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Iowa Code § 29A.95 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.95
Exercise of rights not to affect future financial transactions.
Status: in_force

An application by a service member in military service for, or receipt of, a stay, postponement, or suspension under the provisions of this subchapter in the payment of any fine, penalty, insurance premium, or other civil obligation or liability shall not be used as the basis for any of the following:

(1) A determination by any lender or other person that the service member is unable to pay any civil obligation or liability in accordance with its terms.

(2) With respect to a credit transaction between a creditor and a service member:

(2) (a) A denial or revocation of credit by the creditor.

(2) (b) A change by the creditor in the terms of an existing credit arrangement.

(2) (c) A refusal by the creditor to grant credit to the service member in substantially the amount or on substantially the terms requested.

(2) (d) An adverse report relating to the creditworthiness of the service member by or to any person or entity engaged in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information.

2002 Acts, ch 1117, §29, 40
Iowa Code § 68B.24 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68B / Section 68B.24
Loans — receipt from lobbyists prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) An official, member of the general assembly, state employee, legislative employee, or candidate for state office shall not, directly or indirectly, seek or accept a loan or series of loans from a person who is a lobbyist.

(2) A lobbyist shall not, directly or indirectly, offer or make a loan or series of loans to an official, member of the general assembly, state employee, legislative employee, or candidate for state office. A lobbyist shall also not, directly or indirectly, join with one or more persons to offer or make a loan or series of loans to an official, member of the general assembly, state employee, legislative employee, or candidate for state office.

(3) This section shall not apply to loans made in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this section, a loan is “made in the ordinary course of business” when it is made by a person who is regularly engaged in a business that makes loans to members of the general public and the finance charges and other terms of the loan are the same or substantially similar to the finance charges and loan terms that are available to members of the general public.

92 Acts, ch 1228, §11; 93 Acts, ch 163, §8
Iowa Code § 85A.22 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85A / Section 85A.22
Examination of employee by physicians.
Status: in_force

The physicians designated in section 85A.20, upon reference to them by the workers’ compensation commissioner of a claim for occupational disease, shall notify the claimant or claimants and the employer or the employer’s insurance carrier to appear before the physicians at a time and place stated in the notice. If the employee is alive, the employee shall appear before the physicians at the time and place specified to submit to such clinical and x-ray examinations as the physicians may require. The claimant and the employer shall each be entitled, at the claimant’s or employer’s own expense, to have present at all examinations conducted by the physicians, a physician admitted to practice in the state, who shall be given every reasonable opportunity for participating in all examinations. If a physician admitted to practice in the state certifies that the employee is physically unable to appear at the time and place specified, the physicians shall, on notice to the parties, change the time and place of examination to another time and place as may reasonably facilitate the examination of the employee. Proceedings shall be suspended and no compensation shall be payable for any period during which the employee refuses to submit to such examination.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.22]86 Acts, ch 1245, §907; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
Iowa Code § 624.11A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.11A
Juror challenge — municipal taxpayers.
Status: in_force

When selecting a jury in a trial in which a municipality is a defendant, a juror challenge based on the potential juror’s status as a taxpayer of that municipality shall not be allowed unless a real, substantial, and immediate interest is shown which would unfairly prejudice the plaintiff.

84 Acts, ch 1181, §10
Iowa Code § 455B.164 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.164
Distance measurements.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1137, §69, 71.See §459.201.
Iowa Code § 438.19 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 438 / Section 438.19
Scope of chapter.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a gas distributing plant or company located entirely within any city and not a part of a pipeline transportation company. Such local municipal plant shall be taxed in the municipality where located.

[C31, 35, §7103-d19; C39, §7103.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §438.19]
Iowa Code § 519A.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.10
Appeals and judicial review.
Status: in_force

(1) Any applicant or any person insured pursuant to section 519A.7, or a legal representative, or any affected insurer, may appeal to the commissioner within thirty days after any ruling, action or decision by or on behalf of the association, with respect to those items the plan of operation defines as appealable matters.

(2) All orders of the commissioner made pursuant to sections 519A.2 through 519A.9, this section, and sections 519A.11 through 519A.13 shall be subject to judicial review as provided in the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A.

[C77, 79, 81, §519A.10]2003 Acts, ch 44, §114; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §155
Iowa Code § 613.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 613 / Section 613.16
Parental responsibility for actions of children.
Status: in_force

(1) The parent or parents of an unemancipated minor child under the age of eighteen years shall be liable for actual damages to person or property caused by unlawful acts of such child. However, a parent who is not entitled to legal custody of the minor child at the time of the unlawful act shall not be liable for such damages.

(2) The legal obligation of the parent or parents of an unemancipated minor child under the age of eighteen years to pay damages shall be limited as follows:

(2) (a) Not more than two thousand dollars for any one act.

(2) (b) Not more than five thousand dollars, payable to the same claimant, for two or more acts.

(3) The word “person” for the purpose of this section shall include firm, association, partnership or corporation.

(4) When an action is brought on parental responsibility for acts of their children, the parents shall be named as defendants therein and, in addition, the minor child shall be named as a defendant. The filing of an answer by the parents shall remove any requirement that a guardian ad litem be required.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.16]94 Acts, ch 1172, §40
Iowa Code § 73A.21 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73A / Section 73A.21
Reciprocal resident bidder and resident labor force preference by state, its agencies, and political subdivisions penalties.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §8A.311B; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1459.
Iowa Code § 257.16 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.16
Appropriations.
Status: in_force

(1) There is appropriated each year from the general fund of the state an amount necessary to pay the foundation aid under this chapter, the preschool foundation aid under chapter 256C, supplementary aid under section 257.4, subsection 2, and adjusted additional property tax levy aid under section 257.15, subsection 4.

(2) All state aids paid under this chapter, unless otherwise stated, shall be paid in monthly installments beginning on September 15 of a budget year and ending on or about June 15 of the budget year as determined by the department of management, taking into consideration the relative budget and cash position of the state resources.

(3) All moneys received by a school district from the state under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the school district, and may be used for any school general fund purpose unless otherwise provided by law.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if the governor orders budget reductions in accordance with section 8.31, the teacher salary supplement district cost, the professional development supplement district cost, the early intervention supplement district cost, and the teacher leadership supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.10, subsections 9, 10, 11, and 12, and the area education agency teacher salary supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.37A shall be paid in full as calculated and the reductions in the appropriations provided in accordance with this section shall be reduced from the remaining moneys appropriated pursuant to this section and shall be distributed on a per pupil basis calculated with the weighted enrollment determined in accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5.

89 Acts, ch 135, §16; 91 Acts, ch 178, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1208, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1232, §303; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §44; 94 Acts, ch 1181, §12, 18; 95 Acts, ch 214, §10, 11; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §11; 2006 Acts, ch 1182, §40, 53; 2007 Acts, ch 148, §8; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §21, 43; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §56; 2024 Acts, ch 1002, §29, 37, 38
Iowa Code § 455B.362 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.362
Director’s duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The director, at the direction of the commission, shall establish programs to encourage the active support of business, industry, and the general public for litter control.

(2) The director, at the direction of the commission, shall coordinate and encourage the cooperation of state and local public agencies in the administration of this part 3 of subchapter IV.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.96]C83, §455B.36286 Acts, ch 1245, §1899; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 541.137 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.137
Section 541.137
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 284.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 284 / Section 284.3
Iowa teaching standards.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this chapter and for developing teacher evaluation criteria under chapter 279, the Iowa teaching standards are as follows:

(1) (a) Demonstrates ability to enhance academic performance and support for and implementation of the school district’s student achievement goals.

(1) (b) Demonstrates competence in content knowledge appropriate to the teaching position.

(1) (c) Demonstrates competence in planning and preparing for instruction.

(1) (d) Uses strategies to deliver instruction that meets the multiple learning needs of students.

(1) (e) Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning.

(1) (f) Demonstrates competence in classroom management.

(1) (g) Engages in professional growth.

(1) (h) Fulfills professional responsibilities established by the school district.

(2) A school board shall provide for the following:

(2) (a) For purposes of comprehensive evaluations, standards and criteria which measure a beginning teacher’s performance against the Iowa teaching standards specified in subsection 1, and the criteria for the Iowa teaching standards developed by the department in accordance with section 256.9, to determine whether the teacher’s practice meets the requirements specified for a career teacher. These standards and criteria shall be set forth in an instrument provided by the department. The comprehensive evaluation and instrument are not subject to negotiations or grievance procedures pursuant to chapter 20 or determinations made by the board of directors under section 279.14.

(2) (b) For purposes of performance reviews for teachers other than beginning teachers, evaluations that contain, at a minimum, the Iowa teaching standards specified in subsection 1, as well as the criteria for the Iowa teaching standards developed by the department in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 42.

(3) The state board shall adopt by rule pursuant to chapter 17A the criteria developed by the department in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 42.

2001 Acts, ch 161, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1152, §9, 10; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §49; 2003 Acts, ch 180, §38, 39; 2007 Acts, ch 108, §15; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §59; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §42, 48, 49
Iowa Code § 148.10 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148 / Section 148.10
Temporary license.
Status: in_force

(1) The board may, in its discretion, issue a temporary license authorizing the licensee to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in a specific location or locations and for a specified period of time if, in the opinion of the board, a need exists and the person possesses the qualifications prescribed by the board for the license, which shall be substantially equivalent to those required for licensure under this chapter. The board shall determine in each instance those eligible for the license, whether or not examinations shall be given, and the type of examinations. No requirements of the law pertaining to regular permanent licensure are mandatory for the temporary license except as specifically designated by the board. The granting of a temporary license does not in any way indicate that the person so licensed is necessarily eligible for regular licensure or that the board in any way is obligated to so license the person.

(2) The temporary license shall be issued for a period not to exceed one year and may be renewed, but a person shall not practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in excess of three years while holding a temporary license. The fee for the license and the fee for renewal of the license shall be set by the board. The fees shall be based on the administrative costs of issuing and renewing the licenses.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §148.10]87 Acts, ch 128, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1167, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §95; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §248; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §53
Iowa Code § 92.13 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 92 / Section 92.13
Optional refusal of permit.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 92, §22.
Iowa Code § 2C.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2C / Section 2C.12
Complaints investigated.
Status: in_force

(1) The ombudsman may receive a complaint from any source concerning an administrative action. The ombudsman shall conduct a suitable investigation into the administrative actions complained of unless the ombudsman finds substantiating facts that:

(1) (a) The complainant has available another remedy or channel of complaint which the complainant could reasonably be expected to use.

(1) (b) The grievance pertains to a matter outside the ombudsman’s power.

(1) (c) The complainant has no substantive or procedural interest which is directly affected by the matter complained about.

(1) (d) The complaint is trivial, frivolous, vexatious, or not made in good faith.

(1) (e) Other complaints are more worthy of attention.

(1) (f) The ombudsman’s resources are insufficient for adequate investigation.

(1) (g) The complaint has been delayed too long to justify present examination of its merit.

(2) The ombudsman may decline to investigate a complaint, but shall not be prohibited from inquiring into the matter complained about or into related problems at some future time.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601G.12]C93, §2C.122008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2013 Acts, ch 10, §14
Iowa Code § 15E.210 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.210
Obligations.
Status: in_force

The obligations of the corporation are not obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitations, but are obligations of the corporation payable solely and only from the corporation’s funds. The corporation shall not pledge the credit or taxing power of this state or any political subdivision of this state or make its debts payable out of any moneys except for those of the corporation.

98 Acts, ch 1207, §11
Iowa Code § 562B.9 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562B / Section 562B.9
Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) Notices required under this chapter, except those notices identified in section 562B.27A, shall be served as follows:

(1) (a) A landlord shall serve notice on a tenant by one or more of the following methods:

(1) (a) Hand delivery to the tenant.

(1) (a) Delivery evidenced by an acknowledgment of delivery that is signed and dated by a resident of the dwelling unit who is at least eighteen years of age. Delivery under this subparagraph shall be deemed to provide notice to all tenants of the dwelling unit.

(1) (a) Personal service pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules, for the personal service of original notice.

(1) (a) Mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the dwelling unit or to an address provided by the tenant for mailing.

(1) (a) Posting on the primary entrance door of the dwelling unit. A notice posted according to this subparagraph shall be posted within the applicable time period for serving notice and shall include the date the notice was posted.

(1) (a) A method of providing notice that results in the notice actually being received by the tenant.

(1) (b) A tenant shall serve notice on a landlord by one or more of the following methods:

(1) (b) Hand delivery to the landlord or the landlord’s agent designated under section 562B.14.

(1) (b) Delivery evidenced by an acknowledgment of delivery that is signed and dated by the landlord or the landlord’s agent designated under section 562B.14.

(1) (b) Personal service pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules, for the personal service of original notice.

(1) (b) Delivery to an employee or agent of the landlord at the landlord’s business office.

(1) (b) Mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the landlord’s business office or to an address designated by the landlord for mailing.

(1) (b) A method of providing notice that results in the notice actually being received by the landlord.

(2) Notice served by mail under this section is deemed completed four days after the notice is deposited in the mail and postmarked for delivery, whether or not the recipient signs a receipt for the notice.

[C79, 81, §562B.9]96 Acts, ch 1203, §4, 5; 99 Acts, ch 155, §8, 14; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §14; 2010 Acts, ch 1017, §4, 11
Iowa Code § 515D.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515D / Section 515D.11
Insured told of alternate coverage.
Status: in_force

When automobile bodily injury and property damage liability coverage is canceled or not renewed, other than for nonpayment of premium, the insurer shall notify the named insured of the insured’s possible eligibility for automobile liability insurance through the Iowa automobile insurance plan. Such notice shall accompany the notice of cancellation or intent not to renew.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515D.11]
Iowa Code § 235A.21 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235A / Section 235A.21
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain child abuse information under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate child abuse information to any agency or person except in accordance with sections 235A.15 and 235A.17, or any person connected with any research authorized pursuant to section 235A.15 who willfully falsifies child abuse information or any records relating to child abuse information, or any employee of the department who knowingly destroys assessment data except in accordance with rule as established by the department for retention of child abuse information under section 235A.18 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly, but without criminal purposes, communicates or seeks to communicate child abuse information except in accordance with sections 235A.15 and 235A.17 shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(2) Any reasonable grounds for belief that a person has violated any provision of this chapter shall be grounds for the immediate withdrawal of any authorized access such person might otherwise have to child abuse information.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §235A.21]97 Acts, ch 176, §14, 42, 43
Iowa Code § 355.17 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 355 / Section 355.17
Designation of coordinate zones.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1037, §3..
Iowa Code § 426.3 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 426 / Section 426.3
Where credit given.
Status: in_force

The agricultural land credit fund shall be apportioned each year in the manner hereinafter provided so as to give a credit against the tax on each tract of agricultural lands within the several school districts of the state in which the levy for the general school fund exceeds five dollars and forty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value; the amount of such credit on each tract of such lands shall be the amount the tax levied for the general school fund exceeds the amount of tax which would be levied on said tract of such lands were the levy for the general school fund five dollars and forty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value for the previous year, except in the case of a deficiency in the agricultural land credit fund to pay said credits in full, in which case the credit on each eligible tract of such lands in the state shall be proportionate and shall be applied as hereinafter provided.

[C39, §6943.157, 6943.164; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §426.3]
Iowa Code § 714I.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714I / Section 714I.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Assisted reproduction” means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse involving medical or scientific intervention.

(2) “Donor” means an individual who provides gametes intended for use in assisted reproduction, whether or not for consideration.

(3) “Gamete” means a sperm, an egg, or any part of a sperm or an egg.

(4) “Health care professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession.

(5) “Health facility” means a hospital, clinic, sperm bank, laboratory, or other health care institution involved in the assisted reproduction process.

(6) “Human reproductive material” means a human gamete or a human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.

(7) “Live birth” means the same as defined in section 144.1.

(8) “Patient” means a person who has received or is receiving health services from a health care professional.

(9) “Spouse” means the spouse of a patient who undergoes assisted reproduction at the time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of a child through assisted reproduction.

2022 Acts, ch 1123, §2
Iowa Code § 814.10 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 814 / Section 814.10
Indigent’s application for transcript in other cases.
Status: in_force

If a defendant in a criminal cause has been granted discretionary review from an action of the district court and the appellate court deems a transcript or portions thereof are necessary to proper review of the question or questions raised, the district court shall order the transcript to be made if the defendant is determined to be indigent.

[C79, 81, §814.10]83 Acts, ch 186, §10136, 10201; 96 Acts, ch 1193, §7
Iowa Code § 357D.3 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357D / Section 357D.3
Limitation on area.
Status: in_force

A district may include all or parts of the unincorporated areas of one township and any unincorporated areas of adjoining townships or parts of adjoining townships, but shall not include property assessed as agricultural land, centrally assessed property, or manufacturing personal and real property. Except for property assessed as agricultural land, the owners of centrally assessed property or manufacturing property shall have the option to be included in the district.

[82 Acts, ch 1174, §3]