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Iowa Code § 123.38A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.38A
Confidential investigative records.
Status: in_force

In order to assure a free flow of information for accomplishing the purposes of section 123.4 and section 123.9, subsection 6, all complaint information, investigation files, audit files, and inspection files, other investigation reports, and other investigative information in the possession of the department or employees acting under the authority of the director under this chapter are privileged and confidential, and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release before administrative or criminal charges are filed. However, investigative information in the possession of department employees under this chapter may be disclosed to the licensing authorities of a city or county within this state, in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory or county in which the licensee or permittee is licensed or permitted or has applied for a license or permit. In addition, the investigative information can be shared with any law enforcement agency or other state agency that also has investigative, regulatory, or enforcement jurisdiction authorized by law. Records received by the department for purposes of this chapter from other agencies which would be confidential if created by the department are considered confidential.

2019 Acts, ch 113, §20; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2407
Iowa Code § 486A.804 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.804
Partner’s power to bind partnership after dissolution.
Status: in_force

Subject to section 486A.805, a partnership is bound by a partner’s act after dissolution that meets any of the following criteria:

(1) Is appropriate for winding up the partnership business.

(2) Would have bound the partnership under section 486A.301 before dissolution, if the other party to the transaction did not have notice of the dissolution.

98 Acts, ch 1201, §41, 79, 82
Iowa Code § 252C.5 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252C / Section 252C.5
Filing and docketing of financial responsibility order order effective as district court decree.
Status: in_force

(1) A true copy of any order entered by the department pursuant to this chapter, along with a true copy of the return of service, if applicable, may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court in the manner established pursuant to section 252C.4, subsection 1.

(2) The department’s order shall be presented, ex parte, to the district court for review and approval. Unless defects appear on the face of the order or on the attachments, the district court shall approve the order. The approved order shall have all the force, effect, and attributes of a docketed order or decree of the district court.

(3) Upon filing, the clerk shall enter the order in the judgment docket.

(4) If the responsible party appeals the order approved by the court under this section, and the court on appeal establishes an amount of support which is less than the amount of support established under the approved order, the court, in the order issued on appeal, shall reconcile the amounts due and shall provide that any amount which represents the unpaid difference between the amount under the approved order and the amount under the order of the court on appeal is satisfied.

84 Acts, ch 1278, §5; 89 Acts, ch 179, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §504; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §23; 97 Acts, ch 175, §542023 Acts, ch 19, §876
Iowa Code § 633.125 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.125
Records of bank or trust company to show ownership.
Status: in_force

The records of said bank or trust company shall at all times show the ownership of any such investment, which investment shall be in the possession and control of such bank or trust company and be kept separate and apart from the assets of such bank or trust company.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.125]
Iowa Code § 49.96 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.96
Offices with more than one person to be elected.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 110, §50.
Iowa Code § 217.43 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.43
County advisory boards location of county offices.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The department shall establish one or more advisory boards. Each of the county boards of supervisors shall appoint two advisory board members. All of the following requirements apply to the appointments made by a county board of supervisors:

(1) (a) The membership shall be appointed in accordance with section 4A.12, relating to political affiliation.

(1) (a) Not more than one of the members shall be a member of the board of supervisors.

(1) (a) Appointments shall be made on the basis of interest in maintaining and improving service delivery.

(1) (b) Appointments shall be made a part of the regular proceedings of the board of supervisors and shall be filed with the county auditor and the department. A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(1) (c) The boards of supervisors shall develop and agree to other organizational provisions involving the advisory board, including reporting requirements.

(2) The purpose of the advisory boards is to improve communication and coordination between the department and the counties and to advise the department regarding maintenance and improvement of service delivery.

(3) The department shall determine the community in which each county office will be located. The county board of supervisors shall determine the location of the office space for the county office. The county board of supervisors shall make reasonable efforts to collocate the office with other state and local government or private entity offices in order to maintain the offices in a cost-effective location that is convenient to the public.

92 Acts, ch 1079, §2; 93 Acts, ch 54, §2; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 4, §2, 9; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §27; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §352; 2024 Acts, ch 1004, §28
Iowa Code § 29B.19 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.19
Sentences of dismissal or dishonorable discharge to be approved by the governor.
Status: in_force

In the state military forces a sentence of dismissal or dishonorable discharge shall not be executed until it is approved by the governor.

[C54, 58, 62, §29.75; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.19; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §8]
Iowa Code § 53.50 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.50
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated to the state commissioner from the general fund of the state such sums as are necessary to pay the state commissioner’s expenses and perform the state commissioner’s functions under this subchapter. Warrants shall be drawn by the director of the department of administrative services upon certification by the state commissioner or the state commissioner’s deputy.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.50]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Iowa Code § 309.81 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 309 / Section 309.81
Record of plans.
Status: in_force

Before beginning the construction of a permanent bridge or culvert by day labor or by contract, the county engineer shall file the plans, specifications, estimate of drainage area, estimates of costs, and specific designation of the location of the bridge or culvert in the county engineer’s office.

[SS15, §1527-s11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4673; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.81]2022 Acts, ch 1021, §65
Iowa Code § 639.40 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.40
Personal property subject to security interest.
Status: in_force

Personal property subject to a security interest may be levied on under attachment in the method provided for levying execution thereon.

[C97, §3905; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12116; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.40]
Iowa Code § 400.14 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 400 / Section 400.14
Civil service status of chiefs.
Status: in_force

A police officer under civil service may be appointed chief of police and a fire fighter under civil service may be appointed chief of the fire department without losing civil service status, and shall retain, while holding the office of chief, the same civil service rights that the officer or fire fighter may have had immediately previous to appointment as chief, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend to such individual any civil service right upon which the individual may retain the position of chief.

[C27, 31, 35, §5699-a1; C39, §5699.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.14; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.14]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §208
Iowa Code § 142C.10A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142C / Section 142C.10A
Other prohibited acts — penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal, commits a class “C” felony.

2007 Acts, ch 44, §13
Iowa Code § 189A.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Meat and Poultry Inspection Act”.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.1]
Iowa Code § 49.20 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.20
Compensation of members.
Status: in_force

The members of election boards shall be deemed temporary state employees who are compensated by the county in which they serve, and shall receive compensation at a rate established by the board of supervisors, which shall be not less than the minimum wage established in section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, while engaged in the discharge of their duties and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expense at a rate determined by the board of supervisors, except that persons who have advised the commissioner prior to their appointment to the election board that they are willing to serve without pay at elections conducted for a school district or a city shall receive no compensation for service at those elections. Compensation shall be paid to members of election boards only after the vote has been canvassed and it has been determined in the course of the canvass that the election record certificate has been properly executed by the election board.

[SS15, §1087-a5, 1093; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §560, 738; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §43.32, 49.20; C75, 77, 79, 81, §49.20]89 Acts, ch 121, §1; 97 Acts, ch 170, §25; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §91; 2010 Acts, ch 1026, §7, 17
Iowa Code § 565B.22 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 565B / Section 565B.22
Effect on existing custodianships.
Status: in_force

(1) Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this chapter made before July 1, 1986, is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Iowa uniform gifts to minors Act for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.

(2) This chapter applies to all transfers made before July 1, 1986, in a manner and form prescribed in chapter 565A, Code 1985, the Iowa uniform gifts to minors Act, except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights.

86 Acts, ch 1035, §22
Iowa Code § 443.23A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 443 / Section 443.23A
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
Iowa Code § 6B.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.6
Sheriff to coordinate meeting of commissioners and provide meeting place.
Status: in_force

The sheriff of the county in which the property to be condemned is located shall coordinate the meeting of commissioners, shall arrange an appropriate meeting place for commissioners, shall assure that appointed commissioners receive the order of the court appointing them and directing their attendance at the meeting of commissioners, and shall report the unavailability or absence of appointed commissioners to the chief judge, to the applicant, and to the landowner.

2000 Acts, ch 1179, §13, 30
Iowa Code § 616.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 616 / Section 616.7
Place of contract.
Status: in_force

When, by its terms, a written contract is to be performed in any particular place, action for a breach thereof may, except as otherwise provided, be brought in the county wherein such place is situated.

[C51, §1704; R60, §2798; C73, §2581; C97, §3496; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11040; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.7]
Iowa Code § 633A.5102 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.5102
Application of cy pres.
Status: in_force

Unless the terms of the trust provide to the contrary the following apply:

(1) A charitable trust does not fail, in whole or in part, if a particular purpose for which the trust was created becomes impracticable, unlawful, or impossible to fulfill.

(2) If a particular charitable purpose for which a trust was created becomes impracticable, unlawful, or impossible to fulfill, the court may modify the terms of the trust or direct that the property of the trust be distributed in whole or in part in a manner best meeting the settlor’s general charitable purposes. If an administrative provision of a charitable trust becomes impracticable, unlawful, impossible to fulfill, or otherwise impairs the effective administration of the trust, the court may modify the provision.

99 Acts, ch 125, §86, 109C2001, §633.51022005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.5102
Iowa Code § 321.268 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.268
Driver unable to report.
Status: in_force

Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making a required accident report and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, such occupant shall make or cause to be made said report.

[C39, §5020.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.268]
Iowa Code § 633.220A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.220A
Posthumous child.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of rules relating to intestate succession, a child of an intestate conceived and born after the intestate’s death or born as the result of the implantation of an embryo after the death of the intestate is deemed a child of the intestate as if the child had been born during the lifetime of the intestate and had survived the intestate, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) (a) A genetic parent-child relationship between the child and the intestate is established.

(1) (b) The intestate, in a signed writing, authorized the intestate’s surviving spouse to use the deceased parent’s genetic material to initiate the posthumous procedure that resulted in the child’s birth.

(1) (c) The child is born within two years of the death of the intestate.

(2) Any heir of the intestate whose interest in the intestate’s estate would be reduced by the birth of a child born as provided in subsection 1 shall have one year from the birth of the child within which to bring an action challenging the child’s right to inherit under this chapter.

(3) For the purposes of this section, “genetic material” means sperm, eggs, or embryos.

2011 Acts, ch 18, §2
Iowa Code § 68.12 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68 / Section 68.12
Process for witnesses.
Status: in_force

The board of managers and counsel for the person impeached shall each be entitled to process for compelling the attendance of persons or the production of papers and records required in the trial of the impeachment.

[C97, §5480; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1142; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68.12]
Iowa Code § 123.90 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.90
Penalties generally.
Status: in_force

Unless other penalties are provided in this chapter, any person, except a person under legal age, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or who makes a false statement concerning any material fact in submitting an application for a permit or license, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. Any person under legal age who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[C35, §1921-f91, 1921-f127; C39, §1921.091, 1921.132; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.91, 124.37; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.90]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §56
Iowa Code § 29B.78 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.78
Conspiracy.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who conspires with any other person to commit an offense under this code shall, if one or more of the conspirators does an act to effect the object of the conspiracy, be punished as a court-martial may direct.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.78]
Iowa Code § 256.153 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.153
Continuity of certificates and licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) A certificate which was issued by the board to a practitioner before July 1, 1989, continues to be in force as long as the certificate complies with the rules and statutes in effect on July 1, 1989. Requirements for the renewal of licenses, under this part, do not apply retroactively to renewal of certificates. However, this section does not limit the duties or powers of a school board to select or discharge practitioners or to terminate practitioners’ contracts.

(2) A practitioner who holds a certificate issued before July 1, 1989, shall, upon application and payment of a fee, be granted a license which will permit the practitioner to perform the same duties and functions as the practitioner was entitled to perform with the certificate held at the time of application. A practitioner shall be permitted to convert a permanent certificate to a term certificate, after July 1, 1989, without payment of a fee.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §260.9]83 Acts, ch 59, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1445; 87 Acts, ch 17, §7; 89 Acts, ch 265, §9C93, §272.92008 Acts, ch 1008, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2570, 2603C2024, §256.153
Iowa Code § 267.4 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 267 / Section 267.4
Supplies and services.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 27, §7.
Iowa Code § 26A.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 26A / Section 26A.2
Authorization.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a governmental entity shall be authorized to enter into a guaranteed maximum price contract for the construction of a public improvement pursuant to this chapter.

2022 Acts, ch 1122, §6
Iowa Code § 455B.269 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.269
Taking water prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not take water from a natural watercourse, underground basin or watercourse, drainage ditch, or settling basin within this state for any purpose other than a nonregulated use except in compliance with the sections of this part which relate to the withdrawal, diversion, or storage of water. However, existing uses may be continued during the period of the pendency of an application for a permit.

(2) A person, other than the aquifer storage and recovery permittee, shall not take treated water from a permitted aquifer storage and recovery site within this state.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455A.26; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §23, 96]C83, §455B.26983 Acts, ch 137, §14; 98 Acts, ch 1043, §4
Iowa Code § 543E.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543E / Section 543E.6
Ownership restrictions and requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) An appraisal management company registered or applying for registration in this state shall not be directly or indirectly owned in whole or in part by a person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation in any state for a substantive reason. An appraisal management company may be directly or indirectly owned in whole or in part by a person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation in a state for a nonsubstantive reason if the license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated.

(2) A person who directly or indirectly owns more than ten percent of an appraisal management company in this state shall be of good moral character, as prescribed by rules adopted by the director consistent with applicable federal law and regulations, and shall submit to a background investigation, as prescribed by rules adopted by the director consistent with applicable federal law and regulations.

2016 Acts, ch 1124, §6, 32; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1680
Iowa Code § 441.40 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.40
Costs, fees, and expenses apportioned.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court shall likewise certify to the county treasurer the costs assessed by the court on any appeal from a board of review to the district court, in all cases where the costs are taxed against the board of review or any taxing district. Thereupon the county treasurer shall compute and apportion the costs between the various taxing districts participating in the proceeds of the collection of the taxes involved in any such appeal, and the treasurer shall so compute and apportion the various amounts which the taxing districts are required to pay in proportion to the amount of taxes each of the taxing districts is entitled to receive from the whole amount of taxes involved in each of such appeals. The county treasurer shall deduct from the proceeds of all general taxes collected the amount of costs so computed and apportioned by the treasurer from the moneys due to each taxing district from general taxes collected. The amount deducted shall be certified to each taxing district in lieu of moneys collected. The county treasurer shall pay to the clerk of the district court the amount of the costs so computed, apportioned, and collected by the treasurer in all cases in which the costs have not been paid.

[R60, §730; C73, §390, 3810; C97, §592, 661, 674; S13, §592, 661, 674; SS15, §1056-b18; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5573, 5656, 5669, 6652, 6653; C39, §5573, 5656, 5669, 6652, 6653, 7134.1; C46, §359.48, 363.29, 363.43, 419.38, 419.39, 442.8; C50, 54, 58, §405A.4, 442.8; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.40]2017 Acts, ch 151, §20, 29; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §134
Iowa Code § 537.3212 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3212
Notice of methods of financing and rates.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a consumer who has an open-end credit account with a creditor, and with respect to a creditor which offers to some or all of its customers consumer credit sales of goods or services both pursuant to open-end credit and not pursuant to open-end credit, that creditor shall give written notice to that consumer of those alternative methods at the times provided in subsection 3. The notice shall be as provided in subsection 2.

(2) The notice required by this section shall conspicuously state the highest finance charge charged by that creditor to any consumer within the last calendar year for each type of credit sale. Such finance charge shall be stated as an annual percentage rate in such form as is required pursuant to section 537.3201 for each type of credit sale described in subsection 1, and the terms of repayment for each type of credit sale.

(3) This section is complied with if notice is given at the following times:

(3) (a) With respect to an existing open-end credit account holder, in a writing contained as a part of, or mailed with a periodic statement mailed to the account holders and no less than once every six months.

(3) (b) With respect to a consumer not holding an existing open-end credit account, if the written notice is presented to the person at the time of the consumer credit transaction, and thereafter as provided in paragraph “a”.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.3212]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127