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Iowa Code § 578A.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 578A / Section 578A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Commercially reasonable sale” means a sale that is conducted at the self-service storage facility, at the nearest suitable place to where the personal property is held or stored, or on a publicly accessible internet site that conducts sales or auctions.

(2) “Default” means the failure by the occupant to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in a rental agreement or this chapter.

(3) “Emergency” means any sudden, unexpected occurrence or circumstance at or near a self-service storage facility that requires immediate action to avoid injury to persons or property at or near the self-service storage facility, including a fire.

(4) “Last-known address” means the postal address or electronic mail address provided by an occupant in a rental agreement or the postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.

(5) “Late fee” means any fee or charge assessed for an occupant’s failure to pay rent when due. “Late fee” does not include interest on a debt, reasonable expenses incurred in the collection of unpaid rent, or costs associated with the enforcement of any other remedy provided by law or contract.

(6) “Leased space” means individual storage space at a self-service storage facility which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement.

(7) “Occupant” means a person entitled to the use of leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement or the person’s successors or assigns.

(8) “Operator” means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility or an agent or any other person authorized to manage the facility. “Operator” does not include a warehouse worker if the warehouse worker issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored.

(9) “Personal property” means movable property not affixed to land, including goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, household items, and furnishings.

(10) “Property that has no commercial value” means property offered for sale in a commercially reasonable sale that receives no bid or offer.

(11) “Rental agreement” means an agreement or lease, written or oral, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of leased space at a self-service storage facility.

(12) “Self-service storage facility” means real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who are to have access to the space for the purpose of storing personal property. If an operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored, the operator and occupant are subject to chapter 554, article 7, and this chapter does not apply.

(13) “Verified mail” means any method of mailing offered by the United States postal service or private delivery service that provides evidence of the mailing.

2019 Acts, ch 50, §2
Iowa Code § 229.29 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.29
Transfer to certain federal facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of a certificate stating that any person involuntarily hospitalized under this chapter is eligible for care and treatment in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of the United States government which is willing to receive the person without charge to the state of Iowa or any county in the state, the chief medical officer may transfer the person to that facility. Upon so doing, the chief medical officer shall notify the court which ordered the person’s hospitalization in the same manner as would be required in the case of a transfer under section 229.15, subsection 5, and the person transferred shall be entitled to the same rights as the person would have under that subsection.

(2) No person shall be transferred under this section who is confined pursuant to conviction of a public offense or whose hospitalization was ordered upon contention of incompetence to stand trial by reason of mental illness, without prior approval of the court which ordered that person’s hospitalization.

[C27, 31, 35, §3562-b1; C39, §3562.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.20; C77, 79, 81, §229.29]2009 Acts, ch 26, §11
Iowa Code § 316.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.5
Replacement housing for homeowner.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the displacing agency shall make an additional payment to a displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than one hundred eighty days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. All determinations to carry out this section shall be made in accordance with administrative rules adopted by the department. The additional payment shall include the following elements:

(1) (a) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling.

(1) (b) The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which the displaced person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of a comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than one hundred and eighty days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling.

(1) (c) Actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of a replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.

(2) The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling within one year after the date on which the person receives final payment from the displacing agency of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which the obligation of the displacing agency under section 316.8 is met, whichever is the later, except that the displacing agency may extend the eligibility period for good cause. If the period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one year of the applicable date.

[C71, §316.4(1), 316.5; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §316.5]89 Acts, ch 20, §9
Iowa Code § 275.28 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.28
Plan of division of assets and liabilities.
Status: in_force

In addition to setting up the territory to comprise the reorganized districts, a reorganization petition shall provide for a division of assets and liabilities of the districts affected among the reorganized districts. However, if territory is excluded from the reorganized district by the petition or by the area education agency board of directors, the division of all assets and liabilities shall be made under the provisions of sections 275.29 through 275.31.

[C46, 50, §275.7; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.28]93 Acts, ch 160, §8; 2015 Acts, ch 93, §2, 8; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §92
Iowa Code § 231.35 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231 / Section 231.35
Procedures related to expenditure of state and federal funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish and enforce procedures relating to expenditure of state and federal funds by area agencies on aging that require compliance with both state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including but not limited to all of the following:

(1) (a) Requiring that expenditures are incurred only for goods or services received or performed prior to the end of the fiscal period designated for use of the funds.

(1) (b) Prohibiting prepayment for goods or services not received or performed prior to the end of the fiscal period designated for use of the funds.

(1) (c) Prohibiting prepayment for goods or services not defined specifically by good or service, time period, or recipient.

(1) (d) Prohibiting the establishment of accounts from which future goods or services which are not defined specifically by good or service, time period, or recipient, may be purchased.

(2) The procedures shall provide that if any funds are expended in a manner that is not in compliance with the procedures and applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and are subsequently subject to repayment, the area agency on aging expending such funds in contravention of such procedures, laws, rules, and regulations, not the state, shall be liable for such repayment.

2024 Acts, ch 1161, §149
Iowa Code § 123.146 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.146
Importation of beer for personal use.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 113, §63; . See §123.122.
Iowa Code § 607A.36 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.36
Contempt.
Status: in_force

If a person fails to appear when notified to report or at a regularly scheduled meeting, without providing a sufficient cause, the court may issue an order requiring the person to appear and show cause why the person should not be punished for contempt, and unless the person provides a sufficient cause for the failure, the person may be punished for contempt.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §44
Iowa Code § 455H.104 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455H / Section 455H.104
Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

The general assembly finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Some real property in Iowa is not put to its highest productive use because it is contaminated or it is perceived to be contaminated as a result of past activity on the property. The reuse of these sites is an important component of a sound land-use policy that will prevent the needless development of prime farmland and open-space and natural areas, and reduce public expenditures for installing new infrastructure.

(2) Incentives should be put in place to encourage capable persons to voluntarily develop and implement cleanup plans.

(3) The safe reuse of property should be encouraged through the adoption of environmental remediation standards developed through an open process which take into account the risks associated with any release at the site. Any remediation standards adopted by this state must provide for the protection of the public health and safety and the environment.

97 Acts, ch 127, §4
Iowa Code § 1C.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 1C / Section 1C.6
Veterans Day.
Status: in_force

The governor is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation designating the eleventh day of November as Veterans Day and calling upon the people of Iowa to observe it as a legal holiday in honor of those who have been members of the armed forces of the United States, and urging state officials to display the American flag on all state and school buildings and the people of the state to display the flag at their homes, lodges, churches and places of business; that business activities be held to the necessary minimum; and that appropriate services and exercises be had expressive of the public sentiments befitting the occasion.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §31.7]C93, §1C.6
Iowa Code § 124C.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124C / Section 124C.2
Powers and duties of the commissioner.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee may use funds appropriated or otherwise available to the department for the following purposes:

(1) (a) Administrative services for the identification, assessment, and cleanup of clandestine laboratory sites.

(1) (b) Payments to other government agencies or private contractors for services consistent with the management and cleanup of a clandestine laboratory site.

(1) (c) Emergency response activities involving clandestine laboratory sites, including surveillance, entry, security, cleanup, and disposal.

(2) The commissioner may request the assistance of other state, federal, and local agencies as necessary.

(3) The commissioner shall proceed, pursuant to this section, to collect all costs incurred in cleanup of a clandestine laboratory site from the person having control over a clandestine laboratory site.

(4) The commissioner shall make all reasonable efforts to recover the full amount of moneys expended, through litigation or otherwise. Moneys recovered shall be deposited with the treasurer of state and credited to the department of public safety.

93 Acts, ch 141, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §184
Iowa Code § 506.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 506 / Section 506.13
New officers or directors — biographical affidavit required.
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after a quarterly or annual statement of an insurance company domiciled in this state first names an individual as an officer or director of the company on the jurat page of the quarterly or annual statement, the new officer or director shall file a biographical affidavit with the commissioner. The affidavit shall be prepared on the current template for biographical affidavits prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners.

2007 Acts, ch 137, §8
Iowa Code § 99F.17 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99F / Section 99F.17
Distributors and manufacturers — licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) A manufacturer or distributor of gambling games or implements of gambling shall annually apply for a license upon a form prescribed by the commission before the first day of April in each year and shall submit the appropriate license fee. An applicant shall provide the necessary information as the commission requires. The license fee for a distributor is one thousand dollars, and the license fee for a manufacturer is two hundred fifty dollars. The license fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state as provided for in section 99F.4, subsection 2.

(2) A licensee shall acquire all gambling games or implements of gambling from a distributor licensed pursuant to this chapter. A licensee shall not sell or give gambling games or implements of gambling to another licensee.

(3) A licensee shall not be a manufacturer or distributor of gambling games or implements of gambling.

(4) The commission may suspend or revoke the license of a distributor or manufacturer for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter committed by the distributor or manufacturer or an officer, director, employee, or agent of the manufacturer or distributor.

(5) The manufacturer or distributor of gambling games or implements of gambling shall provide the commission with written notice showing the items shipped to the licensee.

(6) Subsection 2 does not apply in the following cases, if approved by the commission:

(6) (a) Gambling games or implements of gambling previously installed in a gambling location licensed in another jurisdiction.

(6) (b) Gambling games or implements of gambling previously installed in a gambling location licensed in this state.

89 Acts, ch 67, §17; 92 Acts, ch 1203, §18; 94 Acts, ch 1100, §6, 7; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §37; 2004 Acts, ch 1136, §53
Iowa Code § 34.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 34 / Section 34.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “911 service” means a service which provides the user of a public telephone system the ability to reach a public safety answering point by dialing the digits 9-1-1.

(2) “Private safety entity” means a private entity which provides emergency fire, ambulance, or medical services whether by full or part-time employees or on a volunteer basis.

(3) “Public agency” means the state government and any unit of local government or special purpose district located in whole or in part within the state that provides or has authority to provide fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services.

(4) “Public safety agency” means a functional unit of a public agency that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services.

(5) “Public safety answering point” means a communications facility operated on a twenty-four hour basis and serving participating jurisdictions, that initially receives 911 calls and either directly dispatches emergency response services, or relays the calls to the appropriate public safety agency.

86 Acts, ch 1246, §763C87, §477A.1C93, §34.194 Acts, ch 1023, §6
Iowa Code § 479B.19 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479B / Section 479B.19
Orders — enforcement.
Status: in_force

If the pipeline company fails to obey an order within the period of time determined by the commission, the commission may commence an equitable action in the district court of the county where the pipeline, device, apparatus, equipment, or underground storage facility is located to compel compliance with its order. If, after trial, the court finds that the order is reasonable, equitable, and just, the court shall decree a mandatory injunction compelling obedience to and compliance with the order and may grant other relief as may be just and proper. Appeal from the decree may be taken in the same manner as in other actions.

95 Acts, ch 192, §462024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 327G.8 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.8
Laws and local regulations not applicable.
Status: in_force

No law of the state or any local or police regulations of any county, township or city, relating to the restraint of domestic animals, or in relation to the fences of farmers or landowners, shall be applicable to railway rights-of-way, unless specifically so stated in such law and regulation.

[C73, §1289; C97, §2055; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8007; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §478.8; C77, 79, 81, §327G.8]
Iowa Code § 591.15 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 591 / Section 591.15
Failure to publish notice of incorporation or amendment.
Status: in_force

In all instances where the incorporators, stockholders and directors of corporations organized in this state for pecuniary profit have omitted to publish notice of incorporation or notice of amendments to articles of incorporation within three months after the date of the certificates of incorporation issued by the secretary of state or approval by the secretary of state of such amendments, but have published such notices of incorporation or notices of amendments to articles of incorporation and filed proper proof of publication with the secretary of state prior to July 4, 1963, such notices of incorporation and notices of amendments to articles of incorporation are hereby legalized and shall have the same force and effect as though published within said period of three months.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §591.15]
Iowa Code § 507C.25 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.25
Collection and list of assets.
Status: in_force

(1) As soon as practicable after the liquidation order but not later than one hundred twenty days thereafter, the liquidator shall prepare in duplicate a list of the insurer’s assets. The list shall be amended or supplemented as the liquidator may determine. One copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court and one copy shall be retained for the liquidator’s files. Amendments and supplements shall be similarly filed.

(2) The liquidator shall reduce the assets to a degree of liquidity that is consistent with the effective execution of the liquidation.

(3) A submission to the court for disbursement of assets in accordance with section 507C.34 fulfills the requirements of subsection 1.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §25
Iowa Code § 91E.1 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 91E / Section 91E.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

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

(2) “Employee” means a natural person who is employed in this state for wages paid on an hourly basis by an employer. An employee does not include a person engaged in agriculture as defined in section 91A.2 or a person engaged in agriculture on a seasonal basis. However, this exemption shall not apply to farm owners who hire workers to work on cropland other than their own.

(3) “Employer” means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who in this state employs for wages, paid on an hourly basis, one hundred or more natural persons. An employer does not include a client, patient, customer, or other person who obtains professional services from a licensed person who provides the services on a fee service basis or as an independent contractor, or the state, or an agency or governmental subdivision of the state.

(4) “Farm owner” does not include a person who uses cropland for research or experimental purposes, testing, developing, or producing seeds or plants for sale or resale.

(5) “Non-English speaking employee” means an employee who does not speak, read, write, or understand English to the degree necessary for comprehension of the terms, conditions, and daily responsibilities of employment.

90 Acts, ch 1134, §2; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §252023 Acts, ch 19, §1846
Iowa Code § 613.15B — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 613 / Section 613.15B
Wrongful birth or wrongful life cause of action prohibitions exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) A cause of action shall not arise and damages shall not be awarded, on behalf of any person, based on a wrongful birth claim that, but for an act or omission of the defendant, a child would not or should not have been born.

(2) A cause of action shall not arise and damages shall not be awarded, on behalf of any person, based on a wrongful life claim that, but for an act or omission of the defendant, the person bringing the action would not or should not have been born.

(3) The prohibitions specified in this section apply to any claim regardless of whether the child is born healthy or with a birth defect or disorder or other adverse medical condition. However, the prohibitions specified in this section shall not apply to any of the following:

(3) (a) A civil action for damages for an intentional or grossly negligent act or omission, including any act or omission that constitutes a public offense.

(3) (b) A civil action for damages for the intentional failure of a physician to comply with the duty imposed by licensure pursuant to chapter 148 to provide a patient with all information reasonably necessary to make decisions about a pregnancy.

2018 Acts, ch 1165, §118 – 120
Iowa Code § 266.39D — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.39D
Livestock producers assistance program.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §284.
Iowa Code § 10B.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10B / Section 10B.5
Use of reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary of state shall notify the attorney general when the secretary of state has reason to believe a violation of this chapter has occurred.

(2) Information provided in reports required in this chapter is a confidential record as provided in section 22.7. The attorney general may have access to the reports, and may use information in the reports in any action to enforce state law, including but not limited to chapters 9H and 9I. The reports shall be made available to members of the general assembly and appropriate committees of the general assembly in order to determine the extent that agricultural land is held in this state by corporations and other business and foreign entities and the effect of such land ownership upon the economy of this state. The secretary of state shall assist any committee of the general assembly studying these issues.

98 Acts, ch 1110, §205, 301; 2004 Acts, ch 1147, §4; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §22, 89