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Iowa Code § 489.1105 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1105
Practice by professional limited liability company.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other statute or rule of law, a professional limited liability company may practice a profession, but may do so in this state only through a member, manager, employee, or agent, who is licensed to practice the same profession in this state. In its practice of a profession, a professional limited liability company shall not do any act which could not lawfully be done by an individual licensed to practice the profession which the professional limited liability company is authorized to practice.

(2) (a) This section shall not prohibit persons practicing medicine and surgery, persons practicing osteopathic medicine and surgery, or persons practicing as physician assistants from practicing their respective professions in lawful combination pursuant to section 489.1102.

(2) (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand the scope of practice of a physician assistant.

(2) (c) For purposes of this section, marital and family therapy, mental health counseling, psychology, and social work shall be deemed to be professions which could lawfully be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or a partnership of licensed individuals.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §91, 155; 2011 Acts, ch 1, §3, 5, 6; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §268; 2023 Acts, ch 73, §23
Iowa Code § 137F.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137F / Section 137F.9
Operation without inspection prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not open or operate a food establishment or food processing plant until an inspection has been made and a license has been issued by the regulatory authority. Inspections shall be conducted according to standards adopted by rule of the department pursuant to chapter 17A.

(2) A person who opens or operates a food establishment or food processing plant without a license is subject to a penalty of up to twice the amount of the annual license fee.

98 Acts, ch 1162, §14, 30
Iowa Code § 633.155 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.155
Self-dealing by fiduciary prohibited.
Status: in_force

No fiduciary shall in any manner engage in self-dealing, except on order of court after notice to all interested persons, and shall derive no profit other than the fiduciary’s distributive share in the estate from the sale or liquidation of any property belonging to the estate. Every application of a fiduciary seeking an order under the provisions of this section shall specify in detail the reasons for such application and the facts justifying the requested order. The notice shall have a copy of the application attached, or, if published, it shall contain a detailed statement of the reasons and facts justifying the requested order.

[C51, §1427; R60, §2452; C73, §2473; C97, §3397; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12048; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.8; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.155]
Iowa Code § 510.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510 / Section 510.14
Maintenance of information.
Status: in_force

A third-party administrator shall maintain at its principal administrative office for the duration of the written agreement referred to in section 510.12 plus five years, adequate books and records of all transactions between it, insurers, and insured persons. The third-party administrator’s books and records shall be maintained in accordance with prudent standards of insurance recordkeeping. The commissioner shall have access to such books and records for the purpose of examination, audit, and inspection. Trade secrets contained in a third-party administrator’s books and records, including but not limited to the identity and addresses of policyholders and certificate holders, shall be confidential, except the commissioner may use trade secret information in any proceeding instituted against the third-party administrator. The insurer retains the right to continuing access to the third-party administrator’s books and records sufficient to permit the insurer to fulfill all of its contractual obligations to insured persons, subject to any restrictions in the written agreement between the insurer and third-party administrator on the proprietary rights of the parties in the third-party administrator’s books and records.

89 Acts, ch 227, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §41
Iowa Code § 27.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 27 / Section 27.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter:

(1) “Monitoring device” means a digital video or audio streaming or recording device that is part of a system of monitoring activity in an area or building using a system in which signals are transmitted from a video camera or microphone to the receivers by cables or wirelessly, forming a closed circuit.

(2) “Public hospital” means a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B and governed pursuant to chapter 145A, 263, 347, 347A, or 392.

(3) “Public library” means a library district as described in chapter 336.

(4) “Public school” means a school district as described in chapter 274.

(5) “Reasonable expectation of privacy” means a person’s reasonable belief, under the circumstances, that the person can disrobe or partially disrobe in privacy without being concerned that the person is being viewed, photographed, or filmed when doing so.

2017 Acts, ch 135, §1, 6; 2017 Acts, ch 170, §31
Iowa Code § 814.22 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 814 / Section 814.22
Reversal — effect.
Status: in_force

If a judgment against the defendant is reversed, such reversal shall be deemed an order for a new trial, unless the appellate court shall direct a different disposition. In reversing the case, the appellate court may direct that the defendant be discharged and the defendant’s bail exonerated, or if money is deposited instead, that it be returned to the defendant.

[C51, §3099; R60, §4927; C73, §4540; C97, §5464; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §14013; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §793.21; C79, 81, §814.22]
Iowa Code § 510B.8A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510B / Section 510B.8A
Maximum allowable cost lists.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to placement of a particular prescription drug on a maximum allowable cost list, a pharmacy benefits manager shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met:

(1) (a) The particular prescription drug must be listed as therapeutically and pharmaceutically equivalent in the most recent edition of the publication entitled “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations”, published by the United States food and drug administration, otherwise known as the orange book.

(1) (b) The particular prescription drug must not be obsolete or temporarily unavailable.

(1) (c) The particular prescription drug must be available for purchase, without limitations, by all pharmacies in the state from a national or regional wholesale distributor that is licensed in the state.

(2) For each maximum allowable cost list that a pharmacy benefits manager uses in the state, the pharmacy benefits manager shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) Provide each pharmacy in a pharmacy network reasonable access to the maximum allowable cost list to which the pharmacy is subject.

(2) (b) Update the maximum allowable cost list within seven calendar days from the date of an increase of ten percent or more in the national average drug acquisition cost of a prescription drug on the list.

(2) (c) Update the maximum allowable cost list within seven calendar days from the date of a change in the methodology, or a change in the value of a variable applied in the methodology, on which the maximum allowable cost list is based.

(2) (d) Provide a reasonable process for each pharmacy in a pharmacy network to receive prompt notice of all changes to the maximum allowable cost list to which the pharmacy is subject.

2022 Acts, ch 1113, §8, 16, 23; 2024 Acts, ch 1100, §5
Iowa Code § 600.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600 / Section 600.10
Minimum residence of a minor child.
Status: in_force

The adoption of a minor person shall not be decreed until that person has lived with the adoption petitioner for a minimum residence period of one hundred eighty days. However, the juvenile court or court may waive this period if the adoption petitioner is a stepparent or related to the minor person within the fourth degree of consanguinity or may shorten this period upon good cause shown when the juvenile court or court is satisfied that the adoption petitioner and the person to be adopted are suited to each other.

[C27, 31, 35, §10501-b2; C39, §10501.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.2; C77, 79, 81, §600.10]2000 Acts, ch 1145, §13
Iowa Code § 43.71 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.71
Messenger sent for abstracts.
Status: in_force

If returns of abstracts have not been received by the state canvassing board from all the counties by the time fixed for the state canvass, the state commissioner shall immediately send a messenger after the missing abstracts, and the board may adjourn from time to time until the abstracts are received.

[S13, §1087-a22; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §599; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.71]
Iowa Code § 321.135 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.135
When fees delinquent.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, annual registration fees become delinquent and penalties accrue the first of the month following the purchase of a new vehicle, and thirty days following the date a vehicle is brought into the state.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §4932; C39, §5009.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.135]84 Acts, ch 1219, §22; 85 Acts, ch 209, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1113, §101
Iowa Code § 236A.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236A / Section 236A.3
Commencement of actions waiver to juvenile court.
Status: in_force

(1) A person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of an unemancipated minor, may seek relief from sexual abuse by filing a verified petition in the district court. Venue shall lie where either the plaintiff or defendant resides. The petition shall state the following:

(1) (a) Name of the plaintiff and the name and address of the plaintiff’s attorney, if any. If the plaintiff is proceeding pro se, the petition shall state a mailing address for the plaintiff. A mailing address may be provided by the plaintiff pursuant to section 236A.11.

(1) (b) Name and address of the parent or guardian filing the petition, if the petition is being filed on behalf of an unemancipated minor. A mailing address may be provided by the plaintiff pursuant to section 236A.11.

(1) (c) Name and address, if known, of the defendant.

(1) (d) Nature of the alleged sexual abuse.

(1) (e) Name and age of each child under eighteen whose welfare may be affected by the controversy.

(1) (f) Desired relief, including a request for temporary or emergency orders.

(2) A temporary or emergency order shall be based on a showing of a prima facie case of sexual abuse. If the factual basis for the alleged sexual abuse is contested, the court shall issue a protective order based upon a finding of sexual abuse by a preponderance of the evidence.

(3) (a) The filing fee and court costs for an order for protection and in a contempt action under this chapter shall be waived for the plaintiff.

(3) (b) The clerk of court, the sheriff of any county in this state, and other law enforcement and corrections officers shall perform their duties relating to service of process without charge to the plaintiff. When an order for protection is entered by the court, the court may direct the defendant to pay to the clerk of court the fees for the filing of the petition and reasonable costs of service of process if the court determines the defendant has the ability to pay the plaintiff’s fees and costs. In lieu of personal service of an order for protection issued pursuant to this section, the sheriff of any county in this state and other law enforcement and corrections officers may serve a defendant with a short-form notification pursuant to section 664A.4A.

(4) If the person against whom relief from sexual abuse is being sought is seventeen years of age or younger, the district court shall waive its jurisdiction over the action to the juvenile court.

2017 Acts, ch 121, §6
Iowa Code § 216A.136 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.136
Statistical analysis center — access to records.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain an Iowa statistical analysis center for the purpose of coordinating with data resource agencies to provide data and analytical information to federal, state, and local governments, and assist agencies in the use of criminal and juvenile justice data. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, unless prohibited by federal law or regulation, the department shall be granted access, for purposes of research and evaluation, to criminal history records, official juvenile court records, juvenile court social records, and any other data collected or under control of the board of parole, department of corrections, department of workforce development, district departments of correctional services, judicial branch, and department of public safety. However, intelligence data and peace officer investigative reports maintained by the department of public safety shall not be considered data for the purposes of this section. Any record, data, or information obtained by the department under this section and the department itself is subject to the federal and state confidentiality laws and regulations which are applicable to the original record, data, or information obtained by the department and to the original custodian of the record, data, or information. The access shall include but is not limited to all of the following:

(1) Juvenile court records and all other information maintained under sections 232.147 through 232.151.

(2) Child abuse information under sections 235A.15 through 235A.19.

(3) Dependent adult abuse records maintained under chapter 235B.

(4) Criminal history data maintained under chapter 692.

(5) Sex offender registry information maintained under chapter 692A.

(6) Presentence investigation reports maintained under section 901.4.

(7) Corrections records maintained under sections 904.601 and 904.602.

(8) Community-based correctional program records maintained under chapter 904.

(9) Parole records maintained under chapter 906.

(10) Deferred judgment, deferred or suspended sentence, and probation records maintained under chapter 907.

(11) Violation of parole or probation records maintained under chapter 908.

(12) Fines and victim restitution records maintained under chapters 909 and 910.

(13) Employment records maintained under section 96.11.

88 Acts, ch 1277, §19C89, §601K.13690 Acts, ch 1124, §4C93, §216A.13696 Acts, ch 1150, §2; 96 Acts, ch 1193, §3, 4; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §18; 2008 Acts, ch 1085, §3, 4; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §76; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §314; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §49
Iowa Code § 524.107 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.107
Persons authorized to engage in banking business — educational bank.
Status: in_force

(1) A person, other than a state bank which is subject to the provisions of this chapter, an out-of-state bank, and a national bank or federal savings association authorized by the laws of the United States to engage in the business of receiving money for deposit, and except as provided in subsection 2, shall not engage in this state in the business of receiving money for deposit, transact the business of banking, or establish in this state a place of business for such purpose.

(2) A person doing business in this state shall not use the words “bank” or use any derivative, plural, or compound of the words “bank”, “banking”, or “bankers” in any manner which would tend to create the impression that the person is authorized to engage in the business of banking or to act in a fiduciary capacity, except a state bank authorized to do so by this chapter or an out-of-state bank authorized to do so by the laws of another state, a national bank to the extent permitted by the laws of the United States, a bank holding company as defined in section 524.1801, a savings and loan holding company as defined in 12 U.S.C. §1467a, or a federal savings association to the extent permitted by the laws of the United States.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, an organization formed for educational purposes in association with an accredited elementary or secondary school which engages in the receipt of deposits may use the words “educational bank”, the use of which is otherwise restricted in subsection 2, and such an educational bank is not a bank within the meaning or scope of regulation of this chapter.

[C97, §1862, 1889; S13, §1889, 1889-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9151, 9203, 9258, 9259, 9296; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §524.24, 527.2, 528.50, 528.52, 532.13; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.107]89 Acts, ch 257, §4; 89 Acts, ch 319, §80; 95 Acts, ch 148, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1056, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1160, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §105; 2014 Acts, ch 1001, §3; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §9
Iowa Code § 501B.28 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.28
Dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) An unincorporated nonprofit association may be dissolved pursuant to any of the following:

(1) (a) If the governing principles provide a time or method for dissolution, at that time or by that method.

(1) (b) If the governing principles do not provide a time or method for dissolution, upon approval by the members.

(1) (c) If no member can be located and the association’s operations have been discontinued for at least three years, by the managers or, if the association has no current manager, by its last manager.

(1) (d) By court order.

(1) (e) Under law other than this chapter.

(2) After dissolution, an unincorporated nonprofit association continues in existence until its activities have been wound up and it is terminated pursuant to section 501B.29.

2010 Acts, ch 1112, §28, 33
Iowa Code § 236A.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236A / Section 236A.9
Procedure.
Status: in_force

A proceeding under this chapter shall be held in accordance with the rules of civil procedure, except as otherwise set forth in this chapter and in chapter 664A, and is in addition to any other civil or criminal remedy.

2017 Acts, ch 121, §12
Iowa Code § 356.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 356 / Section 356.1
How used.
Status: in_force

(1) The jails in the several counties in the state shall be in the charge of the respective sheriffs and used as prisons:

(1) (a) For the detention of persons charged with an offense and committed for trial or examination.

(1) (b) For the detention of persons who may be committed to secure their attendance as witnesses on the trial of a criminal cause.

(1) (c) For the confinement of persons under sentence, upon conviction for any offense, and of all other persons committed for any cause authorized by law.

(1) (d) For the confinement of persons subject to imprisonment under the ordinances of a city.

(2) The provisions of this section extend to persons detained or committed by authority of the courts of the United States as well as of any state.

[C51, §3103; R60, §5122; C73, §485, 4723; C97, §735, 5637; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5497, 5772; C46, 50, §356.1, 368.40; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §356.1, 368.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, §356.1]2004 Acts, ch 1117, §2, 4; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §67
Iowa Code § 181.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 181 / Section 181.3
Executive committee creation and operation.
Status: in_force

(1) An executive committee of the Iowa beef cattle producers association is created. The executive committee consists of ten members, including all of the following:

(1) (a) Five producers elected by the Iowa beef cattle producers association pursuant to section 181.6A.

(1) (b) Two producers appointed by the Iowa cattlemen’s association.

(1) (c) One livestock market representative appointed pursuant to subsection 2.

(1) (d) The secretary of agriculture or a designee, who shall serve as an ex officio, voting member.

(1) (e) The dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences of Iowa state university of science and technology or a designee, who shall serve as an ex officio, voting member.

(2) The Iowa livestock auction market association shall nominate two livestock market representatives. The secretary of agriculture shall appoint one of the nominees or another livestock market representative of the secretary’s choice, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

(3) The executive committee shall elect a chairperson, secretary, and other officers it deems necessary.

(4) (a) A member who is a producer or livestock market representative described in subsection 1, paragraphs “a” through “c”, shall serve a three-year term. The member shall not serve more than two consecutive full terms.

(4) (b) Except for an ex officio member, a vacancy in the executive committee resulting from death, inability or refusal to serve, or failure to meet the qualifications of this chapter shall be filled by the executive committee. If the executive committee fails to fill a vacancy, the secretary shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. A vacancy appointment shall be filled only for the remainder of the unexpired term.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2951; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.3]86 Acts, ch 1100, §3; 97 Acts, ch 30, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §3, 4, 19; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §30; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §4, 21; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §50
Iowa Code § 551A.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 551A / Section 551A.2
Scope.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of this chapter concerning sales and offers to sell apply to persons who sell or offer to sell a business opportunity when any of the following apply:

(1) (a) An offer to sell is made in this state.

(1) (b) An offer to purchase is made and accepted in this state.

(1) (c) The purchaser is domiciled in this state and the business opportunity is or will be operated in this state.

(2) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when either of the following apply:

(2) (a) The offer originates from this state.

(2) (b) The offer is directed by the offeror to this state and received at the place to which the offer is directed or at a post office in this state in the case of a mailed offer.

(3) An offer to sell is not made in this state under either of the following circumstances:

(3) (a) If the offer appears in a bona fide newspaper or other publication of general circulation which is not published in this state, or which is published in this state but has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the past twelve months.

(3) (b) If the offer is made on a radio or television program originating outside this state which is received in this state.

(4) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell is accepted in this state when both of the following occur:

(4) (a) The acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state.

(4) (b) The acceptance has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally, or in writing, outside this state. For the purpose of this section the acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offeree directs it to the offeror in this state reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state, and the acceptance is received at the place to which it is directed or at a post office in this state in the case of a mailed acceptance.

91 Acts, ch 205, §10CS91, §523B.1394 Acts, ch 1031, §22; 2004 Acts, ch 1104, §29, 30C2005, §551A.2
Iowa Code § 701.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 701 / Section 701.3
Presumption of innocence.
Status: in_force

Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No person shall be convicted of any offense unless the person’s guilt thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

[C51, §2819; R60, §4431, 4807; C73, §4106, 4428; C97, §5095, 5376; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12892, 13917; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §687.5, 785.3; C79, 81, §701.3]