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Iowa Code § 155A.38 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.38
Dispensing drug samples.
Status: in_force

A person authorized pursuant to this chapter to dispense shall, when dispensing drug samples, do so without additional charge to the patient.

88 Acts, ch 1232, §3
Iowa Code § 723.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 723 / Section 723.6
Interference with public disorder control.
Status: in_force

Any person who possesses a tool, instrument, or device with the intent to suppress or disrupt law enforcement from legally deploying a device to control public disorder under this chapter commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

2021 Acts, ch 183, §47, 48
Iowa Code § 633B.105 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633B / Section 633B.105
Execution.
Status: in_force

A power of attorney must be signed by the principal or in the principal’s conscious presence by another individual, other than any prospective agent, directed by the principal to sign the principal’s name on the power of attorney. A power of attorney must be acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments. An agent named in the power of attorney shall not notarize the principal’s signature. An acknowledged signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine.

2014 Acts, ch 1078, §7
Iowa Code § 96.27 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 96 / Section 96.27
Approval of attorney general.
Status: in_force

An agreement made for the purchase or other acquisition of the premises mentioned in section 96.25 with funds granted or credited to this state for such purpose under the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general of the state of Iowa as to form and as to title thereto.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §96.27]2012 Acts, ch 1023, §15
Iowa Code § 357E.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357E / Section 357E.5
Hearing of petition action by board.
Status: in_force

At the public hearing required in section 357E.3, the board of supervisors may consider the boundaries of a proposed district, whether the boundaries shall be as described in the petition or otherwise, and for that purpose may amend the petition and change the boundaries of the proposed district as stated in the petition. The supervisors may adjust the boundaries of a proposed district as needed to exclude land that has no reasonable likelihood of benefit from inclusion in the proposed district. However, the boundaries of a proposed district shall not be changed to incorporate property which is not included in the original petition. Within ten days after the hearing, the board of supervisors shall establish the district by resolution or disallow the petition.

88 Acts, ch 1194, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §87
Iowa Code § 523C.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523C / Section 523C.14
Rate review.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 142, §17, 19.
Iowa Code § 610.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 610 / Section 610.5
Penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly and wrongfully invokes the privileges of this chapter without just cause, or who knowingly makes a false statement regarding the person’s inability to pay fees, costs, or security, is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as provided in section 720.2.

86 Acts, ch 1088, §5
Iowa Code § 490.855 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.855
Determination and authorization of indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation shall not indemnify a director under section 490.851 unless authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made that indemnification is permissible because the director has met the relevant standard of conduct set forth in section 490.851.

(2) The determination shall be made by any of the following:

(2) (a) If there are two or more qualified directors, by the board of directors by a majority vote of all the qualified directors, a majority of whom shall for such purpose constitute a quorum, or by a majority of the members of a committee of two or more qualified directors appointed by such a vote.

(2) (b) By special legal counsel selected in one of the following manners:

(2) (b) In the manner prescribed in paragraph “a”.

(2) (b) If there are fewer than two qualified directors, selected by the board of directors, in which selection directors who are not qualified directors may participate.

(2) (c) By the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who at the time is not a qualified director shall not be voted on the determination.

(3) Authorization of indemnification shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if there are fewer than two qualified directors or if the determination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification shall be made by those entitled to select special legal counsel under subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2).

89 Acts, ch 288, §103; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §49, 125; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §37, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §115, 230
Iowa Code § 701.7 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 701 / Section 701.7
Felony defined and classified.
Status: in_force

A public offense is a felony of a particular class when the statute defining the crime declares it to be a felony. Felonies are class “A” felonies, class “B” felonies, class “C” felonies, and class “D” felonies. Where the statute defining the offense declares it to be a felony but does not state what class of felony it is or provide for a specific penalty, that felony shall be a class “D” felony.

[C51, §2817; R60, §4429; C73, §4104; C97, §5093; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12890; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §687.2; C79, 81, §701.7]
Iowa Code § 84E.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84E / Section 84E.3
Apprenticeship training program fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An apprenticeship training program fund is created as a revolving fund in the state treasury under the control of the department.

(2) The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated for purposes of the apprenticeship training program, and any other moneys lawfully available to the department for purposes of this chapter.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purposes of this chapter.

(4) No more than two percent of the total moneys deposited in the fund on July 1 of a fiscal year is appropriated to the department for the purposes of administering this chapter.

(5) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2014 Acts, ch 1132, §19C2015, §15B.32023 Acts, ch 19, §2253, 2254, 2262C2024, §84E.3
Iowa Code § 6A.9 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6A / Section 6A.9
Additional purposes.
Status: in_force

The department of transportation or a railway corporation may, by condemnation or otherwise, acquire lands for the following additional purposes:

(1) For necessary additional depot grounds or yards.

(2) For constructing a track or tracks to any mine, quarry, gravel pit, manufacturing plant, warehouse, or mercantile establishment.

(3) For additional or new right-of-way for constructing double track, reducing or straightening curves, changing grades, shortening or relocating portions of the line, and for excavations, embankments, or places for depositing waste earth.

(4) For the preservation of abandoned railroad right-of-way for future railroad use.

[R60, §1314; C73, §1241, 1242; C97, §1995, 1996, 1998; S13, §1995, 1998; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7811; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.9]83 Acts, ch 121, §10C93, §6A.92009 Acts, ch 97, §2
Iowa Code § 536A.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536A / Section 536A.5
Exemptions.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Businesses organized or operating as permitted under the authority of a law of this state or the United States relating to banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, regulated loan companies organized under chapter 536, or credit unions.

(2) Persons that make loans only on notes secured by first mortgages on real estate.

(3) Licensed real estate brokers or salespersons.

(4) A person engaged exclusively in the business of purchasing commodity financing or commercial paper.

(5) A pawnbroker.

(6) Loans made to a domestic or foreign corporation.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.5]85 Acts, ch 158, §10; 2006 Acts, ch 1015, §14
Iowa Code § 216A.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.2
Appointment of department director, deputy director, and administrators duties.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1357.
Iowa Code § 708.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 708 / Section 708.5
Administering harmful substances.
Status: in_force

Any person who administers to another or causes another to take, without the other person’s consent or by threat or deception, and for other than medicinal purposes, any poisonous, stupefying, stimulating, depressing, tranquilizing, narcotic, hypnotic, hallucinating, or anesthetic substance in sufficient quantity to have such effect, commits a class “D” felony.

[C79, 81, §708.5]
Iowa Code § 154A.25 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 154A / Section 154A.25
Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

A person shall not:

(1) Sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a license or temporary permit.

(2) Purchase or procure by barter a license or temporary permit with intent to use it as evidence of the holder’s qualifications to engage in business as a hearing aid specialist.

(3) Alter a license or temporary permit with fraudulent intent.

(4) Use or attempt to use as a valid license a license or temporary permit which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered.

(5) Willfully make a false statement in an application for a license or temporary permit or for renewal of a license or temporary permit.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §154A.25]2001 Acts, ch 58, §18; 2015 Acts, ch 57, §13
Iowa Code § 208.8 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 208 / Section 208.8
Suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue license.
Status: in_force

(1) The division may, for repeated or willful violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, initiate an action to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a mining license.

(2) The division shall, by certified mail or personal service, serve on the operator notice in writing of the charges and grounds upon which the license is to be suspended, revoked, or will not be issued. The notice shall include the time and the place at which a hearing shall be held before the division to determine whether to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue the license. The hearing shall be not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the mailing or service of the notice.

(3) An operator whose license the division proposes to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue has the right to counsel and may produce witnesses and present statements, documents, and other information in the operator’s behalf at the hearing.

(4) If after full investigation and hearing the operator is found to have willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this chapter, the division may affirm or modify the proposed suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue the license.

(5) When the division finds that a license should be suspended or revoked or should not be issued, the division shall so notify the operator in writing by certified mail or by personal service.

(5) (a) The suspension or revocation of a license shall become effective thirty days after notice to the operator.

(5) (b) If the license or renewal fee has been paid and the division finds that the license should not be issued, then the license shall expire thirty days after notice to the operator.

(6) An action by the division to affirm or modify the proposed suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue a license constitutes a final agency action for purposes of judicial review pursuant to section 208.11 and chapter 17A.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §83A.8]85 Acts, ch 137, §8C93, §208.896 Acts, ch 1043, §42024 Acts, ch 1170, §36
Iowa Code § 496B.5 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496B / Section 496B.5
Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of a development corporation shall be limited to those provided in this section and shall be to promote, stimulate, develop and advance the business prosperity and economic welfare of the state of Iowa and its citizens; to encourage and assist through loans, investments, or other business transactions, the location of new business and industry in the state; to rehabilitate and assist existing business and industry in this state; to stimulate and assist in the expansion of any kind of business activity which would tend to promote business development and maintain the economic stability of this state, provide maximum opportunities for employment, encourage thrift, and improve the standard of living of the citizens of this state; to cooperate and act in conjunction with other organizations, public or private, in the promotion and advancement of industrial, commercial, agricultural, and recreational development in this state; and to provide financing for the promotion, development, and conduct of all kinds of business activity in this state.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496B.5]
Iowa Code § 327D.80 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.80
Changes without notice.
Status: in_force

The department, for good cause shown, may allow changes without requiring thirty days’ notice by an order specifying the changes so to be made and the time when they shall take effect, and the manner in which they shall be filed and published.

[C97, §2128; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.63; C77, 79, 81, §327D.80; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]
Iowa Code § 490.205 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.205
Organization of corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) After incorporation, the following shall apply:

(1) (a) If initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers, adopting bylaws, and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting.

(1) (b) If initial directors are not named in the articles of incorporation, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators to do any of the following:

(1) (b) Elect initial directors and complete the organization of the corporation.

(1) (b) Elect a board of directors who shall complete the organization of the corporation.

(2) Action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken by incorporators at an organizational meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action taken is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken and signed by each incorporator.

(3) An organizational meeting may be held in or out of this state.

89 Acts, ch 288, §22; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §29, 230
Iowa Code § 522C.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522C / Section 522C.5
Application for license.
Status: in_force

(1) A person applying for an adjuster license shall complete a uniform individual application or a uniform business entity application through the NIPR gateway or as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner.

(2) To determine an applicant’s eligibility for licensure, the commissioner may require a criminal history check pursuant to section 522B.5A.

2007 Acts, ch 137, §28; 2020 Acts, ch 1016, §8; 2025 Acts, ch 28, §35, 52
Iowa Code § 29B.83 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.83
Absence without leave.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person without authority does any of the following:

(1) Fails to go to the person’s appointed place of duty at the time prescribed.

(2) Goes from that place.

(3) Leaves or remains absent from the unit, organization, or place of duty at which the person is required to be at the time prescribed.

[C97, §2196 – 2198; SS15, §2215-f63; C24, 27, 31, §464; C35, §467-f59; C39, §467.61; C46, 50, §29.61; C54, 58, 62, §29.63(3); C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.83]2006 Acts, ch 1010, §22
Iowa Code § 508.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.1
Level premium and natural premium plan companies.
Status: in_force

Every life insurance company upon the level premium or the natural premium plan, created under the laws of this or any other state or country, shall, before issuing policies in the state, comply with the provisions of this chapter applicable to such companies.

[C73, §1161; C97, §1768; S13, §1768; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8643; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.1]
Iowa Code § 602.4304 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.4304
Supreme court staff.
Status: in_force

(1) The supreme court may appoint attorneys or graduates of a reputable law school to act as legal assistants to the justices of the supreme court.

(2) The supreme court may employ other professional and clerical staff as necessary to accomplish the judicial duties of the court.

83 Acts, ch 186, §5304, 10201; 98 Acts, ch 1115, §11
Iowa Code § 617.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 617 / Section 617.9
Unserved parties — optional procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) When the action is against two or more defendants, and one or more of them shall have been served, but not all, the plaintiff may proceed as follows:

(2) If the action is against defendants who are jointly, or jointly and severally, or severally liable only, the plaintiff may, without prejudice to the plaintiff’s rights in that or any other action against those not served, proceed against those served in the same manner as if they were the only defendants; if the plaintiff recovers against those jointly liable only, the plaintiff may take judgment against all thus liable, which may be enforced against the joint and separate property of those served, but not against the separate property of those not served, until they have had opportunity to show cause why judgment should not be enforced against their separate property.

[R60, §2841; C73, §2627; C97, §3542; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11091; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §617.9]2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 466B.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466B / Section 466B.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Surface Water Protection and Flood Mitigation Act”.

2008 Acts, ch 1034, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 146, §7
Iowa Code § 619.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 619 / Section 619.2
Exception.
Status: in_force

If the action challenges the legality, validity or constitutionality of a proposed constitutional amendment, the defendant shall plead within three days after service of the original notice.

[C31, 35, §11121-d1; C39, §11121.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §619.2]
Iowa Code § 256.38 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.38
School-to-work transition system.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 88, §37.
Iowa Code § 444.26 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 444 / Section 444.26
Section 444.26
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §199.
Iowa Code § 562B.18 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562B / Section 562B.18
Tenant to maintain mobile home space — notice of vacating.
Status: in_force

A tenant shall maintain the mobile home space in as good a condition as when the tenant took possession and shall:

(1) Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of city, county and state codes materially affecting health and safety.

(2) Keep that part of the manufactured home community or mobile home park that the tenant occupies and uses reasonably clean and safe.

(3) Dispose from the tenant’s mobile home space all rubbish, garbage and other waste in a clean and safe manner.

(4) Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the manufactured home community or mobile home park or knowingly permit any person to do so.

(5) Act and require other persons in the manufactured home community or mobile home park with the tenant’s consent to act in a manner that will not disturb the tenant’s neighbors’ peaceful enjoyment of the manufactured home community or mobile home park.

(6) Maintain in good and safe working order all utility lines, pipes, and cables extending from the mobile home to outlets provided by the landlord for electric, water, sewer, and other services. This subsection shall not apply to a tenant who does not own the mobile home.

[C79, 81, §562B.18]85 Acts, ch 67, §51; 99 Acts, ch 155, §10, 14; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §16
Iowa Code § 162.8 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 162 / Section 162.8
Operation of a commercial breeder state license or permit.
Status: in_force

A commercial breeder shall only operate pursuant to a state license, or a permit, issued or renewed by the department as provided in section 162.2A. A commercial breeder who is a state licensee shall maintain records as required by the department in order for the department to ensure the commercial breeder’s compliance with the provisions of this chapter. A commercial breeder who is a permittee may but is not required to maintain records. A commercial breeder shall not purchase a dog or cat from a commercial establishment that does not have a valid authorization issued or renewed under this chapter or a similar authorization issued or renewed by another state.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.8]88 Acts, ch 1186, §10; 88 Acts, ch 1272, §16; 89 Acts, ch 296, §18; 2010 Acts, ch 1030, §13, 29
Iowa Code § 321.253B — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.253B
Metric signs restricted.
Status: in_force

The department shall not place a sign relating to a speed limit, distance, or measurement on a highway if the sign establishes the speed limit, distance, or measurement solely by using the metric system, unless specifically required by federal law.

95 Acts, ch 118, §23
Iowa Code § 272C.14 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 272C / Section 272C.14
Waiver of fees.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensing board, agency, or department shall waive any fee charged to an applicant for a license if the applicant’s household income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty income guidelines and the applicant is applying for the license for the first time in this state.

(2) A licensing board, agency, or department shall waive an initial application fee and one renewal fee for an applicant that has been honorably or generally discharged from federal active duty or national guard duty, as those terms are defined in section 29A.1, that would otherwise be charged within five years of the discharge.

2020 Acts, ch 1103, §28, 31; 2022 Acts, ch 1134, §22; 2022 Acts, ch 1149, §24