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Iowa Code § 257.39 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.39
Definitions potential dropouts and returning dropouts.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Potential dropouts” are resident pupils who are enrolled in a public or nonpublic school who demonstrate poor school adjustment as indicated by two or more of the following:

(1) (a) High rate of absenteeism, truancy, or frequent tardiness.

(1) (b) Limited or no extracurricular participation or lack of identification with school, including but not limited to expressed feelings of not belonging.

(1) (c) Poor grades, including but not limited to failing in one or more school subjects or grade levels.

(1) (d) Low achievement scores in reading or mathematics which reflect achievement at two years or more below grade level.

(1) (e) Children in grades kindergarten through three who meet the definition of at-risk children adopted by the department of education.

(2) “Returning dropouts” are resident pupils who have been enrolled in a public or nonpublic school in any of grades seven through twelve who withdrew from school for a reason other than transfer to another school or school district and who subsequently enrolled in a public school in the district.

89 Acts, ch 135, §39; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §38
Iowa Code § 420.207 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.207
Taxation in general.
Status: in_force

Sections 426A.11 through 426A.15, 427.1, 427.8 through 427.11, 428.4, 428.20, 428.22, 428.23, 437.1, 437.3, 441.21, 443.1 through 443.3, 444.2 through 444.4, and 447.9 through 447.13, so far as applicable, apply to cities acting under special charters.

[S13, §1322-3a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §7007; C39, §6867.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §420.207; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1082]89 Acts, ch 296, §40; 99 Acts, ch 114, §24; 2002 Acts, ch 1150, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §95; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §128
Iowa Code § 135R.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135R / Section 135R.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Ambulatory surgical center” means a distinct facility that operates primarily for the purpose of providing surgical services to patients not requiring hospitalization and in which the expected duration of services does not exceed twenty-four hours following an admission. “Ambulatory surgical center” includes a facility certified or seeking certification as an ambulatory surgical center under the federal Medicare program or under the medical assistance program established pursuant to chapter 249A. “Ambulatory surgical center” does not include the individual or group practice office of a private physician, podiatrist, or dentist who there engages in the lawful practice of surgery, not including cosmetic, reconstructive, or plastic surgery, or the portion of a licensed hospital designated for outpatient surgical treatment.

(2) “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

2023 Acts, ch 16, §22; 2023 Acts, ch 119, §20
Iowa Code § 335.34 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.34
Home and community-based services waiver recipient residence.
Status: in_force

(1) A county, county board of supervisors, or county zoning commission shall consider the residence of the recipient of services under a home and community-based services waiver as a residential use of property for the purposes of zoning and shall treat the use of the residence as a permitted use in all residential zones or districts, including all single-family residential zones or districts, of the county.

(2) A county, county board of supervisors, or a county zoning commission shall not require that the recipient, or the owner of such a residence if other than the recipient, obtain a conditional use permit, special use permit, special exception, or variance. A county, county board of supervisors, or county zoning commission shall not establish limitations regarding the proximity of one such residence to another.

(3) A county, county board of supervisors, or a county zoning commission shall not classify such a residence as a residential group R-3 occupancy or as a care facility within a dwelling for the purposes of enforcement of compliance with the sprinkler systems provisions specified in section 903.3.1.3 of the international building code or section P2904 of the international residential code, if adopted, or if such residence is inspected by the county.

(4) This section applies to the residence of a recipient of services under a home and community-based services waiver if the residence meets any of the following conditions:

(4) (a) The residence is a single-family dwelling owned or rented by the recipient.

(4) (b) The residence is a multifamily dwelling which does not hold itself out to the public as a community-based residential provider otherwise regulated by law, including but not limited to a residential care facility, and which provides dwelling units to no more than four recipients of services under a home and community-based services waiver at any one time.

(5) For the purposes of this section, “home and community-based services waiver” means “waiver” as defined in section 249A.29.

2007 Acts, ch 218, §130, 132; 2023 Acts, ch 112, §64, 66
Iowa Code § 279.85 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.85
School bonds restrictions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding sections 298.21 and 423F.4, the board of directors of a school district shall not issue negotiable, interest-bearing school bonds for borrowing money for purposes of constructing a new school building or site to be used primarily for interscholastic athletic contests or competitions, or renovating or improving a school building or site that is currently used primarily for interscholastic athletic contests or competitions, unless all of the attendance centers of the school corporation are in compliance with the provisions of the state building code, adopted on or after May 17, 2024, related to the construction of new attendance centers and the renovation of existing attendance centers that incorporate standards designed to increase the safety of schools and school infrastructure.

2024 Acts, ch 1179, §3, 13, 14
Iowa Code § 432.10 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432 / Section 432.10
Sufficiency of remitted tax — notice.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance shall determine whether or not the tax remitted is correct. If the tax remitted is not sufficient, the commissioner shall notify the delinquent company of the amount of such delinquency and certify the amount thereof to the department of revenue which shall proceed to collect such delinquency.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §432.10]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 455D.24 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455D / Section 455D.24
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Judicial review of any order or other action of the commission or director may be sought in accordance with the terms of chapter 17A. Notwithstanding the terms of chapter 17A, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the alleged offense was committed.

2007 Acts, ch 151, §10
Iowa Code § 554.2306 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2306
Output, requirements and exclusive dealings.
Status: in_force

(1) A term which measures the quantity by the output of the seller or the requirements of the buyer means such actual output or requirements as may occur in good faith, except that no quantity unreasonably disproportionate to any stated estimate or in the absence of a stated estimate to any normal or otherwise comparable prior output or requirements may be tendered or demanded.

(2) A lawful agreement by either the seller or the buyer for exclusive dealing in the kind of goods concerned imposes unless otherwise agreed an obligation by the seller to use best efforts to supply the goods and by the buyer to use best efforts to promote their sale.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2306]
Iowa Code § 92.17 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 92 / Section 92.17
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit:

(1) A child from working in or around any home before or after school hours or during vacation periods, provided such work is not related to or part of the business, trade, or profession of the employer.

(2) A child from working in any work activity or business operated by the child’s parents. For the purposes of this subsection, “child” and “parents” include a foster child and the child’s foster parents who are licensed by the department of health and human services.

(3) A child under sixteen years of age from being employed or permitted to work, with or without compensation, as a model, if the written permission of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child is obtained prior to the commencement of the work, and the work complies with the hours permitted in section 92.7. This subsection does not allow modeling for an unlawful purpose or modeling that would violate any other law.

(4) A child under sixteen years of age from being employed or permitted to work, with or without compensation, performing in motion pictures, theatrical productions, or musical performances, if the written permission of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child is obtained prior to the commencement of the work. This subsection does not allow performing in motion pictures, theatrical productions, or musical performances for an unlawful purpose or performing in motion pictures, theatrical productions, or musical performances that would violate any other law.

(5) A juvenile court from ordering a child at least twelve years old to complete a work assignment of value to the state or to the public or to the victim of a crime committed by the child, in accordance with section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph “a”.

(6) A child from willfully volunteering as defined by 29 C.F.R. §553.101 for a charitable or public purpose. Section 92.8 applies to volunteering by a child pursuant to this subsection.

(7) A child twelve years of age or older from being employed by a charitable organization or unit of state or local government as a referee for a sport program sponsored by that charitable organization or unit of state or local government or by an organization of referees sponsored by an organization recognized by the United States olympic committee under 36 U.S.C. §220522. Section 92.8 applies to employment of a child pursuant to this subsection.

(8) A child under age sixteen from serving in the Iowa summer youth corps program in accordance with section 15H.5 or a child over fourteen years of age from serving in any other recognized program of the Iowa national service corps program in accordance with section 15H.9. Section 92.8 applies to service by a child pursuant to this subsection.

[SS15, §2477-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1526; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §92.1; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §92.17]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1111, §1; 85 Acts, ch 59, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 95, §9, 10; 2019 Acts, ch 108, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §59; 2023 Acts, ch 92, §10 – 13
Iowa Code § 327H.17 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327H / Section 327H.17
Section 327H.17
Status: repealed

Repealed by 78 Acts, ch 1110, §25.
Iowa Code § 404.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 404 / Section 404.4
Prior approval of eligibility.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may submit a proposal for an improvement project to the governing body of the city or county to receive prior approval for eligibility for a tax exemption on the project. The governing body shall, by resolution, give its prior approval for an improvement project if the project is in conformance with the plan for revitalization developed by the city or county. Such prior approval shall not entitle the owner to exemption from taxation until the improvements have been completed and found to be qualified real estate; however, if the proposal is not approved, the person may submit an amended proposal for the governing body to approve or reject.

(2) An application shall be filed for each new exemption claimed. The first application for an exemption shall be filed by the owner of the property with the governing body of the city or county in which the property is located by February 1 of the assessment year for which the exemption is first claimed, but not later than the year in which all improvements included in the project are first assessed for taxation, or the following two assessment years, in which case the exemption is allowed for the total number of years in the exemption schedule. However, upon the request of the owner at any time, the governing body of the city or county provides by resolution that the owner may file an application by February 1 of any other assessment year selected by the governing body in which case the exemption is allowed for the number of years remaining in the exemption schedule selected. The application shall contain but not be limited to all of the following information:

(2) (a) The nature of the improvement.

(2) (b) The cost of the improvement project.

(2) (c) The estimated or actual date of completion.

(2) (d) The tenants that occupied the owner’s building on the date the city or county adopted the resolution referred to in section 404.2, subsection 1.

(2) (e) Which exemption in section 404.3 or in the different schedule, if one has been adopted, will be elected.

(3) The governing body of the city or county shall approve the application, subject to review by the local assessor pursuant to section 404.5, if the project is in conformance with the plan for revitalization developed by the city or county, is located within a designated revitalization area, and if the improvements were made during the time the area was so designated. The governing body of the city or county shall forward for review all approved applications to the appropriate local assessor by March 1 of each year with a statement indicating whether section 404.3, subsection 1, 2, 3, or 4 applies or if a different schedule has been adopted, which exemption from that schedule applies. Applications for exemption for succeeding years on approved projects shall not be required.

[C81, §404.4]87 Acts, ch 156, §1; 91 Acts, ch 214, §11; 92 Acts, ch 1191, §2, 4; 2001 Acts, ch 116, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1151, §1, 36; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §115
Iowa Code § 39.25 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 39 / Section 39.25
Gender not a disqualification.
Status: in_force

A person shall not be disqualified on account of the person’s gender from holding any office created by the statutes of this state.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §526; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §39.25]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §21
Iowa Code § 557B.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 557B / Section 557B.2
Registration requirement.
Status: in_force

A person shall not offer or sell a membership camping contract in this state unless one of the following is applicable:

(1) The membership camping contract is covered by a membership camping registration as provided in this chapter.

(2) The membership camping contract or the transaction is exempted under section 557B.4.

87 Acts, ch 181, §6
Iowa Code § 486A.1210 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.1210
Secretary of state powers.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the secretary of state by this chapter.

98 Acts, ch 1201, §69, 79, 82
Iowa Code § 262.70 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.70
Education, prevention, and research programs in mental health and disability services.
Status: in_force

The department of health and human services may contract with the board of regents or any institution under the board’s jurisdiction to establish and maintain programs of education, prevention, and research in the fields of mental health, intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, and brain injury. The board may delegate responsibility for these programs to the state psychiatric hospital, the university hospital, or any other appropriate entity under the board’s jurisdiction.

[81 Acts, ch 78, §20, 46]94 Acts, ch 1170, §51; 2006 Acts, ch 1115, §31; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §111; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1019
Iowa Code § 543B.18 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543B / Section 543B.18
Enforcement of rules.
Status: in_force

The real estate commission is expressly vested with the power and authority to make and enforce any and all such reasonable rules connected with the application for any license as shall be deemed necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

[C31, 35, §1905-c33; C39, §1905.30; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §117.18]C93, §543B.18
Iowa Code § 15E.94 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.94
Section 15E.94
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 61, §19.
Iowa Code § 225.28 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 225 / Section 225.28
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

The state shall pay to the state psychiatric hospital, out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, all expenses for the administration of the hospital, and for the care, treatment, and maintenance of committed and voluntary public patients in the state psychiatric hospital, including clothing and all other expenses of the hospital for the public patients. The bills for the expenses shall be rendered monthly in accordance with rules agreed upon by the director of the department of administrative services and the state board of regents.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §3984; C39, §3482.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §225.28]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §445
Iowa Code § 135H.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135H / Section 135H.14
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Judicial review of the action of the department may be sought pursuant to the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A. Notwithstanding the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, a petition for judicial review of the department’s actions under this chapter may be filed in the district court of the county in which the related psychiatric medical institution for children is located or is proposed to be located. The status of the petitioner or the licensee shall be preserved pending final disposition of the judicial review.

89 Acts, ch 283, §15; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
Iowa Code § 538.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 538 / Section 538.3
Tender when contract assigned.
Status: in_force

When the contract is contained in a written instrument which is assigned before due, and the maker has notice thereof, the maker shall make the tender at the residence of the holder if the holder resides in the state and no farther from the maker than the payee did at the making thereof.

[C51, §962; R60, §1809; C73, §2100; C97, §3058; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9445; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §538.3]
Iowa Code § 622B.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622B / Section 622B.5
Oath.
Status: in_force

Before participating in a proceeding, a sign language interpreter shall take an oath that the sign language interpreter will make a true interpretation in an understandable manner to the person for whom the sign language interpreter is appointed and that the sign language interpreter will interpret or translate the statements of the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to the best of the sign language interpreter’s skills and judgment.

[C81, §622B.5]93 Acts, ch 75, §11; 2021 Acts, ch 77, §17
Iowa Code § 280.13G — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280 / Section 280.13G
High school athletic organizations robotics.
Status: in_force

(1) An organization that receives moneys from a school district to pay dues or membership fees, or moneys from a nonpublic school originating from the state to pay dues or membership fees, may sponsor or administer interscholastic contests or competitions related to robotics. For purposes of this section, “organization” means the same as defined in section 280.13.

(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit an organization from sponsoring or administering other interscholastic contests or competitions.

2025 Acts, ch 102, §2
Iowa Code § 231B.12 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231B / Section 231B.12
Department notified of casualties.
Status: in_force

The department shall be notified within twenty-four hours, by the most expeditious means available, of any accident causing substantial injury or death to a tenant, and any substantial fire or natural or other disaster occurring at or near an elder group home.

2005 Acts, ch 62, §12; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §153
Iowa Code § 714D.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714D / Section 714D.5
Conditions on use of prize promotions to solicit authority to provide or change telecommunications services.
Status: in_force

(1) It is an unlawful practice for a person to use a form or document which is to be used or intended to be used by another person to enter a sweepstakes, contest, or drawing of any description as written authority to provide or execute a change of a consumer’s telecommunications service.

(2) It is an unlawful practice for a person to solicit the lease or sale of or to solicit the authority to provide or execute a change of a telecommunications service to another person through or in conjunction with a sweepstakes, contest, or drawing without clearly, conspicuously, and fully disclosing in all direct mail solicitations to the other person the fact that the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing is intended to solicit authority to provide or execute a change of a telecommunications service. The disclosure required shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:

(2) (a) A statement that an acceptance or change of telecommunications service is not required to enter the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.

(2) (b) An alternative means by which a person may enter the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing without accepting or authorizing a change in a telecommunications service.

(2) (c) The name and telephone number of the entity soliciting the person to accept or to authorize a change of telecommunications service through the use of or in conjunction with the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.

(2) (d) A brief description of the nature of the telecommunications service for which authorization is sought through the use of or in conjunction with the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.

99 Acts, ch 16, §6
Iowa Code § 554.9321 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9321
Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “licensee in ordinary course of business” means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights of another person in the general intangible, and in the ordinary course from a person in the business of licensing general intangibles of that kind. A person becomes a licensee in the ordinary course if the license to the person comports with the usual or customary practices in the kind of business in which the licensor is engaged or with the licensor’s own usual or customary practices.

(2) A licensee in ordinary course of business takes its rights under a nonexclusive license free of a security interest in the general intangible created by the licensor, even if the security interest is perfected and the licensee knows of its existence.

(3) A lessee in ordinary course of business takes its leasehold interest free of a security interest in the goods created by the lessor, even if the security interest is perfected and the lessee knows of its existence.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §41, 187
Iowa Code § 152.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 152 / Section 152.12
Examination information.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 147.21, individual pass or fail examination results made available from the authorized national testing agency may be disclosed to the appropriate licensing authority in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory or country, and the board-approved education program, for purposes of verifying accuracy of national data and determining program approval.

97 Acts, ch 159, §22; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §105; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §47