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Iowa Code § 88A.1 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 88A / Section 88A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Amusement device” means any equipment or piece of equipment, appliance or combination thereof designed or intended to entertain or amuse a person.

(2) “Amusement ride” means any mechanized device or combination of devices which carries passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted course for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. “Amusement ride” does not include a device or structure that is devoted principally to exhibitions related to agriculture, the arts, education, industry, religion, or science.

(3) “Carnival” means an enterprise offering amusement or entertainment to the public in, upon, or by means of amusement devices or rides or concession booths.

(4) “Concession booth” means a structure, or enclosure, used at more than one fair or carnival, or at one fair or carnival for more than seven consecutive days, from which amusements are offered to the public.

(5) “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

(6) “Director” means the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

(7) “Fair” means an enterprise principally devoted to the exhibition of products of agriculture or industry in connection with the operation of amusement rides or devices or concession booths.

(8) “Operator” means a person, or the agent of a person, who owns or controls or has the duty to control the operation of an amusement device or ride, a concession booth, or related electrical equipment at a carnival or fair. “Operator” includes an agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions.

(9) “Parent or guardian” means a parent, custodian, or guardian or person responsible for the control, safety, training, or education of a rider who is a minor or person with a disability.

(10) “Related electrical equipment” means any electrical apparatus or wiring used at a carnival or fair.

(11) “Rider” means a person waiting in the immediate vicinity of an amusement ride to get on the amusement ride, getting on an amusement ride, using an amusement ride, getting off an amusement ride, or leaving an amusement ride and still in the immediate vicinity of the amusement ride. “Rider” does not include an employee, agent, or servant of the amusement ride owner while engaged in the duties of their employment.

(12) “Sign” means any symbol or language reasonably calculated to communicate information to a rider or the rider’s parent or guardian, including placards, prerecorded messages, live public address, stickers, pictures, pictograms, video, verbal information, and visual signals.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §88A.1]86 Acts, ch 1245, §915; 90 Acts, ch 1136, §2; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 98 Acts, ch 1135, §1, 2, 7; 99 Acts, ch 96, §82023 Acts, ch 19, §1762, 1763
Iowa Code § 420.228 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.228
City may compromise tax effect.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of collecting and realizing on account of delinquent taxes and special assessments collectible by a city as fully and expeditiously as deemed possible in the judgment of its city council, any such city is hereby authorized to settle, compromise, and adjust any general tax, then having been delinquent for a period of two years or more and any special assessment then having been delinquent in whole or as to any installment thereof for a period of two years or more. In connection with any such settlement, compromise, or adjustment, the city is also authorized to accept a conveyance of real property and extend the time for payment of any installment of any special assessment. If any special assessment is reduced in amount in connection with any such settlement, compromise, or adjustment, the full amount of the reduction shall thereby become an obligation of the city to the special assessment fund into which such assessment was payable. The lien or charge created by law for the payment of any special assessment certificates or bonds against any special assessment so reduced in amount or against the proceeds thereof shall remain in effect against the balance of such special assessment and the proceeds of such balance. All such settlements, compromises, and adjustments heretofore effected are hereby ratified and validated.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.228]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §218
Iowa Code § 63.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 63 / Section 63.1
Time.
Status: in_force

Each officer, elective or appointive, before entering upon the officer’s duties, shall qualify by taking the prescribed oath and by giving, when required, a bond, which qualification shall be perfected, unless otherwise specified, after being certified as elected but not later than noon of the first day which is not a Sunday or a legal holiday in January of the first year of the term for which the officer was elected. “Legal holiday” means those days provided in section 1C.1.

[C51, §319, 334, 335; R60, §549, 564, 565; C73, §670, 685 – 687; C97, §1177; S13, §1177; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1045; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §63.1]85 Acts, ch 81, §1
Iowa Code § 202C.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 202C / Section 202C.4
Departmental rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules as required to administer this chapter, including but not limited to rules providing for amounts of evidence of financial responsibility, qualifications for a surety or financial institution, procedures for filing evidence of financial responsibility, including replacement bonds or letters of credit, requirements for the cancellation of the evidence of financial responsibility, and the liability of a surety or issuer after cancellation.

2003 Acts, ch 90, §5
Iowa Code § 446.1 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.1
Sale shown.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall designate on the county system each parcel sold for taxes and not redeemed, by noting on the county system the year in which it was sold.

[C73, §842; C97, §1386; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7238; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §446.1; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1224]91 Acts, ch 191, §58
Iowa Code § 587.6 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 587 / Section 587.6
Judgments in probate by circuit courts.
Status: in_force

In all cases where matters or proceedings in probate have been heard by the circuit courts or judges outside the county in which such matters or proceedings were pending, and in all cases where orders and judgments in probate matters and proceedings have been made by the circuit courts and judges outside the county in which such proceeding or matter was pending, and where such hearing was had or order or judgment made within the circuit to which the county belonged in which such proceeding or matter was pending, such hearing, order, or judgment shall be held and deemed to be of the same validity and force and effect as if such hearing was had or such order or judgment was made within the county in which such proceeding or matter was pending, and all title and rights acquired under such orders and judgments shall be held and deemed to be of the same legal force and effect and to be as valid as if such order or judgment had been made within the county in which the proceeding or matter was pending.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10379; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.6]
Iowa Code § 263.2 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263 / Section 263.2
Degrees reports.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not be admitted to courses of instruction in the university if the person has not completed the elementary instruction in such branches as are taught in the public or accredited nonpublic schools throughout the state.

(2) Graduates of the university shall receive degrees or diplomas, or other evidences of distinction such as are usually conferred and granted by universities and are authorized by the state board of regents.

(3) The university of Iowa, in collaboration with the university hospitals and clinics, shall submit an annual report to the general assembly providing the following information:

(3) (a) The states in which members of each graduating class from the college of dentistry and the college of medicine’s doctor of medicine program reside during the year immediately following graduation. The information shall be divided by residents of Iowa at the time of application to the college and nonresidents at the time of application to the college.

(3) (b) The states in which the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics primary care and specialty residents reside in the year following completion of medical residency and whether following residency such residents accepted fellowships. The information shall be divided by primary care and various areas of specialty, and whether the medical residents were residents of Iowa prior to applying for admission at an undergraduate college or university, received a baccalaureate degree from a postsecondary institution in Iowa, or graduated from a medical school in Iowa, whether or not the medical residents were residents of Iowa at the time of acceptance into the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics’ residency programs and, if any residents of Iowa accepted fellowships following residency, the states in which the fellowships are offered and the areas of specialty under the fellowships.

(3) (c) For purposes of this subsection, “resident of Iowa” means the same as defined in section 262.9, subsection 39.

[R60, §1933; C73, §1585, 1589; C97, §2640; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3947; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §263.2]2018 Acts, ch 1026, §83; 2025 Acts, ch 164, §2
Iowa Code § 633.271 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.271
Effect of divorce or dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) If after making a will the testator is divorced or the testator’s marriage is dissolved, all provisions in the will in favor of the testator’s spouse or of a relative of the testator’s spouse, including but not limited to dispositions, appointments of property, and nominations to serve in any fiduciary or representative capacity, are revoked by the divorce or dissolution of marriage, unless the will provides otherwise.

(2) Unless the will provides otherwise, in the event the testator and spouse remarry each other, the provisions of the will revoked by the divorce or dissolution of marriage shall be reinstated unless otherwise revoked by the testator, except for provisions in favor of a person who died prior to the remarriage which shall not be reinstated.

(3) For the purposes of this section, “relative of the testator’s spouse” means a person who is related to the divorced testator’s former spouse by blood, adoption, or affinity, and who, subsequent to a divorce or dissolution of marriage, ceased to be related to the testator by blood, adoption, or affinity.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.271]2000 Acts, ch 1150, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §26
Iowa Code § 537B.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537B / Section 537B.4
Aftermarket parts.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(1) (a) “Aftermarket crash part” means a replacement for any of the nonmechanical sheet metal or plastic parts which generally constitute the exterior of a motor vehicle, including inner and outer panels, which replacement is not manufactured or marketed by the original equipment manufacturer of the motor vehicle. Aftermarket crash part does not include replacement glass for the windows, windshield, or backlight of the motor vehicle.

(1) (b) “Motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle as defined in section 321.1 which is subject to registration.

(1) (c) “Repair facility” means a motor vehicle dealer, garage, body shop, or other person, which undertakes the repair or replacement of those parts of a motor vehicle that generally constitute the exterior of a motor vehicle for a fee.

(2) A repair facility shall not use aftermarket crash parts in the repair of a customer’s motor vehicle without disclosing the proposed use of such parts in the estimate of repairs given to the customer prior to the repair of the motor vehicle. The estimate shall be in writing and shall clearly identify each part proposed to be used which is an aftermarket crash part. The following information shall appear in ten point type, or larger, on or attached to the estimate:This estimate has been prepared based on the use of aftermarket crash parts supplied by a source other than the manufacturer of your motor vehicle. Any warranties applicable to these replacement parts are provided by the manufacturer or distributor of these parts rather than the manufacturer of your vehicle.

(3) An aftermarket crash part supplied for use in this state after January 1, 1991, shall have affixed or inscribed upon the part the logo or name of its manufacturer. A repair facility installing an aftermarket crash part on a motor vehicle shall install the part so that the manufacturer’s logo or name is visible upon inspection after installation whenever practicable.

(4) It is a deceptive act or practice for a repair facility or manufacturer or distributor of aftermarket crash parts to fail to comply with the requirements of this section.

90 Acts, ch 1010, §4; 90 Acts, ch 1145, §14
Iowa Code § 508.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.13
Annual certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) On receipt of an application for a certificate of authority or renewal of a certificate of authority, the appropriate fees, and the statement and evidence of investment of foreign companies, the commissioner of insurance shall issue a certificate or a renewal of a certificate setting forth the corporate name of the company, its home office, that it has fully complied with the laws of the state and is authorized to transact the business of life insurance for the ensuing year, which certificate shall expire on the first day of June of the ensuing year, or sooner upon thirty days’ notice given by the commissioner, of the next annual valuation of its policies.

(2) A company shall submit annually on or before March 1 a completed application for renewal of its certificate of authority. A certificate of authority shall expire on the first day of June next succeeding its issue and shall be renewed annually so long as the company transacts business in accordance with all legal requirements of the state.

(3) A company that fails to timely file an application for renewal of its certificate of authority shall pay an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars to the treasurer of state for deposit as provided in section 505.7.

(4) A copy of a certificate of authority, when certified by the commissioner, shall be admissible in evidence for or against a company, with the same effect as the original.

[C73, §1170; C97, §1775; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8657; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.13]88 Acts, ch 1112, §103; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §31; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §662023 Acts, ch 36, §1
Iowa Code § 80H.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80H / Section 80H.4
Activation and termination.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon establishment of the blue alert criteria in section 80H.3, the department shall transmit a blue alert through the emergency alert system to Iowa broadcasters.

(2) Upon the transmission of a blue alert, the department shall post the alert on an internet website accessible by the public.

(3) After an initial blue alert transmission, additional information may be submitted by the participating law enforcement agency by facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or telephonic means.

(4) The bureau chief of the department of public safety communications bureau may direct the transmission of an Iowa blue alert upon request from another state, provided that there is evidence the suspect may be present in Iowa.

(5) The blue alert transmission may be directed to a specific geographic location within the state if the department of public safety communications center determines that the nature of the event makes it probable that the suspect or peace officer did not leave a certain geographic location of the state.

(6) A blue alert shall terminate if any of the following occur:

(6) (a) The suspect or peace officer is located.

(6) (b) The department determines that the blue alert is no longer an effective tool for locating the suspect or peace officer.

(6) (c) Five hours have elapsed since the transmission of the blue alert.

(7) A blue alert may be renewed.

(8) Law enforcement agencies shall notify the department immediately upon taking a suspect into custody or upon locating the missing peace officer.

2020 Acts, ch 1104, §4
Iowa Code § 702.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 702 / Section 702.6
Controlled substance.
Status: in_force

The term “controlled substance” means controlled substance as that term is defined and used in chapter 124.

[C79, 81, §702.6]
Iowa Code § 633.291 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.291
Contents of petition for probate of will.
Status: in_force

A petition for probate of a will shall state:

(1) The name, domicile, and date of death of the decedent.

(2) If the decedent was not domiciled in the state at the time of the decedent’s death, then, that the decedent had property within the county in which the petition is filed, or any other basis for jurisdiction in such county.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.291]
Iowa Code § 331.215 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.215
Compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The supervisors shall receive an annual salary or per diem compensation as determined under section 331.907. The annual salary or per diem shall be full payment for all services rendered to the county except for reimbursement for mileage and other expenses authorized in subsection 2.

(2) A supervisor is entitled to reimbursement for mileage expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of official duties at the rate specified in section 70A.9. The total mileage expense for all supervisors in a county shall not exceed the product of the rate of mileage specified in section 70A.9 multiplied by the total number of supervisors in the county times ten thousand. The board may also authorize reimbursement for mileage and other actual expenses incurred by its members when attending an educational course, seminar, or school which is related to the performance of their official duties.

[R60, §317; C73, §3791; C97, §469; S13, §469; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5125, 5127, 5260; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §331.22, 331.24, 343.12; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §331.22, 343.12; S81, §331.215; 81 Acts, ch 117, §214, 216]
Iowa Code § 633.251 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.251
Confirmation — new reference.
Status: in_force

The court may set the report for hearing and prescribe the notice to be given to interested parties. The court may confirm the report, or may set it aside and refer the matter to the same or other referees, at its discretion.

[C51, §1401; R60, §2432; C73, §2448; C97, §3373; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11998; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.13; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.251]
Iowa Code § 515.129B — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.129B
Nonrenewal of personal lines policies or contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) An insurer shall not refuse to renew a personal lines policy or contract of insurance unless at least sixty days before the end of the policy or contract period the insurer delivers, mails, or electronically transmits to the first named insured, at the last known address of the first named insured, written notice of the insurer’s intention not to renew the policy or contract upon expiration of the current policy or contract period as provided in section 515.129C. Proof of such mailing, electronic transmission, or delivery to the first named insured’s last known address shall be maintained by the insurer.

(2) The notice of intention not to renew shall include or be accompanied by a written explanation of the insurer’s specific reason or reasons for the nonrenewal.

(3) The transfer of a policy between affiliates of an insurance company shall not be considered a nonrenewal.

2010 Acts, ch 1121, §20; 2024 Acts, ch 1032, §1, 3
Iowa Code § 321.467 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.467
Retractable axles.
Status: in_force

(1) A vehicle which is a model year 1999 or later vehicle shall not operate on a highway of this state with a retractable axle unless the weight on the retractable axle can only be adjusted by means of a manual device located on the vehicle that is not accessible to the operator of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle. However, the controls for raising and lowering the retractable axle may be accessible to the operator of the vehicle while the vehicle is in operation.

(2) A person who violates this section commits a simple misdemeanor.

97 Acts, ch 100, §6; 2010 Acts, ch 1140, §18
Iowa Code § 351.33 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 351 / Section 351.33
Rabies vaccination.
Status: in_force

Every owner of a dog shall obtain a rabies vaccination for such animal. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or have a dog in the person’s possession, six months of age or over, which has not been vaccinated against rabies. Dogs kept in kennels and not allowed to run at large shall not be subject to these vaccination requirements.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.33]
Iowa Code § 279.41 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.41
Schoolhouses and sites sold funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Moneys received from the condemnation, sale, or other disposition for public purposes of schoolhouses, school sites, or both schoolhouses and school sites, shall be deposited in the physical plant and equipment levy fund and may, without a vote of the electorate, be used for purposes authorized under section 298.3, as ordered by the board of directors of the school corporation.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, the board of directors of a school corporation may take action to deposit moneys received as provided in subsection 1 in any account maintained by the school corporation after holding a public hearing on the proposed action of the board. The board shall publish notice of the time and place of the public hearing in the same manner as required in section 24.9.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §279.41]94 Acts, ch 1029, §18; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §36; 2021 Acts, ch 25, §6; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §45
Iowa Code § 29A.44 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.44
Assault prohibited.
Status: in_force

Whenever the national guard is called into service under proclamation of the governor for the performance of any duties contemplated in this chapter any person who willfully assaults, or fires at, or throws any dangerous missiles at, against, or upon any member or body of the national guard so engaged, or civil officer or other persons lawfully aiding or assisting them in the discharge of their duties, shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

[C35, §467-f30; C39, §467.30; C46, 50, §29.30; C54, 58, 62, §29.44; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.44]
Iowa Code § 636.25 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 636 / Section 636.25
Existing investments.
Status: in_force

Any fiduciary not governed by the probate code may by and with the consent of the court having jurisdiction over such fiduciary or under permission of the instrument creating the trust, continue to hold any investment originally received by the fiduciary under the trust or any increase thereof. Such fiduciary may also make investments which the fiduciary may deem necessary to protect and safeguard investments already made according to the provisions of this section and sections 636.23 and 636.24.

[C31, 35, §12772-c2; C39, §12772.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §682.25]C93, §636.252023 Acts, ch 64, §98