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Iowa Code § 820.9 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.9
Authority of peace officer.
Status: in_force

Every such peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest, shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein, as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.9; C79, 81, §820.9]
Iowa Code § 537.2507 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.2507
Attorney fees.
Status: in_force

With respect to a consumer credit transaction, the agreement may not provide for the payment by the consumer of attorney fees. However, in a consumer credit transaction with an amount financed exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars secured by an interest in land, the agreement may provide for the payment by the consumer of reasonable attorney fees. A provision in violation of this section is unenforceable.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.2507]2014 Acts, ch 1037, §19
Iowa Code § 441.45 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.45
Abstract to state department of revenue.
Status: in_force

(1) The county assessor of each county and each city assessor shall, on or before July 1 of each year, make out and transmit to the department of revenue an abstract of the real property in the assessor’s county or city, as the case may be, and file a copy of the abstract with the county auditor, in which the assessor shall set forth:

(1) (a) The number of acres of land and the aggregate taxable values of the land, exclusive of city lots, returned by the assessors, as corrected by the board of review.

(1) (b) The aggregate taxable values of real estate by class in each township and city in the county, returned as corrected by the board of review.

(1) (c) Other facts required by the director of revenue.

(2) If a board of review continues in session beyond June 1, under sections 441.33 and 441.37, the abstract of the real property shall be made out and transmitted to the department of revenue within fifteen days after the date of final adjournment by the board.

(3) An assessor shall report valuations of real property by parcel, including identifying additions by revaluation or other type of addition to value, and shall transmit and maintain the data in a manner that is compatible with software used by the county auditor and that allows the county auditor to use the data to file the reports required by section 331.510, subsections 3 and 4.

[R60, §741; C73, §833; C97, §1377; S13, §1361; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7117, 7139; C46, 50, 54, 58, §441.20, 442.14; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.45]83 Acts, ch 140, §1; 89 Acts, ch 296, §67; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143; 2024 Acts, ch 1094, §44, 47
Iowa Code § 192.109 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.109
Certification of grade “A” label.
Status: in_force

The department shall biennially conduct a survey and based on that survey certify all milk labeled grade “A” pasteurized and grade “A” raw milk for pasteurization. In the event that a survey shows the requirements for production, processing, and distribution for such grade are not being complied with, that fact shall be certified by the department to the secretary who shall proceed with the provisions of section 192.107 for suspending the permit of the violator or who, if the secretary did not issue such permit, shall withdraw the grade “A” declared on the label.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §192.31]CS91, §192.1092011 Acts, ch 89, §1; 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §22
Iowa Code § 633A.6306 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.6306
Appointment of guardian ad litem.
Status: in_force

(1) At any point in a judicial proceeding, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent and approve a settlement on behalf of the interest of a minor, an incapacitated, unborn, or unascertained person, or a person whose identity or address is unknown, if the court determines that representation of the interest otherwise would be inadequate.

(2) If not precluded by conflict of interest, a guardian ad litem may be appointed to represent several persons or interests.

(3) The court shall set out its reasons for appointing a guardian ad litem as a part of the record of the proceeding.

(4) In approving a judicially supervised settlement, a guardian ad litem may consider general family benefit.

99 Acts, ch 125, §101, 109C2001, §633.63062005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.6306
Iowa Code § 446.36 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.36
Certified copies of records as evidence.
Status: in_force

The information in the county system of the office of the county treasurer, or a copy properly certified, is sufficient evidence to prove the sale of a parcel at tax sale, the redemption of the parcel, or the payment of taxes on it.

[R60, §788; C73, §905; C97, §1451; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7270; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §446.36; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1230]91 Acts, ch 191, §85
Iowa Code § 504.1533 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1533
Appeal from revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign corporation may appeal the secretary of state’s revocation of its certificate of authority to the district court within thirty days after the service of the certificate of revocation is perfected under section 504.1510 by petitioning to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the secretary of state’s certificate of revocation.

(2) The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.

(3) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §166, 192
Iowa Code § 728.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 728 / Section 728.4
Rental or sale of hard-core pornography.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly rents, sells, or offers for rental or sale material depicting patently offensive representations of oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse, actual or simulated, involving humans, or depicting patently offensive representations of masturbation, excretory functions, or bestiality, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, which the average adult taking the material as a whole in applying statewide contemporary community standards would find appeals to the prurient interest; and which material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political, or artistic value, upon conviction is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. However, second and subsequent violations of this section by a person who has been previously convicted of violating this section are class “D” felonies. Charges under this section may only be brought by a county attorney or by the attorney general.

[C79, 81, §728.4; 82 Acts, ch 1115, §1]83 Acts, ch 167, §3; 89 Acts, ch 263, §2
Iowa Code § 20.27 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.27
Conflict with federal aid.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter jeopardizes the receipt by the state or any of its political subdivisions of any federal grant-in-aid funds or other federal allotment of money, the provisions of this chapter shall, insofar as the fund is jeopardized, be deemed to be inoperative.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.27]
Iowa Code § 553.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 553 / Section 553.12
Remedies.
Status: in_force

The state or a person who is injured or threatened with injury by conduct prohibited under this chapter may bring suit to:

(1) Prevent or restrain conduct prohibited under this chapter and remove the conduct’s effect by injunction, divestiture, divorcement, dissolution of domestic enterprises right to do business in this state, compelling the forfeiture or restraint of the issuance of a certificate of incorporation, permit to transact business, license, or franchise, or granting other equitable relief. The state may bring suit under this section without posting bond.

(2) Recover actual damages resulting from conduct prohibited under this chapter.

(3) Recover, at the court’s discretion, exemplary damages which do not exceed twice the actual damages awarded under subsection 2, from a person other than a city or county or legal entity created by a city or county, if all of the following apply:

(3) (a) The trier of fact determines that the prohibited conduct is willful or flagrant.

(3) (b) The person bringing suit is not the state.

(4) Recover the necessary costs of bringing suit, including a reasonable attorney fee. However, the state may not recover any attorney fee.

[C77, 79, 81, §553.12]84 Acts, ch 1020, §2; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §161
Iowa Code § 554.9502 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9502
Contents of financing statement — record of mortgage as financing statement — time of filing financing statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsection 2, a financing statement is sufficient only if it:

(1) (a) provides the name of the debtor;

(1) (b) provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and

(1) (c) indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 554.9501, subsection 2, to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy subsection 1 and also:

(2) (a) indicate that it covers this type of collateral;

(2) (b) indicate that it is to be filed for record in the real property records;

(2) (c) provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related sufficient to give constructive notice of a mortgage under the law of this state if the description were contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property; and

(2) (d) if the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.

(3) A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only if:

(3) (a) the record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;

(3) (b) the goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;

(3) (c) the record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section, but

(3) (c) the record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; and

(3) (c) the record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an individual if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual to whom section 554.9503, subsection 1, paragraph “d” applies; and

(3) (d) the record is duly recorded.

(4) A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §73, 185, 187; 2012 Acts, ch 1052, §12, 37; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §124
Iowa Code § 85.18 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.18
Contract to relieve not operative.
Status: in_force

A contract, rule, or device shall not operate to relieve the employer, in whole or in part, from any liability created by this chapter except as provided in this chapter. This section does not create a private cause of action.

[S13, §2477-m7; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1378; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.18]2017 Acts, ch 23, §2, 24; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §13
Iowa Code § 100.53 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100 / Section 100.53
Warrant requirements.
Status: in_force

Each inspection warrant issued under this chapter shall:

(1) State the grounds for its issuance.

(2) Be directed to the applicant or some other designated person authorized to conduct the inspection.

(3) Command the person to whom it is directed to inspect the area, premises, building or conveyance identified for the purpose specified and, if appropriate, direct the seizure of property specified.

(4) Identify the item or type of property, if any, to be seized.

(5) Direct that it be served, if appropriate, during normal business hours and designate the magistrate to whom it shall be returned.

[81 Acts, ch 47, §5]
Iowa Code § 523C.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523C / Section 523C.4
License expiration and renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) Each license issued under this chapter shall be valid for a period of one year and shall be renewed by August 31 of each year following the date of issuance.

(2) An application for renewal shall include the information required for an initial license as described in section 523C.3, subsection 1, paragraphs “a” through “e”, and, if applicable, a list of each service contract form the service company continues to use and issue in the state, including the service contract form name, number, and the date the form was last revised.

(3) The renewal application shall be accompanied by all of the following:

(3) (a) A license renewal fee in the amount of five hundred dollars.

(3) (b) If applicable, a fee in the amount of three percent of the aggregate amount of payments the licensee received for the sale or issuance of residential service contracts in this state during the preceding fiscal year, provided that such fee shall be no less than one hundred dollars and no greater than fifty thousand dollars.

(3) (c) If applicable, a fee in the amount of thirty-five dollars for each new motor vehicle service contract form filed with the commissioner since the license was last issued, and for each motor vehicle service contract form the service company continues to use and issue in the state.

(3) (d) Information regarding the number of motor vehicle service contracts or residential service contracts issued during the preceding fiscal year, the number canceled or expired during the preceding fiscal year, the number in effect at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the amount of service contract fees received during the preceding fiscal year.

(4) If the commissioner denies renewal of the license, the denial shall be in writing setting forth the grounds for denial and shall be accompanied by a refund of fifty percent of the license renewal fee.

(5) In addition to the annual license renewal requirements as provided in this section, a licensee shall report to the commissioner any material change in information submitted by the licensee in its initial license application which has not been reported to the commissioner, including a change in contact information, a change in ownership, or any other change which substantially affects the licensee’s operations in this state.

83 Acts, ch 87, §5; 2019 Acts, ch 142, §4, 19; 2021 Acts, ch 181, §44; 2024 Acts, ch 1053, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 28E.29 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28E / Section 28E.29
Amana — additional law enforcement.
Status: in_force

If a tract of land is owned by a corporation organized under chapter 491 with assets of the value of one million dollars or more which has one or more platted villages located within the territorial limits of the tract of land, all of the territory within the plats of the villages with their additions or subdivisions, for the purposes of this section, is deemed to be one incorporated city. The corporation may assess and collect funds from its property owners for the purpose of obtaining additional law enforcement services from the county sheriff. The corporation may contract under this chapter with the county sheriff for additional law enforcement services.

[C81, §337.22; S81, §28E.29; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1201]
Iowa Code § 622.32 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.32
Statute of frauds.
Status: in_force

Except when otherwise specially provided, no evidence of the following enumerated contracts is competent, unless it be in writing and signed by the party charged or by the party’s authorized agent:

(1) Those made in consideration of marriage.

(2) Those wherein one person promises to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another, including promises by executors to pay the debt of the decedent from their own estate.

(3) Those for the creation or transfer of any interest in lands, except leases for a term not exceeding one year.

(4) Those that are not to be performed within one year from the making thereof.

[C51, §2409, 2410; R60, §4006, 4007; C73, §3663, 3664; C97, §4625; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11285; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.32]
Iowa Code § 80G.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80G / Section 80G.3
Personnel information undercover law enforcement officer confidentiality.
Status: in_force

The name, photograph, compensation and benefit records, time records, residential address, or any other personal identifying information of an undercover law enforcement officer shall be confidential while the undercover law enforcement officer is actively involved with or assigned to investigate violations of state or federal law.

2017 Acts, ch 122, §5
Iowa Code § 24.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 24 / Section 24.6
Emergency fund — levy.
Status: in_force

(1) A municipality may include in the estimate required, an estimate for an emergency fund. A municipality may assess and levy a tax for the emergency fund at a rate not to exceed twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property of the municipality. However, an emergency tax levy shall not be made until the municipality has first petitioned the state board and received its approval.

(2) (a) Transfers of moneys may be made from the emergency fund to any other fund of the municipality for the purpose of meeting deficiencies in a fund arising from any cause. However, a transfer shall not be made except upon the written approval of the state board, and then only when that approval is requested by a two-thirds vote of the governing body of the municipality.

(2) (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph “a”, if the municipality is a school corporation, the school corporation may transfer money from the emergency fund to any other fund of the school corporation for the purpose of meeting deficiencies in a fund arising within two years of a disaster as defined in section 29C.2, subsection 4. However, a transfer under this paragraph “b” shall not be made without the written approval of the school budget review committee.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §373; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §24.6]83 Acts, ch 123, §31, 209; 2009 Acts, ch 65, §1
Iowa Code § 510A.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510A / Section 510A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Accredited state” means a state in which the insurance department or regulatory agency has qualified as meeting the minimum financial regulatory standards promulgated and established by the national association of insurance commissioners.

(2) “Control” or “controlled” has the meaning ascribed in section 521A.1, subsection 3.

(3) “Controlled insurer” means a licensed insurer that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by an insurance producer.

(4) “Controlling producer” means an insurance producer who, directly or indirectly, controls an insurer.

(5) “Independent casualty actuary” means a casualty actuary who is a member of the American academy of actuaries and who is not an employee, principal, the direct or indirect owner of, affiliated with, or in any way controlled by the insurer or insurance producer.

(6) “Insurance producer” means a person required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance.

(7) “Licensed insurer” or “insurer” means any person duly licensed to transact a property and casualty insurance business in this state. The following are not licensed property and casualty insurers for the purposes of this chapter:

(7) (a) All risk retention groups as defined in the Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613 (1986) and the Risk Retention Act, 15 U.S.C. §3901 et seq. (1982 & Supp. 1986), or chapter 515E.

(7) (b) All residual market pools and joint underwriting authorities or associations.

(7) (c) All captive insurers. For the purposes of this chapter, captive insurers are insurance companies owned by another organization whose exclusive purpose is to insure risks of the parent organization and affiliated companies or, in the case of groups and associations, insurance organizations owned by the insureds whose exclusive purpose is to insure risks of any group and association members and any affiliates.

91 Acts, ch 26, §11; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §36; 2003 Acts, ch 91, §13 – 15
Iowa Code § 565B.24 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 565B / Section 565B.24
Other laws not applicable.
Status: in_force

Chapter 633 and all other laws of this state to the extent contrary to this chapter do not apply to the custodial property of a minor held by the custodian under this chapter.

86 Acts, ch 1035, §24
Iowa Code § 497.6 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.6
Removal.
Status: in_force

A majority of the stockholders shall have the power at any regular or special stockholders’ meeting, legally called, to remove any director or officer for cause, and fill the vacancy, and thereupon the director or officer so removed, shall cease to be a director or officer of said corporation.

[SS15, §1641-r5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8464; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.6]
Iowa Code § 461A.12 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.12
Conditions — lands.
Status: in_force

The conditions attached to a gift shall be entered in writing as part of the record of the title by which the state takes the lands, and shall be inscribed upon any chart, map, or description of said park if the conditions are made by the grantor in lieu of money as a consideration paid by the state.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1805; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.12]C93, §461A.12
Iowa Code § 85B.14 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85B / Section 85B.14
Applicable chapters and subchapters.
Status: in_force

Chapter 10A, subchapter III, and chapters 17A and 85, so far as applicable, and not inconsistent with this chapter, apply in cases of compensable occupational hearing loss.

[C81, §85B.14]2023 Acts, ch 19, §1752
Iowa Code § 8D.11A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8D / Section 8D.11A
Proprietary interests.
Status: in_force

The commission may charge a negotiated fee, to recover a share of the costs related to the research and development, initial production, and derivative products of its proprietary software and hardware, telecommunications architecture design, and proprietary technology applications developed to support authorized users, to private vendors and to other political entities and subdivisions, including but not limited to states, territories, protectorates, and foreign countries. The commission may enter into nondisclosure agreements to protect the state of Iowa’s proprietary interests. The provisions of chapter 23A relating to noncompetition by state agencies and political subdivisions with private enterprise shall not apply to commission activities authorized under this section.

2001 Acts, ch 22, §1
Iowa Code § 144.25A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.25A
Certificate of birth — foreign and international adoptions.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish a procedure for the issuance of a certificate of birth for children adopted pursuant to section 600.15.

2002 Acts, ch 1040, §2, 5
Iowa Code § 909.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 909 / Section 909.1
Fine without imprisonment.
Status: in_force

Upon a verdict or plea of guilty of any public offense for which a fine is authorized, the court may impose a fine instead of any other sentence where it appears that the fine will be adequate to deter the defendant and to discourage others from similar criminal activity.

[C79, 81, §909.1]