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Iowa Code § 357E.14 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357E / Section 357E.14
Determination of fee.
Status: in_force

(1) The owner of any property joining an established district shall pay to the trustees of the district an initial fee to be computed as follows:

(1) (a) The trustees shall first determine the fair market value of all property and improvements owned by the district, less any indebtedness.

(1) (b) The board shall then determine the assessed value of all property in the district. This shall be divided into the value determined in paragraph “a”.

(1) (c) The board shall determine the assessed value of the property of each landowner joining the established district.

(1) (d) The result obtained in paragraph “b” shall be multiplied by the result obtained in paragraph “c”. The result shall be the initial fee to be charged each landowner.

(2) The initial fees paid to the trustees shall be used to help defray the cost and maintenance of the recreation district.

88 Acts, ch 1194, §14
Iowa Code § 538.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 538 / Section 538.8
Receipt — objection.
Status: in_force

The person making a tender may demand a receipt in writing for the money or article tendered, as a condition precedent to the delivery thereof. The person to whom a tender is made must, at the time, make any objection which the person may have to the money, instrument, or property tendered, or the person will be deemed to have waived it.

[C51, §968, 969; R60, §1817, 1818; C73, §2106, 2107; C97, §3063; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9450; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §538.8]
Iowa Code § 172D.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 172D / Section 172D.4
Compliance with zoning requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who operates a feedlot shall comply with applicable zoning requirements. The applicability of a zoning requirement shall be as provided in subsection 2 of this section. A person complies with this section as a matter of law where no zoning requirement exists.

(2) (a) A zoning requirement shall apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the zoning requirement.

(2) (b) A zoning requirement, other than one adopted by a city, shall not apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the zoning requirement for a period of ten years from the effective date of that zoning requirement.

(2) (c) A zoning requirement which is in effect on November 1, 1976, shall apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation prior to November 1, 1976.

(2) (d) A zoning requirement adopted by a city shall apply to a feedlot located within an incorporated or unincorporated area which is subject to regulation by that city as of November 1, 1976, regardless of the established date of operation of the feedlot.

(2) (e) A zoning requirement adopted by a city shall not apply to a feedlot which becomes located within an incorporated or unincorporated area subject to regulation by that city by virtue of an incorporation or annexation which takes effect after November 1, 1976 for a period of ten years from the effective date of the incorporation or annexation.

[C77, 79, 81, §172D.4]
Iowa Code § 327D.102 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.102
Movement of livestock — burden of proof.
Status: in_force

It is hereby made the duty of all common carriers of freight within this state to move cars of livestock at the highest practicable speed consistent with reasonable safety and the reasonable movement of its general traffic. The burden of proof that cars of livestock are so moved shall be upon the carrier, and proof that such cars were moved according to schedule or timetable shall not be prima facie evidence that they were moved at the highest practicable speed consistent with reasonable safety.

[S13, §2157-s; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8114; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.80; C77, 79, 81, §327D.102]
Iowa Code § 613.18 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 613 / Section 613.18
Limitation on products liability of nonmanufacturers.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who is not the assembler, designer, or manufacturer, and who wholesales, retails, distributes, or otherwise sells a product is:

(1) (a) Immune from any suit based upon strict liability in tort or breach of implied warranty of merchantability which arises solely from an alleged defect in the original design or manufacture of the product.

(1) (b) Not liable for damages based upon strict liability in tort or breach of implied warranty of merchantability for the product upon proof that the manufacturer is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and has not been judicially declared insolvent.

(2) A person who is a retailer of a product and who assembles a product, such assembly having no causal relationship to the injury from which the claim arises, is not liable for damages based upon strict liability in tort or breach of implied warranty of merchantability which arises from an alleged defect in the original design or manufacture of the product upon proof that the manufacturer is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and has not been judicially declared insolvent.

(3) An action brought pursuant to this section, where the claimant certifies that the manufacturer of the product is not yet identifiable, tolls the statute of limitations against such manufacturer until such time as discovery in the case has identified the manufacturer.

86 Acts, ch 1211, §32
Iowa Code § 518A.22 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518A / Section 518A.22
Limitation of action.
Status: in_force

A suit or action on a policy for the recovery of any claim shall not be sustainable in any court of law or equity unless all requirements of the policy have been complied with, and unless commenced within twelve months next after the inception of the loss.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9048; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §518.22; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §518A.22]2009 Acts, ch 145, §44
Iowa Code § 468.209 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.209
Entry of order effect.
Status: in_force

(1) If the board, after consideration of the subject matter, including all objections filed to the adoption of the plan and all claims for damages, shall find that the district will be benefited by adoption of the plan or the purposes for which the district was established is furthered by the plan, the board shall enter an order approving and adopting the final plan. The order shall have the effect of:

(1) (a) Altering the boundaries of the district to conform to the changes effected by the plan adopted.

(1) (b) Canceling all existing awards for damages for property not appropriated for right-of-way or construction and rendered unnecessary by the plan so adopted.

(1) (c) Canceling all awards previously made for damages other than for right-of-way or construction but reinstating the claims for such damages which said claims may be amended by the claimants within ten days thereafter.

(1) (d) Canceling all unpaid assessments for benefits on lands excluded from the district by adoption of the plan. The assessments so canceled shall become part of the costs of the improvement.

(1) (e) Establishing as benefited thereby the lands added to the district by adoption of the plan and rendering same subject to classification and assessment.

(2) Whenever a plan has been adopted as contemplated by this section, modification and changes can be made therein without further notice or hearing, provided the same do not increase or decrease the estimated cost of the plan to the district by more than twenty-five percent.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §455.209; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.210]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.2092015 Acts, ch 30, §146; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §134
Iowa Code § 50.29 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.29
Certificate of election.
Status: in_force

(1) When any person is thus declared elected, there shall be delivered to that person a certificate of election, under the official seal of the county, in substance as follows:STATE OF IOWA) County.)At an election held in said county on the day of (month), (year), (candidate’s name) was elected to the office of for the term of years from the day of (month), (year) [if elected to fill a vacancy, for the residue of the term ending on the day of (month), (year)], and until a successor is elected and qualified.,President of Board of Canvassers.Witness, ,County Commissioner of Elections(clerk).

(2) The certificate of election is presumptive evidence of the person’s election and qualification.

[C51, §277; R60, §511, 514; C73, §641; C97, §1155; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §868; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.29]87 Acts, ch 115, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §26
Iowa Code § 724.1B — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.1B
Firearm suppressors penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not knowingly possess a firearm suppressor in this state in violation of federal law.

(2) A person who possesses a firearm suppressor in violation of subsection 1 commits a class “D” felony.

2016 Acts, ch 1044, §3, 4
Iowa Code § 359A.11 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359A / Section 359A.11
Record conclusive.
Status: in_force

The record in the recorder’s office, unless modified, by appeal as hereinafter provided, shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated, and such record or a certified copy thereof shall be competent evidence in all courts.

[C97, §2360; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1839; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.11]C93, §359A.11
Iowa Code § 602.11111 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.11111
Judicial nominating commissions for election districts 5A and 5C.
Status: in_force

The membership of district judicial nominating commissions for judicial election districts 5A and 5C shall be as provided in chapter 46, subject to the following transition provisions:

(1) Those judicial nominating commissioners of judicial election district 5A who are residents of Polk county shall be disqualified from serving in election district 5A on January 1, 1985, and their offices shall be deemed vacant. The vacancies thus created shall be filled as provided in section 46.5 for the remainder of the unexpired terms.

(2) After January 1, 1985, the governor shall appoint five eligible electors of judicial election district 5C to the district judicial nominating commission for terms commencing immediately upon appointment. Two of the appointees shall serve terms ending January 31, 1988, two of the appointees shall serve terms ending January 31, 1990, and the remaining appointee shall serve a term ending January 31, 1992, as determined by the governor. At the end of these terms and each six years thereafter the governor shall appoint commissioners pursuant to section 46.3.

(3) After January 1, 1985, elective judicial nominating commissioners for judicial election district 5C shall be elected as provided in chapter 46 to terms of office commencing immediately upon election. One of those elected shall serve a term ending January 31, 1988, two shall serve terms ending January 31, 1990, and two shall serve terms ending January 31, 1992, as determined by the drawing of lots by the persons elected. At the end of these terms and every six years thereafter elective commissioners shall be elected pursuant to chapter 46.

83 Acts, ch 186, §10201, 10311
Iowa Code § 136A.3A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.3A
Process for addition of conditions to newborn screening.
Status: in_force

(1) The council shall assist the department in the development of programs that ensure the availability and access to quality genetic and genomic health care services for all Iowans.

(2) The council shall assist the department in designating the conditions to be included in the newborn screening and in regularly evaluating the effectiveness and appropriateness of the newborn screening.

(3) (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, the council shall ensure that all conditions included in the federal recommended uniform screening panel as of January 1, 2022, are included in the newborn screening.

(3) (b) Within twelve months of the addition of a new condition to the federal recommended uniform screening panel, the council shall consider and make a recommendation to the department regarding inclusion of the new condition in the newborn screening, including the current newborn screening capacity to screen for the new condition and the resources necessary to screen for the new condition going forward. If the council recommends inclusion of a new condition, the department shall include the new condition in the newborn screening within eighteen months of receipt of the recommendation.

(4) The department shall submit a status report to the general assembly, annually, by December 31, regarding all of the following:

(4) (a) The current conditions included in the newborn screening.

(4) (b) Any new conditions currently under consideration or recommended by the council for inclusion in the newborn screening.

(4) (c) Any new conditions considered but not recommended by the council in the prior twelve-month period and the reason for not recommending any such conditions.

(4) (d) Any departmental request for additional program capacity or resources necessitated by the inclusion of a recommended new condition in the newborn screening.

(4) (e) Any delay and the reason for the delay by the council in complying with the specified twelve-month time frame in considering or recommending the inclusion of a new condition in the newborn screening to the department.

(4) (f) Any delay and the reason for the delay by the department in complying with the specified eighteen-month time frame in including a new condition in the newborn screening following receipt of a recommendation from the council recommending the inclusion of such condition.

(5) The state hygienic laboratory shall establish the newborn screening fee schedule in a manner sufficient to support the newborn screening system of care including laboratory screening costs, short-term and long-term follow-up program costs, the newborn screening developmental fund, and the cost of the department’s newborn screening data system.

2022 Acts, ch 1023, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §201; 2024 Acts, ch 1043, §56; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §433
Iowa Code § 916.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 916 / Section 916.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Confidential communication” means confidential information shared between a victim and a military victim advocate within the advocacy relationship, and includes all information received by the advocate and any advice, report, or working paper given to or prepared by the advocate in the course of the advocacy relationship with the victim. “Confidential information” is information which, so far as the victim is aware, is not disclosed to a third party with the exception of a person present in the consultation for the purpose of furthering the interest of the victim, a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information, or a person with whom disclosure is necessary for accomplishment of the purpose for which the advocate is consulted by the victim.

(2) “Military victim advocate” or “advocate” means a person who is a member of the national guard or a branch of the armed forces of the United States and who has completed a military victim advocate course provided by a branch of the armed forces of the United States or by the United States department of defense.

(3) “Special victims’ counsel” means military personnel who are members of the judge advocate general’s corps of the national guard or a branch of the armed forces of the United States, who have completed special victims’ counsel training, and who are serving as a special victims’ counsel to a victim. For the purposes of this chapter, special victims’ counsel shall also be considered military victim advocates.

(4) “Victim” means a person who consults a military victim advocate for the purpose of securing advice, advocacy, counseling, or assistance concerning a mental, physical, or emotional condition caused by a sexual crime committed against the person.

2015 Acts, ch 28, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §51, 161, 162
Iowa Code § 504.1021 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1021
Amendment by directors.
Status: in_force

If a corporation has no members, its incorporators, until directors have been chosen, and thereafter its board of directors, may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation’s bylaws subject to any approval required pursuant to section 504.1031. The corporation shall provide notice of any meeting of directors at which an amendment is to be approved. The notice must be given in accordance with section 504.823, subsection 3. The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider a proposed amendment to the bylaws and contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment or state the general nature of the amendment. The amendment must be approved by a majority of the directors in office at the time the amendment is adopted.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §120, 192
Iowa Code § 679A.17 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679A / Section 679A.17
Appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) An appeal may be taken from:

(1) (a) An order denying an application to compel arbitration made under section 679A.2.

(1) (b) An order granting an application to stay arbitration made under section 679A.2, subsection 2.

(1) (c) An order confirming or denying confirmation of an award.

(1) (d) An order modifying or correcting an award.

(1) (e) An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing.

(1) (f) A judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in a civil action.

[C51, §2112; R60, §3689; C73, §3429; C97, §4399; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12708; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §679.14; 81 Acts, ch 202, §17]C83, §679A.17
Iowa Code § 328.47 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 328 / Section 328.47
Lien of fees.
Status: in_force

All registration fees provided for in this chapter shall be and continue a lien against the aircraft for which said fees are payable until such time as they are paid as provided by law, with any accrued penalties.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §328.47]
Iowa Code § 489.1004 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1004
Nonexclusivity.
Status: in_force

The fact that a transaction under this subchapter produces a certain result does not preclude the same result from being accomplished in any other manner permitted by law other than this subchapter.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §83, 161
Iowa Code § 148.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148 / Section 148.3
License to practice.
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant for a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery shall present to the board all of the following:

(1) (a) Evidence of a diploma issued by a medical college or college of osteopathic medicine and surgery approved by the board, or other evidence of equivalent medical education approved by the board. The board may accept, in lieu of a diploma from a medical college or college of osteopathic medicine and surgery approved by the board, all of the following:

(1) (a) A diploma issued by a medical college or college of osteopathic medicine and surgery which has been neither approved nor disapproved by the board.

(1) (a) A valid standard certificate issued by the educational commission for foreign medical graduates or similar accrediting agency.

(1) (b) Evidence of having passed an examination prescribed by the board which shall include subjects which determine the applicant’s qualifications to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery and which shall be given according to the methods deemed by the board to be the most appropriate and practicable. However, one or more examinations as prescribed by the board or any other national standardized examination which the board approves may be administered to any or all applicants in lieu of or in conjunction with other examinations which the board prescribes. The board may establish necessary achievement levels on all examinations for a passing grade and adopt rules relating to examinations.

(1) (c) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has successfully completed one year of postgraduate internship or resident training in a hospital approved for such training by the board. An applicant who holds a valid certificate issued by the educational commission for foreign medical graduates shall submit satisfactory evidence of successful completion of two years of such training.

(2) An application for a license shall be made to the board of medicine. All license and renewal fees shall be paid to the board.

(3) The board shall give priority to the processing of applications for licensure submitted by physicians and surgeons and osteopathic physicians and surgeons whose practice will primarily involve provision of service to underserved populations, including but not limited to minorities or low-income persons, or who live in rural areas.

(4) The issuance of reciprocal agreements pursuant to section 147.44 is not required and is subject to the discretion of the board.

1.[C97, §2582; S13, §2582; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2540; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §148.3; 82 Acts, ch 1005, §4]2.[C97, §2576; S13, §2576; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2540; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §148.3]3.[C27, 31, 35, 39, §2540; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §148.3]90 Acts, ch 1086, §9, 10; 92 Acts, ch 1183, §12; 2004 Acts, ch 1168, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §88; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §48; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §55; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §53; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §19; 2010 Acts, ch 1163, §2
Iowa Code § 558A.8 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558A / Section 558A.8
Validity of a transfer.
Status: in_force

A transfer under this chapter shall not be invalidated solely because of a failure of a person to comply with a provision of this chapter.

93 Acts, ch 30, §10
Iowa Code § 234.12 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 234 / Section 234.12
Department to provide food programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government as necessary to make available to the people of this state any federal food programs which may, under federal laws and regulations, be implemented in this state. Each program shall be implemented in every county in the state, or in each county where implementation is permitted by federal laws and regulations.

(2) The provisions of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193, §115, shall not apply to an applicant for or recipient of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits in this state. However, the department may apply contingent eligibility requirements as provided under state law and allowed under federal law.

(3) Upon request by the department, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall conduct investigations into possible fraudulent practices, as described in section 234.13, relating to food programs administered by the department.

[C79, 81, §234.12]90 Acts, ch 1204, §48; 97 Acts, ch 41, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §674, 1933