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Iowa Code § 617.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 617 / Section 617.13
Real estate in other county.
Status: in_force

When any part of real property, the subject of an action, is situated in any other county than the one in which the action is brought, the plaintiff must, in order to affect third persons with constructive notice of the pendency of the action, file with the clerk of the district court of the other county a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object of the action, and a description of the property in that county affected by the action. The clerk shall at once index and enter a memorandum of the notice in the encumbrance book.

[R60, §2843; C73, §2629; C97, §3544; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §617.13]89 Acts, ch 83, §83
Iowa Code § 622A.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622A / Section 622A.3
Costs — when taxed.
Status: in_force

(1) An interpreter or translator shall be appointed without expense to a limited-English-proficient person in the following cases:

(1) (a) If the person requiring assistance is a witness in the civil legal proceeding.

(1) (b) If the person requiring assistance is indigent and financially unable to secure an interpreter.

(2) The state court administrator shall receive, review, and pay fee claims from an interpreter or translator appointed under subsection 1, including all interpreter or translator claims formerly paid from the indigent defense fund. The fees shall be paid from the revolving fund created in section 602.1302, subsection 3, when a limited-English-proficient person is entitled to an interpreter or translator under section 622A.2 and the interpreter or translator services are not provided before an administrative agency.

(3) In civil cases, every court shall tax the costs of an interpreter or translator the same as other court costs.

(4) In criminal cases, where the defendant is indigent, the interpreter or translator shall be considered as a defendant’s witness under rule of criminal procedure 2.15 for the purpose of receiving fees, except that subpoenas shall not be required.

(5) An administrative agency shall pay an interpreter when a limited-English-proficient person is entitled to an interpreter under section 622A.2 and the interpreter services are provided before an administrative agency. The agency may require that the party to the proceeding pay the expense of the interpreter.

(6) Moneys recovered as court costs for interpreters paid through the revolving fund established in section 602.1302, subsection 3, shall be deposited in that fund.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622A.3]99 Acts, ch 144, §8; 2021 Acts, ch 77, §4 – 6
Iowa Code § 626.56 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.56
Application of proceeds.
Status: in_force

Where property for the sale of which the officer is indemnified sells for more than enough to satisfy the execution under which it was taken, the surplus shall be paid into the court to which the indemnifying bond is directed to be returned. The court may order such disposition or payment of the money to be made, temporarily or absolutely, as may be proper in respect to the rights of the parties interested.

[R60, §3280; C73, §3059; C97, §3994; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11704; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.56]
Iowa Code § 12I.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12I / Section 12I.5
Cancellation of agreements.
Status: in_force

An account owner may cancel a participation agreement at will. Upon cancellation of a participation agreement, an account owner shall be entitled to the return of the account owner’s account balance.

2015 Acts, ch 137, §80, 162, 163
Iowa Code § 515A.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515A / Section 515A.9
Information to be furnished insureds — hearings and appeals of insureds.
Status: in_force

Every rating organization and every insurer which makes its own rate shall, within a reasonable time after receiving written request therefor and upon payment of such reasonable charge as it may make, furnish to any insured affected by a rate made by it, or to the authorized representative of such insured, all pertinent information as to such rate. Every rating organization and every insurer which makes its own rates shall provide within this state reasonable means whereby any person aggrieved by the application of its rating system may be heard, in person or by the person’s authorized representative, on the person’s written request to review the manner in which such rating system has been applied in connection with the insurance afforded the person. Such review of the manner in which a rating system has been applied is not a contested case under chapter 17A. If the rating organization or insurer fails to grant or reject such request within thirty days after it is made, the applicant may proceed in the same manner as if the application had been rejected. Any party affected by the action of such rating organization or such insurer on such request may, within thirty days after written notice of such action, appeal to the commissioner, who, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days’ written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization or insurer, may affirm or reverse such action. Such appeal to the commissioner of the manner in which a rating system has been applied is not a contested case under chapter 17A.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §515A.9, 515B.9; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515A.9]2006 Acts, ch 1117, §70; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §90
Iowa Code § 548.117 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 548 / Section 548.117
Fees.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 17A prescribe the fees payable for the various applications and recording fees and for related services. Unless specified by the secretary, the fees payable pursuant to this chapter are not refundable.

94 Acts, ch 1090, §17
Iowa Code § 12E.18 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12E / Section 12E.18
Liberal interpretation.
Status: in_force

This chapter, being deemed necessary for the welfare of the state and its people, shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.

2000 Acts, ch 1208, §18, 25
Iowa Code § 137.112 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137 / Section 137.112
District public health fund budget.
Status: in_force

(1) The district treasurer shall establish a district public health fund from which disbursements may be made in the manner specified for disbursements by law for the disbursement of county funds.

(2) All moneys received by a district board or district health department for local public health purposes from federal appropriations, state appropriations, local appropriations, fees, gifts, grants, bequests, or other sources shall be deposited in the district public health fund. Expenditures shall be made from the fund on order of the district board for the purpose of carrying out its duties. No more than twenty percent of the unexpended balance remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall be maintained in the district public health fund. The remainder of the unexpended balance shall revert to the general funds of the member counties in the manner determined by the district board.

(3) The district board shall adopt and certify an annual budget in accordance with section 24.17 relating to certification of budgets and section 24.27 relating to protesting budgets.

(4) This section does not apply to any district board of health or district health department in existence prior to July 1, 2010.

2010 Acts, ch 1036, §12; 2012 Acts, ch 1113, §17, 20, 21
Iowa Code § 280.13A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280 / Section 280.13A
Sharing interscholastic activities.
Status: in_force

(1) If a school district, nonpublic school, or charter school operating under section 256E.5 does not provide an interscholastic activity for its students, the board of directors of that school district, the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school, or governing board of the charter school may complete an agreement with another school district, nonpublic school, or charter school operating under section 256E.5 to provide for the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities provided by that other school district, nonpublic school, or charter school. A copy of each agreement completed under this section shall be filed with the appropriate organization as organization is defined in section 280.13 not later than April 30 of the school year preceding the school year in which the agreement takes effect, unless an exception is granted by the organization for good cause. An agreement completed under this section shall be deemed approved unless denied by the organization within ten days after its receipt. The organization shall determine whether an agreement would substantially prejudice the interscholastic activities of other schools. An agreement denied by the organization under this section may be appealed to the state board of education under chapter 290.

(2) For the purpose of this section, “substantial prejudice” includes but is not limited to situations where shared interscholastic activities may result in an unfair domination of an interscholastic activity or substantial disruption of activity classifications and management.

(3) It is not necessary that school districts that are parties to an agreement under this section must be engaged in sharing academic programming and receiving supplementary weighting under section 257.11.

87 Acts, ch 224, §53; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §62; 89 Acts, ch 135, §81; 2002 Acts, ch 1129, §3; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §54; 2024 Acts, ch 1168, §8
Iowa Code § 7.8 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 7.8
Salary — governor, lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

(1) The salary of the governor shall be as fixed by the general assembly.

(2) The salary, payment of expenses, and any per diem of the lieutenant governor shall be as fixed by the general assembly.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.8]90 Acts, ch 1223, §8
Iowa Code § 455B.182 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.182
Failure constitutes contempt.
Status: in_force

Failure to obey any order issued by the department with reference to a violation of this part 1 of subchapter III; chapter 459, subchapter III; chapter 459A; chapter 459B; or any rule promulgated or permit issued pursuant thereto shall constitute prima facie evidence of contempt. In such event the department may certify to the district court of the county in which such alleged disobedience occurred the fact of such failure. The district court after notice, as prescribed by the court, to the parties in interest shall then proceed to hear the matter and if it finds that the order was lawful and reasonable, it shall order the party to comply with the order. If the person fails to comply with the court order, that person shall be guilty of contempt and shall be fined not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day that the person fails to comply with the court order. The penalties provided in this section shall be considered as additional to any penalty which may be imposed under the law relative to nuisances or any other statute relating to the pollution of any waters of the state or related to public water supply systems and a conviction under this section shall not be a bar to prosecution under any other penal statute.

[C66, 71, §455B.24; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.44]C83, §455B.1822005 Acts, ch 136, §32; 2009 Acts, ch 155, §30, 34; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §94
Iowa Code § 560.4 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 560 / Section 560.4
Rights of parties to property.
Status: in_force

The owner of the land may thereupon pay to the clerk of the court, for the benefit of the occupying claimant, the appraised value of the improvements and take the property and an execution may issue for the purpose of putting the owner of the land in possession thereof. Should the owner fail to make such payment within such reasonable time as the court may fix, the occupying claimant may pay to the clerk of the court, within such time as the court may fix, for the use of the owner of the land, the value of the property exclusive of the improvements and take and retain the property together with the improvements.

[C51, §1236 – 1238, 1243; R60, §2267, 2272; C73, §1979 – 1981, 1986; C97, §2966, 2970; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10131; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.4]
Iowa Code § 481A.22 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.22
Field and retriever meets permits and tags required.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) All officially sanctioned field meets or trials and retriever meets or trials where the skill of dogs is demonstrated in pointing, retrieving, trailing, or chasing any game bird, game animal, or fur-bearing animal shall require a field trial permit. Except as otherwise provided by law, it shall be unlawful to kill any wildlife in such events. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 481A.21 it shall be lawful to hold field meets or trials and retriever meets or trials where dogs are permitted to work in exhibition or contest whereby the skill of dogs is demonstrated by retrieving dead or wounded game birds which have been propagated by licensed game breeders within the state or secured from lawful sources outside the state and lawfully brought into the state. All of the birds must be released on the day of trials on premises where the trials are held.

(1) (b) Any birds released may be shot by official guns after having secured a permit as provided in this section.

(1) (c) The permits may be issued by the director of the department upon proper application and the payment of a fee of two dollars for each trial held. A representative of the department shall attend all such trials and enforce the laws and regulations governing same.

(2) The person or persons designated by the committee in charge to do the shooting for the trials shall be known as the official guns, and no other person shall be permitted to kill or attempt to kill any of the birds released for such trials.

(3) Before any birds are released under this section, they must each have attached a tag provided by the department and attached by a representative of the department at a cost of not more than ten cents for each tag. All tags are to remain attached to birds until prepared for consumption.

(4) It is unlawful for any person to hold, conduct, or to participate in a field or retriever trial before the permit required by this section has been secured or for any person to possess or remove from the trial grounds any birds which have not been tagged as required in this section.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.22]86 Acts, ch 1244, §24; 90 Acts, ch 1216, §7C93, §481A.222015 Acts, ch 30, §157; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §88
Iowa Code § 15E.361 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.361
Small business disaster recovery financial assistance program.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall establish and administer a small business disaster recovery financial assistance program. Under the program, the authority shall provide grants to administrative entities for purposes of providing financial assistance to eligible businesses that sustained physical damage or economic loss due to a natural disaster occurring after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008. Moneys shall be allocated to administrative entities on the basis of the percentage of disaster loans awarded by the United States small business administration to businesses located within a city’s jurisdiction or a disaster recovery area as defined by the authority.

(2) An eligible business is a business that sustained physical damage or economic loss due to a natural disaster occurring after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008, and has executed loan documents for a disaster loan from an eligible lender as defined by the authority. Financial assistance shall be in the form of forgivable loans and reimbursement for acquisition of energy-efficient equipment. The maximum amount of a forgivable loan is twenty-five percent of the loan amount from the eligible lender up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars. Up to an additional five thousand dollars of assistance shall be available for the reimbursement of energy-efficient purchases and installation.

(3) As determined by the authority, unused or unobligated moneys may be reclaimed and reallocated by the authority to other administrative agencies.

(4) For purposes of this section, “administrative entity” means cities identified by the authority that administer local disaster recovery programs and councils of government.

2009 Acts, ch 170, §1, 11; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89
Iowa Code § 625.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 625 / Section 625.2
Witness fees — limitation.
Status: in_force

The losing party, however, shall not be assessed with the cost of mileage of any witness for a distance of more than one hundred miles from the place of trial, unless otherwise ordered by the court at the time of entering judgment.

[S13, §3853; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11623; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.2]
Iowa Code § 554.2309 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2309
Absence of specific time provisions — notice of termination.
Status: in_force

(1) The time for shipment or delivery or any other action under a contract if not provided in this Article or agreed upon shall be a reasonable time.

(2) Where the contract provides for successive performances but is indefinite in duration it is valid for a reasonable time but unless otherwise agreed may be terminated at any time by either party.

(3) Termination of a contract by one party except on the happening of an agreed event requires that reasonable notification be received by the other party and an agreement dispensing with notification is invalid if its operation would be unconscionable.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9972, 9974, 9976, 9977; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.44, 554.46, 554.48, 554.49; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2309]
Iowa Code § 805.13 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 805 / Section 805.13
Venue.
Status: in_force

(1) Traffic violations, whether or not scheduled, and all other scheduled violations may be tried before the nearest magistrate in the judicial district in which the offense is committed, or if the offense occurred in a city which is located in two counties, the violation shall be tried as provided in section 803.3, subsection 5.

(2) Upon written consent of the defendant and the officer issuing the citation, traffic violations, whether or not scheduled, and any other scheduled violations, other than those for which a court appearance is required under section 805.10 may be prosecuted in any county in the state irrespective of where committed, and in such event the documents in the case shall be sent to the court or traffic and scheduled violations office designated by the defendant and the officer.

[C73, 75, 77, §753.20; C79, 81, §805.13]2003 Acts, ch 113, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1041, §2
Iowa Code § 514J.101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514J / Section 514J.101
Purpose applicability.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide uniform standards for the establishment and maintenance of external review procedures to assure that covered persons have the opportunity for an independent review of an adverse determination or final adverse determination made by a health carrier as required by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-152, which amends the Public Health Service Act and adopts, in part, 42 U.S.C. §300gg-19, and to address issues which are unique to the external review process in this state.

2011 Acts, ch 101, §1; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §87
Iowa Code § 331.902 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.902
Collection and disposition of fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, the fees and other charges collected by the auditor, treasurer, recorder, and sheriff, and their deputies or employees, belong to the county.

(2) Each elective officer specified in subsection 1 shall maintain a record in the county system of each fee and charge collected. The record shall show the date, amount, payor, and type of service, and, when the fee is for recording an instrument, the names of the parties to the instrument. The record of the fees collected shall be retained for three years after audit of the county pursuant to section 11.6.

(3) Each elective officer specified in subsection 1 shall make a quarterly report to the board showing, by type, the fees collected during the preceding quarter. The officer shall pay at least quarterly to the county treasury the fees and charges collected, except for the county auditor’s transfer fees, which shall be paid directly to the county treasurer by the county recorder. The officer shall receive a receipt and maintain a record of the date and amount of each payment into the county treasury. This subsection does not apply to the county treasurer if the county treasurer credits the fees daily to the county treasury and reports the receipts on the monthly report to the auditor and the board of supervisors.

(4) When examining, settling, or verifying reports or accounts of fees or other monetary receipts of the county under section 331.401, subsection 1, paragraph “p”, this section, or chapter 12B, the cash on hand in the office of the county officer or employee subject to the settlement or examination need not be counted in the presence of, or by, the board of supervisors or other examining county officer. This section does not prohibit the actual counting of cash on hand in a county at the time of the examination or settlement if the examining authority requests the actual count.

(5) Each elective officer specified in subsection 1 shall retain overpayments of fees and other charges paid to the county in an amount of five dollars or less, unless the payor has requested a refund of the overpayment.

[C51, §212; R60, §423, 431; C73, §3785, 3796; C97, §299, 480, 492, 495, 508; S13, §498, 508, 550-c; SS15, §479-a, 490-a, 495; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5245 – 5247; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §342.1 – 342.3; S81, §331.902; 81 Acts, ch 117, §901; 82 Acts, ch 1073, §1]83 Acts, ch 6, §1; 83 Acts, ch 186, §10097, 10201; 84 Acts, ch 1125, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1079, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1025, §1; 97 Acts, ch 121, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1085, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 75, §2
Iowa Code § 28J.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28J / Section 28J.3
Appropriation and expenditure of public funds — dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) The political subdivisions comprising a port authority may appropriate and expend public funds to finance or subsidize the operation and authorized purposes of the port authority. A port authority shall control tax revenues allocated to the facilities the port authority administers and all revenues derived from the operation of the port authority, the sale of its property, interest on investments, or from any other source related to the port authority.

(2) All revenues received by the port authority shall be held in a separate fund in a manner agreed to by the political subdivisions comprising the port authority. Revenues may be paid out only at the direction of the board of directors of the port authority.

(3) A port authority shall comply with section 331.341, subsections 1, 2, 4, and 5, and section 331.342, when contracting for public improvements.

(4) Subject to making due provisions for payment and performance of any outstanding obligations, the political subdivisions comprising the port authority may dissolve the port authority, and transfer the property of the port authority to the political subdivisions comprising the port authority in a manner agreed upon between the political subdivisions comprising the port authority prior to the dissolution of the port authority.

2005 Acts, ch 150, §91