FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Iowa Code § 488.402 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.402
General partner agent of limited partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) Each general partner is an agent of the limited partnership for the purposes of its activities. An act of a general partner, including the signing of a record in the partnership’s name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the limited partnership’s activities or activities of the kind carried on by the limited partnership binds the limited partnership, unless the general partner did not have authority to act for the limited partnership in the particular matter and the person with which the general partner was dealing knew, had received a notification, or had notice under section 488.103, subsection 4, that the general partner lacked authority.

(2) An act of a general partner which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the limited partnership’s activities or activities of the kind carried on by the limited partnership binds the limited partnership only if the act was authorized in the partnership agreement or by all the other partners.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §36, 118
Iowa Code § 633.111 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.111
Final discharge period.
Status: in_force

Such fiduciary may file such receipts with the final report, and if it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that the fiduciary has in all other respects complied with the law governing the appointment and duties, the court may approve such final report and enter the fiduciary’s discharge.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.111]
Iowa Code § 907.8A — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 907 / Section 907.8A
Sixth judicial district determination of issues during probationary period.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1197, §10, 13; 2000 Acts, ch 1177, §4, 5.
Iowa Code § 231E.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231E / Section 231E.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Public Guardian Act”.

2005 Acts, ch 175, §130; 2018 Acts, ch 1048, §2
Iowa Code § 426.1 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 426 / Section 426.1
Agricultural land credit fund.
Status: in_force

There is created as a permanent fund in the office of the treasurer of state a fund to be known as the agricultural land credit fund, and for the purpose of establishing and maintaining this fund for each fiscal year there is appropriated thereto from funds in the general fund not otherwise appropriated the sum of thirty-nine million one hundred thousand dollars of which the first ten million dollars shall be transferred to and deposited into the family farm tax credit fund created in section 425A.1. Any balance in said fund on June 30 shall revert to the general fund.

[C39, §6943.156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §426.1]93 Acts, ch 180, §11
Iowa Code § 28E.28B — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28E / Section 28E.28B
Legalization of tax levies.
Status: in_force

Each unified law enforcement district tax levy authorized pursuant to section 28E.22 prior to July 1, 1983, which continued to be collected for a period subsequent to July 1, 1983, or continues to be collected notwithstanding the expiration of the five-year period specified by the referendum which authorized the levy, is hereby legalized and deemed valid as if the levy had been authorized subsequent to July 1, 1983.

97 Acts, ch 7, §1
Iowa Code § 455B.277 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.277
Flood control works coordinated.
Status: in_force

(1) All flood control works in the state, which are established and constructed after April 16, 1949, shall be coordinated in design, construction, and operation according to sound and accepted engineering practice so as to effect the best flood control obtainable throughout the state. A person shall not construct or install works of any nature for flood control until the proposed works and the plans and specifications for the works are approved by the department. The department shall consider all the pertinent facts relating to the proposed works which will affect flood control and water resources in the state and shall determine whether the proposed works in the plans and specifications will be in aid of and acceptable as part of, or will adversely affect and interfere with flood control in the state, adversely affect the control, development, protection, allocation, or utilization of the water resources of the state, or adversely affect or interfere with an approved local water resources plan. In the event of disapproval, the department shall set forth the objectionable features so that the proposed works and the plans and specifications for the proposed works may be corrected or adjusted to obtain approval.

(2) This section applies to drainage districts, soil and water conservation districts, the natural resource commission, political subdivisions of the state, and private persons undertaking projects relating to flood control.

[C50, 54, §455A.22; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455A.36; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §31, 96]C83, §455B.27783 Acts, ch 137, §20; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §86; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 322A.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322A / Section 322A.2
Discontinuing franchise.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided in subsection 2, notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any agreement or franchise, a franchiser shall not terminate or refuse to continue any franchise unless the franchiser has first established, in a hearing held under the provisions of this chapter, that both of the following apply:

(1) (a) The franchiser has good cause for termination or noncontinuance.

(1) (b) Upon termination or noncontinuance, another franchise in the same line-make will become effective in the same community, without diminution of the motor vehicle service formerly provided, or that the community cannot be reasonably expected to support such a dealership.

(2) A franchiser may terminate a franchise for a particular line-make if the franchiser discontinues that line-make and a franchiser may terminate a franchise if the franchisee’s license as a motor vehicle dealer is revoked pursuant to the provisions of chapter 322.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322A.2]2010 Acts, ch 1069, §110
Iowa Code § 422.12M — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.12M
Income tax form — indication of dependent child health care coverage.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 161, §1 – 3.
Iowa Code § 507F.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507F / Section 507F.15
Rules and enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this chapter.

(2) The commissioner may take any enforcement action under the commissioner’s authority to enforce compliance with this chapter.

2021 Acts, ch 79, §15, 17
Iowa Code § 508A.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.3
License requirements.
Status: in_force

No company shall deliver or issue for delivery within this state variable contracts unless it is licensed or organized to do a life insurance or annuity business in this state, and the commissioner of insurance is satisfied that its condition or method of operation in connection with the issuance of such contracts will not render its operation hazardous to the public or its policyholders in this state. In this connection, the commissioner of insurance shall consider among other things:

(1) The history and financial condition of the company;

(2) The character, responsibility and fitness of the officers and directors of the company; and

(3) The law and regulation under which the company is authorized in the state of domicile to issue variable contracts. The state of entry of an alien company shall be deemed its place of domicile for that purpose. If the company is a subsidiary of an admitted life insurance company, or affiliated with such company through common management or ownership, it may be deemed by the commissioner of insurance to have met the provisions of this section if either it or the parent or the affiliated company meets the requirements hereof.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §508A.3]
Iowa Code § 328.46 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 328 / Section 328.46
Penalty for delay.
Status: in_force

If a transfer of ownership of an aircraft subject to registration is not completed within thirty days of the actual change of possession, a penalty of five dollars shall accrue against the aircraft and a certificate of registration shall not be issued until the penalty is paid.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §328.46]96 Acts, ch 1152, §24
Iowa Code § 501.204 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.204
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt or amend the cooperative’s bylaws by a vote of three-fourths of the board. The members may adopt or amend the cooperative’s bylaws by a vote of three-fourths of the votes cast in which vote a majority of all votes are cast. A bylaw provision adopted by the members shall not be amended or repealed by the directors.

96 Acts, ch 1010, §14; 2011 Acts, ch 23, §9; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §74
Iowa Code § 142D.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142D / Section 142D.8
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall be enforced by the department or the department’s designee. The department shall adopt rules to administer this chapter, including rules regarding enforcement. The department shall provide information regarding the provisions of this chapter and related compliance issues to employers, owners, operators, managers, and other persons having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area where smoking is prohibited, and the general public via the department’s internet site. The internet site shall include sample signage and the telephone number for reporting complaints. Judicial magistrates shall hear and determine violations of this chapter.

(2) If a public place is subject to any state or political subdivision inspection process or is under contract with the state or a political subdivision, the person performing the inspection shall assess compliance with the requirements of this chapter and shall report any violations to the department or the department’s designee.

(3) An owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area regulated under this chapter shall inform persons violating this chapter of the provisions of this chapter.

(4) An employee or private citizen may bring a legal action to enforce this chapter. Any person may register a complaint under this chapter by filing a complaint with the department or the department’s designee.

(5) In addition to the remedies provided in this section, the department or the department’s designee or any other person aggrieved by the failure of the owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area regulated by this chapter to comply with this chapter may seek injunctive relief to enforce this chapter.

2008 Acts, ch 1084, §8; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §244
Iowa Code § 481B.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481B / Section 481B.2
Cooperation with federal government.
Status: in_force

The commission shall perform those acts necessary for the conservation, protection, restoration, and propagation of endangered and threatened species in cooperation with the federal government, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 93-205, and pursuant to rules promulgated by the secretary of the interior.

[C77, 79, 81, §109A.2]C93, §481B.22006 Acts, ch 1010, §124
Iowa Code § 509.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 509 / Section 509.4
Employees of common employer rates.
Status: in_force

An insurer may issue policies of individual life, accident, health, hospital, medical, or surgical insurance or any combination thereof at reduced rates to employees of a common employer including the state, a county, school district, city, or institution supported in whole or in part by public funds, but the number of employees to be insured must be more than one. The premium for such policies may be paid wholly or in part by the employer. If such policies shall provide term life insurance renewable only during the continuance of employment with the employer they shall also provide for conversion to a level premium life policy substantially in accordance with the provisions of section 509.2, subsection 8.

[C24, 27, 31, §8675, 8678; C35, §8684-e1, -e5; C39, §8684.01, 8684.05; C46, §509.1, 509.5; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §509.4]2015 Acts, ch 29, §72
Iowa Code § 468.624 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.624
Section 468.624
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 27, §39.
Iowa Code § 554.3501 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3501
Presentment.
Status: in_force

(1) “Presentment” means a demand made by or on behalf of a person entitled to enforce an instrument:

(1) (a) to pay the instrument made to the drawee or a party obliged to pay the instrument or, in the case of a note or accepted draft payable at a bank, to the bank; or

(1) (b) to accept a draft made to the drawee.

(2) The following rules are subject to Article 4, agreement of the parties, and clearing-house rules and the like:

(2) (a) Presentment may be made at the place of payment of the instrument and must be made at the place of payment if the instrument is payable at a bank in the United States; may be made by any commercially reasonable means, including an oral, written, or electronic communication; is effective when the demand for payment or acceptance is received by the person to whom presentment is made; and is effective if made to any one of two or more makers, acceptors, drawees, or other payors.

(2) (b) Upon demand of the person to whom presentment is made, the person making presentment must exhibit the instrument; give reasonable identification and, if presentment is made on behalf of another person, reasonable evidence of authority to do so; and sign a receipt on the instrument for any payment made or surrender the instrument if full payment is made.

(2) (c) Without dishonoring the instrument, the party to whom presentment is made may return the instrument for lack of a necessary endorsement, or refuse payment or acceptance for failure of the presentment to comply with the terms of the instrument, an agreement of the parties, or other applicable law or rule.

(2) (d) The party to whom presentment is made may treat presentment as occurring on the next business day after the day of presentment if the party to whom presentment is made has established a cut-off hour not earlier than 2:00 p.m. for the receipt and processing of instruments presented for payment or acceptance and presentment is made after the cut-off hour.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §68, 121, 122; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §148, 149; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §100
Iowa Code § 423G.2 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423G / Section 423G.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) All words and phrases used in this chapter and defined in section 423.1 have the same meaning given them by section 423.1 for purposes of this chapter.

(2) As used in this chapter, “water service” and “water utility” mean the same as defined in section 423.3, subsection 103.

2018 Acts, ch 1001, §12, 27
Iowa Code § 148.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148 / Section 148.8
Voluntary surrender of license.
Status: in_force

The board may accept the voluntary surrender of a license if accompanied by a written statement of intention. A voluntary surrender, when accepted, has the same force and effect as an order of revocation.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §148.8]92 Acts, ch 1183, §18; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §93
Iowa Code § 216B.8 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.8
Contract bids.
Status: in_force

A bidder awarded a contract with the department shall disclose the names of all subcontractors, who will work on the project being bid, within forty-eight hours after the award of the contract. If a subcontractor named by a bidder awarded a contract is replaced, or if the cost of work to be done by a subcontractor is reduced, the bidder shall disclose the name of the new subcontractor or the amount of the reduced cost.

90 Acts, ch 1161, §5C91, §601L.8C93, §216B.8
Iowa Code § 148.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148 / Section 148.14
Board of medicine investigators.
Status: in_force

The board of medicine may appoint investigators, who shall not be members of the board, and whose compensation shall be determined pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV. Investigators appointed by the board have the powers and status of peace officers when enforcing this chapter, chapter 147, and chapter 272C.

2008 Acts, ch 1088, §56; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §55
Iowa Code § 589.28 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.28
County surplus property — sale legalized.
Status: in_force

All proceedings taken by the board of supervisors of any county pertaining to the sale of any property which was no longer needed for the purpose for which it was acquired or any other county purpose and sold pursuant to section 331.361, where the board failed to offer such property for sale at a public auction on or after June 30, 1974 and on or before July 1, 1975 are validated, legalized, and confirmed and shall constitute a valid, legal, and binding sale of such property sold on or after June 30, 1974 and on or before July 1, 1975 by the board of supervisors of any county.

[C81, §589.28]
Iowa Code § 633E.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633E / Section 633E.15
Medical assistance eligibility.
Status: in_force

A disclaimer of any property, interest, or right pursuant to the provisions of this chapter constitutes a transfer of assets for the purpose of determining eligibility for medical assistance under chapter 249A in an amount equal to the value of the property, interest, or right disclaimed.

2004 Acts, ch 1015, §22C2005, §633.9152005 Acts, ch 38, §52, 53CS2005, §633E.15
Iowa Code § 84A.20 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84A / Section 84A.20
Workforce opportunity fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A workforce opportunity fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of the department of workforce development. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund, any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from the federal government or private sources for placement in the fund, and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department of workforce development for the purposes of training and infrastructure related to the growth and maintenance of the state’s workforce programs. Permitted uses of the moneys in the fund include but are not limited to equipment, instructional materials, stipends, and other training-related costs. The department of workforce development shall only distribute moneys in the fund to workforce programs located within this state.

(2) Annually, on or before December 31 of each year, the department of workforce development shall submit a report to the general assembly and the legislative services agency that contains a list of all expenditures from the workforce opportunity fund made in the previous fiscal year. The legislative services agency shall provide a copy of the report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic development.

(3) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the workforce opportunity fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(4) This section is repealed July 1, 2029.

2024 Acts, ch 1162, §19
Iowa Code § 708.13 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 708 / Section 708.13
Disarming a peace officer of a dangerous weapon.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who knowingly or intentionally removes or attempts to remove a dangerous weapon, as defined in section 702.7, from the possession of a peace officer, as defined in section 724.2A, when the officer is in the performance of any act which is within the scope of the lawful duty or authority of that officer and the person knew or should have known the individual to be a peace officer, commits the offense of disarming a peace officer.

(2) A person who disarms or attempts to disarm a peace officer is guilty of a class “D” felony.

(3) A person who discharges the dangerous weapon while disarming or attempting to disarm the peace officer commits a class “C” felony.

99 Acts, ch 44, §1
Iowa Code § 541.146 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.146
Section 541.146
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 602.6703 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.6703
Declaratory judgment to adjudicate constitutional nexus issues regarding taxation.
Status: in_force

(1) District courts have original jurisdiction over civil actions seeking declaratory judgment when both of the following apply:

(1) (a) The party seeking declaratory relief is a business that is any of the following:

(1) (a) Organized under the laws of this state.

(1) (a) A sole proprietorship owned by a domiciliary of this state.

(1) (a) Authorized to do business in this state.

(1) (b) The responding party is a government official of another state, or political subdivision of another state, who asserts that the business in question is obliged to collect sales or use taxes for such state or political subdivision based upon conduct of the business that occurs wholly or partially within that state or political subdivision.

(2) A business meeting the requirements and facing the circumstances described in subsection 1 shall be entitled to declaratory relief on the issue of whether the requirement of another state, or political subdivision of another state, that the business collect and remit sales or use taxes to that state, or political subdivision, in the factual circumstances of the business’ operations giving rise to the demand, constitutes an undue burden on interstate commerce within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States.

2005 Acts, ch 140, §68
Iowa Code § 720.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 720 / Section 720.5
False representation of records or process.
Status: in_force

Any person who represents any document or paper to be any public record or any civil or criminal process, when the person knows such representation to be false, commits a simple misdemeanor.

[C51, §2627; R60, §4254; C73, §3918; C97, §4854; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13140; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §718.2; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §713.43, 718.2; C79, 81, §720.5]
Iowa Code § 714F.7 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714F / Section 714F.7
Arbitration prohibited.
Status: in_force

A provision in a contract which attempts or purports to require arbitration of any dispute arising under this chapter is void at the option of the foreclosed homeowner.

2008 Acts, ch 1125, §16, 19
Iowa Code § 626.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.5
Expiration of lost writ — effect.
Status: in_force

When the lost execution shall have expired by limitation and such affidavit is filed, an execution may issue as it might if such lost execution had been duly returned.

[S13, §3955; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11652; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.5]