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Iowa Code § 410.13 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 410 / Section 410.13
Reexamination of retired members.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of each department shall have power, at any time, to cause any member of such department retired by reason of physical or mental disability to be brought before it and again examined by three competent physicians appointed by the board of trustees to discover whether such disability yet continues and can be improved and whether such retired member should be continued on the pension roll, and shall have power to examine witnesses for the same purpose. The question of continued disability or ability to perform regular or light duty in the police or fire department shall be determined by the concurring report of at least two of the three examining physicians. Such member shall be entitled to reasonable notice that such examination will be made, and to be present at the time of the taking of any testimony, shall have the right to examine the witnesses brought before the board and to introduce evidence in the member’s own behalf. All witnesses shall be examined under oath, which may be administered by any member of such board.

[S13, §932-g,-p; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6321; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §410.13]
Iowa Code § 468.258 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.258
Procedure at hearing.
Status: in_force

The hearing shall be convened at the time and place fixed in accordance with section 468.257, subsection 1, and the procedure at the hearing shall be as prescribed by this section.

(1) The board of the contained district shall first hear all objections filed against the dissolution of the district and the surrender of its improvements to the overlying district. If, at the conclusion of that portion of the hearing, that board finds that the contained district is free of debt, that the economic benefits of the continued maintenance of that district would not be commensurate with its cost, and that it would be advantageous to dissolve and discontinue the contained district and surrender its improvements and rights-of-way to the overlying district, it shall enter an order dissolving the contained district and directing the surrender of its improvements and rights-of-way, conditioned on acceptance by the overlying district.

(2) Immediately thereafter, the board of the overlying district shall hear all objections filed against the acceptance of the contained district’s improvements and their maintenance. If it finds that the improvements are conducive to the drainage of surface waters from agricultural lands and all other lands in the overlying district or the protection of the lands from overflow, it shall enter an order accepting the improvements and rights-of-way of the contained district.

(3) Orders issued pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 shall be filed with the county auditor of the county or counties in which the affected districts are situated and noted on the drainage record.

(4) If at or before the time set for the hearing there have been filed with the county auditor or auditors, if either the contained or overlying district extends into more than one county, or with the board of either district, one or more remonstrances or objections to the dissolution of the contained district, or to the acceptance of that district’s improvements and rights-of-way by the overlying district, signed by owners of land and land improvements in either district aggregating sixty percent of the total assessed value of the land in that district as shown by the taxing records in the county or counties in which that district is located, the board to which the remonstrances or objections have been made shall abandon its proposed action.

[C81, §456.13]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.258
Iowa Code § 904.403 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.403
Investigatory powers witnesses.
Status: in_force

(1) The director may exercise the following powers in an investigation:

(1) (a) Summon and compel the attendance of witnesses.

(1) (b) Examine the witnesses under oath, which the director may administer.

(1) (c) Have access to all books, papers, and property material to the investigation.

(1) (d) Order the production of books or papers material to the investigation.

(2) Witnesses other than those in the employ of the state are entitled to the same fees as in civil cases in the district court.

83 Acts, ch 96, §30, 159CS83, §217A.4385 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.403C93, §904.4032013 Acts, ch 30, §225
Iowa Code § 524.303 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.303
Application for approval.
Status: in_force

The incorporators or organizers shall make an application to the superintendent for approval of a proposed state bank in the manner prescribed by the superintendent and shall deliver to the superintendent, together with such application:

(1) The articles of incorporation.

(2) Applicable fees, payable to the secretary of state as specified in section 490.122 for filing articles of incorporation or section 489.122 for filing a certificate of organization.

[C97, §1842, 1863; S13, §1842; C24, 27, 31, 35, §9140-c1; C39, §9140.1, 9158, 9205; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §524.11, 526.4, 527.4; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.303]90 Acts, ch 1205, §37; 95 Acts, ch 148, §22; 2004 Acts, ch 1141, §51; 2008 Acts, ch 1162, §147, 154, 155; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §29; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §158, 161
Iowa Code § 13B.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13B / Section 13B.11
State appellate defender.
Status: in_force

The state public defender shall appoint a state appellate defender who shall represent indigents on appeal in criminal cases and on appeal in proceedings to obtain postconviction relief when appointed to do so by the district court in which the judgment or order was issued, and may represent indigents in proceedings instituted pursuant to chapter 908 when required to do so by the state public defender, and shall not engage in the private practice of law.

89 Acts, ch 51, §2
Iowa Code § 443.17 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 443 / Section 443.17
Presumption of two-year ownership.
Status: in_force

In any action or proceeding, now pending or hereafter brought, to recover taxes upon property not listed or assessed for taxation during the lifetime of any decedent, it shall be presumed that any property, any evidence of ownership of property, and any evidence of a promise to pay, owned by a decedent at the date of the decedent’s death, had been acquired and owned by such decedent more than two years before the date of the decedent’s death; and the burden of proving that any such property had been acquired by such decedent less than two years before the date of the decedent’s death shall be upon the heirs, legatees, and legal representatives of any such decedent.

[C35, §7158-f1; C39, §7158.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §443.17]99 Acts, ch 174, §5, 7
Iowa Code § 321A.4 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.4
Effect of failure to report accidents.
Status: in_force

The department shall suspend the license or any nonresident’s operating privilege of any person who willfully fails, refuses, or neglects to make reports of a traffic accident as required by the laws of this state.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.4]92 Acts, ch 1175, §43
Iowa Code § 420.155 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.155
Waterfront improvement — fund.
Status: in_force

Any city acting under special charter, which is bounded in part or divided by a river, may improve said waterfront by constructing retaining walls, filling, grading, paving, macadamizing, or riprapping the same and may improve and beautify its waterfront and the river bank and nearby uplands and made and reclaimed lands in such city; and to pay for such improvements the council of such city is empowered to levy a tax of not exceeding six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value per annum on the taxable property thereof, the same when collected to be known as the levee improvement fund. The proceeds of such fund shall be used exclusively for said purposes.

[S13, §1056-a6a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6823; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.155]
Iowa Code § 481A.6 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.6
Game management area.
Status: in_force

The commission may establish a game management area upon any public lands or waters, or with the consent of the owner upon any private lands or waters, when necessary to maintain a biological balance as provided in section 481A.39 or to provide for public hunting, fishing, or trapping in conformity with sound wildlife management. When a game management area is established, the commission shall with the consent of the owner, if any, have the right to post and prohibit, and to regulate or limit the lands or waters against trespassing, hunting, fishing, or trapping. Any violation of the regulations is unlawful.

[C35, §1709-e1; C39, §1709.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.6]90 Acts, ch 1216, §6C93, §481A.62025 Acts, ch 30, §81
Iowa Code § 147.18 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.18
Disqualifications.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §79.
Iowa Code § 313.43 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.43
Lateral or detour routes in cities.
Status: in_force

(1) Any city located on the primary road system and in which the primary road extension as officially designated does not pass through the main part or business district of such city, may designate and mark a lateral or detour route in order to facilitate such primary road traffic as may desire to get into and out of such business district.

(2) Lateral or detour routes shall be marked with standard markings adopted by the department for that purpose, which markings shall clearly indicate that the lateral route is not the official primary road extension but is in fact a lateral or detour extending to the business district.

(3) The cost of the markings shall be without expense to the state.

[C31, 35, §4755-c2; C39, §4755.34; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.43]2013 Acts, ch 90, §75
Iowa Code § 313.61 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.61
Taxes forgiven.
Status: in_force

Any such bridge and approaches, which has been offered to the department and with respect to which the department has entered into a written agreement accepting such offer, shall after the date of such agreement, be free from state and local property and income taxes in this state.

[C46, §313.30; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.61]
Iowa Code § 709.12 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709 / Section 709.12
Indecent contact with a child.
Status: in_force

(1) A person eighteen years of age or older is upon conviction guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor if the person commits any of the following acts with a child, not the person’s spouse, with or without the child’s consent, for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of either of them:

(1) (a) Fondle or touch the inner thigh, groin, buttock, anus, or breast of the child.

(1) (b) Touch the clothing covering the immediate area of the inner thigh, groin, buttock, anus, or breast of the child.

(1) (c) Solicit or permit a child to fondle or touch the inner thigh, groin, buttock, anus, or breast of the person.

(1) (d) Solicit a child to engage in any act prohibited under section 709.8, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, “b”, or “e”.

(2) The provisions of this section shall also apply to a person sixteen or seventeen years of age who commits any of the enumerated acts with a child who is at least five years the person’s junior, in which case the juvenile court shall have jurisdiction under chapter 232.

[81 Acts, ch 204, §7]85 Acts, ch 181, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1252, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §203
Iowa Code § 904.301 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.301
Appointment of superintendents.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall appoint, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, the superintendents of the institutions provided for in section 904.102.

(2) The superintendent has the immediate custody and control, subject to the orders and policies of the director, of all property used in connection with the institution except as otherwise provided by statute. The tenure of office of a superintendent shall be at the pleasure of the appointing authority but a superintendent may be removed for inability or refusal to properly perform the duties of the office.

83 Acts, ch 96, §16, 159CS83, §217A.2185 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.301C93, §904.3012025 Acts, ch 66, §6
Iowa Code § 508D.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508D / Section 508D.6
Powers and duties of the facility.
Status: in_force

(1) The facility shall perform those duties of the member guaranty associations which are delegated to the facility as permitted under the enabling legislation of each member guaranty association and which are consistent with the plan of operation.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the facility is granted specific authority to exercise the powers of a domestic life or health insurer.

(3) The facility is not authorized to solicit, advertise, market, sell, underwrite, issue, insure, administer, or reinsure new insurance business or insurance business of insurance companies which are not impaired or insolvent according to the laws of their state of domicile.

(4) The board of directors of the facility may enter into agreements with any interstate compact organization established for the purpose of administering impaired or insolvent insurance companies in this or any other state.

(5) An activity involving the authority of the facility derived from chapter 507C or other law related to insurer supervision, rehabilitation, and liquidation shall be performed in compliance with the requirements of such law.

(6) The facility established under this chapter is not subject to any insurance licensing requirements and an employee of the facility is not subject to any insurance licensing requirements for activities performed within the employee’s scope of duties. All regulatory oversight of the facility shall be conducted by the oversight organization.

94 Acts, ch 1011, §6
Iowa Code § 351.25 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 351 / Section 351.25
Dog as property.
Status: in_force

All dogs under six months of age, and all dogs over said age and wearing a collar with a valid rabies vaccination tag attached to the collar, shall be deemed property. Dogs not provided with a rabies vaccination tag shall not be deemed property.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5447; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.25]94 Acts, ch 1173, §32
Iowa Code § 335.30A — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.30A
Land-leased communities.
Status: in_force

(1) A county shall not adopt or enforce zoning or subdivision regulations or other ordinances which disallow or make infeasible the plans and specifications of land-leased communities because the housing within the land-leased community will be manufactured housing.

(2) “Land-leased community” means any site, lot, field, or tract of land under common ownership upon which ten or more occupied manufactured homes are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of the land-leased community. The term “land-leased community” shall not be construed to include homes, buildings, or other structures temporarily maintained by any individual, educational institution, or company on their own premises and used exclusively to house their own labor or students. A manufactured home located in a land-leased community shall be taxed under section 435.22 as if the manufactured home were located in a mobile home park.

97 Acts, ch 86, §2; 98 Acts, ch 1107, §10, 33; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 29B.30 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.30
Absent and additional members.
Status: in_force

(1) A member of a general or special court-martial shall not be absent or excused after the court has been assembled for the trial of the accused except for physical disability or as the result of a challenge or by order of the convening authority for good cause.

(2) If a general court-martial, except a general court-martial composed of a military judge only, is reduced below five members, the trial shall not proceed until the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than five members. The trial may proceed with the new members present after the recorded evidence previously introduced before the members of the court has been read to the new members of the court in the presence of the military judge, the accused, and counsel for both sides.

(3) If a special court-martial, except a special court-martial composed of a military judge only, is reduced below three members, the trial shall not proceed until the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than three members. The trial shall proceed with the new members present as if no evidence had previously been introduced at the trial, unless a verbatim record of the evidence previously introduced before the members of the court is read to the new members of the court in the presence of the military judge, if any, the accused, and counsel for both sides.

(4) If the military judge of a court-martial composed of a military judge only is unable to proceed with the trial because of physical disability, as a result of a challenge, or for other good cause, the trial shall proceed after the detail of a new military judge as if no evidence had previously been introduced unless a verbatim record of the evidence previously introduced or a stipulation thereof is read in court in the presence of the new military judge, the accused, and counsel for both sides.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.30; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §16]
Iowa Code § 139A.37 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 139A / Section 139A.37
Pregnant women.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules which incorporate the prenatal guidelines established by the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services as the state guidelines for prenatal testing and care relative to infectious disease.

2000 Acts, ch 1066, §33
Iowa Code § 461A.66 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.66
Filing.
Status: in_force

All objections under section 461A.65 shall be on file in the office of the commission not less than five days before the date of hearing on the application. The commission may permit the filing of objections later than five days before the hearing, in which event the applicant must be granted a reasonable time to meet the objections.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.66]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877C93, §461A.662022 Acts, ch 1021, §113
Iowa Code § 633.197 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.197
Compensation schedule of fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Personal representatives shall be allowed such reasonable fees as may be determined by the court for services rendered, but not in excess of the following commissions upon the gross assets of the estate listed in the probate inventory, which shall be received as full compensation for all ordinary services:

(1) (a) For the first one thousand dollars, six percent.

(1) (b) For the overplus between one and five thousand dollars, four percent.

(1) (c) For all sums over five thousand dollars, two percent.

(2) For purposes of this section, the gross assets of the estate shall not include life insurance proceeds, unless payable to the decedent’s estate.

[C51, §1429; R60, §2454; C73, §2494; C97, §3415; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12063; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.23; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.197]94 Acts, ch 1153, §8; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §11; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §190
Iowa Code § 589.9 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.9
Marginal releases of school-fund mortgages.
Status: in_force

The release or satisfaction of a school-fund mortgage entered on the margin of the record of the mortgage by the auditor of the county more than ten years earlier, is legalized as though the auditor had, at the time of entering the release or satisfaction, the same power thereafter conferred upon the auditor by 1894 Iowa Acts, ch 53.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10392; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.9]84 Acts, ch 1090, §8; 91 Acts, ch 183, §18; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §99
Iowa Code § 633.282 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.282
Defect cured by codicil.
Status: in_force

If a codicil to a defectively executed will is duly executed, and such will is clearly identified in said codicil, the will and the codicil shall be considered as one instrument and the execution of both shall be deemed sufficient.

[C97, §3274; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11853; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §633.8; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.282]
Iowa Code § 731.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 731 / Section 731.4
Union dues as prerequisite to employment — prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, labor organization or corporation, or political subdivision, either directly or indirectly, or in any manner or by any means as a prerequisite to or a condition of employment to require any person to pay dues, charges, fees, contributions, fines or assessments to any labor union, labor association or labor organization.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §736A.4; C79, 81, §731.4]
Iowa Code § 8.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.11
Grant applications — minority impact statements.
Status: in_force

(1) Each application for a grant from a state agency shall include a minority impact statement that contains the following information:

(1) (a) Any disproportionate or unique impact of proposed policies or programs on minority persons in this state.

(1) (b) A rationale for the existence of programs or policies having an impact on minority persons in this state.

(1) (c) Evidence of consultation of representatives of minority persons in cases where a policy or program has an identifiable impact on minority persons in this state.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(2) (a) “Disability” means the same as defined in section 15.102.

(2) (b) “Minority persons” includes individuals who are women, persons with a disability, African Americans, Latinos, Asians or Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaskan Native Americans.

(2) (c) “State agency” means a department, board, bureau, commission, or other agency or authority of the state of Iowa.

(3) The office of grants enterprise management shall create and distribute a minority impact statement form for state agencies and ensure its inclusion with applications for grants.

(4) The directives of this section shall be carried out to the extent consistent with federal law.

(5) The minority impact statement shall be used for informational purposes.

2008 Acts, ch 1095, §3, 4; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §6; 2019 Acts, ch 139, §1
Iowa Code § 28F.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28F / Section 28F.12
Additional powers of the entity.
Status: in_force

(1) If the entity is comprised solely of cities, counties, and sanitary districts established under chapter 358, or any combination thereof, the entity shall have in addition to all the powers enumerated in this chapter, the powers that a county has with respect to solid waste disposal projects.

(2) If the entity is comprised solely of cities, counties, and sanitary districts established under chapter 358, or any combination thereof, it is a governmental entity with respect to projects undertaken pursuant to chapter 418 and may exercise all of the powers of a governmental entity under that chapter in connection with a flood mitigation project. Unless otherwise provided in chapter 418, if the entity is undertaking a flood mitigation project as a governmental entity under chapter 418, the provisions of chapter 418 shall prevail over any conflicting provision in this chapter.

[C77, 79, 81, S81, §28F.12; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1003]2015 Acts, ch 120, §12, 24, 25; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §15