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Iowa Code § 542B.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 542B / Section 542B.13
Applications and examination fees.
Status: in_force

Applications for licensure shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the board, shall contain statements made under oath, showing the applicant’s education and a detailed summary of the applicant’s technical work, and the board shall not require that a recent photograph of the applicant be attached to the application form. An applicant is not ineligible for licensure because of age, citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status, or national origin, although the application form may require citizenship information. The board may consider the past felony record of an applicant. The board may require that an applicant submit references. Applications for examination in fundamentals in the practice of engineering and land surveying shall be accompanied by application fees determined by the board. The board shall determine the annual cost of administering the examinations and shall set the fees accordingly.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1866; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.13]84 Acts, ch 1104, §4C93, §542B.1395 Acts, ch 65, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1055, §7
Iowa Code § 533C.902 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.902
Suspension and revocation of authorized delegates.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent may issue an order suspending or revoking the designation of an authorized delegate if the superintendent finds any of the following apply:

(1) (a) The authorized delegate violated this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order issued under this chapter.

(1) (b) The authorized delegate failed to cooperate with an examination or investigation by the superintendent.

(1) (c) The authorized delegate engaged in fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or gross negligence.

(1) (d) The authorized delegate was convicted of a violation of a state or federal anti-money laundering statute.

(1) (e) The competence, experience, character, or general fitness of the authorized delegate or a person in control of the authorized delegate indicates that it is not in the public interest to permit the authorized delegate to provide money transmission.

(1) (f) The authorized delegate is engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice. In determining whether an authorized delegate is engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice, the superintendent may consider the size and condition of the authorized delegate’s provision of money transmission; the magnitude of any losses; the gravity of any violations of this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order issued under this chapter; and the previous conduct of the authorized delegate.

(2) An authorized delegate may apply for relief from a suspension or revocation of designation as an authorized delegate according to procedures prescribed by the superintendent.

2024 Acts, ch 1030, §4, 14, 15
Iowa Code § 354.7 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 354 / Section 354.7
Conveyances by reference to official plat.
Status: in_force

A description of land by reference to lot number or letter designation and block, if block designations are shown on the plat, and the title or name of the official plat, is valid.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §21C91, §409A.7C93, §354.7
Iowa Code § 455B.428 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.428
Investigation of sites.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall investigate each hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal site listed in the registry to determine its relative priority.

(2) The director shall identify each hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal site by providing all of the following:

(2) (a) The address and site boundaries.

(2) (b) The time period of use for disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances.

(2) (c) The name of the current owner and operator and names of reported owners and operators during the time period of use for disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances.

(2) (d) The names of persons responsible for the generation and transportation of the hazardous waste or hazardous substances disposed of at the site.

(2) (e) The type, quantity and manner of hazardous waste or hazardous substances disposal.

(3) When preliminary evidence suggests further assessment is necessary, the director may assess any of the following:

(3) (a) The depth of the water table at the site.

(3) (b) The nature of soils at the site.

(3) (c) The location, nature, and size of aquifers at the site.

(3) (d) The direction of present and historic groundwater flows at the site.

(3) (e) The location and nature of surface waters at and near the site.

(3) (f) The levels of contaminants in groundwater, surface water, air, and soils at and near the site resulting from hazardous wastes or hazardous substances disposed of at the site.

(3) (g) The current quality of all drinking water drawn from or distributed through the area in which the site is located, if the director determines that water quality may have been affected by the site.

(4) The director shall maintain a site assessment file for each site listed in the registry. The file shall contain all information obtained pursuant to this section and shall be open to the public. Information in the file may be reproduced by any person at a charge not to exceed the actual cost of reproduction for copies of file information.

84 Acts, ch 1108, §14; 86 Acts, ch 1025, §9; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899; 91 Acts, ch 155, §9
Iowa Code § 16.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.12
Property improvement loans and mortgage loans.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 54, §45.
Iowa Code § 658.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 658 / Section 658.5
Estate of remainder or reversion.
Status: in_force

The owner of an estate in remainder or reversion may maintain either of the aforesaid actions for injuries done to the inheritance, notwithstanding any intervening estate for life or years.

[C51, §2139; R60, §3721; C73, §3337; C97, §4307; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12406; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.5]
Iowa Code § 8.57A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.57A
Environment first fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An environment first fund is created under the authority of the department of management. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state.

(2) Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the environment first fund shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.

(3) Moneys in the fund in a fiscal year shall be used as appropriated by the general assembly for the protection, conservation, enhancement, or improvement of natural resources or the environment.

(4) (a) There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of forty-two million dollars to the environment first fund, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”.

(4) (b) There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund each fiscal year for the period beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2012, the sum of thirty-three million dollars to the environment first fund, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”.

(4) (c) There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the sum of thirty-five million dollars to the environment first fund, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”.

(5) Annually, on or before January 15 of each year, a state agency that received an appropriation from the environment first fund shall report to the legislative services agency and the department of management the status of all projects completed or in progress. The report shall include a description of the project, the progress of work completed, the total estimated cost of the project, a list of all revenue sources being used to fund the project, the amount of funds expended, the amount of funds obligated, and the date the project was completed or an estimated completion date of the project, where applicable.

2000 Acts, ch 1225, §22; 2006 Acts, ch 1179, §34; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 219, §28; 2008 Acts, ch 1179, §38; 2010 Acts, ch 1184, §77; 2011 Acts, ch 133, §20, 50; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §126; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §31
Iowa Code § 161A.72 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.72
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) Financial incentives provided under this chapter shall be administered by the division. The incentives shall be supported with funds appropriated by the general assembly, and moneys available to or obtained by the division from public or private sources, including but not limited to the United States, other states, or private organizations. The division shall adopt all rules consistent with chapter 17A necessary to carry out the purpose of this subchapter as provided in section 161A.70.

(2) The commissioners of a district shall, to the extent funding is available, contract with a person who is an owner or occupant of land within the district applying to establish soil and water conservation practices as provided in this chapter. Under the agreement, the person shall receive financial incentives to establish permanent soil and water conservation practices and management practices, in consideration for promising to maintain the practices according to rules adopted by the division. If the land subject to an agreement is converted to a nonagricultural use that does not require a permanent soil and water conservation practice which has been established with financial incentives, the permanent soil and water conservation practice shall not be removed until the owner pays an amount to the district, which shall be deposited into a fund established by the district for use in providing financial incentives under this chapter. The amount shall be a prorated share of the amount paid in financial incentives to establish the practice, as provided in rules adopted by the division.

92 Acts, ch 1184, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1083, §4; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §38; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §21
Iowa Code § 633.109 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.109
Inability to distribute estate funds.
Status: in_force

Any fiduciary having in the fiduciary’s possession or under the fiduciary’s control any funds, moneys or securities due or to become due to any other person to whom payment or delivery cannot be made as shown by the report of the fiduciary on file, may, upon order of court, deposit such property with the clerk and take the receipt of the clerk for the same. Such receipt shall specifically state from whom said property was derived, the description thereof, and the name of the person entitled to the same. Thereafter, such funds shall be held and disposed of by the clerk in accordance with the provisions of chapter 636.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.109]
Iowa Code § 17A.34 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.34
Competition with private enterprise — notice for proposed rules.
Status: in_force

When a rule is proposed, the administrative rules coordinator shall make an initial determination of whether the rule may cause a service or product to be offered for sale to the public by a state agency that competes with private enterprise. If such a service or product may be offered as a result of the proposed rule, that fact shall be included in the notice of intended action of the rule.

2001 Acts, ch 66, §1
Iowa Code § 686A.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 686A / Section 686A.9
Application.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to all asbestos actions filed on or after July 1, 2017.

(2) This chapter applies to all pending asbestos actions in which trial has not commenced as of July 1, 2017, unless the court finds that the application of a provision in this chapter would unconstitutionally affect a vested right. In that case, the provision does not apply and the court shall apply prior law.

2017 Acts, ch 11, §9
Iowa Code § 314.17 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 314 / Section 314.17
Mowing on interstates, primary highways, and secondary roads.
Status: in_force

Mowing roadside vegetation on the rights-of-way or medians on any primary highway, interstate highway, or secondary road prior to July 15 is prohibited, except as follows:

(1) Within two hundred yards of an inhabited dwelling.

(2) On rights-of-way within one mile of the corporate limits of a city.

(3) To promote native species of vegetation or other long-lived and adaptable vegetation.

(4) To establish control of damaging insect populations, noxious weeds, and invasive plant species.

(5) For visibility and safety reasons.

(6) Within rest areas, weigh stations, and wayside parks.

(7) Within fifty feet of a drainage tile or tile intake.

(8) For access to a mailbox or for other accessibility purposes.

(9) On rights-of-way adjacent to agricultural demonstration or research plots.

98 Acts, ch 1212, §7; 2010 Acts, ch 1164, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §121
Iowa Code § 533.208 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.208
Auditing committee.
Status: in_force

The auditing committee shall perform the following functions:

(1) Make or cause to be made an examination of the affairs of the state credit union at least annually, including an audit of its financial records. If the auditing committee feels such action to be necessary, the auditing committee shall call the members together after the audit and submit to them its report.

(2) Make or cause to be made an annual report and submit it at the annual meeting of the members.

(3) Suspend by majority vote any officer, director, or member of the auditing committee if the auditing committee deems the action to be necessary to the proper conduct of the state credit union. The suspension shall be put to a vote of the membership, according to the provisions of section 533.203. The members may vote to sustain the suspension and remove the officer, director, or member permanently or may vote to reinstate the officer, director, or member.

(4) Call a special meeting of state credit union members by majority vote to consider a matter to be submitted by the auditing committee.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §25; 2012 Acts, ch 1020, §9
Iowa Code § 331.257 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.257
Recognition of change in boundaries by general assembly.
Status: in_force

If a charter for multicounty consolidation is adopted pursuant to section 331.255 or if the question of joining a multicounty consolidated government is approved pursuant to section 331.256, the general assembly next convening following the election required by section 331.255 or 331.256 shall pass legislation recognizing the change in boundaries of the counties where the question of multicounty consolidation was approved. The boundaries recognized in the legislation shall conform to the boundaries contained in the consolidation charter. The legislation shall contain the official name of the consolidated county as that name is given in the consolidation charter.

2004 Acts, ch 1066, §24, 31
Iowa Code § 684.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 684 / Section 684.4
Transfer or obligation voidable as to present or future creditor.
Status: in_force

(1) A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is voidable as to a creditor, whether the creditor’s claim arose before or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) With actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the debtor.

(1) (b) Without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation, if either of the following applies:

(1) (b) The debtor was engaged or was about to engage in a business or a transaction for which the remaining assets of the debtor were unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction.

(1) (b) The debtor intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that the debtor would incur, debts beyond the debtor’s ability to pay as they became due.

(2) In determining actual intent under subsection 1, paragraph “a”, consideration may be given, among other factors, to whether any or all of the following apply:

(2) (a) The transfer or obligation was to an insider.

(2) (b) The debtor retained possession or control of the property transferred after the transfer.

(2) (c) The transfer or obligation was disclosed or concealed.

(2) (d) Before the transfer was made or obligation was incurred, the debtor had been sued or threatened with suit.

(2) (e) The transfer was of substantially all the debtor’s assets.

(2) (f) The debtor absconded.

(2) (g) The debtor removed or concealed assets.

(2) (h) The value of the consideration received by the debtor was reasonably equivalent to the value of the asset transferred or the amount of the obligation incurred.

(2) (i) The debtor was insolvent or became insolvent shortly after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred.

(2) (j) The transfer occurred shortly before or shortly after a substantial debt was incurred.

(2) (k) The debtor transferred the essential assets of the business to a lienor that transferred the assets to an insider of the debtor.

(3) A creditor making a claim for relief under subsection 1 has the burden of proving the elements of the claim for relief by a preponderance of the evidence.

94 Acts, ch 1121, §8; 2016 Acts, ch 1040, §3, 15
Iowa Code § 490.149 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.149
Notice requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless shareholder approval is required under section 490.147, subsection 3, prompt notice of an action taken under section 490.147 shall be given to each holder of valid and putative shares, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of all of the following:

(1) (a) The date of such action by the board of directors.

(1) (b) The date of the defective corporate action ratified, provided that notice shall not be required to be given to holders of valid and putative shares whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation.

(2) The notice must contain all of the following:

(2) (a) Either a copy of the action taken by the board of directors in accordance with section 490.147, subsection 1 or 2, or the information required by section 490.147, subsection 1, paragraphs “a” through “d”, or section 490.147, subsection 2, paragraphs “a” through “c”, as applicable.

(2) (b) A statement that any claim that the ratification of the defective corporate action and any putative shares issued as a result of such defective corporate action should not be effective, or should be effective only on certain conditions, shall be brought within one hundred twenty days from the applicable validation effective time.

(3) No notice under this section is required with respect to any action required to be submitted to shareholders for approval under section 490.147, subsection 3, if notice is given in accordance with section 490.148, subsection 2.

(4) A notice required by this section may be given in any manner permitted by section 490.141 and, for any corporation subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934, may be given by means of a filing or furnishing of such notice with the United States securities and exchange commission.

2021 Acts, ch 165, §22, 230
Iowa Code § 29A.97 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.97
Duration of stays.
Status: in_force

(1) A stay of an action, proceeding, attachment, or execution, ordered by a court under the provisions of this subchapter, may be ordered for the period of military service plus thirty days after its termination or any part of that time period.

(2) Where the service member in military service is a codefendant with others, the plaintiff may, with the permission of the court, proceed against the others.

2002 Acts, ch 1117, §31, 40
Iowa Code § 554.9610 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9610
Disposition of collateral after default.
Status: in_force

(1) After default, a secured party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the collateral in its present condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing.

(2) Every aspect of a disposition of collateral, including the method, manner, time, place, and other terms, must be commercially reasonable. If commercially reasonable, a secured party may dispose of collateral by public or private proceedings, by one or more contracts, as a unit or in parcels, and at any time and place and on any terms.

(3) A secured party may purchase collateral:

(3) (a) at a public disposition; or

(3) (b) at a private disposition only if the collateral is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations.

(4) A contract for sale, lease, license, or other disposition includes the warranties relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, and the like which by operation of law accompany a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract.

(5) A secured party may disclaim or modify warranties under subsection 4:

(5) (a) in a manner that would be effective to disclaim or modify the warranties in a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract of disposition; or

(5) (b) by communicating to the purchaser a record evidencing the contract for disposition and including an express disclaimer or modification of the warranties.

(6) A record is sufficient to disclaim warranties under subsection 5 if it indicates “There is no warranty relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, or the like in this disposition” or uses words of similar import.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §108, 187
Iowa Code § 514C.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514C / Section 514C.15
Treatment options.
Status: in_force

A carrier, as defined in section 513B.2, or a plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for public employees, shall not prohibit a participating provider from, or penalize a participating provider for, doing either of the following:

(1) Discussing treatment options with a covered individual, notwithstanding the carrier’s or plan’s position on such treatment option.

(2) Advocating on behalf of a covered individual within a review or grievance process established by the carrier or chapter 509A plan, or established by a person contracting with the carrier or chapter 509A plan.

99 Acts, ch 41, §2; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §68; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §103
Iowa Code § 607A.42 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.42
Disposition of names drawn.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 133, §25.
Iowa Code § 714I.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714I / Section 714I.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Fraud in Assisted Reproduction Act”.

2022 Acts, ch 1123, §1
Iowa Code § 633.644 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.644
Court order to preserve testamentary intent of protected person.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving an instrument purporting to be the will of a living protected person under the provisions of section 633.643, the court may open said will and read it. The court with or without notice, as it may determine, may enter such orders in the conservatorship as it deems advisable for the proper administration of the conservatorship in light of the expressed testamentary intent of the protected person.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.644]2024 Acts, ch 1009, §74