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Iowa Code § 504.502 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.502
Change of registered office or registered agent.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth all of the following:

(1) (a) The name of the corporation.

(1) (b) If the current registered office is to be changed, the address of the new registered office.

(1) (c) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent’s written consent, either on the statement or attached to it, to the change.

(1) (d) That after the change or changes are made, the addresses of its registered office and the office of its registered agent will be identical.

(2) If the address of a registered agent’s business office is changed, the registered agent may change the address of the registered office of any corporation for which the registered agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and by signing, either manually or in facsimile, and delivering to the secretary of state for filing, a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection 1 and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.

(3) If a registered agent changes the registered agent’s business address to another place, the registered agent may change the address of the registered office of any corporation for which the registered agent is the registered agent by filing a statement as required in subsection 2 for each corporation, or by filing a single statement for all corporations named in the notice, except that it need be signed, either manually or in facsimile, only once by the registered agent and must recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to each corporation named in the notice.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §32, 192
Iowa Code § 218.41 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.41
Custody.
Status: in_force

When a resident of an institution is working outside the institution proper, the resident is at all times in the actual custody of the superintendent of the institution.

[SS15, §5718-a11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3324; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.41]83 Acts, ch 96, §159, 1602023 Acts, ch 19, §380
Iowa Code § 25B.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 25B / Section 25B.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “State Mandates Act”.

83 Acts, ch 142, §1
Iowa Code § 441.72 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.72
Assessment of platted lots.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 2, when a subdivision plat is recorded pursuant to chapter 354, the individual lots within the subdivision plat shall not be assessed in excess of the total assessment of the land as acreage or unimproved property for five years after the recording of the plat or until the lot is actually improved with permanent construction, whichever occurs first. When an individual lot has been improved with permanent construction, the lot shall be assessed for taxation purposes as provided in chapter 428 and this chapter.

(2) For subdivision plats recorded pursuant to chapter 354 on or after January 1, 2004, but before January 1, 2011, the individual lots within the subdivision plat shall not be assessed in excess of the total assessment of the land as acreage or unimproved property for eight years after the recording of the plat or until the lot is actually improved with permanent construction, whichever occurs first. When an individual lot has been improved with permanent construction, the lot shall be assessed for taxation purposes as provided in chapter 428 and this chapter.

(3) This section does not apply to special assessment levies.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §50; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §155, 157
Iowa Code § 205.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 205 / Section 205.4
Wood or denatured alcohol.
Status: in_force

No person shall have in the person’s possession or dispose of in any manner any article intended for use of humans or domestic animals, for internal or external use, for cosmetic purposes, for inhalation, or for perfumes, which contains methyl (wood) alcohol, crude or refined, or completely denatured alcohol. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to specially denatured alcohols the formula of which has been approved and the manufacture and use regulated by the federal government.

[S13, §4999-a36; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3173; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §205.4]
Iowa Code § 7A.23 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7A / Section 7A.23
Price of departmental reports.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of administrative services shall establish and fix a selling price for all state departmental reports and any other state publications the director may designate, which price per volume shall be the amount charged any person, other than public officials, who purchases the publication. The price shall cover the cost of printing and distribution. The director may distribute gratis to state or local public officials or offices, as the director deems necessary, copies of departmental annual reports.

[C35, §265-e1; C39, §265.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §17.23]84 Acts, ch 1067, §5C93, §7A.2398 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1164, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §112
Iowa Code § 249N.7 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249N / Section 249N.7
Member financial participation.
Status: in_force

(1) Membership in the Iowa health and wellness plan shall require payment of monthly contributions for members whose household income is at or above fifty percent of the federal poverty level. Members shall be subject to copayment amounts applicable only to nonemergency use of a hospital emergency department. Total member cost-sharing, annually, shall align with the cost-sharing limitations requirements for the American health benefits exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. Contributions and copayment amounts shall be established by rule of the department.

(2) Contributions shall be waived for a member during the initial year of membership. If a member completes all required preventive care services and wellness activities as specified by rule of the department during the initial year of membership, contributions shall be waived during the subsequent year of membership and each year thereafter until such time as the member fails to complete required preventive care services and wellness activities specified during the prior annual membership period.

2013 Acts, ch 138, §172, 187
Iowa Code § 49.65 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.65
Packing ballots — delivery — receipts — records.
Status: in_force

The required number of ballots for each precinct shall be wrapped and sealed, and each package shall be clearly marked on the outside to indicate the number of ballots contained in the package and the name or number of the precinct and the location of the polling place for which they are intended. The ballots shall be delivered to the precinct election officials together with other necessary election supplies, as provided by section 49.55, and one of the officials shall sign a receipt for the ballots which receipt shall be preserved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall keep a record of the number of ballots delivered for each polling place, the person who signed the receipt for them, and the time they were delivered, on a form which also provides space for the entries required by section 50.10.

[C97, §1110; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §783; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.65]
Iowa Code § 142C.11 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142C / Section 142C.11
Immunity.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who complies with this chapter in good faith or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or who attempts in good faith to comply, is immune from liability in any civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.

(2) An individual who makes an anatomical gift pursuant to this chapter and the individual’s estate are not liable for any injury or damages that may result from the making or the use of the anatomical gift, if the gift is made in good faith.

(3) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this chapter, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in section 142C.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”, “f”, “g”, or “h”, relating to the individual’s relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.

95 Acts, ch 39, §11; 2002 Acts, ch 1064, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §14
Iowa Code § 187.201 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 187 / Section 187.201
Choose Iowa fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A choose Iowa fund is created in the state treasury under the management and control of the department.

(2) The fund shall include moneys collected as fees by the department as provided in section 187.303, moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department, including moneys from public or private sources.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department and shall be used exclusively to administer the programs created in this subchapter as determined and directed by the department, and shall not require further special authorization by the general assembly.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(4) (b) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert.

2022 Acts, ch 1152, §7C2023, §159.312024 Acts, ch 1177, §6, 14, 16C2025, §187.201
Iowa Code § 461.32 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461 / Section 461.32
Natural resources account allocations.
Status: in_force

(1) A natural resources account is created in the trust fund. Twenty-three percent of the moneys credited to the trust fund shall be allocated to the account.

(2) The account shall be used by the department of natural resources to support all of the following initiatives:

(2) (a) The establishment, restoration, or enhancement of state parks, state preserves, state forests, wildlife areas, wildlife habitats, native prairies, and wetlands.

(2) (b) Wildlife diversity.

(2) (c) Recreational purposes.

(2) (d) Technical assistance and financial incentives to private landowners to promote the management of forests, fisheries, wetlands, and wildlife.

(2) (e) The improvement of water trails, rivers, and streams.

(2) (f) Education and outreach that provide instruction regarding natural history and the outdoors. The subjects of such instruction may relate to opportunities involving recreational purposes, outdoor safety, and ethics.

(3) The department of natural resources shall to every extent possible consider its comprehensive plan provided in section 456A.31 when making funding decisions.

2010 Acts, ch 1158, §10, 17
Iowa Code § 43.29 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.29
Form of name on ballot.
Status: in_force

The name of a candidate printed on the ballot shall not include parentheses, quotation marks, or any personal or professional title.

89 Acts, ch 136, §12
Iowa Code § 724.9A — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.9A
Approval of organizations that may certify handgun safety training instructors.
Status: in_force

The department of public safety shall adopt rules to approve organizations that may certify individuals as handgun safety training instructors eligible to offer a handgun safety training course under section 724.9, subsection 1, paragraphs “a” and “b”.

2021 Acts, ch 35, §20
Iowa Code § 537.3207 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3207
Form of insurance premium loan agreement.
Status: in_force

An agreement pursuant to which an insurance premium loan is made shall contain the names of the insurance producer negotiating each policy or contract and of the insurer issuing each policy or contract, the number and inception date of, and premium for, each policy or contract, the date on which the term of the loan begins, and a clear and conspicuous notice that each policy or contract may be canceled if payment is not made in accordance with the agreement. If a policy or contract has not been issued when the agreement is signed, the agreement may provide that the insurance producer may insert the appropriate information in the agreement and, if they do so, shall furnish the information promptly in writing to the insured.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.3207]2001 Acts, ch 16, §35, 37
Iowa Code § 591.4 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 591 / Section 591.4
Defective notice or acknowledgment, etc.
Status: in_force

In all instances where the incorporators of corporations organized in the state prior to January 1, 1959, have failed to publish notices of such incorporation within three months from and after the date of the certificates of incorporation issued by the secretary of state, but did publish such notices within three months after the date required by law in such cases in manner and form as required by law, and in all instances where the number of incorporators or the signatures or acknowledgment thereof were less than the number required by law, or the articles of incorporation were otherwise defective, but where the corporation or association has thereafter been conducted with the requisite number of stockholders or members, such notices of incorporation and the incorporation of corporations or associations so defectively incorporated are in each and every case hereby legalized and all the corporate acts of all such corporations and associations are hereby legalized in all respects.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10411; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §591.4]
Iowa Code § 357H.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357H / Section 357H.1
Rural improvement zones definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of a county with less than twenty thousand residents, not counting persons admitted or committed to an institution enumerated in section 218.1 or 904.102, based upon the most recent certified federal census, and with a private real estate development adjacent to or abutting in part a lake may designate an area surrounding the lake, if it is an unincorporated area of the county, a rural improvement zone upon receipt of a petition pursuant to section 357H.2, and upon the board’s determination that the area is in need of improvements.

(2) For purposes of this chapter:

(2) (a) “Board” means the board of supervisors of the county.

(2) (b) “Improvements” means dredging, installation of erosion control measures, water quality activities, land acquisition, and related improvements, including soil conservation practices, within or outside of the boundaries of the zone.

(2) (c) “Lake” means a body of water that is located entirely in a single county and that has a surface area of at least eighty acres.

(2) (d) “Water quality activities” includes but is not limited to creation or maintenance of grass waterways or wetlands, bank stabilization, watershed protection, activities on lands outside the rural improvement zone which affect water quality within the zone, and any other activity which will improve water quality of a stream, river, or lake.

97 Acts, ch 152, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1168, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1190, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 108, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §122; 2015 Acts, ch 97, §1 – 3; 2020 Acts, ch 1118, §149 – 151
Iowa Code § 624.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.1
Evidence in ordinary actions.
Status: in_force

(1) All issues of fact in ordinary actions shall be tried upon oral evidence taken in open court, except that depositions may be used as provided by law. “Open court” includes remote testimony of a witness by telephone, videoconference, or other remote means of communication approved by the court.

(2) A party may interrogate any unwilling or hostile witness by leading questions.

(3) A party may call an adverse party or an officer, director, or managing agent of a public or private corporation or of a partnership or association which is an adverse party, and interrogate the party or person by leading questions and contradict and impeach the party or person in all respects as if the party or person had been called by the adverse party, and the witness thus called may be contradicted and impeached by or on behalf of the adverse party also, and may be cross-examined by the adverse party only upon the subject matter of the examination in chief.

[R60, §2999; C73, §2741; C97, §3651; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.1]2020 Acts, ch 1062, §64; 2024 Acts, ch 1104, §3
Iowa Code § 633.556 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.556
Petition for appointment of guardian or conservator for an adult.
Status: in_force

(1) A formal judicial proceeding to determine whether to appoint a guardian or conservator for an adult shall be initiated by the filing of a verified petition by a person with an interest in the welfare of the adult, which may include the adult who is the subject of the petition.

(2) The petition shall contain a concise statement of the factual basis for the petition.

(3) The petition shall contain a concise statement of why there is no less restrictive alternative to the appointment of a guardian or a conservator.

(4) The petition shall list the name and address of the respondent and petitioner, and the petitioner’s relationship to the respondent.

(5) The petition shall list the name and address, to the extent known, of the following:

(5) (a) The name and address of the proposed guardian and the reason the proposed guardian should be selected.

(5) (b) Any spouse of the respondent.

(5) (c) Any adult children of the respondent.

(5) (d) Any parents of the respondent.

(5) (e) Any adult, who has had the primary care of the respondent or with whom the respondent has lived for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition, or any institution or facility where the respondent has resided for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition.

(5) (f) Any legal representative or representative payee of the respondent.

(5) (g) Any person designated as an attorney in fact in a durable power of attorney for health care which is valid under chapter 144B, or any person designated as an agent in a durable power of attorney which is valid under chapter 633B.

(6) Any additional persons who may have an interest in the proceeding may be listed in an affidavit attached to the petition.

(7) If the petition requests the appointment of a conservator, the petition shall state the estimated present value of the real estate owned or to be owned by the respondent, the estimated value of the personal property owned or to be owned by the respondent, and the estimated gross annual income of the respondent.

(8) Any additional information relevant to the proceeding may be included in an affidavit attached to the petition.

(9) The person listed in the petition for guardianship or conservatorship pursuant to subsections 4, 5, and 6 shall be given notice of the filing of the petition for guardianship or conservatorship pursuant to section 633.558. A person entitled to notice under this subsection does not gain standing in a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding as a result of being entitled to notice unless so ordered by the court.

2019 Acts, ch 57, §13, 43, 44; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §13 – 15
Iowa Code § 521J.24 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521J / Section 521J.24
Books and records.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Unless otherwise approved by the commissioner, a captive company shall maintain the captive company’s original books, records, documents, accounts, vouchers, and agreements in this state and make them available for examination and inspection by the commissioner as requested by the commissioner. The captive company may store and reproduce the books, records, documents, accounts, vouchers, and agreements electronically.

(1) (b) All books, records, documents, accounts, vouchers, and agreements shall be kept in a manner that the commissioner can readily ascertain the captive company’s financial condition, affairs, and operations; can readily verify the captive company’s financial statements; and can confirm the captive company’s compliance with this chapter.

(2) Unless otherwise approved by the commissioner, all books, records, documents, accounts, vouchers, and agreements maintained by a captive company under subsection 1 shall remain available in the state until the commissioner approves destruction or other disposition of the books, records, documents, accounts, vouchers, and agreements.

2023 Acts, ch 107, §27
Iowa Code § 321G.14 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321G / Section 321G.14
Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who violates this chapter or a rule of the commission or director of transportation is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(2) Chapter 232 shall have no application in the prosecution of offenses which are committed in violation of this chapter and which constitute simple misdemeanors.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321G.14]2004 Acts, ch 1132, §23
Iowa Code § 438.16 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 438 / Section 438.16
Taxation procedure.
Status: in_force

All such pipeline property shall be taxable upon said assessment at the same rates, by the same officers, and for the same purpose as the property of individuals within such counties, cities, townships and lesser taxing districts.

[C31, 35, §7103-d16; C39, §7103.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §438.16]
Iowa Code § 602.4106 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.4106
Opinions — reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The decisions of the court on all questions passed upon by it, including motions and points of practice, shall be specifically stated, and shall be accompanied with an opinion upon those which are deemed of sufficient importance, together with any dissents, which dissents may be stated with or without an opinion. All decisions and opinions shall be in writing and filed with the clerk, except that rulings upon motions may be entered upon the announcement book.

(2) The records and reports for each case shall show whether a decision was made by a full bench, and whether any, and if so which, of the judges dissented from the decision.

(3) The supreme court may publish reports of its official opinions, or it may direct that publication of the opinions by a private publisher shall be considered the official reports.

(4) If the decision, in the judgment of the court, is not of sufficient general importance to be published, it shall be so designated, in which case it shall not be included in the reports, and no case shall be reported except by order of the full bench.

83 Acts, ch 186, §5106, 10201
Iowa Code § 357.2 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357 / Section 357.2
Territory included.
Status: in_force

The benefited water district may include part or all of any incorporated city or cities, together with or without contiguous or noncontiguous territory including cemeteries and all publicly owned land. The publicly owned property shall pay and bear its proportionate share of the cost and expense of the water system upon the same basis as privately owned property.

[C39, §5526.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.2]92 Acts, ch 1204, §11
Iowa Code § 327H.20 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327H / Section 327H.20
Assistance agreements.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 178, §34.
Iowa Code § 139A.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 139A / Section 139A.12
County liability for care, provisions, and medical attendance.
Status: in_force

The local board shall provide proper care, provisions, and medical attendance for any person removed and isolated or quarantined in a separate house or hospital for detention and treatment, and the care, provisions, and medical attendance shall be paid for by the county in which the infected person has residence, if the patient or legal guardian is unable to pay.

2000 Acts, ch 1066, §12; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §23