered of record as provided in section 633.245. In making such election, the surviving spouse shall have all the rights as to the personal property provided in section 633.238, subsection 1, paragraphs “b”, “c”, and “d”. In case of failure to make such election, the right to receive the life estate in the homestead shall be waived.

[C97, §3377; S13, §3377; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12012; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.27; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.240]88 Acts, ch 1064, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §16