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Iowa Code § 524.227 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.227
Enforcement of Iowa consumer credit code.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent shall enforce the Iowa consumer credit code, chapter 537, with respect to banks, as provided in sections 537.2303, 537.2305, and 537.6105.

(2) The superintendent shall cooperate with the administrator, and shall assist the administrator whenever necessary to provide for the discharge of the duties of the administrator.

(3) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the superintendent shall authorize to be furnished to the administrator, access to or copies of records in the possession of the superintendent or other persons which relate to a bank when necessary to enable the administrator to enforce chapter 537.

(4) The superintendent shall make an annual report in writing to the administrator. A copy of the report shall be furnished at cost by the superintendent to each bank or other person upon request. The annual report shall contain:

(4) (a) A summary of applications to engage in the business of banking approved or denied by the superintendent since the last report.

(4) (b) An estimate of the disbursements of agency funds for consumer credit protection during the calendar year ending the preceding December 31.

(4) (c) Information which the superintendent may deem appropriate and advisable to disclose.

(4) (d) Information which the administrator may require to be included.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §524.227]91 Acts, ch 118, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
Iowa Code § 147.96 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.96
Section 147.96
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §79.
Iowa Code § 489.212 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.212
Biennial report for secretary of state.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited liability company or a foreign limited liability company registered to do business in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a biennial report that states all of the following:

(1) (a) The name of the company.

(1) (b) The name of the registered agent and street address of the registered agent, and the consent of any new registered agent.

(1) (c) The street address of its principal office.

(1) (d) In the case of a foreign limited liability company, the state or other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign company is formed and any alternate name adopted under section 489.906, subsection 1.

(2) Information in a biennial report under this section must be current as of the date the report is delivered to the secretary of state for filing. The report shall be executed on behalf of the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company and signed as provided in section 489.203.

(3) The first biennial report in this state must be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of the first odd-numbered year following the calendar year in which a limited liability company was formed or a foreign limited liability company was registered to do business. A subsequent biennial report must be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of each following odd-numbered calendar year. A filing fee for the biennial report shall be determined by the secretary of state pursuant to section 489.122. Each biennial report shall contain information related to the two-year period immediately preceding the calendar year in which the report is filed.

(4) If a biennial report does not contain the information required in this section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the reporting limited liability company or foreign limited liability company in writing and return the report to it for correction.

(5) The secretary of state may provide for the change of registered agent or address of the registered agent on the form prescribed by the secretary of state for the biennial report, provided that the form contains the information required in section 489.116. If the secretary of state determines that a biennial report does not contain the information required in this section but otherwise meets the requirements of section 489.116 for the purpose of changing the registered office or registered agent, the secretary of state shall file the statement of change for the registered agent or address of the registered agent, effective as provided in section 489.207, subsection 3, before returning the biennial report to the limited liability company as provided in this section. A statement of change of registered agent or address of the registered agent accomplished pursuant to this subsection shall be executed by a person authorized to execute the biennial report.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §26, 155C2009, §489.2092010 Acts, ch 1100, §10; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §31, 143, 161C2024, §489.211A2024 Acts, ch 1125, §11, 12, 30, 31C2025, §489.212
Iowa Code § 43.42 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.42
Change or declaration of party affiliation at polls.
Status: in_force

(1) Any registered voter may change or declare a party affiliation at the polls on election day and shall be entitled to vote at any primary election. Each voter doing so shall indicate the voter’s change or declaration of party affiliation on the voter’s declaration of eligibility affidavit.

(2) Each change or declaration of a registered voter’s party affiliation so received shall be reported by the precinct election officials to the county commissioner of registration who shall enter a notation of the change on the registration records.

[S13, §1087-a8, -a9; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §570, 572; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §43.42; C75, §43.42, 43.44; C77, 79, 81, §43.42]91 Acts, ch 129, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §12; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 626.21 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.21
Choses in action.
Status: in_force

Judgments, money, bank bills, and other things in action may be levied upon, and sold or appropriated thereunder, and an assignment thereof by the officer shall have the same effect as if made by the defendant.

[C51, §1893; R60, §3272; C73, §3046; C97, §3971; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11672; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.21]
Iowa Code § 476C.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476C / Section 476C.2
Tax credit amount — limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) A producer or purchaser of renewable energy may receive renewable energy tax credits under this chapter in an amount equal to one and one-half cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity, or four dollars and fifty cents per million British thermal units of heat for a commercial purpose, or four dollars and fifty cents per million British thermal units of methane gas or other biogas used to generate electricity, or one dollar and forty-four cents per one thousand standard cubic feet of hydrogen fuel generated by and purchased from an eligible renewable energy facility or used for on-site consumption by the producer.

(2) The renewable energy tax credit shall not be allowed for any kilowatt-hour of electricity, British thermal unit of heat for a commercial purpose, British thermal unit of methane gas or other biogas used to generate electricity, or standard cubic foot of hydrogen fuel that is purchased from an eligible renewable energy facility by a related person. For purposes of this subsection, persons shall be treated as related to each other if either person owns an eighty percent or more equity interest in the other person.

(3) A taxpayer who is eligible to claim a renewable energy tax credit under this chapter shall not be eligible to claim a solar energy system tax credit under section 422.11L or 422.33.

2005 Acts, ch 160, §8, 14; 2011 Acts, ch 115, §6; 2012 Acts, ch 1121, §9 – 11
Iowa Code § 8.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.3
Governor.
Status: in_force

The governor of the state shall have:

(1) Direct and effective financial supervision over all departments and establishments, and every state agency by whatever name now or hereafter called, including the same power and supervision over such private corporations, persons and organizations that may receive, pursuant to statute, any funds, either appropriated by, or collected for, the state, or any of its departments, boards, commissions, institutions, divisions and agencies.

(2) The efficient and economical administration of all departments and establishments of the government.

(3) The initiation and preparation of a balanced budget of any and all revenues and expenditures for each regular session of the legislature.

[C35, §84-e3; C39, §84.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §8.3]
Iowa Code § 489.121 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.121
Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
Status: in_force

The general assembly has power to amend or repeal all or part of this chapter at any time, and all limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies subject to this chapter are governed by the amendment or repeal.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §20, 161
Iowa Code § 238.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 238 / Section 238.9
Term of license.
Status: in_force

A license granted under this chapter shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance unless the license is revoked in accordance with section 238.10.

[C27, 31, 35, §3661-a66; C39, §3661.080; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.9]2002 Acts, ch 1102, §6
Iowa Code § 34A.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 34A / Section 34A.5
Private listing subscribers and 911 service.
Status: in_force

Private listing subscribers in a 911 service area waive the privacy afforded by nonlisted or nonpublished numbers to the extent that the name and address associated with the telephone number may be furnished to the 911 service system, for all routing, for automatic retrieval of location information, and for associated emergency services.

88 Acts, ch 1177, §5C89, §477B.5C93, §34A.52017 Acts, ch 136, §7
Iowa Code § 453B.11 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453B / Section 453B.11
Examination of records by director — subpoenas.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of determining whether or not the dealer should have paid taxes, determining the amount of tax that should have been paid, or collecting any taxes under this chapter, the director may examine, or cause to be examined, any books, papers, records, or memoranda that may be relevant to making such determinations, whether the books, papers, records, or memoranda are the property of or in the possession of the dealer or another person. The director may require the attendance of any person having knowledge or information that may be relevant, compel the production of books, papers, records, or memoranda by persons required to attend, take testimony on matters material to the determination, and administer oaths or affirmations. Upon demand of the director or an examiner or investigator, the court shall issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness or the production of books, papers, records, or memoranda. The director may also issue subpoenas. Disobedience of subpoenas issued under this chapter is punishable by the district court of the county in which the subpoena is issued, or if the subpoena is issued by the director, by the district court of the county in which the party served with the subpoena is located, in the same manner as a contempt of court.

(2) The director may petition the district court or a magistrate for an administrative search warrant as authorized by section 808.14 to execute a distress warrant authorized by section 422.26.

90 Acts, ch 1251, §47C91, §421A.11C93, §453B.112018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 556F.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556F / Section 556F.5
Advertisement — when title vests.
Status: in_force

In all cases where any vessel, watercraft, logs, or lumber shall be taken up as aforesaid, which shall be of a value less than five dollars, the finder shall advertise the same by posting a notice of such finding in three of the most public places in the neighborhood; but in such cases the finder shall keep and preserve the same in the finder’s possession, and shall make restitution thereof to the owner, without fee or reward, except the same be given voluntarily when the owner claims the same, provided it shall be done in three months from such taking up or finding; but, if no owner shall claim such property within the time aforesaid, the exclusive right to it shall be vested in the finder.

[C51, §876, 877; R60, §1510; C73, §1516; C97, §2375; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12203; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.5]94 Acts, ch 1188, §27C95, §556F.5
Iowa Code § 622B.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622B / Section 622B.4
List.
Status: in_force

The department of health and human services shall prepare and continually update a listing of qualified and available sign language interpreters. The courts and administrative agencies shall maintain a directory of qualified interpreters for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons as furnished by the department of health and human services. The department of health and human services shall maintain a list of sign language interpreters which shall be made available to a court, administrative agency, or interested parties to an action using the services of a sign language interpreter.

[C81, §622B.4]88 Acts, ch 1134, §109; 93 Acts, ch 75, §10; 96 Acts, ch 1162, §1; 2021 Acts, ch 77, §16; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1273; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §459
Iowa Code § 809A.13 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 809A / Section 809A.13
In rem proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) A judicial in rem forfeiture proceeding may be brought by the prosecuting attorney in addition to, or in lieu of, civil in personam forfeiture procedures, and is also subject to the provisions of this section. If a forfeiture is authorized by this chapter, it shall be ordered by the court in the in rem action.

(2) An action in rem may be brought by the prosecuting attorney pursuant to a notice of pending forfeiture or verified complaint for forfeiture. The state may serve the complaint in the manner provided in section 809A.8, subsection 2, or as provided by the rules of civil procedure.

(3) For the purposes of this section, an owner of or interest holder in property who has filed an answer shall be referred to as a claimant.

(4) The answer shall be signed by the owner or interest holder under penalty of perjury and shall be in accordance with rule of civil procedure 1.405 and shall also set forth all of the following:

(4) (a) The caption of the proceedings and identifying number, if any, as set forth on the notice of pending forfeiture or complaint and the name of the claimant.

(4) (b) The address where the claimant will accept mail.

(4) (c) The nature and extent of the claimant’s interest in the property.

(4) (d) The date, the identity of the transferor, and the circumstances of the claimant’s acquisition of the interest in the property.

(4) (e) The specific provision of this chapter relied on in asserting that it is not subject to forfeiture.

(4) (f) All essential facts supporting each assertion.

(4) (g) The specific relief sought.

(5) The answer shall be filed within twenty days after service on the claimant of the civil in rem complaint.

(6) The rules of civil procedure shall apply to discovery by the state and any claimant who has timely answered the complaint.

(7) The forfeiture hearing shall be held without a jury and within sixty days after service of the complaint unless continued for good cause. The prosecuting attorney shall have the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the property is subject to forfeiture. If the state so proves the property is subject to forfeiture, the claimant may assert that the claimant has an interest in the property which is exempt from forfeiture under this chapter. If the claimant asserts and makes a prima facie showing of the existence of the exemption, the prosecuting attorney then has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the exemption does not apply.

(8) The court shall order the interest in the property returned or conveyed to the claimant if the prosecuting attorney fails to meet the state’s burden. The court shall order all other property forfeited to the state and conduct further proceedings pursuant to sections 809A.16 and 809A.17.

96 Acts, ch 1133, §13; 2013 Acts, ch 41, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 114, §10, 15
Iowa Code § 27A.9 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.9
Denial of state funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a local entity, including any entity under the jurisdiction of the local entity, shall be ineligible to receive any state funds if the local entity intentionally violates this chapter.

(2) State funds shall be denied to a local entity pursuant to subsection 1 by all state agencies for each state fiscal year that begins after the date on which a final judicial determination that the local entity has intentionally violated this chapter is made in a civil action brought pursuant to section 27A.8, subsection 6. State funds shall continue to be denied until eligibility to receive state funds is reinstated under section 27A.10. However, any state funds for the provision of wearable body protective gear used for law enforcement purposes shall not be denied under this section.

(3) The department of management shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section and section 27A.10 uniformly across state agencies from which state funds are distributed to local entities.

2018 Acts, ch 1089, §9, 12
Iowa Code § 461A.49 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.49
Time limit.
Status: in_force

No camping unit shall be permitted to camp for a period longer than that designated by the commission for the specific state park or preserve, and in no event longer than for a period of two weeks.

[C39, §1828.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.49]C93, §461A.49
Iowa Code § 554.2201 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2201
Formal requirements — statute of frauds.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section a contract for the sale of goods for the price of five hundred dollars or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless there is a record sufficient to indicate that a contract for sale has been made between the parties and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by the party’s authorized agent or broker. A record is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon but the contract is not enforceable under this subsection beyond the quantity of goods shown in the record.

(2) Between merchants if within a reasonable time a record in confirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is received and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, it satisfies the requirements of subsection 1 against the party unless notice in a record of objection to its contents is given within ten days after it is received.

(3) A contract which does not satisfy the requirements of subsection 1 but which is valid in other respects is enforceable

(3) (a) if the goods are to be specially manufactured for the buyer and are not suitable for sale to others in the ordinary course of the seller’s business and the seller, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances which reasonably indicate that the goods are for the buyer, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement; or

(3) (b) if the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party’s pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a contract for sale was made, but the contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or

(3) (c) with respect to goods for which payment has been made and accepted or which have been received and accepted (section 554.2606).

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9933; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2201]2024 Acts, ch 1023, §17
Iowa Code § 647.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 647 / Section 647.3
Proof required.
Status: in_force

No judgment or decree restoring any lost or destroyed record in such action shall be entered by default, but the court must require proof of the facts alleged in reference thereto and the court shall make such finding of facts and decree as may be sustained by the evidence and may order such lost or destroyed record to be prepared by said public official as completely as the circumstances and proof will permit, and said record when so prepared shall be approved by the court and its approval endorsed thereon by the clerk.

[S13, §4227-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12260; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §647.3]
Iowa Code § 403A.28 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 403A / Section 403A.28
Public hearing required.
Status: in_force

The municipal housing agency shall not undertake any low-cost housing project until such time as a public hearing has been called, at which time the agency shall advise the public of the name of the proposed project, its location, the number of living units proposed and their approximate cost. Notice of the public hearing on the proposed project shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality, at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the hearing.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.28]
Iowa Code § 172E.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 172E / Section 172E.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Dairy cattle” means cattle belonging to a breed that is used to produce milk for human consumption, including but not limited to Holstein and Jersey breeds.

(2) “Livestock” means the same as defined in section 717.1.

(3) “Livestock market” means any place where livestock are assembled from two or more sources for public auction, private sale, or sale on a commission basis, which is under state or federal supervision, including a livestock auction market, if such livestock are kept in the place for ten days or less.

(4) “Packer” means a person who is engaged in the business of slaughtering livestock or receiving, purchasing, or soliciting livestock for slaughter. As used in this chapter, “packer” includes an agent of the packer engaged in buying or soliciting livestock for slaughter on behalf of a packer.

2001 Acts, ch 101, §6; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §63
Iowa Code § 427A.13 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427A / Section 427A.13
Appropriation.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 158, §48.
Iowa Code § 541.197 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.197
Section 541.197
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 165.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 165 / Section 165.2
State as accredited area.
Status: in_force

(1) The state of Iowa is declared to be and is established as an accredited area for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis from the dairy and breeding cattle of the state. It shall be the duty of the department to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in all of the counties of the state in the manner provided by law as it appears in this chapter. The department shall proceed with the examination, including the tuberculin test, of all such cattle as rapidly as practicable and as is consistent with efficient work.

(2) An owner of dairy or breeding cattle in the state shall conform to and abide by the rules adopted by the department and rules promulgated by the United States department of agriculture. The owner shall follow instructions of the department of agriculture and land stewardship and the United States department of agriculture designed to suppress the disease, prevent its spread, and avoid reinfection of the herd.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2666; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §165.2]86 Acts, ch 1245, §616; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §27; 2025 Acts, ch 156, §35
Iowa Code § 200A.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 200A / Section 200A.2
Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate certain bulk dry animal manure for use as a fertilizer or beneficial substance, which is unmanipulated and therefore not subject to regulation under chapter 200.

98 Acts, ch 1145, §22025 Acts, ch 134, §19