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Iowa Code § 518.28 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518 / Section 518.28
Failure to file copy.
Status: in_force

Upon the failure of a county mutual insurance association to file a copy of its forms of policies or contracts pursuant to section 518.27, the commissioner of insurance may suspend its authority to transact business within the state until such forms of policies or contracts have been filed and approved.

95 Acts, ch 185, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §56
Iowa Code § 235B.12 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235B / Section 235B.12
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain dependent adult abuse information under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate dependent adult abuse information to any person except in accordance with sections 235B.6 through 235B.8, or any person connected with any research authorized pursuant to section 235B.6 who willfully falsifies dependent adult abuse information or any records relating to the information is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly, but without criminal purposes, communicates or seeks to communicate dependent adult abuse information except in accordance with sections 235B.6 through 235B.8 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(2) Any reasonable grounds for belief that a person has violated any provision of this chapter is grounds for the immediate withdrawal of any authorized access the person might otherwise have to dependent adult abuse information.

91 Acts, ch 231, §12
Iowa Code § 422.30 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.30
Jeopardy assessments posting of bond.
Status: in_force

(1) If the director believes that the assessment or collection of taxes will be jeopardized by delay, the director may immediately make an assessment of the estimated amount of tax due, together with all interest, additional amounts, or penalties, as provided by law. The director shall serve the taxpayer by regular mail at the taxpayer’s last known address or in person, with a written notice of the amount of tax, interest, and penalty due, which notice may include a demand for immediate payment. Service of the notice by regular mail is complete upon mailing. A distress warrant may be issued or a lien filed against the taxpayer immediately.

(2) The director shall be permitted to accept a bond from the taxpayer to satisfy collection until the amount of tax legally due shall be determined. Such bond to be in an amount deemed necessary, but not more than double the amount of the tax involved, and with securities satisfactory to the director.

[C35, §6943-f26; C39, §6943.062; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §422.30]94 Acts, ch 1165, §17; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §91, 127
Iowa Code § 491.57 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.57
Sinking fund and loaning thereof.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of repairs, rebuilding, enlarging, or to meet contingencies, or for the purpose of creating a sinking fund, the corporation may set apart a sum which it may loan, and take proper securities therefor.

[C51, §699; R60, §1176; C73, §1081; C97, §1630; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8393; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.57]
Iowa Code § 275.37A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.37A
Decrease in number of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) A change from seven to five directors shall be effected in a district at the first regular school election after authorization by the voters in the following manner:

(1) (a) If at the first election in the district there are four terms expiring, two directors shall be elected. At the second election in that district, if three terms are expiring, three directors shall be elected.

(1) (b) If at the first election there are three terms expiring, one director shall be elected. At the second election in that district, if four terms are expiring, three directors shall be elected for a four-year term and one director shall be elected for a two-year term.

(2) If some or all of the directors are elected from director districts, the board shall devise a plan to reduce the number of members so that as nearly as possible one-half of the members of the board shall be elected biennially and so that each district will be continuously represented.

2002 Acts, ch 1134, §86, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §15, 21; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §37
Iowa Code § 555B.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 555B / Section 555B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter:

(1) “Abandoned” means abandoned as provided in section 562B.27, subsection 1.

(2) “Claimant” includes but is not limited to any government subdivision with authority to levy a tax on abandoned personal property. “Claimant” also includes a holder of a lien as defined in section 555B.2.

(3) “Demolisher” means demolisher as defined in section 321.89.

(4) “Junkyard” means junkyard as defined in section 306C.1.

(5) “Mobile home” includes “manufactured homes” and “modular homes” as those terms are defined in section 435.1, if the manufactured homes or modular homes are located in a manufactured home community or mobile home park.

(6) “Personal property” includes personal property of the mobile home owner in the abandoned mobile home, on the mobile home lot, in the immediate vicinity of the abandoned mobile home and the mobile home lot, and in any storage area provided by the real property owner for the use of the mobile home owner.

(7) “Real property owner” means the owner or other lawful possessor of real property upon which a mobile home is located.

88 Acts, ch 1138, §1C89, §562C.1C93, §555B.193 Acts, ch 154, §6, 7; 94 Acts, ch 1110, §21, 24; 99 Acts, ch 155, §1, 14; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §16
Iowa Code § 321L.2A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321L / Section 321L.2A
Wheelchair parking cone.
Status: in_force

(1) A person issued a persons with disabilities parking permit under section 321L.2 who uses a wheelchair due to a disability that renders the person permanently unable to walk may park in a persons with disabilities parking space, or a parking space not designated as a persons with disabilities parking space, and reserve up to an eight foot space adjacent to the motor vehicle for the purpose of exiting and entering the motor vehicle if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) (a) The person places a wheelchair parking cone within eight feet of the motor vehicle’s entry.

(1) (b) The person displays the persons with disabilities parking permit in the motor vehicle as described in section 321L.4.

(1) (c) The motor vehicle and the wheelchair parking cone do not obstruct an aisle, street, or roadway so that other vehicles are unable to pass through the aisle, street, or roadway.

(1) (d) The parking space is provided by the state, a political subdivision of the state, or an entity providing nonresidential parking.

(1) (e) The person carries in the motor vehicle a copy of the statement from a physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, chiropractor, occupational therapist, or physical therapist which accompanied the person’s application for persons with disabilities registration plates under section 321.34 or other persons with disabilities parking permit under section 321L.2 and which indicates the person is permanently unable to walk. The person shall show the copy of the statement to any peace officer upon request.

(2) A person issued a persons with disabilities parking permit who does not comply with the requirements of subsection 1 when using a wheelchair parking cone commits a misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine under section 805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph “b”.

(3) A person shall not interfere with a wheelchair parking cone properly placed under subsection 1. A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine under section 805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.

(4) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.

97 Acts, ch 70, §15; 97 Acts, ch 147, §5; 98 Acts, ch 1080, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1206, §4; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2005 Acts, ch 8, §40; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §114; 2022 Acts, ch 1080, §6
Iowa Code § 8D.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8D / Section 8D.1
Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the general assembly that communications of state government be coordinated to effect maximum practical consolidation and joint use of communications services.

[C71, 73, §8A.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, §18.132]83 Acts, ch 126, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1184, §29C95, §8D.1
Iowa Code § 200.15 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 200 / Section 200.15
Refusal to register or cancellation of registration and licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or licensee has used fraudulent or deceptive practices or has willfully violated any provisions of this chapter or any rules adopted under this chapter, the secretary is authorized and empowered to do any of the following:

(1) (a) Cancel the registration of any product of commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance or license.

(1) (b) Refuse to register any product of commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance.

(1) (c) Refuse to license any applicant.

(2) A registration or license shall not be revoked or refused until the registrant or licensee has been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the secretary.

[C46, 50, 54, §200.11; C58, 62, §200.16; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §200.15]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §71; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §45; 2025 Acts, ch 134, §12
Iowa Code § 906.11 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 906 / Section 906.11
Assignment to parole officer.
Status: in_force

A person released on parole shall be assigned to a parole officer by the director of the judicial district department of correctional services. Both the person and the person’s parole officer shall be furnished in writing with the conditions of parole including a copy of the plan of restitution and the restitution plan of payment, if any, and the regulations which the person will be required to observe. The parole officer shall explain these conditions and regulations to the person, and supervise, assist, and counsel the person during the term of the person’s parole.

[C79, 81, §906.11; 82 Acts, ch 1162, §11, 14]83 Acts, ch 96, §147, 159
Iowa Code § 237A.23 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237A / Section 237A.23
Child care training and development system.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §368.
Iowa Code § 177A.19 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 177A / Section 177A.19
Harmful barberry.
Status: in_force

(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall receive, ship, accept for shipment, transport, sell, offer for sale, give away, deliver, plant, or permit to exist on the person’s, firm’s, or corporation’s premises any plant of the harmful barberry, or any plant of a species that shall be designated by the state entomologist in published regulations to be a host or carrier of a dangerous plant disease or insect pest.

(2) The state entomologist and the entomologist’s inspectors, and authorized agents, are hereby empowered to eradicate any such plant found growing in the state. If the owner shall refuse or neglect to eradicate such plants within ten days after receiving a written notice, the expense of such eradication shall be assessed, collected, and enforced against the premises upon which such expense was incurred as taxes are assessed, collected and enforced.

(3) The term “harmful barberry” shall be interpreted to consist of any species of Berberis or Mahonia susceptible to infection by Puccinia graminis, commonly called black stem rust of grain, but not including Japanese barberry (B. thunbergii), which does not propagate the rust.

(4) The procedures provided in section 177A.17 and all other applicable provisions of sections 177A.5 through 177A.18 shall govern and apply to the enforcement of this section.

[C24, §4053; C27, 31, 35, §4062-b19; C39, §4062.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.19; C75, 77, 79, 81, §177A.19]2021 Acts, ch 80, §90
Iowa Code § 321A.23 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.23
Chapter not to affect other policies.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform with the requirements of this chapter, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter.

(2) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured’s employ or on the insured’s behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.23]2021 Acts, ch 80, §182
Iowa Code § 808.11 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 808 / Section 808.11
Transmission of documents to district court clerk.
Status: in_force

The magistrate who has issued a search warrant shall attach to the warrant a copy of the return, inventory, if the inventory has not already been filed with the clerk of the district court, and all other documents in connection therewith and shall file them with the clerk of the district court for the county in which the property was seized.

[C79, 81, §808.11]2017 Acts, ch 37, §8, 9
Iowa Code § 537.3617 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3617
Unconscionability.
Status: in_force

Unconscionability in consumer rental purchase agreements is governed by section 537.5108.

87 Acts, ch 80, §17
Iowa Code § 73.20 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.20
Determination of ability to perform.
Status: in_force

Before announcing a contract award pursuant to the targeted small business procurement goal program, the purchasing authority shall evaluate whether the targeted small business scheduled to receive the award is able to perform the contract. This determination shall include consideration of production and financial capacity and technical competence. If the purchasing authority determines that the targeted small business may be unable to perform, the director of the economic development authority shall be notified.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §836; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §10; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2013 Acts, ch 13, §8
Iowa Code § 410.2 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 410 / Section 410.2
Boards of trustees — officers.
Status: in_force

The chief officer of each department, with the city treasurer and the city solicitor or attorney of such cities, shall be ex officio members of and shall constitute separate boards of trustees for the management of each fund. The chief officer of the department shall be president and the city treasurer, treasurer of such boards, and the faithful performance of the duties of the treasurer shall be secured by an official bond as city treasurer. Such trustees shall not receive any compensation for their services as members of said boards. Provided, however, that in any city where contributory fire or police retirement systems or both systems based upon actuarial tables shall be established by this Act* for the benefit of police officers or fire fighters or both appointed to the force after the establishment of same, the board of trustees of each such system, respectively, shall also constitute the board of trustees for the management of each fund under this section as a separate and distinct fund in itself.

[S13, §932-a,-b,-j,-k; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6311; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §410.2]
Iowa Code § 502.207A — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.207A
Section 502.207A
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1161, §63, 68.See §502.302 – 502.304A, 502.503.
Iowa Code § 443.22 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 443 / Section 443.22
Uniform assessments mandatory.
Status: in_force

All assessors and assessing bodies, including the department of revenue having authority over the assessment of property for tax purposes, shall comply with sections 428.4, 428.29, 434.15, 438.13, 441.21, and 441.45. The department of revenue having authority over the assessments, shall exercise its powers and perform its duties under section 421.17 and other applicable laws so as to require the uniform and consistent application of said section.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §443.22]84 Acts, ch 1195, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 804.15 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 804 / Section 804.15
Breaking and entering premises — demand to enter.
Status: in_force

If a law enforcement officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person whom the officer is authorized to arrest is present on any private premises, the officer may upon identifying the officer as such, demand that the officer be admitted to such premises for the purpose of making the arrest. If such demand is not promptly complied with, the officer may thereupon enter such premises to make the arrest, using such force as is reasonably necessary.

[C51, §2843, 2848; R60, §4554; C73, §4206; C97, §5201; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13473; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §755.9; C79, 81, §804.15]
Iowa Code § 679B.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679B / Section 679B.3
Governor to appoint for parties.
Status: in_force

Should either of the parties fail or neglect to make any recommendation within the said period, the governor shall, as soon thereafter as possible, appoint a fit person who shall be deemed to be appointed on the recommendation of the parties in default.

[S13, §2477-n1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1498; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §90.3]86 Acts, ch 1245, §944C87, §679B.3
Iowa Code § 20.21 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.21
Fact-finding.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §31.
Iowa Code § 536A.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536A / Section 536A.6
Administration by superintendent.
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall supervise the operation of industrial loan companies in this state in accordance with this chapter.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.6]86 Acts, ch 1245, §759
Iowa Code § 468.526 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.526
Powers and duties of trustees.
Status: in_force

Trustees shall have control, supervision, and management of the district for which they are elected and shall be clothed with all of the powers now conferred on the board or boards of supervisors for the control, management, and supervision of drainage and levee districts under the laws of the state, including the power to acquire lands by conveyance, lease, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided for in chapter 6B for right-of-way for levees, ditches and settling basins within or without the district and to annex lands to the district, except as provided in section 468.527. Such authority shall extend only to the district for which they are elected.

[SS15, §1989-a52f, -a71; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7700; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.27]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.526
Iowa Code § 481A.147 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.147
Theft of fish.
Status: in_force

All fish in an aquaculture unit are private property and are not the property of the state, and the theft of fish from an aquaculture unit is punishable as provided in section 714.2.

92 Acts, ch 1216, §9
Iowa Code § 624.32 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.32
Other parties.
Status: in_force

A conveyance made in pursuance of a sale ordered by the court shall pass to the grantee the title of all the parties to the action or proceeding.

[R60, §3168; C73, §2889; C97, §3808; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11616; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.32]
Iowa Code § 432.12C — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432 / Section 432.12C
Investment tax credits.
Status: in_force

(1) The tax imposed under this chapter shall be reduced by an investment tax credit authorized pursuant to section 15E.27 for an investment in a qualifying business.

(2) The taxes imposed under this chapter shall be reduced by investment tax credits authorized pursuant to sections 15.508 and 15.496.

2002 Acts, ch 1006, §10, 13; 2006 Acts, ch 1158, §60; 2013 Acts, ch 70, §21; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §106; 2014 Acts, ch 1130, §40; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §123, 126, 127; 2025 Acts, ch 136, §53, 59, 75
Iowa Code § 541A.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541A / Section 541A.4
Individual development account — pilot phase.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1016, §7, 8.
Iowa Code § 539.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 539 / Section 539.11
Section 539.11
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 489.14102 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.14102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Asset” means any of the following:

(1) (a) Property in which a series limited liability company or protected series has rights.

(1) (b) Property as to which the company or protected series has the power to transfer rights.

(2) “Associated asset” means an asset that meets the requirements of section 489.14301.

(3) “Associated member” means a member that meets the requirements of section 489.14302.

(4) “Foreign protected series” means an arrangement, configuration, or other structure established by a foreign limited liability company which has attributes comparable to a protected series established under this subchapter. The term applies whether or not the law under which the foreign company is organized refers to “protected series”.

(5) “Foreign series limited liability company” means a foreign limited liability company that has at least one foreign protected series.

(6) “Nonassociated asset” means any of the following:

(6) (a) An asset of a series limited liability company which is not an associated asset of the company.

(6) (b) An asset of a protected series of the company which is not an associated asset of the protected series.

(7) “Person” means the same as defined in section 4.1 and includes a protected series.

(8) “Protected series”, except in the phrase “foreign protected series”, means a protected series established under section 489.14201.

(9) “Protected-series manager” means a person under whose authority the powers of a protected series are exercised and under whose direction the activities and affairs of the protected series are managed under the operating agreement, this subchapter, and this chapter.

(10) “Protected-series transferable interest” means a right to receive a distribution from a protected series.

(11) “Protected-series transferee” means a person to which all or part of a protected-series transferable interest of a protected series of a series limited liability company has been transferred, other than the company. The term includes a person that owns a protected-series transferable interest as a result of ceasing to be an associated member of a protected series.

(12) “Series limited liability company”, except in the phrase “foreign series limited liability company”, means a limited liability company that has at least one protected series.

2019 Acts, ch 26, §2, 41; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §127, 128, 161