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Iowa Code § 499B.2 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499B / Section 499B.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, as used in this chapter:

(1) “Apartment” means one or more rooms occupying all or a part of a floor or floors in a building of one or more floors or stories and notwithstanding whether the apartment be intended for use or used as a residence, office, for the operation of any industry or business or for any other use not prohibited by law.

(2) “Building” means and includes one or more buildings, whether attached to one or more buildings or unattached; provided, however, that if there is more than one building, all such buildings shall be described and included in the declaration, or an amendment thereto, and comprise an integral part of a single horizontal property regime.

(3) “Co-owner” means a person, corporation, or other legal entity capable of holding or owning any interest in real property who owns all or an interest in an apartment within the building.

(4) “Council of co-owners” means all the co-owners of the building. The business and affairs of the council of co-owners may be conducted by organizing a corporation not for pecuniary profit of which the co-owners are members.

(5) “General common elements”, unless otherwise provided in the declaration or lawful amendments thereto, means and includes:

(5) (a) The land on which the building is erected.

(5) (b) The foundations, basements, floors, exterior walls of each apartment and of the building, ceilings and roofs, halls, lobbies, stairways, and entrances and exits or communication ways, elevators, garbage incinerators and in general all devices or installations existing for common use.

(5) (c) Compartments or installations of central services for public utilities, common heating and refrigeration units, reservoirs, water tanks and pumps servicing other than one apartment.

(5) (d) Premises for lodging of service personnel engaged in performing services other than services within a single apartment.

(6) “Limited common elements” means and includes those common elements which are specified in or determined under the declaration to be reserved for the use of one or more apartments to the exclusion of the other apartments, such as special corridors, stairways and elevators, sanitary services common to the apartments of a particular floor, and the like.

(7) “Majority of co-owners” or “percent of co-owners” means the owners of more than one-half or owners of that percent of interest in the building irrespective of the total number of co-owners.

(8) “Property” includes the land whether committed to the horizontal property regime in fee or as a leasehold interest, the building, all other improvements located thereon, and all easements, rights and appurtenances belonging thereto.

(9) All pronouns used herein include the male, female and neuter genders and include the singular or plural numbers, as the case may be.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499B.2]2016 Acts, ch 1073, §140
Iowa Code § 455H.510 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455H / Section 455H.510
Relationship to federal programs.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the department from enforcing both specific numerical cleanup standards and monitoring of compliance requirements specifically required to be enforced by the federal government as a condition of the receipt of program authorization, delegation, primacy, or federal funds.

97 Acts, ch 127, §34
Iowa Code § 554.8204 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8204
Effect of issuer’s restriction on transfer.
Status: in_force

A restriction on transfer of a security imposed by the issuer, even if otherwise lawful, is ineffective against a person without knowledge of the restriction unless:

(1) the security is certificated and the restriction is noted conspicuously on the security certificate; or

(2) the security is uncertificated and the registered owner has been notified of the restriction.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §493A.15; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.8204]89 Acts, ch 113, §11; 96 Acts, ch 1138, §27, 84
Iowa Code § 298.7 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 298 / Section 298.7
Contract for use of library — tax levy.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of a school corporation in which there is no free public library may contract with a free public library for the free use of the library by the residents of the school district, and pay the library the amount agreed upon for the use of the library as provided by law. During the existence of the contract, the board shall certify annually a tax sufficient to pay the library the consideration agreed upon, not exceeding twenty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property of the district. During the existence of the contract, the school corporation is relieved from the requirement that the school treasurer withhold funds for library purposes. This section does not apply in townships where a contract for other library facilities is in existence.

(2) However, if a school district which is qualified to contract for library services under subsection 1 levies a tax not to exceed twenty cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation of the taxable property for school library purposes in the fiscal year before a reorganization involving the district, the tax levy shall remain valid for succeeding fiscal years, and shall be levied and collected against the taxable property of the former district which is part of the reorganized district for school library purposes. The contract and the tax levy may be discontinued by a petition signed by eligible electors residing in the former district. The petition requesting the discontinuance must be signed by no fewer than one hundred eligible electors or thirty percent of the number voting at the last preceding school election in the former district, whichever is greater. The petition must be filed with the secretary of the board of directors of the school district at least seventy-five days before the next regular school election. The proposal to discontinue the levy shall be deemed adopted if the vote in favor of the discontinuance is equal to at least a majority of the total vote cast on the proposal by the electors of the former school district.

[S13, §2806; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4391; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §298.7]84 Acts, ch 1288, §1; 93 Acts, ch 74, §1
Iowa Code § 6A.20 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6A / Section 6A.20
Description of land furnished.
Status: in_force

Whenever any person, state department, or political subdivision takes title to land in fee simple for a public use by condemnation or by purchase in lieu of condemnation, the purchaser shall furnish to the owner of the land a legal description of the part taken and a legal description of the remainder which is compatible with the existing abstract description of the entire tract of land. For the purposes of this section a center line description is compatible only when it contains reference points which are a part of and tied to the abstract description.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.20]C93, §6A.20
Iowa Code § 317.1A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 317 / Section 317.1A
Noxious weeds.
Status: in_force

(1) The following weeds are hereby declared to be noxious and shall be divided into two classes, as follows:

(1) (a) Primary noxious weeds, which shall include:

(1) (a) Quack grass (Elymus repens).

(1) (a) Perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis).

(1) (a) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).

(1) (a) Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare).

(1) (a) European morning glory or field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

(1) (a) Horse nettle (Solanum carolinense).

(1) (a) Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula).

(1) (a) Perennial pepper-grass (Cardaria draba).

(1) (a) Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).

(1) (a) Buckthorn (Rhamnus spp., not to include Frangula alnus, syn. Rhamnus frangula).

(1) (a) All other species of thistles belonging in the genera of Cirsium and Carduus.

(1) (a) Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri).

(1) (b) Secondary noxious weeds, which shall include:

(1) (b) Butterprint (Abutilon theophrasti) annual.

(1) (b) Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) annual.

(1) (b) Wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis) annual.

(1) (b) Wild carrot (Daucus carota) biennial.

(1) (b) Buckhorn (Plantago lanceolata) perennial.

(1) (b) Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) perennial.

(1) (b) Sour dock (Rumex crispus) perennial.

(1) (b) Smooth dock (Rumex altissimus) perennial.

(1) (b) Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum).

(1) (b) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora).

(1) (b) Wild sunflower (wild strain of Helianthus annuus L.) annual.

(1) (b) Puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) annual.

(1) (b) Teasel (Dipsacus spp.) biennial.

(1) (b) Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor) annual.

(2) (a) The multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) shall not be considered a secondary noxious weed when cultivated for or used as understock for cultivated roses or as ornamental shrubs in gardens, or in any county whose board of supervisors has by resolution declared it not to be a noxious weed.

(2) (b) Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor) shall not be considered a secondary noxious weed when cultivated or in any county whose board of supervisors has by resolution declared it not to be a noxious weed.

(3) A plant is also declared to be a noxious weed as provided in rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A. The department’s determination shall be based on a finding that the plant is competitive, persistent, or pernicious, and may directly or indirectly injure or cause damage to crops, other useful plants, livestock, or poultry; irrigation, land, public roads, fish or wildlife resources; or the public health.

[S13, §1565-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4818; C39, §4829.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §317.1]85 Acts, ch 171, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §20C2001, §317.1A2010 Acts, ch 1061, §108; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §79; 2017 Acts, ch 101, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1047, §2
Iowa Code § 15.347 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.347
Section 15.347
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1186, §26.
Iowa Code § 335.16 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.16
Decision.
Status: in_force

In exercising the powers in section 335.15, the board of adjustment may, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358A.16]C93, §335.162021 Acts, ch 80, §214
Iowa Code § 481A.23 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.23
Transportation for sale prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, except as otherwise provided, to offer for transportation or to transport by common carrier or vehicle of any kind, to any place within or without the state, for the purposes of sale, any of the fish, game, animals, or birds taken, caught, or killed within the state, or to peddle any of such fish, game, animals, or birds.

[C97, §2555; SS15, §2540, 2555; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1780; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.23]C93, §481A.23
Iowa Code § 161A.25 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.25
Report of appraisers.
Status: in_force

In the report of the appraisers so appointed they shall specify each tract of land by proper description, and the ownership thereof, as the same appears on the transfer books in the auditor’s office.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.25]C93, §161A.25
Iowa Code § 321O.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321O / Section 321O.5
Areas of operation.
Status: in_force

(1) A personal delivery device may operate on any of the following:

(1) (a) A pedestrian area at a speed not to exceed six miles per hour.

(1) (b) A road, provided that the speed limit on the road is forty miles per hour or less, under all of the following conditions:

(1) (b) The device operates as far to the right from the center of the road as is practicable.

(1) (b) The device does not exceed twenty miles per hour, or the speed limit on the road, whichever is lower.

(2) The operator of a personal delivery device that violates this section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 5.

2021 Acts, ch 119, §7
Iowa Code § 621.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 621 / Section 621.7
Prohibited sureties.
Status: in_force

No attorney or other officer of the court shall be received as security in any proceeding in court.

[R60, §3446; C73, §2931; C97, §3851; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11251; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §621.7]
Iowa Code § 96.25 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 96 / Section 96.25
Office building.
Status: in_force

The department may acquire for and in the name of the state of Iowa by purchase, or by rental purchase agreement, such lands and buildings upon such terms and conditions as may entitle this state to grants or credits of funds under the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act to be applied against the cost of such property, for the purpose of providing office space for the department at such places as the department finds necessary and suitable.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §96.25]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1979; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23
Iowa Code § 814.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 814 / Section 814.6
The defendant as appellant or applicant.
Status: in_force

(1) Right of appeal is granted the defendant from:

(1) (a) A final judgment of sentence, except in the following cases:

(1) (a) A simple misdemeanor conviction.

(1) (a) An ordinance violation.

(1) (a) A conviction where the defendant has pled guilty. This subparagraph does not apply to a guilty plea for a class “A” felony or in a case where the defendant establishes good cause.

(1) (b) An order for the commitment of the defendant for insanity or drug addiction.

(2) Discretionary review may be available in the following cases:

(2) (a) An order suppressing or admitting evidence.

(2) (b) An order granting or denying a motion for a change of venue.

(2) (c) An order denying probation.

(2) (d) Simple misdemeanor and ordinance violation convictions.

(2) (e) An order raising a question of law important to the judiciary and the profession.

(2) (f) An order denying a motion in arrest of judgment on grounds other than an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

(3) A conditional guilty plea that reserves an issue for appeal shall only be entered by the court with the consent of the prosecuting attorney and the defendant or the defendant’s counsel. An appellate court shall have jurisdiction over only conditional guilty pleas that comply with this section and when the appellate adjudication of the reserved issue is in the interest of justice.

[C79, 81, §814.6; 82 Acts, ch 1021, §9, 12(1)]2019 Acts, ch 140, §28, 29; 2023 Acts, ch 98, §2
Iowa Code § 437A.17 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437A / Section 437A.17
Statutes applicable — rate calculations.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall administer and enforce the replacement tax imposed by this chapter in the same manner as provided in and subject to sections 422.68, 422.70, 422.71, and 422.75.

(2) The calculation of tax rates and adjustments to such rates by the director pursuant to this chapter do not constitute rulemaking subject to the provisions of chapter 17A.

98 Acts, ch 1194, §18, 40
Iowa Code § 524.1101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, an “affiliate” of a state bank shall include any corporation, trust, estate, association, or other similar organization:

(1) Of which a state bank, directly or indirectly, owns or controls either a majority of the voting shares or more than fifty percent of the number of shares voted for the election of its directors, trustees, or other individuals exercising similar functions at the preceding election, or controls in any manner the election of a majority of its directors, trustees, or other individuals exercising similar functions.

(2) Of which control is held, directly or indirectly, through share ownership or in any other manner, by the shareholders of a state bank who own or control either a majority of the shares of such state bank or more than fifty percent of the number of shares voted for the election of directors of such state bank at the preceding election, or by trustees for the benefit of the shareholders of any such state bank.

(3) Of which a majority of its directors, trustees, or other individuals exercising similar functions are directors of any one state bank.

(4) Which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, either a majority of the voting shares of a state bank or more than fifty percent of the number of shares voted for the election of directors of a state bank at the preceding election, or controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors of a state bank, or for the benefit of whose shareholders or members all or substantially all of the outstanding voting shares of a state bank is held by trustees.

(5) Which is a bank holding company, as defined by the laws of the United States, of which a state bank is a subsidiary, and any other subsidiary, as defined by the laws of the United States, of a bank holding company.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.1101]
Iowa Code § 279.9B — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.9B
Reports to juvenile authorities.
Status: in_force

The rules adopted under section 279.8 shall require, once school officials have been notified by a juvenile court officer that a student attending the school is under supervision or has been placed on probation, that school officials shall notify the juvenile court of each unexcused absence or suspension or expulsion of the student.

97 Acts, ch 126, §37
Iowa Code § 22A.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 22A / Section 22A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Personal information” means any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, or volunteer of, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support to, any entity which is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code. “Personal information” does not include information reportable to the secretary of state pursuant to chapter 504 or information provided to the attorney general or state auditor pursuant to chapter 504 or 537, or section 714.16.

(2) “Public agency” means all of the following:

(2) (a) A state or municipal governmental unit, including but not limited to the state of Iowa, and a department, agency, office, commission, board, or division of the state.

(2) (b) A political subdivision of the state, including but not limited to a county, city, township, village, school district, or community college merged area.

(2) (c) An agency, authority, council, board, or commission of a political subdivision of the state.

(2) (d) A state or local court, tribunal, or other judicial or quasi-judicial body.

2021 Acts, ch 120, §2; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §10
Iowa Code § 29B.108 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.108
Dueling.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who fights or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.108]
Iowa Code § 8A.604 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.604
Commission purpose.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt government information policies, standards, and guidelines to do all of the following:

(1) Provide for economy and efficiency in the creation, organization, maintenance, administrative use, security, public availability, and final disposition of government records.

(2) Ensure creation of proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of state government agencies to protect the legal and financial rights of the state and of persons directly affected by the government’s activities.

(3) Identify and preserve state government records that document the history and development of the state.

2003 Acts, ch 92, §7CS2003, §305.42023 Acts, ch 19, §1399C2024, §8A.604
Iowa Code § 714E.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714E / Section 714E.2
Foreclosure consultant contract.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreclosure consultant contract must be in writing and must fully disclose the exact nature of the foreclosure consultant’s services and the total amount and terms of compensation.

(2) The following notice, printed in at least fourteen point boldface type and completed with the name of the foreclosure consultant, must be printed immediately above the notice of cancellation statement required pursuant to section 714E.3:NOTICE REQUIRED BY IOWA LAW (name) or anyone working for (name) CANNOT:(1)Take any money from you or ask you for money until (name) has completely finished doing everything (name) said (name) would do; and(2)Ask you to sign or have you sign any lien, mortgage, or real estate contract.

(3) The contract must be written in the same language as principally used by the foreclosure consultant to describe the foreclosure consultant’s services and to negotiate the contract with the consumer. The contract must be dated and signed by the owner, and must contain in immediate proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the owner’s signature, a conspicuous statement in a size equal to at least ten point boldface type, as follows:You, the owner, may cancel this transaction at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction. See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.

(4) The foreclosure consultant shall provide the owner immediately upon execution of the contract with a copy of the contract along with the notice of cancellation required in section 714E.3.

(5) The three business days during which the owner may cancel the contract shall not begin to run until the foreclosure consultant has complied with this section and with section 714E.3.

2008 Acts, ch 1125, §2, 19; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §133
Iowa Code § 633.242 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.242
Rights of election personal to surviving spouse.
Status: in_force

The right of the surviving spouse to take an elective share, and the right of the surviving spouse to receive a life estate in the homestead, are personal. They are not transferable and cannot be exercised for the spouse subsequent to the spouse’s death. If the surviving spouse dies prior to filing an election, it shall be conclusively presumed that the surviving spouse does not take such elective share.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.242]2005 Acts, ch 38, §18
Iowa Code § 488.908 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.908
Action by attorney general.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may maintain an action to restrain a foreign limited partnership from transacting business in this state in violation of this article.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §83, 118