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Iowa Code § 523H.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523H / Section 523H.3
Jurisdiction and nonjudicial resolution of disputes.
Status: in_force

(1) A provision in a franchise agreement restricting jurisdiction to a forum outside this state is void with respect to a claim otherwise enforceable under this chapter.

(2) A civil action or proceeding arising out of a franchise may be commenced wherever jurisdiction over the parties or subject matter exists, even if the agreement limits actions or proceedings to a designated jurisdiction.

(3) Parties to a franchise may agree to independent arbitration, mediation, or other nonjudicial resolution of an existing or future dispute.

(4) Venue for a civil action commenced under this chapter shall be determined in accordance with chapter 616.

92 Acts, ch 1134, §3
Iowa Code § 232C.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232C / Section 232C.4
Effect of emancipation order.
Status: in_force

(1) An emancipation order shall have the same effect as a minor reaching the age of majority with respect to but not limited to the following:

(1) (a) The ability to sue or be sued in the minor’s own name.

(1) (b) The right to enter into a binding contract.

(1) (c) The right to establish a legal residence.

(1) (d) The right to incur debts.

(1) (e) The right to consent to medical, dental, or psychiatric care.

(2) An emancipation order shall have the same effect as the minor reaching the age of majority and the parents are exempt from the following:

(2) (a) Future child support obligations for the emancipated minor.

(2) (b) An obligation to provide medical support for the emancipated minor, unless deemed necessary by the court.

(2) (c) A right to the income or property of the emancipated minor.

(2) (d) A responsibility for the debts of the emancipated minor.

(3) An emancipated minor shall remain subject to voting restrictions under chapter 48A, gambling restrictions under chapter 99B, 99D, 99F, 99G, or 725, internet fantasy sports contest restrictions under chapter 99E, alcohol restrictions under chapter 123, compulsory attendance requirements under chapter 299, and cigarette tobacco restrictions under chapter 453A.

(4) An emancipated minor shall not be considered an adult for prosecution except as provided in section 232.8.

(5) Notwithstanding sections 232.147 through 232.151, the emancipation order shall be released by the juvenile court subject to rules prescribed by the supreme court.

(6) A parent who is absolved of child support obligations pursuant to an emancipation order shall notify child support services of the department of health and human services of the emancipation.

2009 Acts, ch 153, §6; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §59; 2019 Acts, ch 132, §38, 45, 46; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §651
Iowa Code § 216A.146 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.146
Office on the status of African Americans.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §461.
Iowa Code § 554.9606 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9606
Time of default for agricultural lien.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this part, a default occurs in connection with an agricultural lien at the time the secured party becomes entitled to enforce the lien in accordance with the statute under which it was created.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §104, 187
Iowa Code § 135B.6 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135B / Section 135B.6
Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — hearings and review.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license in any case where it finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with this chapter or the rules or minimum standards adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(2) A denial, suspension, or revocation shall be effected by mailing to the applicant or licensee by certified mail, or by personal service of, a notice setting forth the particular reasons for the action. A denial, suspension, or revocation shall become effective thirty days after the mailing or service of the notice, unless the applicant or licensee, within the thirty-day period gives written notice to the department requesting a hearing, in which case the notice is suspended. If a hearing has been requested, the applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing before the department. At any time at or prior to hearing, the department may rescind the notice of denial, suspension, or revocation upon being satisfied that the reasons for the denial, suspension, or revocation have been or will be removed. On the basis of a hearing or upon default of the applicant or licensee, the determination involved in the notice may be affirmed, modified, or set aside by the department. A copy of the decision, setting forth the finding of facts and the particular reasons for the decision shall be sent by certified mail, or served personally upon, the applicant or licensee.

(3) The procedure governing hearings authorized by this section shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the department. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings, and all testimony shall be reported but need not be transcribed unless judicial review is sought pursuant to section 135B.14. A copy or copies of the transcript may be obtained by an interested party on payment of the cost of preparing the copy or copies. Witnesses may be subpoenaed by either party and shall be allowed fees at a rate prescribed by rule.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.6]90 Acts, ch 1204, §5; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 717C.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 717C / Section 717C.1
Bestiality.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(1) (a) “Animal” means any nonhuman vertebrate, either dead or alive.

(1) (b) “Sex act” means any of the following conduct that is not the practice of veterinary medicine under section 169.3, subsection 13, an accepted animal husbandry livestock management practice under section 169.3, subsection 1, an accepted practice related to the insemination of animals for the purpose of procreation, or an accepted practice related to conformation judging:

(1) (b) An act between a person and an animal involving physical contact between the sex organ, genitals, or anus of one and the mouth, sex organ, genitals, or anus of the other.

(1) (b) Any touching or fondling by a person, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organ, genitals, or anus of an animal or any insertion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or any object into the vaginal or anal opening of an animal except for veterinarian advised care of the animal.

(1) (b) Any insertion, however slight, of any part of an animal’s body into the vaginal or anal opening of a person.

(1) (b) Advertising, offering, selling, transferring, purchasing, or otherwise obtaining an animal with the intent that the animal be used for sexual contact in this state.

(1) (b) Organizing, promoting, conducting, or participating as an observer of an act involving conduct described in subparagraph (1), (2), or (3).

(1) (b) Knowingly permitting conduct described in subparagraph (1), (2), or (3) to occur in any premises under the person’s ownership or control.

(1) (b) Photographing or filming obscene material, as defined in section 728.1, depicting a person engaging in conduct described in subparagraph (1), (2), or (3).

(1) (b) Distributing, selling, publishing, or transmitting obscene material, as defined in section 728.1, depicting a person engaged in conduct described in subparagraph (1), (2), or (3).

(1) (b) Possessing with the intent to distribute, sell, publish, or transmit obscene material, as defined in section 728.1, depicting a person engaged in conduct described in subparagraph (1), (2), or (3).

(1) (b) Forcing, coercing, enticing, or encouraging a minor to engage in conduct described in subparagraph (1), (2), or (3).

(1) (b) Engaging in a sex act in the presence of a minor.

(2) (a) A person who performs a sex act with an animal is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(2) (b) A person who commits a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty of a class “D” felony.

(2) (c) A person previously convicted of a violation of section 717B.2, 717B.3, 717B.3A, or 717B.3B who commits a violation of this section is guilty of a class “D” felony.

(3) Upon a conviction for a violation of this section, and in addition to any sentence authorized by law, the court shall require the person to submit to a psychological evaluation and treatment at the person’s expense.

2001 Acts, ch 131, §3; 2024 Acts, ch 1037, §1, 2; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §101
Iowa Code § 607A.30 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.30
Drawing of jury pools.
Status: in_force

(1) At times necessary for the identification of grand and petit jurors, the jury manager shall arrange for the electronic data processing system to draw the necessary number of grand and petit jurors from the master jury list.

(2) The chief judge of the judicial district may by order prescribe the time for the drawing by the jury manager.

(3) The jurors identified constitute the jury pool and shall be notified by the clerk or jury manager by regular mail when called.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §38; 2017 Acts, ch 133, §18
Iowa Code § 97.28 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97 / Section 97.28
Section 97.28
Status: repealed

Repealed by 53 Acts, ch 71, §1, except as indicated herein.
Iowa Code § 331.605 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.605
Other fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The recorder shall collect:

(1) (a) For the issuance of a registration or transfer for a vessel or boat:

(1) (a) A registration fee as provided in section 462A.5.

(1) (a) A writing fee as provided in section 462A.53.

(1) (a) A transfer and writing fee as provided in section 462A.44.

(1) (b) For issuance of hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses:

(1) (b) The fees specified in rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1.

(1) (b) The writing fee as provided in section 483A.12.

(1) (c) A state migratory game bird fee as provided in rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1.

(1) (d) For the issuance of snowmobile registrations and nonresident user permits, the fees specified in sections 321G.4 and 321G.4B.

(1) (e) For the issuance of all-terrain vehicle registrations and user permits, the fees specified in sections 321I.4 and 321I.5.

(1) (f) A county fee of four dollars for a certified copy of a birth record, death record, or marriage certificate.

(1) (g) For filing an application for the license to marry, thirty-five dollars, which includes payment for one certified copy of the original certificate of marriage, to be issued following filing of the original certificate of marriage, four dollars of which shall be retained by the county pursuant to paragraph “f”. For issuing an application for an order of the district court authorizing the validation of a license to marry before the expiration of three days from the date of issuance of the license, five dollars. The district court shall authorize the early validation of a marriage license without the payment of any fees imposed in this paragraph upon showing that the applicant is unable to pay the fees.

(1) (h) Other fees as provided by law.

(2) However, the county shall not be required to pay the fees required in this section.

[S81, §331.605; 81 Acts, ch 117, §604]85 Acts, ch 159, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1005, §2; 95 Acts, ch 124, §11, 26; 96 Acts, ch 1034, §30; 98 Acts, ch 1020, §1, 2; 98 Acts, ch 1199, §3, 4, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 99 Acts, ch 96, §38; 99 Acts, ch 141, §39; 2000 Acts, ch 1140, §43, 49; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §87; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §38; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §137; 2018 Acts, ch 1159, §12, 13, 28; 2024 Acts, ch 1093, §12
Iowa Code § 170.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 170 / Section 170.3
Departmental jurisdiction — administration and enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) Farm deer are livestock as provided in this title and are principally subject to regulation by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and also the department of natural resources as specifically provided in this chapter. The regulations adopted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship may include but are not limited to providing for the importation, transportation, and disease control of farm deer. The department of natural resources shall not require that the landowner be issued a license or permit for keeping farm deer or for the construction of a fence for keeping farm deer.

(2) The department of agriculture and land stewardship and the department of natural resources shall cooperate in administering and enforcing this chapter.

2003 Acts, ch 149, §6, 23
Iowa Code § 331.251 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.251
Rules, ordinances, and resolutions of consolidated government.
Status: in_force

(1) Each rule, ordinance, or resolution in force within a county or within a city on the effective date of the charter shall remain in force within that county or within that city until superseded by action of the new governing body, unless the rule, ordinance, or resolution is in conflict with a provision of the charter, in which case, the charter provision shall supersede the conflicting rule, ordinance, or resolution. The governing body of a participating city or county in office on the effective date of the charter shall retain its powers to adopt motions, resolutions, or ordinances provided that such motions, resolutions, or ordinances do not conflict with the provisions of the charter. Ordinances and resolutions relating to public improvements to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments shall remain in effect until paid in full.

(2) If a charter creating a city-county consolidated form of government provides for a chief executive officer with the power to veto an ordinance, an amendment to an ordinance, or a resolution, the governing body shall adopt legislation in accordance with the provisions of chapter 380. If a charter creating a city-county consolidated form of government does not provide for a chief executive officer, the governing body shall adopt legislation in accordance with the provisions of section 331.302. However, a charter may provide that approval of certain ordinances, amendments, or resolutions shall require the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all members of the governing body.

88 Acts, ch 1229, §23; 2004 Acts, ch 1066, §20, 31
Iowa Code § 533C.708 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.708
Investigations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 83, §36.
Iowa Code § 420.126 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.126
City convention.
Status: in_force

Political parties in special charter cities having a population of fifty thousand or more shall hold a city convention within the city on the second Friday following the primary election. The city central committee shall set the time and place of the convention and shall file the same in the office of the city clerk at least ten days prior to the convention.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.126]
Iowa Code § 266.1 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.1
Grants accepted.
Status: in_force

Legislative assent is given to the purposes of the various congressional grants to the state for the endowment and support of an Iowa state university of science and technology, and an agricultural experiment station as a department thereof, upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions contained in all Acts of Congress relating thereto, and the state assumes the duties, obligations, and responsibilities thereby imposed. All moneys appropriated by the state because of the obligations thus assumed, and all funds arising from said congressional grants, shall be invested or expended in accordance with the provision of such grant, for the use and support of said university of science and technology located at Ames.

[R60, §1714; C73, §1604; C97, §2645; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4031; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §266.1]
Iowa Code § 633A.4809 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4809
Powers of investment trust director.
Status: in_force

The powers of an investment trust director shall be provided in the trust instrument and may be exercised or not exercised, in the best interests of the beneficiaries as a class, in the sole and absolute discretion of the investment trust director and are binding on any other person and any other interested party, fiduciary, and excluded fiduciary. Unless the terms of the governing instrument provide otherwise, the investment trust director has the power to do all of the following:

(1) Direct the trustee with respect to the retention, purchase, sale, exchange, tender, or other transaction affecting the ownership thereof or rights therein of trust investments. These powers include the pledge or encumbrance of trust property, lending of trust assets, either secured or unsecured, at terms defined by the investment trust director, to any party including beneficiaries of the trust, and the investment and reinvestment of principal and income of the trust.

(2) Vote proxies for securities held in trust.

(3) Select one or more investment directors, managers, or counselors, including the trustee, and delegate to them any of the investment trust director’s powers.

(4) Direct the trustee with respect to any additional powers over investment and management of trust assets provided in the governing instrument.

(5) Direct the trustee as to the value of nonpublicly traded trust investments.

(6) Direct the trustee as to any investment or management power referenced in sections 633A.4401 and 633A.4402.

2020 Acts, ch 1076, §15
Iowa Code § 622.31A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.31A
Evidence victims of sexual abuse.
Status: in_force

(1) The provision of rule of evidence 5.412 involving a victim of sexual abuse shall apply to discovery conducted in a criminal case or in a postconviction relief proceeding under chapter 822 including but not limited to depositions.

(2) If a defendant in a criminal action or an applicant for postconviction relief wishes to conduct discovery involving evidence subject to rule of evidence 5.412, the defendant or applicant shall comply with substantially the same procedural requirements for evidence sought to be offered at trial including timelines, offers of proof, service, purpose of proposed discovery, in camera hearings, relevancy, and the balancing of the probative value of the evidence with the danger of unfair prejudice.

(3) Discovery, by deposition or otherwise, shall not be permitted for evidence that would not be admissible at trial under rule of evidence 5.412.

2022 Acts, ch 1095, §1
Iowa Code § 256.221 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.221
Rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program fund appropriations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2025 Acts, ch 120, §7.
Iowa Code § 15.117 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.117
Chief technology officer.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §368.
Iowa Code § 84H.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84H / Section 84H.5
Report to governor.
Status: in_force

The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall report biennially to the governor the condition of vocational rehabilitation within the state, designating the educational institutions, establishments, plants, factories, and other agencies in which training is being given, and include a detailed statement of expenditures of the state and federal funds in the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3854; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.5]86 Acts, ch 1237, §16; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1437; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1127, §82023 Acts, ch 19, §2242, 2247C2024, §84H.5
Iowa Code § 68A.607 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68A / Section 68A.607
Reversion of funds.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 144, §13, 14.
Iowa Code § 359A.25 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359A / Section 359A.25
Record kept — fees of clerk.
Status: in_force

The township clerk shall enter all matters herein required to be made of record in the clerk’s record book, and shall receive ten cents for each one hundred words in entering of record and making certified copies of the matters herein provided for, and twenty-five cents additional for the clerk’s certificate thereto when required, and shall also receive the costs of recording in the office of the recorder of deeds of any instrument required to be so recorded.

[C97, §2370; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1853; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.25]C93, §359A.25
Iowa Code § 239B.23 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 239B / Section 239B.23
Child day care provisions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1218, §82.
Iowa Code § 538.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 538 / Section 538.7
Nonacceptance of tender.
Status: in_force

When a tender of money or property is not accepted by the party to whom it is made, the party making it may, if that party sees fit, retain it in possession; but if afterwards the party to whom the tender was made concludes to accept it and gives notice thereof to the other party, and the subject of the tender is not delivered to the accepting party within a reasonable time, the tender shall be of no effect.

[C51, §966; R60, §1815; C73, §2104; C97, §3062; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §538.7]
Iowa Code § 218.86 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.86
Abstract of claims.
Status: in_force

Vouchers for expenditures other than salaries shall be submitted to the director of the department of administrative services, who shall prepare in triplicate an abstract of claims submitted showing the name of the claimant and the institutions and institutional fund on account of which the payment is made. The claims and abstracts of claims shall be returned to the department where the correctness of the abstracts shall be certified. The original abstract shall be delivered to the director of the department of administrative services, the duplicate to be retained in the office of the director, and the triplicate forwarded to the proper institution to be retained as a record of claims paid.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.86]94 Acts, ch 1107, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §2862023 Acts, ch 19, §406
Iowa Code § 517.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 517 / Section 517.6
Issuance of employers’ liability coverage.
Status: in_force

An insurer intending to issue a policy providing employers’ liability insurance only and covering a corporate officer excluded from workers’ compensation coverage by the signing of a written rejection of workers’ compensation coverage under section 87.22, shall file the policy with and obtain the approval of the commissioner of insurance. The filing shall include the premium rates which will apply to the employers’ liability coverage.

83 Acts, ch 36, §6, 8
Iowa Code § 144B.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144B / Section 144B.2
Durable power of attorney for health care.
Status: in_force

A durable power of attorney for health care authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal if the durable power of attorney for health care substantially complies with the requirements of this chapter. A document executed prior to May 8, 1991, purporting to create a durable power of attorney for health care shall be deemed valid if the document specifically authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care decisions and is signed by the principal.

91 Acts, ch 140, §2