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Iowa Code § 523A.204 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523A / Section 523A.204
Preneed seller annual reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A preneed seller shall file an annual report with the commissioner not later than April 15 on a form prescribed by the commissioner.

(2) A preneed seller filing an annual report shall pay a filing fee of ten dollars per purchase agreement sold during the year covered by the report. Duplicate filing fees are not required for the same purchase agreement. If a purchase agreement has multiple sellers, the filing fee shall be paid by the preneed seller actually providing the merchandise and services.

(3) All records maintained by the commissioner under this section shall be confidential pursuant to section 22.7, subsection 58, and shall not be made available for inspection or copying except upon the approval of the commissioner or the attorney general, or except when sought by the preneed seller to whom the records relate. Such records shall be privileged and confidential in any judicial or administrative proceeding except any of the following:

(3) (a) An action commenced by the commissioner.

(3) (b) An administrative proceeding brought by the insurance division.

(3) (c) An action or proceeding which arises out of the criminal provisions of the laws of this state or of the United States.

(3) (d) An action brought by the insurance division or the attorney general to recover moneys for embezzlement, misappropriation, or misuse of trust funds.

(4) The commissioner may impose a late fee of five dollars for each day after April 15 that a preneed seller fails to file the preneed seller’s annual report. The maximum late fee that may be imposed under this subsection is five hundred dollars. The fee shall be collected by the commissioner and deposited pursuant to section 505.7.

2001 Acts, ch 118, §22; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §11; 2009 Acts, ch 102, §1, 3; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §91; 2010 Acts, ch 1121, §23; 2015 Acts, ch 128, §27, 28, 50, 51; 2021 Acts, ch 181, §34, 35
Iowa Code § 73A.16 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73A / Section 73A.16
Bonds and taxes void.
Status: in_force

Any bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued contrary to the provisions of this subchapter, and any tax levied or attempted to be levied for the payment of any such bonds or interest thereon, shall be null and void.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §367; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §23.16]C93, §73A.162017 Acts, ch 65, §4, 9, 10
Iowa Code § 301.2 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 301 / Section 301.2
Custodian — bond.
Status: in_force

The books and supplies so purchased shall be under the charge of the board, who may select one or more persons within the county to keep said books and supplies as the depository agent of the board under such rules and regulations as the board shall adopt. The board shall require of each person so appointed a bond in such sum as may seem to the board to be desirable, the reasonable cost of which, if a bond of an association or corporation as surety is furnished, shall be paid by the district. The board shall adopt rules and regulations to provide that no textbook in any branch determined by the board to be taught in the schools under its charge, shall be sold or rented by such depository agent to the pupils in such schools as a textbook other than those textbooks authorized by said board for use by the pupils in such schools; to provide that no such textbook shall be sold or rented by such depository agent at a price or fee higher than that fixed by the said board; and to provide such other measures not in conflict with law as are necessary properly to govern said depository agents and safeguard the said books and moneys.

[C97, §2824; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4447; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.2]
Iowa Code § 28I.8 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28I / Section 28I.8
Contracts for planning.
Status: in_force

A metropolitan planning commission may contract with professional consultants, the economic development authority or the federal government, for local planning assistance.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, §373.21; C75, 77, 79, 81, §473A.8]C91, §28I.82011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Iowa Code § 368.3 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 368 / Section 368.3
Discontinuance — cemetery fund transfer.
Status: in_force

(1) A city is discontinued if, for a period of six years or more, it has held no city election and has caused no taxes to be levied. If the board receives knowledge of facts which cause an automatic discontinuance under this section, it shall make a determination that the city is discontinued, shall take control of the property of the discontinued city, and shall carry out all necessary procedures as if the city were discontinued under a petition or plan.

(2) A city may also be discontinued in accordance with the following procedures. The council shall adopt a resolution of intent to discontinue and shall call a public hearing on the proposal to discontinue. Notice of the time and place of the public hearing and the proposed action shall be published as provided in section 362.3. At the public hearing, the council shall receive oral and written comments regarding the proposal from any person. Thereafter, the council, at the same meeting or at a subsequent meeting, may pass a resolution of discontinuance or pass a resolution abandoning the proposal. If the council passes a resolution of discontinuance, a petition may be filed with the clerk in the manner provided in section 362.4, within thirty days following the effective date of the resolution, requesting that the question of discontinuance be submitted to the registered voters of the city. Upon receipt of a petition requesting an election, the council shall direct the county commissioner of elections to call a special election on the question of discontinuance or shall adopt a resolution abandoning the discontinuance. Notice of the election shall be given by publication as required in section 49.53. If a majority of those voting approve the discontinuance or if no petition for an election is filed, the clerk shall send a copy of the resolution of discontinuance and, if an election is held, the results of the election to the board. The board shall take control of the property of the discontinued city and shall supervise procedures necessary to carry out the discontinuance in accordance with section 368.21.

(3) When a city is discontinued under this section or under sections 368.11 through 368.22, and that city owns a cemetery, the board shall determine if any perpetual care funds exist and provide for their transfer to a trustee named by a district court or to the county or other suitable governmental entity.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.18; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.3]91 Acts, ch 188, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1006, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2025 Acts, ch 130, §4
Iowa Code § 554.9320 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9320
Buyer of goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a buyer in ordinary course of business, other than a person buying farm products from a person engaged in farming operations, takes free of a security interest created by the buyer’s seller, even if the security interest is perfected and the buyer knows of its existence.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a buyer of goods from a person who used or bought the goods for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes takes free of a security interest, even if perfected, if the buyer buys:

(2) (a) without knowledge of the security interest;

(2) (b) for value;

(2) (c) primarily for the buyer’s personal, family, or household purposes; and

(2) (d) before the filing of a financing statement covering the goods.

(3) To the extent that it affects the priority of a security interest over a buyer of goods under subsection 2, the period of effectiveness of a filing made in the jurisdiction in which the seller is located is governed by section 554.9316, subsections 1 and 2.

(4) A buyer in ordinary course of business buying oil, gas, or other minerals at the wellhead or minehead or after extraction takes free of an interest arising out of an encumbrance.

(5) Subsections 1 and 2 do not affect a security interest in goods in the possession of the secured party under section 554.9313.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §40, 187
Iowa Code § 600B.21 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600B / Section 600B.21
Death, absence or mental illness of mother — testimony receivable.
Status: in_force

If after the complaint the mother dies or becomes mentally ill or cannot be found within the jurisdiction, the proceeding does not abate, but the child shall be substituted as complainant. The testimony of the mother taken by deposition as in other civil cases, may in any such case be read as evidence and in all cases shall be read as evidence if demanded by the defendant.

[C27, 31, 35, §12667-a31; C39, §12667.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §675.21]C93, §600B.21
Iowa Code § 499B.16 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499B / Section 499B.16
Disposition of property — destruction or damage.
Status: in_force

If within thirty days of the date of the damage or destruction to all or part of the property, it is not determined by the council of co-owners to repair, reconstruct or rebuild, then and in that event:

(1) The property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the apartment owners;

(2) The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities;

(3) Any liens affecting any of the apartments shall be deemed to be transferred in accordance with the existing priorities to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as provided herein; and

(4) The property shall be subject to an action for partition at the suit of any apartment owner, in which event the net proceeds of sale, together with the net proceeds of the insurance on the property, if any, shall be considered as one fund and shall be divided among all the apartment owners in a percentage equal to the percentage of undivided interest owned by each owner in the property, after first paying out of the respective shares of the apartment owners, to the extent sufficient for the purpose, all liens on the undivided interest in the property owned by each apartment owner.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499B.16]
Iowa Code § 144.32 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.32
Burial transit permit.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person other than a funeral director, medical examiner, or emergency medical service assumes custody of a dead body or fetus, the person shall secure a burial transit permit. To be valid, the burial transit permit must be issued by the county medical examiner, a funeral director, or the state registrar. The permit shall be obtained prior to the removal of the body or fetus from the place of death and the permit shall accompany the body or fetus to the place of final disposition.

(2) To transfer a dead body or fetus outside of this state, the funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body or fetus shall obtain a burial transit permit prior to the transfer. The permit shall accompany the dead body or fetus to the place of final disposition.

(3) A dead body or fetus brought into this state for final disposition shall be accompanied by a burial transit permit under the law of the state in which the death occurred.

(4) A burial transit permit shall not be issued to a person other than a funeral director when the cause of death is or is suspected to be a communicable disease as defined by rule of the department.

93 Acts, ch 139, §5; 97 Acts, ch 159, §20; 2012 Acts, ch 1069, §2
Iowa Code § 137C.10 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137C / Section 137C.10
Suspension or revocation of licenses.
Status: in_force

A regulatory authority may suspend or revoke a license issued to a person under the Iowa hotel sanitation code if any of the following occurs:

(1) The person’s hotel does not conform to a provision of the Iowa hotel sanitation code or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(2) The person violates a provision of the Iowa hotel sanitation code or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(3) The person conducts an activity constituting a criminal offense in the hotel and is convicted of a serious misdemeanor or a more serious offense as a result.

[C79, 81, §170B.7]90 Acts, ch 1204, §36, 66C91, §137C.1091 Acts, ch 107, §9
Iowa Code § 481A.51 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.51
Hunting license not trapping license.
Status: in_force

A hunting license shall not permit the holder to trap any fur-bearing animal as defined in this chapter.

[SS15, §2563-a1; C24, 27, §1718; C31, §1718-c1; C39, §1794.014; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.51]C93, §481A.51
Iowa Code § 464B.23 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 464B / Section 464B.23
Protection of banks.
Status: in_force

Where the water backed up by any dam belonging to any mill or machinery is about to break through or over the banks of the stream or raceway, or to wash a channel, so as to turn the water of such stream or raceway, or any part thereof, out of its ordinary channel, whereby such mill or machinery will be materially injured or affected, the owner or occupant of such mill or machinery, if that person does not own such banks or the land lying contiguous thereto, may, if necessary, enter thereon and erect and keep in repair such embankments and other works as may be necessary to prevent such water from breaking through or over the banks, or washing a channel as aforesaid; such owner or occupier committing thereon no unnecessary waste or damage, and being liable to pay all damages which the owner of the lands may actually sustain by reason thereof.

[R60, §1275, 1276; C73, §1204; C97, §1936; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7789; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §469.23]C93, §464B.23
Iowa Code § 541.117 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.117
Section 541.117
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 213.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 213 / Section 213.1
State metrologist.
Status: in_force

The department may designate one of its assistants to act as state metrologist of weights and measures. All weights and measures sealed by the state metrologist shall be impressed with the word “Iowa.”

[C73, §2053 – 2055; C97, §3020; S13, §3009-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3251; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §213.1]2013 Acts, ch 15, §2
Iowa Code § 504.704 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.704
Action by written consent.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless limited or prohibited by the articles or bylaws of the corporation, action required or permitted by this chapter to be approved by the members of a corporation may be approved without a meeting of members if the action is approved by members holding at least eighty percent of the voting power. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by those members representing at least eighty percent of the voting power, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A written consent may be revoked by a writing to that effect received by the corporation prior to the receipt by the corporation of unrevoked written consents sufficient in number to take corporation action.

(2) If not otherwise determined under section 504.703 or 504.707, the record date for determining members entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first member signs the consent under subsection 1.

(3) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document filed with the secretary of state.

(4) Written notice of member approval pursuant to this section shall be given to all members who have not signed the written consent. If written notice is required, member approval pursuant to this section shall be effective ten days after such written notice is given.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §58, 192; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §86
Iowa Code § 511.29 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.29
Interpretation.
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 511.27 and 511.28 are merely additions to the general provisions of law on the subjects therein referred to, and are not to be construed to be exclusive.

[C97, §1809; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8768; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §511.29]
Iowa Code § 450.58 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.58
Final settlement to show payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 2, the final settlement of the account of a personal representative shall not be accepted or allowed unless it shows, and the court finds, that all taxes imposed by this chapter upon any property or interest in property that are made payable by the personal representative and to be settled by the account, have been paid, and that the receipt of the department of revenue for the tax has been obtained as provided in section 450.64.

(2) If an inheritance tax return is not required to be filed pursuant to section 450.53, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, the personal representative’s final settlement of account need not contain an inheritance tax receipt from the department, but shall, instead, contain the personal representative’s certification under section 633.35 that an inheritance tax return is not required to be filed pursuant to section 450.53, subsection 1, paragraph “b”.

(3) Any order contravening any provision of this section is void.

[S13, §1481-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7363; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.58]83 Acts, ch 177, §25, 38; 85 Acts, ch 148, §4; 86 Acts, ch 1054, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1241, §44; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1073, §33; 2005 Acts, ch 14, §3, 6
Iowa Code § 570A.3 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 570A / Section 570A.3
Lien created.
Status: in_force

An agricultural supply dealer who provides an agricultural supply to a farmer shall have an agricultural lien as provided in section 554.9102. The agricultural supply dealer is a secured party and the farmer is a debtor for purposes of chapter 554, article 9. The amount of the lien shall be the amount owed to the agricultural supply dealer for the retail cost of the agricultural supply, including labor provided. The lien applies to all of the following:

(1) Crops which are produced upon the land to which the agricultural chemical was applied, produced from the seed provided, or produced using the petroleum product provided. The lien shall not apply to any crops so produced upon the land after four hundred ninety days from the date that the farmer purchased the agricultural supply.

(2) Livestock consuming the feed. However, the lien does not apply to that portion of the livestock of a farmer who has paid all amounts due from the farmer for the retail cost, including labor, of the feed.

84 Acts, ch 1072, §3; 85 Acts, ch 204, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 82, §4
Iowa Code § 514A.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514A / Section 514A.4
Conforming to statute.
Status: in_force

(1) A policy provision which is not subject to section 514A.3 shall not make a policy, or any portion of a policy, less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary than the provisions of the policy which are subject to this chapter.

(2) A policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state in violation of this chapter shall be held valid but shall be construed as provided in this chapter. When any provision in a policy subject to this chapter is in conflict with any provision of this chapter, the rights, duties and obligations of the insurer, the insured and the beneficiary shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514A.4]2019 Acts, ch 59, §185
Iowa Code § 441.28 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.28
Assessment rolls change notice to taxpayer.
Status: in_force

The assessment shall be completed not later than April 1 each year. If the assessor makes any change in an assessment after it has been entered on the assessor’s rolls, the assessor shall note on the roll, together with the original assessment, the new assessment and the reason for the change, together with the assessor’s signature and the date of the change. Provided, however, in the event the assessor increases any assessment the assessor shall give notice of the increase in writing to the taxpayer by mail postmarked no later than April 1. No changes shall be made on the assessment rolls after April 1 except by written agreement of the taxpayer and assessor under section 441.30, by order of the board of review or of the property assessment appeal board, or by decree of court.

[C51, §471, 473; R60, §732, 733, 736; C73, §821, 825; C97, §1360, 1366; S13, §1360, 1366; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7115, 7122, 7123; C46, §405.20, 441.10, 441.17, 441.18; C50, 54, 58, §405.20, 441.18, 441.25; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.28]2005 Acts, ch 150, §126; 2013 Acts, ch 123, §53, 64, 65; 2015 Acts, ch 116, §6, 13
Iowa Code § 237.17 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237 / Section 237.17
Foster care registry.
Status: in_force

(1) The state board shall establish a registry of the placements of all children receiving foster care. The agency responsible for the placement shall notify the state board of each placement in accordance with written protocols adopted pursuant to section 237.16, subsection 4. The notification shall include information identifying the child receiving foster care and placement information for that child.

(2) The agency responsible for the placement shall submit the case permanency plan and all case permanency plan revisions to a local board in accordance with written protocols adopted pursuant to section 237.16, subsection 4.

84 Acts, ch 1279, §28; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §4; 2022 Acts, ch 1055, §4
Iowa Code § 101.27 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 101 / Section 101.27
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 101.26, subsection 5, judicial review of an order or other action of the director may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A. Notwithstanding chapter 17A, the Iowa administrative procedure Act, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the alleged offense was committed or the final order was entered.

89 Acts, ch 131, §102023 Acts, ch 19, §1539
Iowa Code § 252K.318 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252K / Section 252K.318
Assistance with discovery.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state may:

(1) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery.

(2) Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state.

97 Acts, ch 175, §151; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §32
Iowa Code § 85A.13 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85A / Section 85A.13
Provisions relating to pneumoconiosis.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever used in this chapter, “pneumoconiosis” shall mean the characteristic fibrotic condition of the lungs caused by the inhalation of dust particles.

(2) In the absence of conclusive evidence in favor of the claim, disability or death from pneumoconiosis shall be presumed not to be due to the nature of any occupation within the provisions of this chapter unless during the ten years immediately preceding the disablement of the employee who has been exposed to the inhalation of dust particles over a period of not less than five years, two years of which shall have been in employment in this state.

(3) In case of disability or death from pneumoconiosis complicated with tuberculosis of the lungs, compensation shall be payable as for uncomplicated pneumoconiosis, provided, however, that the pneumoconiosis was an essential factor in causing such disability or death. In case of disability or death from pneumoconiosis complicated with any other disease, or from any other disease complicated with pneumoconiosis, the compensation shall be reduced as provided in this chapter.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.13]84 Acts, ch 1053, §1; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §41