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Iowa Code § 523I.311 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523I / Section 523I.311
Records of interment rights and interment.
Status: in_force

(1) For sales or transfers of interment rights made on or after July 1, 2005, a cemetery shall keep complete records identifying the owners of all interment rights sold by the cemetery and historical information regarding any transfers of ownership. The records shall include all of the following:

(1) (a) The name and last known address of each owner or previous owner of interment rights.

(1) (b) The date of each purchase or transfer of interment rights.

(1) (c) A unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier that identifies the location of each interment space sold by the cemetery.

(2) For interments made on or after July 1, 2005, a cemetery shall keep a record of each interment in a cemetery. The records shall include all of the following:

(2) (a) The date the remains are interred.

(2) (b) The name, date of birth, and date of death of the decedent interred, if those facts can be conveniently obtained.

(2) (c) A unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier that identifies the location of the interment space where the remains are interred.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §33
Iowa Code § 135H.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135H / Section 135H.3
Nature of care.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A psychiatric medical institution for children shall provide shelter, food, supervision, care, assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, counseling, rehabilitative services, and related professional-directed services to youth who have a serious emotional disturbance, a substance use disorder, or both, with the intention of reducing or ameliorating the disorder, the symptoms of the disorder, or the effects of the disorder.

(1) (b) A psychiatric medical institution for children shall utilize a team of professionals to direct an organized program of diagnostic services, psychiatric services, nursing care, and rehabilitative services to meet the needs of residents in accordance with a medical care plan developed for each resident. The membership of the team of professionals may include but is not limited to an advanced registered nurse practitioner or a physician assistant. Social and rehabilitative services shall be provided under the direction of a qualified mental health professional.

(2) If a youth is diagnosed with a biologically based mental illness as defined in section 514C.22 and meets the medical assistance program criteria for admission to a psychiatric medical institution for children, the youth shall be deemed to meet the acuity criteria for medically necessary inpatient benefits under a group policy, contract, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health, medical, and surgical coverage benefits issued by a carrier, as defined in section 513B.2, that is subject to section 514C.22. Such medically necessary benefits shall not be excluded or denied as care that is substantially custodial in nature under section 514C.22, subsection 8, paragraph “b”.

89 Acts, ch 283, §4; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §182; 2011 Acts, ch 121, §7; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §151, 153; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §29; 2025 Acts, ch 86, §3
Iowa Code § 515.129C — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.129C
Notice of renewal or nonrenewal of personal lines policies or contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) At least sixty days before the end of the policy or contract term, an insurer shall mail or deliver to the last known address of the first named insured a renewal policy or contract, an offer to renew the current policy or contract, or a notice of nonrenewal of the policy or contract. Information concerning the renewal policy or contract, the offer to renew the policy or contract, or the notice of nonrenewal of the policy or contract shall also be mailed, delivered, or transmitted electronically to the last known address of the producer of record of the policy or contract.

(1) (a) An offer to renew the policy or contract shall state the renewal premium and the date that the premium is due. The renewal premium shall be based on the known exposure as of the date of the offer to renew.

(1) (b) If the renewal premium is not received by the due date or the policy or contract expiration date, whichever is later, the policy or contract lapses.

(2) If an insurer fails to comply with the notice requirements of this section, the policy or contract shall be extended on the same terms and conditions for another policy or contract term or until the effective date of similar insurance procured by the insured, whichever is earlier. The insurer may make continued coverage contingent upon the payment of premium.

(3) Renewal of a policy or contract does not constitute a waiver or estoppel with respect to grounds for cancellation that existed before the effective date of the renewal.

2010 Acts, ch 1121, §21; 2024 Acts, ch 1032, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 820.12 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.12
Confinement in jail.
Status: in_force

(1) The officer or persons executing the governor’s warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which the officer or person may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person having charge of the prisoner is ready to proceed on the officer’s or person’s route, such officer or person being chargeable with the expense of keeping.

(2) The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and who is passing through this state with such a prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which the officer or agent may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of the prisoner is ready to proceed on the officer’s or agent’s route, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping; provided, however, that such officer or agent shall produce and show to the keeper of such jail satisfactory written evidence of the fact that the officer or agent is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of such demanding state. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this state.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13512; C46, §759.16; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.12; C79, 81, §820.12]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 12.71 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12 / Section 12.71
General and specific bonding powers — vision Iowa program — future repeal.
Status: repealed

Repealed by its own terms; 2016 Acts, ch 1115, §1.
Iowa Code § 324A.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 324A / Section 324A.6
Public transit assistance moneys.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Moneys appropriated for purposes of public transit assistance under this chapter shall be expended for providing assistance to public transit for the development, improvement, and maintenance of public transit systems. Moneys received by the department by agreements, grants, gifts, or other means from individuals, companies or other business entities, or cities and counties for the purposes stated in this section shall be credited to the general fund of the state.

(1) (b) Moneys received by the department by agreements, grants, gifts, or other means and deposited into the state general fund as a result of this subsection are appropriated to the department for purposes of this subsection.

(2) The department may enter into agreements with public transit systems, the United States government, cities, counties, business entities, or other persons for carrying out the purposes of this section.

(3) The department may accept federal funds to carry out this section. Federal funds received under this section are appropriated for the purposes set forth in the federal grants.

(4) Notwithstanding chapter 8, funds appropriated for public transit purposes to implement a state assistance plan shall be allocated in whole or in part to a public transit system prior to the time actual expenditures are incurred if the allocation is first approved by the department. A public transit system shall make application for advance allocations to the department specifically stating the reasons why an advance allocation is required and this allocation shall be included in the total to be audited.

84 Acts, ch 1151, §1C85, §601J.686 Acts, ch 1245, §1968; 91 Acts, ch 260, §1249C93, §324A.693 Acts, ch 131, §13; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §52; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Iowa Code § 314.19 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 314 / Section 314.19
Reseeding open ditches.
Status: in_force

The department shall have the topsoil of each open ditch along the side of a highway reseeded with prairie grass seed and the seed of other adapted grass and legumes including native grass species after the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a highway whenever feasible.

84 Acts, ch 1114, §1
Iowa Code § 633.49 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.49
Transfer to another county.
Status: in_force

In any proceeding in probate, the court may, upon written showing, supported by affidavit, and on such notice to interested parties as the court may prescribe, transfer such proceeding to any other county, when it is made to appear that such transfer will be in furtherance of justice. Thereupon, the matter shall be pending in such other county.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11829; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.49]
Iowa Code § 468.555 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.555
Sale, exchange, and cancellation.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall, under a resolution and the direction of the said county board of supervisors, sell the bonds for cash on the best available terms or exchange them on like terms for the legal indebtedness of the said drainage district evidenced by the outstanding drainage bonds, authorized to be refunded by the resolution authorizing the issue of said refunding bonds, and the proceeds shall be applied and exclusively used for the purpose for which said bonds are issued. In no case shall they be sold or exchanged for a less sum than their face value and all interest accrued. After registration the treasurer shall deliver said refunding bonds to the purchaser thereof and when exchanged for said bonded indebtedness of said district, shall at once cancel a like amount of said drainage bonds.

[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b16; C39, §7714.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.16]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.555
Iowa Code § 252B.15 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252B / Section 252B.15
Processing and disbursement of support payments.
Status: in_force

(1) The collection services center shall notify the clerk of the district court of any order for which child support services is providing enforcement services. The clerk of the district court shall forward any support payment made pursuant to the order, along with any support payment information, to the collection services center. Unless the agreement developed pursuant to section 252B.13A otherwise provides, the clerk of the district court shall forward any support payment made and any support payment information provided through income withholding pursuant to chapter 252D, to the collection services center. The collection services center shall process and disburse the payment in accordance with federal requirements.

(2) Unless otherwise provided under federal law, if it is possible to identify the support order to which a payment is to be applied and if sufficient information is provided to identify the obligee, a payment received by the collection services center or the clerk of the district court shall be disbursed to the appropriate individual or office within two working days in accordance with section 598.22.

(3) If the collection services center receives an incorrectly submitted payment, the collection services center shall promptly return the payment to the sender and, if known, provide information about where to send the payment.

(4) Chapter 556 shall not apply to payments received by the collection services center.

90 Acts, ch 1224, §11; 91 Acts, ch 177, §4; 93 Acts, ch 79, §42; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1119, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §87; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §860
Iowa Code § 631.17 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.17
Prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

(1) The district court, after due notice and hearing, may bar a person from appearing on the person’s own behalf in any court governed by this chapter on a cause of action purchased by or assigned for collection to that person for any of the following:

(1) (a) Falsely holding oneself out as an attorney at law.

(1) (b) Repeatedly filing claims for costs allowed under section 625.22 which have been found by the court to have been exaggerated or without merit.

(1) (c) A pattern of conduct in violation of chapter 537, article 7.

(2) A person barred pursuant to subsection 1 shall not derive any benefit, directly or indirectly, from any case brought pursuant to this chapter within the purview of the order of bar issued by the district court.

(3) The district court shall dismiss any pending case based on a cause of action purchased or assigned for collection brought on the person’s own behalf by a person barred pursuant to subsection 1, and shall assess the costs against that person.

(4) The district court shall dismiss any case subsequently brought directly or indirectly by a person subject to a bar pursuant to subsection 1 in violation of that subsection and shall assess all costs to that person, and the court shall assess a further civil penalty of one hundred dollars against that person for each such case dismissed.

(5) The district court shall retain jurisdiction over a person barred pursuant to subsection 1 and may punish violations of the court’s order of bar as a matter of criminal contempt.

86 Acts, ch 1238, §25; 87 Acts, ch 98, §6; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §72; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §107
Iowa Code § 207.27 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 207 / Section 207.27
Experimental practices.
Status: in_force

In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices or to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, agricultural, residential, or public use including recreational facilities, the division with approval by the secretary may authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental protection performance standards promulgated under sections 207.7 and 207.20 if the experimental practices are potentially as environmentally protective, during and after mining operations, as those required by promulgated standards, the mining operations approved for particular land use or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices, and the experimental practices do not reduce the protection afforded public health and safety below that provided by promulgated standards.

[C81, §83.27]C93, §207.27
Iowa Code § 284A.2 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 284A / Section 284A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Administrator” means an individual holding a professional administrator license issued under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, who is employed in a school district administrative position by a school district or area education agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under section 279.23 and is engaged in instructional leadership. An administrator may be employed in both an administrative and a nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall be considered a part-time administrator for the portion of time that the individual is employed in an administrative position.

(2) “Beginning administrator” means an individual serving under an administrator license, issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, who is assuming a position as a school district principal or superintendent for the first time.

(3) “Comprehensive evaluation” means a summative evaluation of a beginning administrator conducted by an evaluator in accordance with section 284A.3 for purposes of determining a beginning administrator’s level of competency for recommendation for licensure based on the Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27.

(4) “Department” means the department of education.

(5) “Director” means the director of the department of education.

(6) “Evaluation” means a summative evaluation of an administrator used to determine whether the administrator’s practice meets school district expectations and the Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27.

(7) “Mentor” means an individual employed by a school district or area education agency as a school district administrator or a retired administrator who holds a valid license issued under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3. The individual must have a record of four years of successful administrative experience and must demonstrate professional commitment to both the improvement of teaching and learning and the development of beginning administrators.

(8) “School board” means the board of directors of a school district or a collaboration of boards of directors of school districts.

(9) “State board” means the state board of education.

2006 Acts, ch 1182, §28C2007, §284A.12007 Acts, ch 108, §50, 60CS2007, §284A.22009 Acts, ch 177, §43; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §35; 2014 Acts, ch 1135, §28; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2596
Iowa Code § 904.314 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.314
Plans and specifications for improvements.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall cause plans and specifications to be prepared by the department of administrative services for all improvements authorized and costing over the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in section 314.1B. An appropriation for any improvement costing over the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in section 314.1B, shall not be expended until the adoption of suitable plans and specifications, prepared by a competent architect or engineer and accompanied by a detailed statement of the amount, quality, and description of all material and labor required for the completion of the improvement.

(2) A plan shall not be adopted, and an improvement shall not be constructed, which contemplates an expenditure of money in excess of the appropriation.

83 Acts, ch 96, §41, 159CS83, §217A.5785 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.31486 Acts, ch 1245, §316C93, §904.3142003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §39, 42
Iowa Code § 252.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252 / Section 252.4
Who deemed trustee.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 14, §3.
Iowa Code § 166A.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 166A / Section 166A.3
Injunction.
Status: in_force

Any person engaging in, or claiming to be in, the business of a dealer without obtaining a license may be restrained by injunction, and shall pay all costs made necessary by such procedure.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §166A.3]
Iowa Code § 514J.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514J / Section 514J.3
Exclusions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 101, §21.
Iowa Code § 277.28 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 277 / Section 277.28
Oath required.
Status: in_force

(1) Each director elected at a regular district or director district election shall qualify by taking the oath of office on or before the time set for the organization meeting of the board and the election and qualification entered of record by the secretary. The oath may be administered by any qualified member of the board or the secretary of the board and may be taken in substantially the following form:Do you solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and that you will faithfully and impartially to the best of your ability discharge the duties of the office of (naming the office) in (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law?

(2) If the oath of office is taken elsewhere than in the presence of the board in session it may be administered by any officer listed in sections 63A.1 and 63A.2 and shall be subscribed to by the person taking it in substantially the following form:I, , do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and that I will faithfully and impartially to the best of my ability discharge the duties of the office of (naming the office) in (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law.

(3) Such oath shall be properly verified by the administering officer and filed with the secretary of the board.

[C51, §1113, 1120; R60, §2032, 2079; C73, §1752, 1790; C97, §2758; S13, §2758; C24, 27, §4214; C31, 35, §4216-c28; C39, §4216.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.28]88 Acts, ch 1038, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §98
Iowa Code § 10A.312 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.312
Records of employer — right to inspect.
Status: in_force

(1) All books, records, and payrolls of the employers, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of such employers, shall always be open for inspection by the workers’ compensation commissioner or any of the commissioner’s representatives presenting a certificate of authority from said commissioner for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the wage expenditure, the number of persons employed, and such other information as may be necessary for the uses and purposes of the commissioner in the administration of the law.

(2) Information so obtained shall be used for no other purpose than to advise the commissioner or insurance association with reference to such matters.

(3) Upon a refusal on the part of the employer to submit the employer’s books, records, or payrolls for the inspection of the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representatives presenting written authority from the commissioner, the commissioner may enter an order requiring the employer to do so.

[S13, §2477-m36; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1433; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.10]98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1477C2024, §10A.312
Iowa Code § 320.4 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.4
Water and gas mains, sidewalks, and cattleways.
Status: in_force

The state department of transportation in case of primary roads, and the board of supervisors in case of secondary roads, on written application designating the particular highway and part of the highway, the use of which is desired, may grant permission:

(1) To lay gas mains in highways outside cities to local municipal distributing plants or companies, but not to pipeline companies. This section shall not apply to or include pipeline companies required to obtain a license from the utilities commission.

(2) To construct and maintain cattleways over or under such highways.

(3) To construct sidewalks on and along such highways.

(4) To lay water mains in, under, or along highways.

[C97, §1524; S13, §1527-e; SS15, §1527-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4858; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §320.4]2023 Acts, ch 19, §2662; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369