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Iowa Code § 159A.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 159A / Section 159A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Biobutanol”, “biobutanol blended gasoline”, “biodiesel”, “biodiesel blended fuel”, “ethanol”, “ethanol blended gasoline”, and “renewable fuel” mean the same as defined in section 214A.1.

(2) “Coordinator” means the administrative head of the office of renewable fuels and coproducts appointed by the department as provided in section 159A.3.

(3) “Coproduct” means a product other than a renewable fuel which at least in part is derived from the processing of agricultural commodities, and which may include corn gluten feed, distillers grain, or solubles, or can be used as livestock feed or a feed supplement.

(4) “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

(5) “Fund” means the renewable fuels and coproducts fund established pursuant to section 159A.7.

(6) “Office” means the office of renewable fuels and coproducts created pursuant to section 159A.3.

(7) “Renewable fuels and coproducts activities” means either of the following:

(7) (a) The research, development, production, promotion, marketing, or consumption of renewable fuels and coproducts.

(7) (b) The research, development, transfer, or use of technologies which directly or indirectly increase the supply or demand of renewable fuels and coproducts.

91 Acts, ch 254, §7; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §12; 2000 Acts, ch 1018, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §106; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §73 – 75; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §239; 2011 Acts, ch 113, §46, 56; 2014 Acts, ch 1104, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 670.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 670 / Section 670.6
Death — claim presented by another.
Status: in_force

When the claim is one for death by wrongful act or omission, the notice may be presented by the personal representative, surviving spouse, or next of kin, or the consular officer of the foreign country of which the deceased was a citizen, within one year after the alleged injury resulting in such death; but if the person for whose death the claim is made has presented a notice that would have been sufficient had the person lived, an action for wrongful death may be brought without additional notice.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613A.6]C93, §670.6
Iowa Code § 321.456 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.456
Height of vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1) A vehicle unladen or with load shall not exceed a height of thirteen feet six inches.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, a vehicle or combination of vehicles coupled together and used exclusively for the transportation of passenger vehicles, light delivery trucks, panel delivery trucks, pickup trucks, or recreational vehicle chassis may operate with a height not to exceed fourteen feet.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection 1, a vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting a divisible load of hay, straw, stover, or bagged livestock bedding may operate with a height not to exceed fourteen feet six inches.

(4) This section shall not be construed to require any railroad or public authorities to provide sufficient vertical clearance to permit the operation of such vehicle upon the highways of this state. Any damage to highways, highway or railroad structures, or underpasses caused by the height of any vehicle provided for by this section shall be borne by the operator or owner of the vehicle.

[C31, 35, §5067-d2; C39, §5035.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.456]86 Acts, ch 1182, §4; 97 Acts, ch 100, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 8, §36; 2020 Acts, ch 1054, §2
Iowa Code § 516A.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 516A / Section 516A.2
Construction — minimum coverage — stacking.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except with respect to a policy containing both underinsured motor vehicle coverage and uninsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle coverage, nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as requiring forms of coverage provided pursuant hereto, whether alone or in combination with similar coverage afforded under other automobile liability or motor vehicle liability policies, to afford limits in excess of those that would be afforded had the insured thereunder been involved in an accident with a motorist who was insured under a policy of liability insurance with the minimum limits for bodily injury or death prescribed in section 321A.1, subsection 11. Such forms of coverage may include terms, exclusions, limitations, conditions, and offsets which are designed to avoid duplication of insurance or other benefits.

(1) (b) To the extent that Hernandez v. Farmers Insurance Company, 460 N.W.2d 842 (Iowa 1990), provided for interpolicy stacking of uninsured or underinsured coverages in contravention of specific contract or policy language, the general assembly declares such decision abrogated and declares that the enforcement of the antistacking provisions contained in a motor vehicle insurance policy does not frustrate the protection given to an insured under section 516A.1.

(2) Pursuant to chapter 17A, the commissioner of insurance shall, by January 1, 1992, adopt rules to assure the availability, within the state, of motor vehicle insurance policies, riders, endorsements, or other similar forms of coverage, the terms of which shall provide for the stacking of uninsured and underinsured coverages with any similar coverage which may be available to an insured.

(3) It is the intent of the general assembly that when more than one motor vehicle insurance policy is purchased by or on behalf of an injured insured and which provides uninsured, underinsured, or hit-and-run motor vehicle coverage to an insured injured in an accident, the injured insured is entitled to recover up to an amount equal to the highest single limit for uninsured, underinsured, or hit-and-run motor vehicle coverage under any one of the above described motor vehicle insurance policies insuring the injured person which amount shall be paid by the insurers according to any priority of coverage provisions contained in the policies insuring the injured person.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §516A.2]91 Acts, ch 213, §30; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Iowa Code § 354.21 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 354 / Section 354.21
Limitation of actions on official plats.
Status: in_force

An action shall not be maintained, at law or in equity, in any court, against a proprietor, based upon an omission of data shown on an official plat or upon an omission, error, or inconsistency in any of the documents required by this chapter unless the action is commenced within ten years after the date of recording of the official plat. Limitation of actions based on claims other than those provided for in this section shall be consistent with chapter 614.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §35C91, §409A.21C93, §354.21
Iowa Code § 702.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 702 / Section 702.3
Animal.
Status: in_force

An “animal” is a nonhuman vertebrate.

[C79, 81, §702.3]
Iowa Code § 252B.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252B / Section 252B.11
Recovery of costs of collection services.
Status: in_force

Child support services may initiate necessary civil proceedings to recover child support services’ costs of support collection services provided to an individual, whether or not the individual is a public assistance recipient, from an individual who owes and is able to pay a support obligation but willfully fails to pay the obligation. Child support services may seek a lump sum recovery of child support services’ costs or may seek to recover child support services’ costs through periodic payments which are in addition to periodic support payments. If child support services’ costs are recovered from an individual owing a support obligation, the costs shall not be deducted from the amount of support money received from the individual. The costs collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the department for use by child support services. The director or a designee shall keep an accurate record of funds so retained.

83 Acts, ch 153, §19; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §1032023 Acts, ch 19, §857
Iowa Code § 490.1108A — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1108A
Consideration of acquisition proposals — community interests.
Status: in_force

(1) A director, in determining what is in the best interest of the corporation when considering a tender offer or proposal of acquisition, merger, consolidation, or similar proposal, may consider any or all of the following community interest factors, in addition to consideration of the effects of any action on shareholders:

(1) (a) The effects of the action on the corporation’s employees, suppliers, creditors, and customers.

(1) (b) The effects of the action on the communities in which the corporation operates.

(1) (c) The long-term as well as short-term interests of the corporation and its shareholders, including the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the corporation.

(2) If on the basis of the community interest factors described in subsection 1, the board of directors determines that a proposal or offer to acquire or merge the corporation is not in the best interests of the corporation, it may reject the proposal or offer. If the board of directors determines to reject any such proposal or offer, the board of directors has no obligation to facilitate, to remove any barriers to, or to refrain from impeding, the proposal or offer. Consideration of any or all of the community interest factors is not a violation of the business judgment rule or of any duty of the director to the shareholders, or a group of shareholders, even if the director reasonably determines that a community interest factor or factors outweigh the financial or other benefits to the corporation or a shareholder or group of shareholders.

2002 Acts, ch 1154, §73, 125
Iowa Code § 524.1408 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1408
Merger of corporation or limited liability company substantially owned by a state bank.
Status: in_force

A state bank owning at least ninety percent of the outstanding shares, of each class, of another corporation or limited liability company which it is authorized to own under this chapter may merge the other corporation or limited liability company into itself without approval by a vote of the shareholders of either the state bank or the subsidiary corporation or limited liability company. The board of directors of the state bank shall approve a plan of merger, mail the plan of merger to shareholders of record of the subsidiary corporation or holders of membership interests in the subsidiary limited liability company, and prepare and execute articles of merger in the manner provided for in section 490.1105. The articles of merger, together with the applicable filing fees, shall be delivered to the superintendent who shall, if the superintendent approves of the proposed merger and if the superintendent finds the articles of merger satisfy the requirements of this section, deliver them to the secretary of state for filing in the secretary of state’s office. The secretary of state upon filing the articles of merger shall issue a certificate of merger and send the certificate to the state bank and a copy of it to the superintendent.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.1408]90 Acts, ch 1205, §48; 95 Acts, ch 148, §115; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §117, 125; 2004 Acts, ch 1141, §71; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §87; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §123
Iowa Code § 633.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.11
Declaratory judgments — determination of heirship — distribution.
Status: in_force

During the administration of an estate, the district court sitting in probate shall have full, legal and equitable powers to make declaratory judgments in all matters involved in the administration of the estate, including those pertaining to the title of real estate, the determination of heirship, and the distribution of the estate. It shall have full, legal and equitable powers to enter final orders and decrees in all probate matters to effectuate its jurisdiction and to carry out its orders, judgments, and decrees.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.11]
Iowa Code § 507F.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507F / Section 507F.2
Purpose and scope.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this chapter establishes the exclusive state standards for data security, and the investigation and notification of cybersecurity events, applicable to licensees.

(2) This chapter shall not be construed to create or imply a private cause of action for a violation of its provisions, and shall not be construed to curtail a private cause of action that otherwise exists in the absence of this chapter.

2021 Acts, ch 79, §2, 17
Iowa Code § 84I.1 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84I / Section 84I.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Applicant” means a person applying for a private employment agency license.

(2) “Director” means the director of the department of workforce development or the director’s designee.

(3) “Employee” means a person who seeks employment or who obtains employment through an employment agency.

(4) “Employer” means a person who seeks one or more employees or who obtains one or more employees.

(5) “Employment agency” means a person who brings together those desiring to employ and those desiring employment and who receives a fee, privilege, or other consideration directly or indirectly from an employee for the service. “Employment agency” does not include furnishing or procuring theatrical, stage, or platform attractions or amusement enterprises.

99 Acts, ch 130, §1CS99, §94A.12023 Acts, ch 19, §2282, 2288C2024, §84I.1
Iowa Code § 232D.104 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232D / Section 232D.104
Venue.
Status: in_force

(1) Venue for guardianship proceedings under this chapter shall be in the judicial district where the minor is found or in the judicial district of the minor’s residence.

(2) The court may transfer a guardianship proceeding brought under this chapter to the juvenile court of any county having venue at any stage in the proceedings as follows:

(2) (a) When it appears that the best interests of the minor or the convenience of the proceedings shall be served by a transfer, the court may transfer the case to the court of the county of the minor’s residence.

(2) (b) With the consent of the receiving court, the court may transfer the case to the court of the county where the minor is found.

(3) The court shall transfer the case by ordering the transfer and a continuance and by forwarding to the clerk of the receiving court a certified copy of all papers filed together with an order of transfer. The judge of the receiving court may accept the filings of the transferring court or may direct the filing of a new petition and hear the case anew.

2019 Acts, ch 56, §4, 44, 45
Iowa Code § 468.257 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.257
Procedure for notice of hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of the overlying district shall enter an order fixing a place and a time, not less than forty days after the date of the later of the two orders required by section 468.256, for a hearing on the proposals described in the two orders.

(2) The auditor, or auditors if the overlying district includes land lying in two or more counties, shall cause notice of the proposals and of the hearing to be given immediately upon the entry of an order under subsection 1. The notice must:

(2) (a) Include the texts of the orders entered pursuant to section 468.256, the date, time and place of the hearing, and a statement that all objections to the proposals embodied in the orders must be made in writing and filed in the office of the auditor at or before the time set for the hearing.

(2) (b) Be directed to all of the following:

(2) (b) The owner of each tract of land or lot within the overlying district, as shown by the transfer books of the auditor’s office, including railway companies having right-of-way in the district.

(2) (b) All lienholders or encumbrancers of land within the overlying district, without naming them.

(2) (b) All actual occupants of land in the overlying district, without naming individuals.

(2) (b) All other persons whom it may concern.

(3) Except as otherwise required by section 468.16, the notice required by this section shall be served by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the overlying district’s land is situated. The publication shall be made not less than twenty days prior to the day set for the hearing. Proof of service shall be made by affidavit of the publisher.

[C81, §456.12]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.257
Iowa Code § 622.99 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.99
Certification.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of any such reporter, upon demand by any party to any cause or proceeding, or by the attorney of such party, when such shorthand notes are offered in evidence, to read the same before the court, judge, referee, or jury, or to furnish to any person when demanded a certified transcript of the shorthand notes of the evidence of any one or more witnesses, upon payment of the reporter’s fees therefor.

[S13, §245-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.99]
Iowa Code § 679B.8 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679B / Section 679B.8
Evidence — witnesses.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this inquiry the board shall have all the powers of summoning before it and enforcing the attendance of witnesses, of administering oaths, and of requiring witnesses to give evidence, to produce books, papers, and other documents or things as the board may deem requisite to the full investigation of the matters into which it is inquiring, as are vested in the district court in civil cases.

[S13, §2477-n4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1503; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §90.8]86 Acts, ch 1245, §944C87, §679B.8
Iowa Code § 669.8 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 669 / Section 669.8
Judgment as bar.
Status: in_force

The final judgment in any suit under this chapter shall constitute a complete bar to any action by the claimant, by reason of the same subject matter, against the state or the employee of the state whose act or omission gave rise to the claim. However, this section shall not apply if the court rules that the claim is not permitted under this chapter.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §25A.8]C93, §669.8
Iowa Code § 161D.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161D / Section 161D.4
Mission statement.
Status: in_force

The mission of the loess hills alliance is to create a common vision for Iowa’s loess hills, protecting special natural and cultural resources while ensuring economic viability and private property rights of the region.

99 Acts, ch 119, §4
Iowa Code § 633E.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633E / Section 633E.9
Disclaimer of power of appointment or other power not held in fiduciary capacity.
Status: in_force

If a holder disclaims a power of appointment or other power not held in a fiduciary capacity, the following rules shall apply:

(1) If the holder has not exercised the power, the disclaimer takes effect as of the time the instrument creating the power becomes irrevocable.

(2) If the holder has exercised the power and the disclaimer is of a power other than a presently exercisable general power of appointment, the disclaimer takes effect immediately after the last exercise of the power.

(3) The instrument creating the power is construed as if the power expired when the disclaimer became effective.

2004 Acts, ch 1015, §16C2005, §633.9092005 Acts, ch 38, §53CS2005, §633E.9
Iowa Code § 299.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 299 / Section 299.3
Reports from accredited nonpublic schools.
Status: in_force

Within ten days from receipt of notice from the secretary of the school district within which an accredited nonpublic school is conducted, the principal of the accredited nonpublic school shall, once during each school year, and at any time when requested in individual cases, furnish to the secretary of the public school district, within which the accredited nonpublic school is located, a certificate and report in duplicate on forms provided by the public school district of the names and ages of each pupil of the accredited nonpublic school who is of compulsory attendance age and the grade level of each pupil, during the preceding year and from the time of the last preceding report to the time at which a report is required. In addition, the report shall identify all students of compulsory attendance age who were truant as defined by law or school policy and the number of days of truancy for the period covered by the report, and children who dropped out, withdrew from enrollment, or transferred to another Iowa school and the date their attendance ceased at the accredited nonpublic school. The secretary shall retain one of the reports and file the other with the secretary of the area education agency.

[S13, §2823-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4412; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.3]91 Acts, ch 200, §6; 93 Acts, ch 101, §207
Iowa Code § 137C.28 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137C / Section 137C.28
Penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a provision of the Iowa hotel sanitation code shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. Each day upon which a violation occurs constitutes a separate violation.

[C79, 81, §170B.16]90 Acts, ch 1204, §66C91, §137C.28
Iowa Code § 455B.337 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.337
Emergency action.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the director finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health and safety, the director may, without notice or hearing, issue an emergency order reciting that an emergency exists and requiring that such action be taken as the director deems necessary to meet the emergency. The order may be issued orally to the person whose operation constitutes the emergency by the director and confirmed by a copy of such order to be sent by certified mail within twenty-four hours after the issuance of the oral order. The emergency order shall be effective immediately. Any person receiving an emergency order may request a hearing before the commission within thirty days following the receipt of the order. The commission shall schedule a hearing within fourteen days after receipt of the request for a hearing and give written notice to the alleged violator by certified mail. The commission may also schedule a hearing in the absence of a request by the alleged violator. On the basis of the findings, the commission shall issue a final order which shall be forwarded to the alleged violator by certified mail.

(2) The director may, if an emergency exists, impound or order the impounding of any radioactive material in the possession of any person who is not equipped to observe, or fails to observe, the provisions of this part 2 of subchapter IV or any rules adopted under this part.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.91]C83, §455B.33786 Acts, ch 1245, §1899; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §96; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 294.4 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 294 / Section 294.4
Daily register.
Status: in_force

Each teacher shall keep a daily register which shall correctly exhibit the name or number of the school, the district and county in which it is located, the day of the week, month, year, and the name, age, and attendance of each scholar, and the branches taught; and when scholars reside in different districts separate registers shall be kept for each district, and a certified copy of the register shall, immediately at the close of the school, be filed by the teacher in the office of the secretary of the board.

[R60, §2062; C73, §1759, 1760; C97, §2789; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4339; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.4]
Iowa Code § 633F.20 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633F / Section 633F.20
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

2021 Acts, ch 8, §20