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Iowa Code § 596.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 596 / Section 596.4
Formalities.
Status: in_force

A premarital agreement must be in writing and signed by both prospective spouses. It is enforceable without consideration other than the marriage. Both parties to the agreement shall execute all documents necessary to enforce the agreement.

91 Acts, ch 77, §4
Iowa Code § 17A.10A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.10A
Contested cases — no factual dispute.
Status: in_force

Upon petition by a party in a matter that would be a contested case if there was a dispute over the existence of material facts, all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to contested cases, except those relating to presentation of evidence, shall be applicable even though there is no factual dispute in the particular case.

98 Acts, ch 1202, §14, 46
Iowa Code § 260C.19A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.19A
Motor vehicles required to operate on alternative fuels.
Status: in_force

(1) A motor vehicle purchased by or used under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline as defined in section 214A.1. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly visible sticker which notifies the traveling public that the motor vehicle is being operated on ethanol blended gasoline. However, the sticker is not required to be affixed to an unmarked vehicle used for purposes of providing law enforcement or security.

(2) (a) Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks purchased by or under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area, a minimum of ten percent of all such vehicles and trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines which utilize alternative methods of propulsion, including but not limited to any of the following:

(2) (a) A flexible fuel which is any of the following:

(2) (a) E-85 gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.

(2) (a) B-20 biodiesel blended fuel as provided in section 214A.2.

(2) (a) A renewable fuel approved by the office of renewable fuels and coproducts pursuant to section 159A.3.

(2) (a) Compressed or liquefied natural gas.

(2) (a) Propane gas.

(2) (a) Solar energy.

(2) (a) Electricity.

(2) (b) The provisions of this subsection do not apply to vehicles and trucks purchased and directly used for law enforcement or off-road maintenance work.

91 Acts, ch 254, §17CS91, §280A.19AC93, §260C.19A93 Acts, ch 26, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §61, 62; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §61
Iowa Code § 123A.10 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.10
Waiver — prohibited.
Status: in_force

A brewer shall not require a wholesaler to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter. This chapter shall not be construed to limit or prohibit a good faith settlement of a dispute voluntarily entered into between the parties.

95 Acts, ch 101, §10
Iowa Code § 380.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 380 / Section 380.9
Fee for publication.
Status: in_force

The compensation paid to a newspaper for any publication required by this chapter may not exceed the fee provided in section 618.11. The compensation paid to a newspaper for publication of the complete text of an ordinance shall not exceed three-fourths of the fee provided in section 618.11.

[S13, §687-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5723; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.11; C75, 77, 79, 81, §380.9]96 Acts, ch 1098, §3
Iowa Code § 633.330 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.330
Character of proceedings.
Status: in_force

The administration of the estate of a decedent from the filing of the petition for probate and admission or for administration until the order approving the final report and discharge of the last personal representative shall be considered as one proceeding for purposes of jurisdiction. Such entire proceeding is a proceeding in rem.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.330]
Iowa Code § 490.1303 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1303
Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial shareholders.
Status: in_force

(1) A record shareholder may assert appraisal rights as to fewer than all the shares registered in the record shareholder’s name but owned by a beneficial shareholder or a voting trust beneficial owner only if the record shareholder objects with respect to all shares of a class or series owned by the beneficial shareholder or the voting trust beneficial owner and notifies the corporation in writing of the name and address of each beneficial shareholder or voting trust beneficial owner on whose behalf appraisal rights are being asserted. The rights of a record shareholder who asserts appraisal rights for only part of the shares held of record in the record shareholder’s name under this subsection shall be determined as if the shares as to which the record shareholder objects and the record shareholder’s other shares were registered in the names of different record shareholders.

(2) A beneficial shareholder and a voting trust beneficial owner may assert appraisal rights as to shares of any class or series held on behalf of the shareholder only if such shareholder does all of the following:

(2) (a) Submits to the corporation the record shareholder’s written consent to the assertion of such rights no later than the date referred to in section 490.1322, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2).

(2) (b) Does so with respect to all shares of the class or series that are beneficially owned by the beneficial shareholder or the voting trust beneficial owner.

89 Acts, ch 288, §133; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §80, 125; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §91; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §160, 230
Iowa Code § 185.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 185 / Section 185.2
Petition for election.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least five hundred producers requesting an initial referendum election to determine whether a promotional order shall be placed in effect, the secretary shall call an initial referendum election to be conducted within sixty days following receipt of the petition. Producers shall vote by written ballot in the manner provided by this chapter for referendum elections.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §185.2]
Iowa Code § 256.46 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.46
Rules for participation in extracurricular activities by certain children.
Status: in_force

(1) The state board shall adopt rules that permit a child who does not meet the residence requirements for participation in extracurricular interscholastic contests or competitions sponsored or administered by an organization as defined in section 280.13 to participate in the contests or competitions immediately if the child is duly enrolled in a school, is otherwise eligible to participate, and meets one of the following circumstances or a similar circumstance:

(1) (a) The child has been adopted.

(1) (b) The child is placed under foster or shelter care.

(1) (c) The child is living with one of the child’s parents as a result of divorce, separation, death, or other change in the child’s parents’ marital relationship, or pursuant to other court-ordered decree or order of custody.

(1) (d) The child is a foreign exchange student, unless undue influence was exerted to place the child for primarily athletic purposes.

(1) (e) The child has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility.

(1) (f) The child is a ward of the court or the state.

(1) (g) The child is a participant in a substance use disorder or mental health program.

(1) (h) The child is enrolled in an accredited nonpublic high school because the child’s district of residence has entered into a whole grade sharing agreement for the pupil’s grade with another district.

(1) (i) If the child’s former school or school district, if located in this state, was unable to participate in varsity interscholastic sports as the result of a decision or implementation of a decision of the school board or superintendent.

(2) The rules shall permit a child who is otherwise eligible to participate, but who does not meet one of the foregoing or similar circumstances relating to residence requirements, to participate at any level of competition other than the varsity level.

(3) For purposes of this section and section 282.18, “varsity” means the highest level of competition offered by one school or school district against the highest level of competition offered by an opposing school or school district.

90 Acts, ch 1049, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1135, §1; 93 Acts, ch 101, §201; 2002 Acts, ch 1129, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 79, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §20; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §30; 2021 Acts, ch 139, §12, 22; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §989
Iowa Code § 479B.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479B / Section 479B.1
Purpose — authority.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the general assembly in enacting this law to grant the utilities commission the authority to implement certain controls over hazardous liquid pipelines to protect landowners and tenants from environmental or economic damages which may result from the construction, operation, or maintenance of a hazardous liquid pipeline or underground storage facility within the state, to approve the location and route of hazardous liquid pipelines, and to grant rights of eminent domain where necessary.

95 Acts, ch 192, §282024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 541B.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541B / Section 541B.6
Tax considerations.
Status: in_force

The state income tax treatment of a first-time homebuyer savings account shall be as provided in section 422.7, subsection 27.

2017 Acts, ch 116, §8; 2018 Acts, ch 1161, §132 – 134; 2021 Acts, ch 177, §1
Iowa Code § 327C.16 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327C / Section 327C.16
Mandatory injunction — contempt.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the court in which any such cause shall be pending to require the issue to be made up within twenty days after commencement of the action and to give the same precedence over other civil business. If the court shall find that such rule, regulation, or order is reasonable and just, and that in refusing compliance therewith said railway company is neglecting and omitting the performance of any public duty or obligation, the court shall decree a mandatory and perpetual injunction, compelling obedience to and compliance with such rule, order, or regulation by said railroad company or person, its officers, agents, servants and employees, and may grant such other relief as may be deemed just and proper. All violations of such decree shall render the company, persons, officers, agents, servants and employees who are in any manner instrumental in such violation, guilty of contempt of court, and the court may punish such contempt by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each offense. Such decree shall continue and remain in effect and be enforced until the rule, order, or regulation shall be modified or vacated by the department.

[C97, §2119; S13, §2119; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7884; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §474.25; C77, 79, 81, §327C.16]
Iowa Code § 135B.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135B / Section 135B.9
Inspections and qualifications for hospital and rural emergency hospital inspectors protection and advocacy agency investigations.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall make or cause to be made inspections as it deems necessary in order to determine compliance with applicable rules. Hospital and rural emergency hospital inspectors shall meet the following qualifications:

(1) (a) Be free of conflicts of interest. A hospital or rural emergency hospital inspector shall not participate in an inspection or complaint investigation of a hospital or rural emergency hospital in which the inspector or a member of the inspector’s immediate family works or has worked within the last two years. For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family member” means a spouse; natural or adoptive parent, child, or sibling; or stepparent, stepchild, or stepsibling.

(1) (b) Complete a yearly conflict of interest disclosure statement.

(1) (c) Biennially, complete a minimum of ten hours of continuing education pertaining to hospital or rural emergency hospital operations including but not limited to quality and process improvement standards, trauma system standards, and regulatory requirements.

(2) In the state resource centers and state mental health institutes operated by the department of health and human services, the designated protection and advocacy agency as provided in section 135C.2, subsection 4, shall have the authority to investigate all complaints of abuse and neglect of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses if the complaints are reported to the protection and advocacy agency or if there is probable cause to believe that the abuse has occurred. Such authority shall include the examination of all records pertaining to the care provided to the residents and contact or interview with any resident, employee, or any other person who might have knowledge about the operation of the institution.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.9]88 Acts, ch 1249, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §7; 95 Acts, ch 51, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2010 Acts, ch 1177, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §11, 20, 21; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §164
Iowa Code § 90A.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 90A / Section 90A.4
Promoter responsibility.
Status: in_force

A promoter shall be responsible for the conduct of all officials and participants at a match or event covered by this chapter. The commissioner may reprimand, suspend, deny, or revoke the participation of any promoter, official, or participant for violations of rules adopted by the commissioner. Rulings or decisions of a promoter or an official are not decisions of the commissioner and are not subject to procedures under chapter 17A. The commissioner may take action based upon the rulings or decisions of a promoter or an official. This section shall not apply to a promoter as defined in section 90A.1, subsection 9, paragraph “b”.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, §727A.4; C79, 81, §99C.4]86 Acts, ch 1245, §944C87, §90A.491 Acts, ch 137, §2; 97 Acts, ch 29, §4; 2010 Acts, ch 1122, §5
Iowa Code § 450.92 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.92
Compromise settlement.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 99 Acts, ch 151, §86, 89.
Iowa Code § 147.25 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.25
System of health personnel statistics — fee.
Status: in_force

(1) A board may establish a system to collect, maintain, and disseminate health personnel statistical data regarding board licensees, including but not limited to number of licensees, employment status, location of practice or place of employment, areas of professional specialization and ages of licensees, and other pertinent information bearing on the availability of trained and licensed personnel to provide services in this state.

(2) In addition to any other fee provided by law, a fee may be set by the respective boards for each license and renewal of a license to practice a profession, which fee shall be based on the annual cost of collecting information for use by the board in the administration of the system of health personnel statistics established by this section. The fee shall be retained by the respective board in the manner in which license and renewal fees are retained in section 147.82.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §147.25]84 Acts, ch 1075, §10; 85 Acts, ch 168, §6; 88 Acts, ch 1225, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1155, §4, 15; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §40, 184; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §18
Iowa Code § 554.2504 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2504
Shipment by seller.
Status: in_force

(1) Where the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer and the contract does not require the seller to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed the seller must:

(1) (a) Put the goods in the possession of such a carrier and make such a contract for their transportation as may be reasonable having regard to the nature of the goods and other circumstances of the case; and

(1) (b) Obtain and promptly deliver or tender in due form any document necessary to enable the buyer to obtain possession of the goods or otherwise required by the agreement or by usage of trade; and

(1) (c) Promptly notify the buyer of the shipment.

(2) Failure to notify the buyer under subsection 1, paragraph “c”, or to make a proper contract under subsection 1, paragraph “a”, is a ground for rejection only if material delay or loss ensues.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9975; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.47; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2504]2009 Acts, ch 41, §258
Iowa Code § 522B.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522B / Section 522B.9
Assumed names.
Status: in_force

An insurance producer doing business under any name other than the insurance producer’s legal name is required to notify the commissioner prior to using the assumed name.

2001 Acts, ch 16, §23, 37
Iowa Code § 181.18 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 181 / Section 181.18
Rules.
Status: in_force

All rules adopted by the executive committee shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 17A.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.18]2005 Acts, ch 3, §47; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §14, 21
Iowa Code § 508.31A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.31A
Funding agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) A life insurance company organized under this chapter may issue funding agreements. The issuance of a funding agreement under this section is deemed to be doing insurance business. For purposes of this section, “funding agreement” means an agreement for an insurer to accept and accumulate funds and to make one or more payments at future dates in amounts that are not based on mortality or morbidity contingencies of the person to whom the funding agreement is issued. A funding agreement does not constitute life insurance, an annuity, or other insurance authorized by section 508.29, and does not constitute a security as defined in section 502.102.

(2) (a) Funding agreements may be issued to the following:

(2) (a) A person authorized by a state or foreign country to engage in an insurance business or a subsidiary of such business.

(2) (a) A person for the purpose of funding any of the following:

(2) (a) Benefits under an employee benefit plan as defined in the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq., maintained in the United States or in a foreign country.

(2) (a) Activities of an organization exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any similar organization in any foreign country.

(2) (a) A program of the United States government, another state government or political subdivision of such state, or of a foreign country, or any agency or instrumentality of any such government, political subdivision, or foreign country.

(2) (a) An agreement providing for periodic payments in satisfaction of a claim.

(2) (a) A program of an institution which has assets in excess of twenty-five million dollars.

(2) (a) A person other than a natural person that has assets of at least twenty-five million dollars.

(2) (a) A person other than a natural person for the purpose of providing collateral security for securities registered with the federal securities and exchange commission.

(2) (b) A funding agreement issued pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), (2), or (3), shall be for a total amount of not less than one million dollars.

(2) (c) An amount under a funding agreement shall not be guaranteed or credited except upon reasonable assumptions as to investment income and expenses and on a basis equitable to all holders of funding agreements of a given class. Such funding agreements shall not provide for payments to the insurer based on mortality or morbidity contingencies.

(2) (d) Amounts paid to the insurer pursuant to a funding agreement, and proceeds applied under optional modes of settlement, may be allocated by the insurer to one or more separate accounts pursuant to section 508A.1.

(3) A funding agreement is a class 2 claim under section 507C.42, subsection 2.

(4) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement funding agreements.

98 Acts, ch 1057, §4; 99 Acts, ch 3, §1, 2; 2002 Acts, ch 1111, §8; 2003 Acts, ch 91, §7; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §75; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §28, 209; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §86
Iowa Code § 331.479 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.479
Other noncurrent debt issuance.
Status: in_force

Before the board may institute proceedings for the incurrence of debt for the purposes listed in section 331.478, subsection 2, a notice of the proposed action, including a statement of the amount, purposes, and form of the debt, the proposed time of its liquidation, and the time and place of the meeting at which the board proposes to take action to authorize the debt, shall be published as provided in section 331.305. At the meeting, the board shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the county. After all objections have been received and considered, the board, at that meeting or a date to which it is adjourned, may take additional action to authorize the debt or abandon the proposal.

83 Acts, ch 123, §26, 209
Iowa Code § 123.57 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.57
Examination of accounts.
Status: in_force

The financial condition and transactions of all offices, departments, warehouses, and depots concerning the alcohol beverage control activities of the department shall be examined at least once each year by the state auditor and at shorter periods if requested by the director, governor, commission, or the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight.

[C35, §1921-f57; C39, §1921.057; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.57]86 Acts, ch 1246, §749; 2011 Acts, ch 30, §9; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2425
Iowa Code § 552.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 552 / Section 552.6
Delivery of physical exercise club rules.
Status: in_force

A physical exercise club contract shall include a complete statement of the rules of the physical exercise club, or an acknowledgment in a conspicuous form that the buyer has received a copy of the rules. Physical exercise club rules shall include, but are not limited to, the hours of operation.

88 Acts, ch 1221, §6
Iowa Code § 326.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 326 / Section 326.7
Agreements on basis of compact miles.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1093, §39.
Iowa Code § 279.36 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.36
Publication procedures and fee.
Status: in_force

(1) The requirements of section 279.35 are satisfied by publication in at least one newspaper published in the district or, if there is none, in at least one newspaper having general circulation within the district.

(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, and each fiscal year thereafter, the fee for the publications shall be the legal publication fee provided by section 618.11.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.34; C77, 79, 81, §279.36]87 Acts, ch 224, §50; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §97; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §82
Iowa Code § 556E.3 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556E / Section 556E.3
“Sterling silver.”
Status: in_force

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver and having marked, stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any container in which said article is enclosed, the words “sterling silver” or “sterling” or any colorable imitation thereof, unless nine hundred twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal purporting to be silver of which such article is manufactured are pure silver, subject to the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a fraudulent practice, but in the case of all such articles there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the foregoing standard.

[S13, §5077-b1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1908; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §119.3]C93, §556E.3