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Iowa Code § 518.18 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518 / Section 518.18
Premium tax.
Status: in_force

After January 1, 1966, every association doing business under this chapter shall be required to pay to the director of the department of revenue, or a depository designated by the director, as taxes an amount equal to the following:

(1) The applicable percent of the gross amount of premiums received during the preceding calendar year, after deducting the amount returned upon the canceled policies, certificates, and rejected applications; and after deducting premiums paid for windstorm or hail reinsurance on properties specifically reinsured. However, the reinsurer of such windstorm or hail risks shall pay the applicable percent of the gross amount of reinsurance premiums received upon such risks after deducting the amounts returned upon canceled policies, certificates, and rejected applications. For purposes of this section, “applicable percent” means the same as specified in section 432.1, subsection 4.

(2) Except as provided in subsection 3, the premium tax shall be paid on or before March 1 of the year following the calendar year for which the tax is due. The commissioner of insurance may suspend the certificate of authority of a county mutual insurance association that fails to pay its premium tax on or before the due date.

(3) (a) Each county mutual insurance association transacting business in this state whose Iowa premium tax liability for the preceding calendar year was one thousand dollars or more shall remit on or before June 1, on a prepayment basis, an amount equal to one-half of the premium tax liability for the preceding calendar year.

(3) (b) In addition to the prepayment amount in paragraph “a”, each association shall remit on or before August 15, on a prepayment basis, an additional amount equal to the following percent of the premium tax liability for the preceding calendar year as follows:

(3) (b) For prepayment in the 2003 and 2004 calendar years, eleven percent.

(3) (b) For prepayment in the 2005 calendar year, twenty-six percent.

(3) (b) For prepayment in the 2006 and subsequent calendar years, fifty percent.

(3) (c) The sums prepaid by a county mutual insurance association under this subsection shall be allowed as credits against its premium tax liability for the calendar year during which the payments are made. If a prepayment made under this subsection exceeds the annual premium tax liability, the excess shall be allowed as a credit against subsequent prepayment or tax liabilities. The commissioner of insurance may suspend the certificate of authority of an association that fails to make a prepayment on or before the due date.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §518.18]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §136, 159; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §339, 348
Iowa Code § 554D.107 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554D / Section 554D.107
Construction and application.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed and applied as follows:

(1) To facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law.

(2) To be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices.

(3) To effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting the uniform law.

2000 Acts, ch 1189, §7
Iowa Code § 12C.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12C / Section 12C.10
Investment of funds created by election.
Status: in_force

The governing council or board, who by law has control of any fund created by direct vote of the people, may invest any portion of the fund not currently needed, in investments authorized in section 12B.10. The treasurer of state may invest in any of the investments authorized for the Iowa public employees’ retirement system in section 97B.7A except that investment in common stocks shall not be permitted. Interest or earnings on such funds shall be credited as provided in section 12C.7, subsection 2.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §453.10]84 Acts, ch 1230, §15C93, §12C.102001 Acts, ch 68, §4, 24; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §6
Iowa Code § 352.2 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 352 / Section 352.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Agricultural area” means an area meeting the qualifications of section 352.6 and designated under section 352.7.

(2) “County board” means the county board of supervisors.

(3) “County commission” means the county land preservation and use commission.

(4) “Farm” means the land, buildings, and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products.

(5) “Farmland” means those parcels of land suitable for the production of farm products.

(6) “Farm operation” means a condition or activity which occurs on a farm in connection with the production of farm products and includes but is not limited to the raising, harvesting, drying, or storage of crops; the care or feeding of livestock; the handling or transportation of crops or livestock; the treatment or disposal of wastes resulting from livestock; the marketing of products at roadside stands or farm markets; the creation of noise, odor, dust, or fumes; the operation of machinery and irrigation pumps; ground and aerial seeding and spraying; the application of chemical fertilizers, conditioners, insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides; and the employment and use of labor.

(7) “Farm products” means those plants and animals and their products which are useful to people and includes but is not limited to forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, dairy and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, fruits, vegetables, flowers, seeds, grasses, trees, fish, honey, and other similar products, or any other plant, animal, or plant or animal product which supplies people with food, feed, fiber, or fur.

(8) “Livestock” means the same as defined in section 267.1.

(9) “Nuisance” means a public or private nuisance as defined either by statute, administrative rule, ordinance, or the common law.

(10) “Nuisance action or proceeding” means an action, claim, or proceeding, whether brought at law, in equity, or as an administrative proceeding, which is based on nuisance.

[C79, 81, §93A.2; 82 Acts, ch 1245, §3]C87, §176B.2C93, §352.293 Acts, ch 146, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 263B.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263B / Section 263B.3
Agreements with departments and agencies.
Status: in_force

The state archaeologist is authorized to enter into agreements and cooperative efforts with the federal highway administrator; the United States departments of commerce, interior, agriculture, and defense; and any other federal or state agencies concerned with archaeological salvage or the preservation of antiquities.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §305A.3]C93, §263B.32012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §63; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §61
Iowa Code § 380.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 380 / Section 380.5
Mayor.
Status: in_force

The mayor may sign, veto, or take no action on an ordinance, amendment, or resolution passed by the council. However, the mayor may not veto an ordinance, amendment, or resolution if the mayor was entitled to vote on such measure at the time of passage.

[C97, §685; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5718; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §380.5]97 Acts, ch 168, §6
Iowa Code § 92.16 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 92 / Section 92.16
Forms for permits formulated.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 92, §22.
Iowa Code § 684.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 684 / Section 684.7
Remedies of creditors.
Status: in_force

(1) In an action for relief against a transfer or obligation under this chapter, a creditor, subject to the limitations in section 684.8, may obtain any of the following:

(1) (a) Avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor’s claim.

(1) (b) An attachment or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee if available under applicable law.

(1) (c) Subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure, any of the following:

(1) (c) An injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property.

(1) (c) Appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee.

(1) (c) Any other relief the circumstances may require.

(2) If a creditor has obtained a judgment on a claim against the debtor, the creditor, if the court so orders, may levy execution on the asset transferred or its proceeds.

94 Acts, ch 1121, §11; 2016 Acts, ch 1040, §7, 15
Iowa Code § 8.7A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.7A
Federal funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Neither the provisions of this chapter nor rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall apply in any situation where such provision or rule is in conflict with a governing federal regulation or where the provision or rule would jeopardize the receipt of federal funds.

(2) If it is determined by the attorney general that any provision of this chapter would cause denial of funds or services from the United States government which would otherwise be available to an agency of this state, such provision shall be suspended as to such agency, but only to the extent necessary to prevent denial of such funds or services.

2013 Acts, ch 129, §11C2014, §8B.72024 Acts, ch 1185, §85C2025, §8.7A
Iowa Code § 30.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 30 / Section 30.12
Civil action.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §30.7; 2017 Acts, ch 28, §11.
Iowa Code § 200.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 200 / Section 200.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited by the short title of “Iowa Fertilizer Law”.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §200.1]
Iowa Code § 513B.34 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513B / Section 513B.34
Section 513B.34
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 69, §38, 39.
Iowa Code § 420.224 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.224
Limitation on resale by city.
Status: in_force

Property which may be sold at tax sale to any such city shall not be offered at any sale for taxes or special assessments, collectible by such city, while it holds the certificate of purchase thereof or tax deed thereon. Nothing in sections 420.220 through 420.223, this section, or sections 420.225 through 420.229 shall prevent the sale of property for any unpaid taxes collectible by the county.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.224]2013 Acts, ch 90, §100; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §216
Iowa Code § 256.10 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.10
Director salary employment of staff.
Status: in_force

(1) The salary of the director shall be fixed by the governor.

(2) Appointments to the staff of the department shall be without reference to political party affiliation, religious affiliation, sex, or marital status, but shall be based solely upon fitness, ability, and proper qualifications for the particular position.

(3) The director may employ full-time salaried staff for less than twelve months each year, but such staff shall be employed by the director for at least nine months of each year. Salaries for full-time salaried staff employed as provided in this subsection shall be comparable to other salaried staff, adjusting for time worked. Salaries for salaried staff employed for periods of less than twelve months shall be paid during each month of the year in which they are employed on the same schedule as all other full-time permanent salaried staff. Such staff shall have their salaries paid over twelve months. The director shall provide for and the department shall pay for the employer share of health and dental insurance benefits for twelve months each year for the full-time staff employed as provided in this subsection.

(4) The director may employ hourly staff for less than twelve months each year, but such staff shall be employed by the director for at least nine months of each year. Wages for staff employed as provided in this subsection shall be paid during the months the employee is scheduled to work on the same schedule as other employees of the state. The director shall provide for and the department shall pay for the employer share of health and dental insurance benefits for twelve months each year for hourly staff employed as provided in this subsection.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1410; 97 Acts, ch 212, §21; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §62023 Acts, ch 19, §2799, 2802; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §36
Iowa Code § 146B.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 146B / Section 146B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Abortion” means the termination of a human pregnancy with the intent other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.

(2) “Attempt to perform an abortion” means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performing of an abortion.

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

(4) “Fertilization” means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.

(5) “Major bodily function” includes but is not limited to functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, and digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive functions.

(6) “Medical emergency” means a situation in which an abortion is performed to preserve the life of the pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy, or when continuation of the pregnancy will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.

(7) “Medical facility” means any public or private hospital, clinic, center, medical school, medical training institution, health care facility, physician’s office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical center, or other institution or location where medical care is provided to any person.

(8) “Perform”, “performed”, or “performing”, relative to an abortion, means the use of any means, including medical or surgical, to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with the intent other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.

(9) “Physician” means a person licensed under chapter 148.

(10) “Postfertilization age” means the age of the unborn child as calculated from fertilization.

(11) “Probable postfertilization age” means what, in reasonable medical judgment, will with reasonable probability be the postfertilization age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is to be performed.

(12) “Reasonable medical judgment” means a medical judgment made by a reasonably prudent physician who is knowledgeable about the case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved.

(13) “Unborn child” means an individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth.

2017 Acts, ch 108, §2, 7; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §262
Iowa Code § 357C.3 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357C / Section 357C.3
Time of hearing — notice.
Status: in_force

The public hearing 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.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357C.3]87 Acts, ch 43, §9
Iowa Code § 679C.113 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679C / Section 679C.113
Severability clause.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable.

2005 Acts, ch 68, §18
Iowa Code § 97C.12 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.12
Contribution fund.
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby established in the office of the treasurer of state a special fund to be known as the contribution fund. Such fund shall consist of, and there shall be deposited in such fund:

(1) (a) All taxes, interest, and penalties collected under sections 97C.5, 97C.10, and 97C.11.

(1) (b) All moneys appropriated thereto under this chapter.

(1) (c) Any property or securities and earnings thereof acquired through the use of moneys belonging to the fund.

(1) (d) Interest earned upon any moneys in the fund.

(1) (e) All sums recovered upon the bond of the custodian or otherwise for losses sustained by the fund and all other moneys received for the fund from any other source.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the state agency is vested with full power, authority and jurisdiction over the fund, including all moneys and property or securities belonging thereto, and may perform any and all acts whether or not specifically designated, which are necessary to the administration thereof and are consistent with the provisions of this chapter. All moneys in this fund shall be mingled and undivided.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97C.12]2013 Acts, ch 30, §21
Iowa Code § 28J.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28J / Section 28J.10
Participation of private enterprise.
Status: in_force

The port authority shall foster and encourage the participation of private enterprise in the development of the port authority facilities to the fullest extent practicable in the interest of limiting the necessity of construction and operation of the facilities by the port authority.

2005 Acts, ch 150, §98
Iowa Code § 915.93 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 915 / Section 915.93
Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement the procedures for reparation payments with respect to section 915.35 and section 915.84, subsections 4, 5, and 6.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §54, 84
Iowa Code § 497.32 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.32
Private property exempt.
Status: in_force

The private property of the stockholders shall be exempt from execution for the debts of the corporation.

[SS15, §1641-r19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8484; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.32]
Iowa Code § 625.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 625 / Section 625.13
Dismissal for want of jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Where an action is dismissed from any court for want of jurisdiction the costs shall be adjudged against the party attempting to institute or bring up the same.

[R60, §3458; C73, §2941; C97, §3861; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11635; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.13]
Iowa Code § 468.138 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.138
Removal of obstructions.
Status: in_force

The board shall cause to be removed from the ditches, drains, and laterals of any district any obstructions which interfere with the flow of the water, including trees, hedges, or shrubbery and the roots thereof, and may cause any tile drain so obstructed to be relaid in concrete or any other adequate protection, such work to be paid for from the drainage funds of the district.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7569; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.148]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.138
Iowa Code § 501.417 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.417
Indemnification of officers.
Status: in_force

(1) A cooperative may indemnify and advance expenses under this part to an officer of the cooperative who is a party to the proceeding because the person is an officer, according to both of the following:

(1) (a) To the same extent as to a director.

(1) (b) If the person is an officer but not a director, to such further extent as may be provided by the articles of association, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors, or contract, except for either of the following:

(1) (b) Liability in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the cooperative other than for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

(1) (b) Liability arising out of conduct that constitutes any of the following:

(1) (b) Receipt by the officer of a financial benefit to which the officer is not entitled.

(1) (b) An intentional infliction of harm on the cooperative or the interest holders.

(1) (b) An intentional violation of criminal law.

(2) The provisions of subsection 1, paragraph “b”, shall apply to an officer who is also a director if the basis on which the officer is made a party to a proceeding is an act or omission solely as an officer.

(3) An officer of a cooperative who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under section 501.413, and may apply to a court under section 501.415 for indemnification or an advance for expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may be entitled to indemnification or an advance for expenses under those provisions.

98 Acts, ch 1152, §26, 69; 2003 Acts, ch 66, §22
Iowa Code § 461A.51 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.51
Camping refused.
Status: in_force

Custodians are given authority to refuse camping privileges and to rescind any and all camping permits for cause.

[C39, §1828.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.51]C93, §461A.51
Iowa Code § 809.21 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 809 / Section 809.21
Sale of certain ammunition and firearms.
Status: in_force

Ammunition and firearms which are not illegal and which are not offensive weapons as defined by section 724.1 may be sold by the department of public safety at public auction. The department of public safety may sell at public auction forfeited legal weapons received from the director of the department of natural resources, except that rifles and shotguns shall be retained by the department of natural resources for disposal according to its rules. The sale of ammunition or firearms pursuant to this section shall be made only to federally licensed firearms dealers or to persons who have a permit to purchase the firearms. Persons who have not obtained a permit may bid on firearms at the public auction. However, persons who bid without a permit must post a fifty percent of purchase price deposit with the commissioner of public safety on any winning bid. No transfer of firearms may be made to a person bidding without a permit until such time as the person has obtained a permit. If the person is unable to produce a permit within two weeks from the date of the auction, the person shall forfeit the fifty percent deposit to the department of public safety. All proceeds of a public auction pursuant to this section, less department expenses reasonably incurred, shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. The department of public safety shall be reimbursed from the proceeds for the reasonable expenses incurred in selling the property at the auction.

86 Acts, ch 1238, §33; 87 Acts, ch 13, §7, 8; 90 Acts, ch 1042, §1
Iowa Code § 499.60 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.60
Chapters inapplicable.
Status: in_force

The provisions of chapters 497 and 498 are hereby declared inoperative as to corporations chartered from and after July 4, 1935, but said chapters shall continue in force and effect as to corporations organized or operating thereunder prior to July 4, 1935, so long as any such corporations elect to operate under or renew their charters under said chapters.

[C35, §8512-g61; C39, §8512.60; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.60]
Iowa Code § 16.106 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.106
Adoption of rules.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §111, 114.