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Iowa Code § 7E.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7E / Section 7E.2
Offices, departments, and independent agencies.
Status: in_force

The constitutional and statutory offices, administrative departments, and independent agencies which comprise the executive branch of state government are structured as follows:

(1) The elective constitutional and statutory officers who do not head operating departments each head a staff to be termed the “office” of the respective elective officer, but the office of the governor shall be known as the “executive office”.

(2) The principal administrative unit of the executive branch is a “department” and there may be one or more “independent agencies”.

(3) (a) The director of each department, subject to applicable statute, approval by the governor, and the provisions of subsection 4 of this section, may establish the internal structure within the office of the director so as to best suit the purposes of the department.

(3) (b) For field operations, departments may establish district or area offices which may cut across divisional lines of responsibility.

(3) (c) For their internal structure, all departments shall adhere to the following standard terms unless otherwise specified by law, and independent agencies are encouraged to review their internal structure and to adhere as much as possible to the following standard terms:

(3) (c) The principal subunit of the department is the “division”. Each division shall be headed by an “administrator”.

(3) (c) The principal subunit of the division is the “bureau”. Each bureau shall be headed by a “chief”.

(3) (c) If further subdivision is necessary, bureaus may be divided into subunits which shall be known as “sections” and which shall be headed by “supervisors” and sections may be divided into subunits which shall be known as “units” and which shall be headed by “unit managers”.

(4) Subject to applicable law, the head of each department or independent agency shall, subject to the approval of the governor, establish the internal organization of the department or independent agency and allocate and reallocate duties and functions not assigned by law to an officer or any subunit of the department or independent agency to promote economic and efficient administration and operation of the department or independent agency.

(5) Any commission, board, or other unit attached under this section to a department or independent agency, or a specified division of one, shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent agency, or specified division. Any commission, board, or other unit so attached shall exercise its powers, duties, and functions as may be prescribed by law, including rulemaking, licensing and regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the commission, board, or other unit independently of the head of the department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination, and related management functions shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, unless otherwise provided by law.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §2
Iowa Code § 554.7509 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.7509
Adequate compliance with commercial contract.
Status: in_force

Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract for sale, a contract for lease, or the conditions of a letter of credit is determined by Article 2, 5, or 13.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.7509]2007 Acts, ch 30, §39, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 157.12B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 157 / Section 157.12B
Threading.
Status: in_force

(1) A person engaged exclusively in the practice of threading is not required to receive a license issued under section 157.3.

(2) A person may engage in the practice of threading at a location that is not licensed pursuant to section 157.11.

(3) For the purposes of this section, “threading” means the removal of hairs from the eyebrows, upper lip, or other body parts by the use of a thread and includes the use of astringents, gels, powders, tweezers, and scissors incidental to the use of a thread.

2022 Acts, ch 1005, §3
Iowa Code § 515C.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515C / Section 515C.3
Bases for computations.
Status: in_force

The unearned premium reserve shall be computed pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner of insurance.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515C.3]2000 Acts, ch 1023, §31, 60
Iowa Code § 505.27 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 505 / Section 505.27
Medical malpractice insurance — annual claims reports required.
Status: in_force

(1) An insurer providing medical malpractice insurance coverage to Iowa health care providers shall file annually on or before June 1 with the commissioner a report of all medical malpractice insurance claims, both open claims and closed claims filed during the reporting period, against any such Iowa insureds during the preceding calendar year.

(2) The report shall be in writing and contain all of the following information aggregated by specialty area and paid loss and paid expense categories established by the commissioner:

(2) (a) The total number of claims in the reporting period and the nature and substance of such claims.

(2) (b) The total amounts paid within six months after final disposition of the claims.

(2) (c) The total amount reserved for the payment of claims incurred and reported but not disposed.

(2) (d) The expenses, as set forth by rule, related to the claims.

(2) (e) Any other additional information as required by the commissioner by rule.

(3) The commissioner shall compile annually the data included in reports filed by insurers pursuant to this section into an aggregate form by insurer, except that such data shall not include information that directly or indirectly identifies any individual, including a patient, an insured, or a health care provider. The commissioner shall submit a written report summarizing such data along with any recommendations to the general assembly and the governor annually by December 1.

(4) A report prepared pursuant to subsection 1 or 3 shall be open to the public and shall be made available to a requesting party by the commissioner at no charge, except that any identifying information of any individual, including a patient, an insured, or health care provider, shall remain confidential.

(5) For purposes of this section:

(5) (a) “Health care provider” means the same as defined in section 135.61, a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B, or a health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 135C.

(5) (b) “Insurer” means an insurance company authorized to transact insurance business in this state. “Insurer” does not include a health care provider who maintains professional liability insurance coverage through a self-insurance plan, an unauthorized insurance company transacting business with an insured person in this state, or a person not authorized to transact insurance business in this state.

2006 Acts, ch 1128, §3; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §141; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §177; 2025 Acts, ch 120, §71
Iowa Code § 446.5 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.5
Section 446.5
Status: repealed

Repealed by 91 Acts, ch 191, §123, 124.
Iowa Code § 358.25 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.25
Revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

Sanitary districts incorporated under this chapter may exercise the powers granted to counties in sections 331.462 through 331.470, to issue revenue bonds for the purposes in section 331.461, subsection 2, paragraphs “b” and “c”.

[C35, §6066 – f1, f5, f8; C39, §6066.24, 6066.28 – 6066.32; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §394.1, 394.5 – 394.9; C71, 73, §394.1, 394.5 – 394.9, 394.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §332.44; S81, §358.25; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1069]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §193
Iowa Code § 23B.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 23B / Section 23B.5
Chapter inapplicable.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to legal services contracts under chapter 13B.

2012 Acts, ch 1112, §6
Iowa Code § 624.34 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.34
Form.
Status: in_force

The conveyance shall be signed by the commissioner only, without affixing the names of the parties whose title is conveyed, but the names of such parties shall be recited in the body of the conveyance.

[R60, §3170; C73, §2891; C97, §3810; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11618; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.34]
Iowa Code § 217.13 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.13
Department to provide certain volunteer services volunteer liability.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish volunteer programs designed to enhance the services provided by the department. Roles for volunteers may include but shall not be limited to parent aides, friendly visitors, commodity distributors, clerical assistants, medical transporters, and other functions to complement and supplement the department’s work with clients. Roles for volunteers shall include conservators and guardians. The department shall adopt rules for programs which are established.

(2) (a) The director shall appoint a coordinator of volunteer services to oversee the provision of services of volunteer conservators and guardians on a volunteer basis to individuals in this state requiring such services. The coordinator, after consulting with personnel assigned to the district of the department, shall recommend to the director how best to serve the needs of individuals in need of the services of a guardian or conservator. Where possible, the coordinator shall recommend that the services be provided on a multicounty basis.

(2) (b) The coordinator shall cooperate with the department in providing these services and shall seek out alternative sources for providing the services required under this section.

(3) All volunteers registered with the department and in compliance with departmental rules are considered state employees for purposes of chapter 669. However, this section does not except a conservator or guardian from an action brought under section 658.1A or 658.3. This section does not relieve a guardian or conservator from duties under chapter 633.

88 Acts, ch 1170, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §912023 Acts, ch 19, §332
Iowa Code § 266.25 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.25
Section 266.25
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 179, §143.
Iowa Code § 200.13 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 200 / Section 200.13
Reports and publications.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall publish at least annually, in such forms as the secretary may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial fertilizers, together with such data on their production and use as the secretary may consider advisable. The secretary shall report semiannually the results of the analysis based on official samples taken of commercial fertilizers sold within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed under section 200.5 and section 200.6, together with name and address of the manufacturer or distributor of such commercial fertilizer at the time the official sample was taken. A copy of this semiannual report will be mailed by the secretary to each corresponding county extension director in the state.

[C46, 50, 54, §200.13; C58, 62, §200.14; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §200.13]
Iowa Code § 508C.18A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508C / Section 508C.18A
Notice to policyholders summary of chapter and disclosure.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A member insurer shall not deliver a policy or contract in Iowa to the policy owner, contract owner, certificate holder, or enrollee unless a summary document describing the general purposes and current provisions of this chapter and containing a disclosure in compliance with subsection 2 is delivered to the policy owner, contract owner, certificate holder, or enrollee at the same time.

(1) (b) The summary document shall also be available upon request by a policy owner, contract owner, certificate holder, or enrollee.

(1) (c) The distribution, delivery, contents, or interpretation of the summary document does not guarantee that either the policy or contract, or the policy owner, the contract owner, certificate holder, or enrollee, is covered in the event of the impairment or insolvency of a member insurer.

(1) (d) The summary document shall be revised by the association and approved by the commissioner as amendments to this chapter may require. Failure to receive a summary document does not give the insurance policy or contract owner, certificate holder, enrollee, or insured any greater rights than those stated in this chapter.

(2) The summary document prepared pursuant to this section shall contain a clear and conspicuous disclosure on its face. The commissioner shall establish the form and content of the disclosure which shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) State the name and address of the association and the Iowa insurance division.

(2) (b) Prominently warn the policy or contract owner, certificate holder, or enrollee that the association may not cover the policy or contract or, if coverage is available, it will be subject to substantial limitations and exclusions and conditioned on continued residence in this state.

(2) (c) State the types of insurance policies and contracts for which the association will provide coverage.

(2) (d) State that the member insurer and the member insurer’s agents are prohibited by law from using the existence of the association for the purpose of sales, solicitation, or inducement to purchase any form of insurance or health maintenance organization coverage.

(2) (e) State that the policy owner, contract owner, certificate holder, or enrollee should not rely on coverage from the association when selecting an insurer or health maintenance organization.

(2) (f) Explain rights available and procedures for filing a complaint to allege a violation of any provisions of this chapter.

(2) (g) Provide other information as directed by the commissioner, including but not limited to sources for information about the financial condition of a member insurer provided that the information is not proprietary and is subject to disclosure under chapter 22.

(3) A member insurer shall retain evidence of compliance with the provisions of this section for as long as the policy or contract for which the notice is given remains in effect.

2011 Acts, ch 70, §23; 2019 Acts, ch 12, §31 – 33, 35, 36
Iowa Code § 321H.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321H / Section 321H.7
Fees.
Status: in_force

All fees of whatever character accruing from the administration of this chapter shall be accounted for and paid by the department into the state treasury monthly and shall be credited to the road use tax fund.

[C79, 81, §321H.7]
Iowa Code § 476.87 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.87
Certification of competitive natural gas providers.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall certify all competitive natural gas providers and aggregators providing natural gas services in this state. In an application for certification, a competitive natural gas provider or aggregator must reasonably demonstrate managerial, technical, and financial capability sufficient to obtain and deliver the services such provider or aggregator proposes to offer. The commission may establish reasonable conditions or restrictions on the certificate at the time of issuance. The commission shall adopt rules to establish specific criteria for certification. The commission shall make a determination on an application for certification within ninety days of its submission, unless the commission determines that additional time is necessary to consider the application, in which case the commission may extend the time for making a determination for an additional sixty days.

(2) The commission may resolve disputes involving the provision of natural gas services by a competitive natural gas provider or aggregator.

(3) The commission shall allocate the costs and expenses reasonably attributable to certification and dispute resolution in this section to persons identified as parties to such proceeding who are engaged in or who seek to engage in providing natural gas services or other persons identified as participants in such proceeding. The funds received for the costs and the expenses of certification and dispute resolution shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 as provided in section 476.10.

99 Acts, ch 20, §3, 62009 Acts, ch 181, §492023 Acts, ch 19, §2678; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 441.7 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.7
Special examination.
Status: in_force

(1) If the conference board fails to appoint an assessor from the list of individuals on the register, the conference board shall request permission from the director of revenue to hold a special examination in the particular city or county in which the vacancy has occurred. Permission may be granted by the director of revenue after consideration of factors such as the availability of candidates in that particular city or county.

(2) The director of revenue shall conduct no more than one special examination for each vacancy in an assessing jurisdiction. The examination shall be conducted by the director of revenue as provided in section 441.5, except as otherwise provided in this section. The examining board shall give notice of holding the examination for assessor by posting a written notice in a conspicuous place in the county courthouse in the case of county assessors or in the city hall in the case of city assessors, stating that at a specified date, an examination for the position of assessor will be held at a specified place. Similar notice shall be given at the same time by one publication of the notice in three newspapers of general circulation in the case of a county assessor, or in case there are not three such newspapers in a county, then in newspapers which are available, or in one newspaper of general circulation in the city in the case of city assessor.

(3) The conference board of the city or county in which a special examination is held shall reimburse the department of revenue for all expenses incurred in the administration of the examination, to be paid for by the respective city or county assessment expense fund. Following the administration of this special examination, the director of revenue shall certify to the examining board a new list of candidates eligible to be appointed as assessor and the examining board and conference board shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of section 441.6.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, §405.5; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.7]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §61
Iowa Code § 614.32 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 614 / Section 614.32
What interests and rights subject.
Status: in_force

Such marketable record title shall be subject to:

(1) All interests and defects which are inherent in the muniments of which such chain of record title is formed; provided however, that a general reference in such muniments, or any of them, to easements, use restrictions or other interests created prior to the root of title shall not be sufficient to preserve them, unless specific identification be made therein of a recorded title transaction which creates such easement, use restriction, or other interest.

(2) All interest preserved by the filing of proper notice or by possession by the same owner continuously for a period of forty years or more, in accordance with section 614.34.

(3) The rights of any person arising from a period of adverse possession or user, which was in whole or in part subsequent to the effective date of the root of title.

(4) Any interest arising out of a title transaction which has been recorded subsequent to the effective date of the root of title from which the unbroken chain of title of record is started; provided such recording shall not revive or give validity to any interest which has been extinguished prior to the time of the recording by the operation of section 614.33.

(5) The exceptions as stated and set forth in section 614.36.

(6) All interests created by an environmental covenant established pursuant to chapter 455I.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.32]2005 Acts, ch 102, §19
Iowa Code § 541.119 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.119
Section 541.119
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 49.110 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.110
Section 49.110
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15.See §39A.2 and 39A.5.
Iowa Code § 626.35 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.35
Interest on secured debt.
Status: in_force

When the secured debt is not due as shown by the security agreement, the officer or the attachment or execution creditor, must also pay or deposit with the clerk interest on the principal sum at the rate specified in the security agreement for the term of sixty days from the date of the deposit, unless the debt secured falls due in a less time, in which case interest shall be deposited for such shorter period.

[C97, §3980; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11683; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.35]
Iowa Code § 357D.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357D / Section 357D.12
Dissolution of district.
Status: in_force

Upon petition of thirty-five percent of the resident eligible electors, the board may dissolve a district and dispose of any remaining property, the proceeds of which shall first be applied against outstanding obligations and any balance shall be applied to tax credit of property owners of the district. However, if the district is annexed, the board of supervisors may transfer the remaining property and balance to the city which annexed the territory. The board shall continue to levy a tax after dissolution of a district, of not to exceed twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on all the taxable property of the district, until all outstanding obligations of the district are paid.

[82 Acts, ch 1174, §12]91 Acts, ch 111, §6
Iowa Code § 496C.21 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496C / Section 496C.21
Biennial report.
Status: in_force

(1) Each biennial report of a professional corporation or foreign professional corporation shall, in addition to the information required by the Iowa business corporation Act, chapter 490, set forth:

(1) (a) The name and address of one shareholder.

(1) (b) In the case of a professional corporation, a statement under oath whether or not all shareholders, directors, and officers, except assistant officers, of the corporation are licensed to practice in this state a profession which the corporation is authorized to practice, and whether or not all employees and agents of the corporation who practice a profession in this state on behalf of the corporation are licensed to practice the profession in this state.

(1) (c) In the case of a foreign professional corporation, a statement under oath whether or not all shareholders, directors, officers, employees, and agents who practice a profession in this state on behalf of the corporation are licensed to practice the profession in this state.

(1) (d) Additional information necessary or appropriate to enable the secretary of state or regulating board to determine whether the professional corporation or foreign professional corporation is complying with this chapter.

(2) Information shall be set forth on forms prescribed and furnished by the secretary of state.

(3) A corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter shall pay the biennial report filing fee and make the biennial report in a form and manner and at the time specified in chapter 490.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496C.21]83 Acts, ch 144, §5; 97 Acts, ch 171, §25; 2000 Acts, ch 1022, §4, 5; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §64; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §119