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Iowa Code § 313.28 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.28
Temporary primary road detours.
Status: in_force

(1) When the department, for the purpose of establishing, constructing, or maintaining any primary road, determines that any secondary road or portion thereof is necessary for a detour or haul road, the department, after consultation with the county board of supervisors having jurisdiction of the route, shall by order temporarily designate the secondary road or portion thereof as a temporary primary road detour or as a temporary primary road haul road, and the department shall maintain the same as a primary road until it shall revoke the temporary designation order. Prior to use of a secondary road as a primary road haul road or detour, the department shall designate a representative to inspect the secondary road with the county engineer to determine and note the condition of the road.

(2) Prior to revoking the designation, the department shall:

(2) (a) Restore the secondary road or portion thereof to as good condition as it was prior to its designation as a temporary primary road, or

(2) (b) Determine such amount as will adequately compensate the county exercising exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction over the secondary road or portion thereof for excessive traffic upon the secondary road or portion thereof during the period of its designation as a temporary primary road. The department shall certify the amount determined to the director of the department of administrative services. The director of the department of administrative services shall credit the amount to the county.

(3) If on examination of the route, it is determined that the road can be restored to its original condition only by reconstruction, the department shall cause plans to be drawn, award the necessary contracts for work and proceed to reconstruct and make payments for in the same manner as is prescribed for primary construction projects.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.28]83 Acts, ch 123, §117, 209; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §84; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §69
Iowa Code § 4.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 4.7
Conflicts between general and special statutes.
Status: in_force

If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, they shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both. If the conflict between the provisions is irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §4.7]
Iowa Code § 455K.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455K / Section 455K.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Department” means the department of natural resources created under section 455A.2 or its delegated authority.

(2) “Environmental audit” means a voluntary evaluation of a facility or operation, of an activity at a facility or operation, or of an environmental management system at a facility or operation when the facility, operation, or activity is regulated under state or federal environmental laws, rules, or permit conditions, conducted by an owner or operator, an employee of the owner or operator, or an independent contractor retained by the owner or operator that is designed to identify historical or current noncompliance with environmental laws, rules, ordinances, or permit conditions, discover environmental contamination or hazards, remedy noncompliance or improve compliance with environmental laws, or improve an environmental management system. Once notification is given to the department, an environmental audit shall be completed within a reasonable time not to exceed six months unless an extension is approved by the department based on reasonable grounds.

(3) “Environmental audit report” means a document or set of documents generated and developed for the primary purpose and in the course of or as a result of conducting an environmental audit. An “environmental audit report” includes supporting information which may include, but is not limited to, the report document itself, observations, samples, analytical results, exhibits, findings, opinions, suggestions, recommendations, conclusions, drafts, memoranda, drawings, photographs, computer-generated or electronically recorded information, maps, charts, graphs, surveys, implementation plans, interviews, discussions, correspondence, and communications related to the environmental audit. An “environmental audit report” may include any of the following components:

(3) (a) An executive summary prepared by the person conducting the environmental audit which may include the scope of the environmental audit, the information gained in the environmental audit, conclusions, recommendations, exhibits, and appendices.

(3) (b) Memoranda and documents analyzing portions or all of the report and discussing implementation issues.

(3) (c) An implementation plan which addresses correcting past noncompliance, improving current compliance or an environmental management system, or preventing future noncompliance.

(3) (d) Periodic updates documenting progress in completing the implementation plan.

(4) “Inquiring party” means any party appearing before a court or a presiding officer in an administrative proceeding seeking to review or obtain an in camera review of an environmental audit report.

(5) “Owner or operator” means the person or entity who caused the environmental audit to be undertaken.

(6) “Privilege” means the protections provided in regard to an environmental audit report as provided in this chapter.

98 Acts, ch 1109, §2
Iowa Code § 43.95 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.95
Calling convention to order.
Status: in_force

When the delegates, or a majority thereof, or when delegates representing a majority of the precincts, thus elected, shall have assembled in the county convention, the convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the county central committee, who shall present the certified list of delegates and members of the county central committee. If the convention is being held after the primary election, the chairperson shall also present a list of the offices for which no nomination was made at the primary election by reason of the failure of any candidate for any such office to receive the legally required number of votes cast by such party therefor.

[S13, §1087-a25; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §622; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.95]
Iowa Code § 639.67 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.67
Liberal construction — amendments.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed, and the plaintiff, at any time when objection is made thereto, shall be permitted to amend any defect in the petition, affidavit, bond, writ, or other proceeding; and no attachment shall be quashed or dismissed, or the property attached released, if the defect in any of the proceedings has or can be amended so as to show that a legal cause for the attachment existed at the time it was issued; and the court shall give the plaintiff a reasonable time to perfect such defective proceedings.

[R60, §3242; C73, §3021; C97, §3933; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12143; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.67]
Iowa Code § 165.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 165 / Section 165.14
Inspectors and assistants.
Status: in_force

The department may appoint one or more accredited veterinarians as inspectors for each county and one or more persons as assistants to such inspectors. Such inspectors, with the assistance of such person or persons, shall test the breeding cattle subject to test, as provided in this chapter, and shall be subject to the direction of the department in making such tests.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2679; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §165.14]
Iowa Code § 562.5A — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562 / Section 562.5A
Farm tenancy right to take part of a harvested crop’s aboveground plant.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by a lessor and farm tenant, a farm tenant may take any part of the aboveground part of a plant associated with a crop, at the time of harvest or after the harvest, until the farm tenancy terminates as provided in this chapter.

2010 Acts, ch 1027, §1
Iowa Code § 64.13 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 64 / Section 64.13
Municipal officers.
Status: in_force

The bonds of all municipal officers who are required to give bonds shall each be in such penal sum as may be provided by law or as the council shall from time to time prescribe by ordinance; but the council may provide for a surety bond running to the city and covering all city officers and employees not otherwise covered and conditioned as specified for bonds in section 64.2.

[R60, §1084, 1132; C73, §504, 514; C97, §1185; S13, §1185; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1068; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §64.13]
Iowa Code § 489.14606 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.14606
Articles of merger.
Status: in_force

In a merger under section 489.14604, the statement of merger must do all of the following:

(1) Comply with subchapter X, parts 1 and 2.

(2) Include as an attachment the following records, each to become effective when the merger becomes effective upon any of the following:

(2) (a) For a protected series of a merging company being terminated as a result of the merger, a statement of termination signed by the company.

(2) (b) For a protected series of a nonsurviving company which after the merger will be a relocated protected series all of the following:

(2) (b) A statement of relocation signed by the nonsurviving company which contains the name of the company and the name of the protected series before and after the merger.

(2) (b) A statement of protected series designation signed by the surviving company.

(2) (c) For a protected series being established by the surviving company as a result of the merger, a protected series designation signed by the company.

2019 Acts, ch 26, §32, 41; 2024 Acts, ch 1125, §27, 28, 31
Iowa Code § 553.19 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 553 / Section 553.19
Antitrust fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An antitrust fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury to be administered by the attorney general. Moneys credited to the fund shall include amounts received as a result of a state or federal civil antitrust judgment or settlement which are based on damages sustained by the state, civil penalties, costs, or attorney fees, and amounts which are specifically directed to the credit of the fund by the judgment or settlement, and amounts which are designated by the judgment or settlement for use by the attorney general for antitrust enforcement or education. Amounts based upon damages sustained by individuals or entities outside of state government not designated for antitrust enforcement purposes or amounts based upon actual damages awarded to the state which would not otherwise be deposited in the general fund of the state shall not be credited to the fund.

(2) For each fiscal year, not more than five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated from the fund to the department of justice to be used for enforcement of this chapter and chapter 551, and for enforcement of federal antitrust laws and for public education about state and federal antitrust laws.

(3) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund shall not revert to any other fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on the moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2007 Acts, ch 213, §23
Iowa Code § 541.102 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.102
Section 541.102
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 85B.7 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85B / Section 85B.7
Periodic examination.
Status: in_force

Compensation is not payable to an employee who willfully fails to submit for reasonable periodic physical and audiometric examinations. Reasonable written notice of the dates and times of examinations required by the employer shall be given the employee. Examinations shall be scheduled during times the employee, examining personnel, and examination facilities are reasonably available. Physical and audiometric examinations shall be at the expense of the employer. The employee shall be compensated for any time lost from work occasioned by employer examinations. Compensation is not payable to an employee if the employee fails or refuses to use employer-provided hearing protective devices required by the employer and communicated in writing to the employee at the time the employee is employed or at the time the protective devices are provided by the employer.

[C81, §85B.7]
Iowa Code § 572.14 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 572 / Section 572.14
Liability to subcontractor after payment to general contractor or owner-builder.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 572.13B, payment to the general contractor or owner-builder of any part or all of the contract price of the building or improvement within ninety days after the date on which the last of the materials was furnished or the last of the labor was performed by a subcontractor, does not relieve the owner from liability to the subcontractor for the full value of any material furnished or labor performed upon the building, land, or improvement if the subcontractor posts a lien within ninety days after the date on which the last of the materials was furnished or the last of the labor was performed.

[S13, §3093; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10283; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.14; 81 Acts, ch 186, §2]87 Acts, ch 79, §6; 98 Acts, ch 1142, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 83, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1105, §11, 27, 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13
Iowa Code § 99B.8 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99B / Section 99B.8
Tax on prizes.
Status: in_force

All prizes awarded pursuant to a gambling activity under this chapter are Iowa earned income and are subject to state and federal income tax laws. A person conducting a game of skill, game of chance, bingo, or a raffle shall deduct state income taxes, pursuant to section 422.16, subsection 2, from a cash prize awarded to an individual. An amount deducted from the prize for payment of a state tax shall be remitted to the department of revenue on behalf of the prize winner.

86 Acts, ch 1201, §12C87, §99B.2192 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1001, §232; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §35, 56C2016, §99B.82023 Acts, ch 115, §13
Iowa Code § 903A.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 903A / Section 903A.6
Good and honor time application.
Status: in_force

Sections 246.38, 246.39, 246.41, 246.42, 246.43, and 246.45, as the sections appear in the 1983 Code, remain in effect for inmates sentenced for offenses committed prior to July 1, 1983.

83 Acts, ch 147, §7, 13, 14
Iowa Code § 330.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 330 / Section 330.9
Plans and specifications.
Status: in_force

(1) Before an airport is acquired by a city or county, the plans and specifications for it shall be submitted to the state department of transportation which shall require that they show the legal description and plat of the site, distance from the nearest post office and railroad station, location and type of highways, location and type of obstructions on and near the site, kind of soil and subsoil, costs and details of grading and draining, and location of proposed runways, hangars, buildings, and other structures.

(2) The department shall issue approval of the plans and specifications if it finds that they are in substantial accord with the rules promulgated by the department or with the regulations of the federal aviation administration or other department of the federal government having general supervision of air navigation as it relates to plans and specifications for airports.

[C31, 35, §5903-c7; C39, §5903.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §330.9]83 Acts, ch 101, §75
Iowa Code § 237C.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237C / Section 237C.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Child” or “children” means an individual or individuals under eighteen years of age.

(2) “Children’s residential facility” means a private facility designed to serve children who have been voluntarily placed for reasons other than an exclusively recreational activity outside of their home by a parent or legal guardian and who are not under the custody or authority of the department, juvenile court, or another governmental agency, that provides twenty-four-hour care, including food, lodging, supervision, education, or other care on a full-time basis by a person other than a relative or guardian of the child, but does not include an entity providing any of the following:

(2) (a) Care furnished by an individual who receives the child of a personal friend as an occasional and personal guest in the individual’s home, free of charge and not as a business.

(2) (b) Care furnished by an individual with whom a child has been placed for lawful adoption, unless that adoption is not completed within two years after placement.

(2) (c) Child care furnished by a child care facility as defined in section 237A.1.

(2) (d) Care furnished in a hospital licensed under chapter 135B or care furnished in a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1.

(2) (e) Care furnished by a juvenile detention home or juvenile shelter care home approved under section 232.142.

(2) (f) Care furnished by a child foster care licensee or approved kinship caregiver under chapter 237.

(2) (g) Care furnished by an institution listed in section 218.1.

(2) (h) Care furnished by a facility licensed under chapter 125.

(2) (i) Care furnished by a psychiatric medical institution for children licensed under chapter 135H.

(2) (j) Care furnished to persons sixteen years of age and older by a residential program to which the department applies accreditation, certification, or standards of review under the provisions of a federally approved medical assistance home and community-based services waiver, or other provision of the medical assistance program.

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

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

(5) “Protective locked environment” means a setting that prevents egress from a building or grounds as a protective measure to ensure safety and security.

2016 Acts, ch 1114, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §751; 2025 Acts, ch 86, §35, 40; 2025 Acts, ch 135, §30
Iowa Code § 185C.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 185C / Section 185C.5
Notice of election.
Status: in_force

Notice of elections for directors of the board in a district shall be given by the board by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and in any other reasonable manner as determined by the board and shall set forth the period of time for voting, voting places, and other information the board deems necessary.

[C77, 79, 81, §185C.5]88 Acts, ch 1134, §39
Iowa Code § 648.17 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 648 / Section 648.17
Remedy not exclusive.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in sections 648.15 and 648.16 shall prevent a party from suing for trespass or from testing the right of property in any other manner.

[C51, §2371; R60, §3961; C73, §3620; C97, §4216; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12278; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.17]
Iowa Code § 455B.465 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.465
Well injection prohibited.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §10.
Iowa Code § 327B.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327B / Section 327B.7
Reciprocity for exempt commodity base state registration system.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 143, §34, 35.
Iowa Code § 35.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35 / Section 35.6
Contract with United States department of veterans affairs.
Status: in_force

A state agency or a political subdivision of this state operating a hospital or medical facility may contract with the United States department of veterans affairs to receive and to provide medical services to patients who are the responsibility of a United States department of veterans affairs hospital or medical facility in the same jurisdiction or medical service area.

88 Acts, ch 1011, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 26, §2
Iowa Code § 511.30 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.30
Intoxication as defense.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 91, §51.
Iowa Code § 136A.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.1
Purpose.
Status: in_force

To reduce and avoid adverse health conditions of inhabitants of the state, the department shall initiate, conduct, and supervise screening and health care programs in order to detect and predict congenital or inherited disorders. The department shall assist in the translation and integration of genetic and genomic advances into public health services to improve health outcomes throughout the life span of the inhabitants of the state.

2004 Acts, ch 1031, §2, 12; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §198
Iowa Code § 915.18 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 915 / Section 915.18
Notification by board of parole.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of parole shall notify a registered victim regarding an offender who has committed a violent crime as follows:

(1) (a) Not less than twenty days prior to conducting a hearing at which the board will interview an offender, the board shall notify the victim of the interview and inform the victim that the victim may submit the victim’s opinion concerning the release of the offender in writing prior to the hearing or may appear personally or by counsel at the hearing to express an opinion concerning the offender’s release.

(1) (b) Whether or not the victim appears at the hearing or expresses an opinion concerning the offender’s release on parole, the board shall notify the victim of the board’s decision regarding release of the offender.

(2) Offenders who are being considered for release on parole may be informed of a victim’s registration with the county attorney and the substance of any opinion submitted by the victim regarding the release of the offender.

(3) If the board of parole makes a recommendation to the governor for a reprieve, pardon, or commutation of sentence of an offender, as provided in section 914.3, the board shall forward with the recommendation information identifying a registered victim for the purposes of notification by the governor as required in section 915.19.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §13, 84
Iowa Code § 583.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 583 / Section 583.5
Disposal of proceeds — statement.
Status: in_force

From the proceeds of said sale the hotelkeeper shall satisfy the lien, the reasonable expense of storage, and the costs for enforcing the lien, and any remaining balance shall, on demand within six months, be paid to the guest, and if not demanded within said period of time, said balance shall be deposited by the hotelkeeper with the county treasurer of the county in which the hotel is situated, together with:

(1) A statement of the hotelkeeper’s claim and the costs of enforcing same.

(2) A copy of the published notice of sale.

(3) A statement of the amounts received for the goods sold at said sale.

[C97, §3138; S13, §3138; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10352; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §583.5]
Iowa Code § 597.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 597 / Section 597.15
Custody of children.
Status: in_force

If one spouse abandons the other spouse, the abandoned spouse is entitled to the custody of the minor children, unless the district court, upon application for that purpose, otherwise directs, or unless a custody decree is entered in accordance with chapter 598B. In this section “abandon” does not include:

(1) The departure of a spouse due to physical or emotional abuse.

(2) The departure of a spouse accompanied by the minor children.

[C51, §1462; R60, §2514; C73, §2215; C97, §3166; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10460; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §597.15]85 Acts, ch 18, §1; 99 Acts, ch 103, §43