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Iowa Code § 588.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 588 / Section 588.2
Homestead selection — deficiency.
Status: in_force

All execution sales of real estate heretofore had in which the execution officer has failed to serve notice upon the titleholders in possession to select their homestead or has defectively served such notice or, having served such notice, has, upon the failure of defendants to select a homestead, neglected to plat the same or has defectively platted the same, or where said execution officer in such sales has offered the property en masse without first offering the same in the least legal subdivisions, or where said officer has failed to offer property, including the homestead, first separately in least legal subdivisions exclusive of homestead, then offering all property en masse, exclusive of the homestead, then offering the homestead separately, then offering all of the property for sale, en masse, be and the same are hereby legalized and declared to be legal and valid in all particulars as if all of the provisions of the law had been in all respects strictly and fully complied with at the time of said acts or said sales.

[C39, §10383.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §588.2]
Iowa Code § 611.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 611 / Section 611.15
Judgments annulled in equity.
Status: in_force

Judgment obtained in an action by ordinary proceedings shall not be annulled or modified by any order in an action by equitable proceedings, except for a defense which has arisen or been discovered since the judgment was rendered. But such judgment does not prevent the recovery of any claim, though such claim might have been used by way of counterclaim in the action on which the judgment was recovered.

[R60, §2621; C73, §2522; C97, §3440; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10952; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.15]
Iowa Code § 533C.801 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.801
Net worth.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensee under this chapter shall maintain at all times a tangible net worth of the greater of one hundred thousand dollars or three percent of total assets for the first one hundred million dollars, two percent of additional assets for one hundred million dollars to one billion dollars, and half of one percent of additional assets for over one billion dollars.

(2) Tangible net worth shall be demonstrated at initial application by the applicant’s most recent audited or unaudited financial statements pursuant to section 533C.303, subsection 2, paragraph “f”.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the superintendent shall have the authority, for good cause shown, to exempt any applicant or licensee, in part or in whole, from the requirements of this section.

2003 Acts, ch 96, §33, 42; 2023 Acts, ch 83, §32
Iowa Code § 232B.8 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232B / Section 232B.8
Return of custody — improper removal of child from custody — protection of rights of parent or Indian custodian.
Status: in_force

(1) If a final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been vacated or set aside or the adoptive parents voluntarily consent to the termination of their parental rights to the child, a biological parent or prior Indian custodian may petition for return of custody and the court shall grant the petition unless there is a showing, in a proceeding subject to the provisions of this chapter, that the return of custody is not in the best interest of the child.

(2) If an Indian child is removed from a foster care home or institution for the purpose of further foster care, preadoptive, or adoptive placement, the placement shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except when an Indian child is being returned to the parent or Indian custodian from whose custody the child was originally removed.

(3) If a petitioner in an Indian child custody proceeding before a state court has improperly removed the child from the custody of the parent or Indian custodian or has improperly retained custody after a visit or other temporary relinquishment of custody, the court shall decline jurisdiction over the petition and shall immediately return the child to the child’s parent or Indian custodian unless returning the child to the parent or Indian custodian would subject the child to a substantial and immediate danger or threat of such danger.

(4) If another state or federal law applicable to a child custody proceeding held under state or federal law provides a higher standard of protection to the rights of the parent or Indian custodian of an Indian child than the rights provided under this chapter, the court shall apply the higher standard.

2003 Acts, ch 153, §9
Iowa Code § 9I.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9I / Section 9I.7
Registration.
Status: in_force

A nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or fiduciary thereof, which owns an interest in agricultural land within this state on or after January 1, 1980, shall register the agricultural land with the secretary of state. The registration shall be made within sixty days after January 1, 1980, or within sixty days after acquiring the land or the interest in land, whichever is later. The registration shall be made online or in the form and manner prescribed by the secretary of state. Information described in this section is a confidential record and subject to use in the same manner as provided in section 10B.5. As part of the registration, the nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or fiduciary thereof, shall file all of the following information:

(1) The legal name, street address, mailing address, if different, and the birthplace and nationality of the nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government that owns the interest in the agricultural land.

(2) The legal name, street address, mailing address, if different, and the birthplace and nationality of the agent, trustee, or fiduciary of the nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government in subsection 1, if specifically authorized to do any of the following:

(2) (a) Purchase the agricultural land.

(2) (b) Supervise the daily operations on the agricultural land.

(3) A statement of the purpose for conducting business in this state.

(4) A description of the purpose of the interest in the agricultural land in this state as it relates to the stated business purpose in subsection 3.

(5) The legal name, street address, and mailing address of any parent of the registering party, including the legal name, street address, and mailing address of any subsidiary or intermediary of the parent.

(6) The legal name, street address, and mailing address of any subsidiary of the registering party.

(7) A listing of all other interests in agricultural land that are held directly or indirectly by the registering party, parent of the registering party, or subsidiary or intermediary of the parent in the United States that exceeds two hundred fifty acres.

[C81, §567.7]2002 Acts, ch 1095, §10C2003, §9I.72024 Acts, ch 1007, §2
Iowa Code § 144B.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144B / Section 144B.7
Authority to review medical records.
Status: in_force

Except as limited by the durable power of attorney for health care, an attorney in fact has the same right as the principal to receive and review medical records of the principal, and to consent to the disclosure of medical records of the principal when acting pursuant to the durable power of attorney for health care.

91 Acts, ch 140, §7
Iowa Code § 561.7 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.7
Changes nonconsenting spouse.
Status: in_force

(1) The owner may, from time to time, change the limits of the homestead by changing the metes and bounds, as well as the record of the plat and description, or vacate it.

(2) The changes described in subsection 1 shall not prejudice conveyances or liens made or created prior to the changes.

(3) No such change of the entire homestead, made without the concurrence of the other spouse, shall affect that spouse’s rights, or those of the children.

[C51, §1256, 1257; R60, §2288, 2289; C73, §2000, 2001; C97, §2981; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10141; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.7]2021 Acts, ch 80, §346
Iowa Code § 499.7 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.7
Powers.
Status: in_force

Except as expressly limited in its articles, each association has the following powers:

(1) To conduct business, carry on operations, establish and operate offices, and exercise all powers granted by this chapter in or outside this state.

(2) To borrow any amounts of money, and give any form of obligation or security therefor.

(3) To make advances to patrons or members, or members of member-associations, and take any form of obligation or security therefor.

(4) To acquire, hold, transfer or pledge any obligation or security representing funds actually advanced or used for any cooperative activity; or stock, memberships, bonds or obligations of any cooperative organization dealing in any product handled by the association, or any by-product thereof.

(5) To make any contract, endorsement or guaranty it deems desirable incident to its transfer or pledge of any obligation or security.

(6) To acquire, own or dispose of any real or personal property deemed convenient for its business, including patents, trademarks and copyrights.

(7) To exercise any power, right or privilege suitable or necessary for, or incident to, promoting or accomplishing any of its powers, purposes or activities, or granted to ordinary corporations, save such as are inconsistent with this chapter.

(8) To exercise any of its powers anywhere. No association organized under this chapter shall engage in the business of banking.

[C35, §8512-g7; C39, §8512.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.7]88 Acts, ch 1026, §3
Iowa Code § 486A.1201 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.1201
Filing requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A document shall satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing.

(2) The document shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

(3) The document shall contain the information required by this chapter. The document may contain other information as well.

(4) The document shall be typewritten or printed. The typewritten or printed portion shall be black. Manually signed photocopies, or other reproduced copies, including facsimiles or other electronically or computer-generated copies of typewritten or printed documents may be filed.

(5) The document shall be in the English language. A limited partnership name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the document shall be executed by one of the following methods:

(6) (a) By two or more partners.

(6) (b) By a person authorized under this chapter, the partnership agreement, or other law to execute the document.

(6) (c) If the partnership is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by such receiver, trustee, or fiduciary.

(6) (d) If the document is that of a registered agent, by the registered agent, if the person is an individual, or by a person authorized by the registered agent to execute the document, if the registered agent is an entity.

(7) The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the person’s signature, the person’s name and the capacity in which the person signs. The secretary of state may accept for filing a document containing a copy of a signature, however made.

(8) If, pursuant to any provision of this chapter, the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory form for the document, the document shall be in or on the prescribed form.

(9) The document shall be delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing and shall be accompanied by the correct filing fee.

(10) The secretary of state may adopt rules for the electronic filing of documents and the certification of electronically filed documents.

98 Acts, ch 1201, §60, 79, 82
Iowa Code § 331.661 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.661
Multicounty office.
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more county boards of supervisors may adopt resolutions proposing to share the services of a county sheriff. The resolutions shall also propose that the question of establishing the office of multicounty sheriff be submitted to the electorate of the counties proposing to share the services of a county sheriff. The proposal is adopted in those counties where a majority of the electors voting approves the proposal.

(2) The county sheriff shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast for the office of county sheriff in all of the counties which the county sheriff will serve. The election shall be conducted in accordance with section 47.2, subsection 2.

(3) The office of multicounty sheriff is created effective on January 1 of the year following the next general election at which the county sheriff is elected as provided by this section and section 39.17.

91 Acts, ch 189, §1
Iowa Code § 190.8 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190 / Section 190.8
Coloring vinegar.
Status: in_force

Vinegar shall not be colored with coloring matter and distilled vinegar shall not have a brown color in imitation of cider vinegar.

[SS15, §4999-a31; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3064; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §190.7; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §190.8]
Iowa Code § 103.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103 / Section 103.5
Official seal — bylaws.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of licensure granted.

2007 Acts, ch 197, §15, 50
Iowa Code § 16.18 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.18
Inconsistent provisions.
Status: in_force

This chapter takes precedence over any conflicting provisions contained in section 535.8, subsection 4, with respect to the use or enforcement of a due-on-sale or similar clause in a mortgage loan agreement, and takes precedence over any conflicting provisions contained in laws enacted after July 1, 1981, with respect to the use or enforcement of a due-on-sale or similar clause in a mortgage loan agreement unless those laws expressly provide that they take precedence over this chapter.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §27, 78
Iowa Code § 602.10116 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.10116
Attorney’s lien — notice.
Status: in_force

An attorney has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon:

(1) Any papers belonging to a client which have come into the attorney’s hands in the course of professional employment.

(2) Money in the attorney’s hands belonging to a client.

(3) Money due a client in the hands of the adverse party, or attorney of such party, in an action or proceeding in which the attorney claiming the lien was employed, from the time of giving notice in writing to such adverse party, or attorney of such party, if the money is in the possession or under the control of such attorney, which notice shall state the amount claimed, and, in general terms, for what services.

(4) After judgment in any court of record, such notice may be given, and the lien made effective against the judgment debtor, by entering the same in the judgment or combination docket, opposite the entry of the judgment.

[C51, §1618; R60, §2708; C73, §215; C97, §321; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10924; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.18]83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)CS83, §602.10116
Iowa Code § 524.614 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.614
Honorary and advisory directors.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of a state bank may appoint an individual as an honorary director, director emeritus, or member of an advisory board. An individual so appointed shall not vote at any meeting of the board of directors, shall not be counted in determining a quorum, and shall not be charged with any responsibilities or be subject to any liabilities imposed upon directors by this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.614]95 Acts, ch 148, §70
Iowa Code § 524.1202 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1202
Location of offices.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 4, §10, 11.
Iowa Code § 499.57 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.57
State powers.
Status: in_force

The state reserves the right to modify, amend or repeal this chapter, or any part hereof, and to cancel, modify, repeal or extend any grant, power, permit or franchise obtained or secured under this chapter, at any future time.

[C35, §8512-g57; C39, §8512.57; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.57]
Iowa Code § 686B.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 686B / Section 686B.9
Application.
Status: in_force

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

(2) This chapter applies to all pending asbestos actions and silica 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, §18
Iowa Code § 235A.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235A / Section 235A.1
Child abuse prevention program.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A program for the prevention of child abuse is established within the department of health and human services. Any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for child abuse prevention shall be used by the department solely for the purposes of child abuse prevention and shall not be expended for treatment or other service delivery programs regularly maintained by the department. Moneys appropriated for child abuse prevention shall be used by the department through contract with an agency or organization which shall administer the funds with maximum use of voluntary administrative services for the following:

(1) (a) Matching federal funds to purchase services relating to community-based programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

(1) (a) Funding the establishment or expansion of community-based prevention projects or educational programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

(1) (a) Studying and evaluating community-based prevention projects and educational programs for the problems of families and children.

(1) (b) Funds for the programs or projects shall be applied for and received by a community-based entity.

(2) The director of health and human services may accept grants, gifts, and bequests from any source for the purposes designated in subsection 1. The director shall remit funds received to the treasurer of state who shall deposit the funds in the general fund of the state for the use of the child abuse prevention program.

[82 Acts, ch 1259, §1]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 87 Acts, ch 153, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §392; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §695; 2025 Acts, ch 135, §39
Iowa Code § 625.24 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 625 / Section 625.24
Affidavit required.
Status: in_force

The attorney fee allowed in sections 625.22 and 625.23 shall not be taxed in any case unless it appears by affidavit of the attorney that there is not and has not been an agreement between the attorney and the attorney’s client or any other person, express or implied, for any division or sharing of the fee to be taxed. This limitation does not apply to a practicing attorney engaged with the attorney as an attorney in the cause. The affidavit shall be filed prior to any attorney fees being taxed. When fees are taxed, they shall be only in favor of a regular attorney and as compensation for services actually rendered in the action.

[C97, §3870; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11646; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.24]85 Acts, ch 72, §1
Iowa Code § 562A.26 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562A / Section 562A.26
Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service.
Status: in_force

If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the premises or willfully diminishes services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of electric, gas, water, or other essential service to the tenant, the tenant may recover possession pursuant to section 648.1, subsection 1, or terminate the rental agreement and, in either case, recover the actual damages sustained by the tenant, punitive damages not to exceed twice the monthly rental payment, and reasonable attorney fees. If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security.

[C79, 81, §562A.26]2013 Acts, ch 97, §6
Iowa Code § 684A.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 684A / Section 684A.3
Contents of certification order.
Status: in_force

A certification order shall set forth the questions of law to be answered and a statement of facts relevant to the questions certified, showing fully the nature of the controversy in which the questions arose.

[C81, §684A.3]
Iowa Code § 455B.181 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.181
Variances and exemptions.
Status: in_force

The director may, after public notice and hearing, grant exemptions from a maximum contaminant level or treatment technique, or both. The director may also grant a variance from drinking water standards for public water supply systems when the characteristics of the raw water sources, which are available to a system, cannot meet the requirements with respect to maximum contaminant level of the standards despite application of the best treatment techniques which are generally available and if the director determines that the variance will not result in an unreasonable risk to the public health. A schedule of compliance may be prescribed by the director, at the time the variance or exemption is granted. The director shall also require the interim measures to minimize the contaminant levels of systems subject to the variance or exemption as may reasonably be implemented. The director may also issue variances from other rules of the department if necessary and appropriate. The director shall submit variances granted regarding a wastewater treatment facility to the commission for the commission’s review within thirty days of the granting of a variance. The denial of a variance or exemption may be appealed to the commission.

[C77, 79, 81, §455B.42]C83, §455B.18186 Acts, ch 1245, §1899, 1899B; 87 Acts, ch 29, §1
Iowa Code § 510D.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510D / Section 510D.5
Conflict of laws.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter is inconsistent or in conflict with applicable state or federal law or rule, or the state Medicaid plan, the applicable state or federal law or rule, or the state Medicaid plan, shall prevail to the extent necessary to eliminate the inconsistency or conflict.

2023 Acts, ch 43, §6
Iowa Code § 508B.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508B / Section 508B.14
Limitation of actions — security for attorney fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner’s order approving or disapproving a plan of conversion shall be considered final agency action under chapter 17A.

(2) An action challenging the validity of a conversion plan, or any part of a conversion plan, shall not be commenced more than thirty days following the date of approval by the commissioner, unless an application for rehearing is filed pursuant to section 17A.16, subsection 2. If an application for rehearing is filed, then such action must be filed within thirty days after that application is denied or deemed denied or, if the application is granted, within thirty days after the issuance of the commissioner’s final decision on rehearing.

(3) The reorganized company or a defendant may petition the court in such an action to give security for the reasonable attorney fees which may be incurred by any party to the action. The amount of the security may be increased or decreased in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction if a showing is made that the security provided is or may become inadequate or excessive.

85 Acts, ch 127, §14; 90 Acts, ch 1234, §18; 99 Acts, ch 165, §6; 2000 Acts, ch 1023, §12; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127