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Iowa Code § 515.101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.101
Conditions and stipulations invalidating policy — avoidance — pleadings — applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) Any condition or stipulation in an application, policy, or contract of insurance making the policy void before the loss occurs shall not prevent recovery on the policy by the insured, if the plaintiff shows that the failure to observe such provision or the violation thereof did not contribute to the loss.

(2) Any such condition or stipulation in an application, policy, or contract of insurance that refers to any of the following shall not be changed or affected by the provisions of subsection 1:

(2) (a) Any other insurance, valid or invalid.

(2) (b) Vacancy of the insured premises.

(2) (c) The title or ownership of the property insured.

(2) (d) Liens or encumbrances on the property insured created by the voluntary act of the insured and within the insured’s control.

(2) (e) Suspension or forfeiture of the policy during default or failure to pay any written obligation given to the insurance company for the premium.

(2) (f) The assignment or transfer of such policy of insurance before the loss occurs without the consent of the insurance company.

(2) (g) The removal of the property insured.

(2) (h) A change in the occupancy or use of the property insured, if such change or use makes the risk more hazardous.

(2) (i) Fraud, concealment, or misrepresentation of an insured.

(3) Subsections 1 and 2 shall not be construed to change limitations or restrictions related to the pleading or proving of any defense by any insurance company to which the company is subject by law.

(4) The provisions of subsections 1, 2, and 3 apply to all contracts of insurance on real and personal property.

[C97, §1743; S13, §1743; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8980; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.101]2007 Acts, ch 152, §64; 2009 Acts, ch 145, §23
Iowa Code § 85B.8 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85B / Section 85B.8
Date of occurrence.
Status: in_force

(1) A claim for occupational hearing loss due to excessive noise exposure may be filed beginning one month after separation from the employment in which the employee was subjected to excessive noise exposure. The date of the injury shall be the date of occurrence of any one of the following events:

(1) (a) Transfer from excessive noise exposure employment by an employer.

(1) (b) Retirement.

(1) (c) Termination of the employer-employee relationship.

(2) The date of injury for a layoff which continues for a period longer than one year shall be six months after the date of the layoff. However, the date of the injury for any loss of hearing incurred prior to January 1, 1981, shall not be earlier than the occurrence of any one of the above events.

[C81, §85B.8]98 Acts, ch 1160, §4, 5; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
Iowa Code § 483A.14 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.14
Duplicate licenses and permits.
Status: in_force

When any license for which a fee has been set has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the director or a license agent may issue a replacement license, if evidence is available to demonstrate issuance of the original license and a fee of two dollars is paid, to be placed in the fish and game protection fund. If, on examination of the evidence, the director or the license agent, as the case may be, is satisfied that the license has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the director or the license agent shall issue a duplicate license which shall be plainly marked “duplicate” and the duplicate shall serve in lieu of the original license and it shall contain the same information and signature as the original. The license agent shall charge a writing fee of one dollar and the departmental administrative fee for each duplicate license issued pursuant to this section. The license agent shall retain the writing fee.

[C39, §1794.088; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.7; C79, 81, §110.14]C93, §483A.1498 Acts, ch 1199, §15, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §10
Iowa Code § 252F.8 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252F / Section 252F.8
Waiver of time limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) A putative father or other party may waive the time limitations established in this chapter.

(2) If a party does not contest paternity or wish to request a conference or court hearing on the issue of support, upon receipt of a signed statement from the putative father and any other party that may contest establishment of paternity, waiving the time limitations, the department shall enter an order establishing paternity and support and the court may approve the order, notwithstanding the expiration of the period of the time limitations if paternity is established.

(3) If a putative father or other party waives the time limitations and an order establishing paternity or determining support, or both, is entered under this chapter, the signed statement of the putative father and other party waiving the time limitations shall be filed with the order.

93 Acts, ch 79, §21; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §352023 Acts, ch 19, §911
Iowa Code § 476A.15 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476A / Section 476A.15
Waiver.
Status: in_force

The commission, if it determines that the public interest would not be adversely affected, may waive any of the requirements of this subchapter.

83 Acts, ch 127, §40; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §47; 2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §16, 35, 362024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 70A.16 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.16
Interview and moving expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) If approved by the appointing authority, a person who interviews for employment by the state shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the interview.

(2) A state employee who is reassigned shall be reimbursed for moving expenses incurred in accordance with rules and policies adopted by the director of the department of administrative services when all of the following circumstances exist:

(2) (a) The employee is reassigned at the direction of the appointing authority.

(2) (b) The reassignment constitutes a permanent change of duty station.

(2) (c) The reassignment requires the employee to change the place of personal residence beyond a reasonable commuting distance.

(2) (d) The reassignment is not primarily for the benefit or convenience of the employee.

(3) If approved by the appointing authority, a person newly hired for a state position shall receive reimbursement for moving expenses incurred after the person is hired at the same rate provided for a state employee.

(4) Reimbursement for moving expenses authorized under this section does not include reimbursement for the expense of moving animals.

[C77, 79, 81, §79.16; 81 Acts, ch 9, §25]86 Acts, ch 1245, §233C93, §70A.1697 Acts, ch 28, §8; 2000 Acts, ch 1171, §21; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 43.66 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.66
Write-in candidates.
Status: in_force

The fact that the candidate who receives the highest number of votes cast for any party’s nomination for an office to which section 43.52 or 43.65 is applicable is a person whose name was not printed on the official primary election ballot shall not affect the validity of the person’s nomination as a candidate for that office in the general election. However, if there is no candidate on the official primary ballot of a political party for nomination to a particular office, a write-in candidate may obtain the party’s nomination to that office in the primary if the candidate receives a number of votes equal to at least thirty-five percent of the total vote cast for all of that party’s candidates for that office in the last preceding primary election for which the party had candidates on the ballot for that office. If there have been no candidates from a political party for a seat in the general assembly since the most recent redistricting of the general assembly, a write-in candidate shall be considered nominated who receives a number of votes equal to at least thirty-five percent of the total votes cast, at the last preceding primary election in the precincts which currently constitute the general assembly district, for all of that party’s candidates for representative in the Congress of the United States or who receives at least one hundred votes, whichever number is greater. When two or more nominees are required, the division procedure prescribed in section 43.52 shall be applied to establish the minimum number of write-in votes necessary for nomination. If the primary is inconclusive, the necessary nominations shall be made in accordance with section 43.78, subsection 1.

[S13, §1087-a25, -a26; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §594, 625, 643; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §43.66, 43.98, 43.106; C75, 77, 79, 81, §43.66; 81 Acts, ch 34, §2]
Iowa Code § 659.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 659 / Section 659.2
Libel — retraction — actual damages.
Status: in_force

In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, free newspaper or shopping guide, or for defamatory statements made on a radio or television station, if the defendant can show that such libelous matter was published or broadcast through misinformation or mistake, the plaintiff shall recover no more than actual damages, unless a retraction be demanded and refused as hereinafter provided. Plaintiff shall serve upon the publisher at the principal place of publication or upon the owner of a radio or television station at the owner’s principal place of business a notice specifying the statements claimed to be libelous, and requesting that the same be withdrawn.

[SS15, §3592-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12413; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.2]
Iowa Code § 100C.9 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100C / Section 100C.9
Deposit and use of moneys collected.
Status: in_force

(1) All fees assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be retained as appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, by the department and such fees received shall be used exclusively to offset the costs of administering this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, fees collected by the department that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated in succeeding fiscal years.

2004 Acts, ch 1125, §10, 17; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §26; 2010 Acts, ch 1014, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1512; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §133
Iowa Code § 89.6 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 89 / Section 89.6
Notice to director.
Status: in_force

(1) Before any equipment included under the provisions of this chapter is installed by any owner, user, or lessee thereof, a ten days’ written notice of intention to install the equipment shall be given to the director. The notice shall designate the proposed place of installation, the type and capacity of the equipment, the use to be made thereof, the name of the company which manufactured the equipment, and whether the equipment is new or used.

(2) Before any power boiler is converted to a low pressure boiler, the owner or user shall give to the director ten days’ written notice of intent to convert the boiler. The notice shall designate the boiler location, the uses of the building, and other information specified by rule by the board.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §89.5; C79, 81, §89.6]2010 Acts, ch 1015, §5; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §11; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1793
Iowa Code § 8F.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8F / Section 8F.4
Reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) As a condition of continuing to receive state or federal moneys through an oversight agency for a service contract, a recipient entity shall file an annual report with the oversight agency and with the legislative services agency within ten months following the end of the recipient entity’s fiscal year.

(1) (b) However, the annual report shall not be required to be filed under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (b) The recipient entity reports information otherwise required to be included in an annual report described in subsection 2 to the oversight agency pursuant to federal or state statutes or rules. The information otherwise required to be reported to the oversight agency shall be filed with the legislative services agency.

(1) (b) The recipient entity is recognized by the Internal Revenue Code as a nonprofit organization or entity and provides a copy of the internal revenue service form 990 for all fiscal years in which service contract revenues are reported.

(2) The annual report required to be filed pursuant to this section shall contain the following:

(2) (a) Financial information relative to the expenditure of state and federal moneys for the prior year pursuant to the service contract. The financial information shall include but is not limited to budget and actual revenue and expenditure information for the year covered.

(2) (b) Financial information relating to service contracts with the oversight agency during the preceding year, including the costs by category to provide the contracted services.

(2) (c) Reportable conditions in internal control or material noncompliance with provisions of laws, rules, regulations, or contractual agreements included in external audit reports of the recipient entity covering the preceding year.

(2) (d) Corrective action taken or planned by the recipient entity in response to reportable conditions in internal control or material noncompliance with laws, rules, regulations, or contractual agreements included in external audit reports covering the preceding year.

(2) (e) Any changes in the information submitted in accordance with section 8F.3.

(2) (f) A certification signed by an officer and director of the recipient entity, two directors of the recipient entity, or the sole proprietor of the recipient entity, whichever is applicable, stating the annual report is accurate and the recipient entity is in full compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, and contractual agreements applicable to the recipient entity and the requirements of this chapter.

(3) A recipient entity shall be required to submit such information as requested by the oversight agency or the legislative services agency relating to the entity’s expenditure of state and federal moneys.

2006 Acts, ch 1153, §4, 9
Iowa Code § 12.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12 / Section 12.10
Deposits by state officers.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, all elective and appointive state officers, boards, commissions, and departments shall, within ten days succeeding the collection, deposit with the treasurer of state, or to the credit of the treasurer of state in any depository designated by the treasurer of state, ninety percent of all fees, commissions, and moneys collected or received. The balance actually collected in cash, remaining in the hands of any officer, board, or department shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars and money collected shall not be held more than thirty days. This section does not apply to the state fair board, the state board of regents, the utilities commission, the director of health and human services, the Iowa finance authority, or to the funds received by the state racing and gaming commission under sections 99D.7 and 99D.14.

[C73, §3778; C97, §191; S13, §170-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §143; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §12.10]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 187, §29; 84 Acts, ch 1266, §22023 Acts, ch 19, §16, 2658; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 679B.18 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679B / Section 679B.18
Third member of board.
Status: in_force

The parties to the dispute and the members of the board so appointed shall, within five days of the appointment, recommend to the judge the name of an additional person who is willing and ready to act as the third member of the board. The person recommended shall meet the qualifications provided in section 679B.16. If the recommendation is not made within the period, or if the person recommended refuses or fails to act, the judge shall as soon thereafter as possible appoint a qualified person to act as the third member of the board.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §90.18]86 Acts, ch 1245, §944C87, §679B.18
Iowa Code § 190.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190 / Section 190.2
Additional standards — milk and dairy products exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may establish and publish standards for foods when such standards are not fixed by law. The standards shall conform with standards for foods adopted by federal agencies including but not limited to the United States department of agriculture.

(2) The department shall adopt rules specifying standards for milk and dairy products which are consistent with the “Pasteurized Milk Ordinance”, as provided in chapter 192, and applicable federal standards of identity.

(3) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(3) (a) The production, processing, labeling, marketing, or distribution of raw milk by a raw milk producer in compliance with chapter 195.

(3) (b) The manufacture, labeling, marketing, or distribution of a raw milk product or raw milk dairy product by a raw milk producer in compliance with chapter 195.

[S13, §4999-a18; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3059; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §190.2]91 Acts, ch 74, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1032, §6; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §27; 2023 Acts, ch 75, §8
Iowa Code § 554.12402 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.12402
Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank.
Status: in_force

(1) This section is subject to sections 554.12205 and 554.12207.

(2) With respect to a payment order issued to the beneficiary’s bank, acceptance of the order by the bank obligates the sender to pay the bank the amount of the order, but payment is not due until the payment date of the order.

(3) This subsection is subject to subsection 5 and to section 554.12303. With respect to a payment order issued to a receiving bank other than the beneficiary’s bank, acceptance of the order by the receiving bank obligates the sender to pay the bank the amount of the sender’s order. Payment by the sender is not due until the execution date of the sender’s order. The obligation of the sender to pay the sender’s payment order is excused if the funds transfer is not completed by acceptance by the beneficiary’s bank of the payment order instructing payment to the beneficiary of the sender’s payment order.

(4) If the sender of a payment order pays the order and was not obligated to pay all or part of the amount paid, the bank receiving payment shall refund payment to the extent the sender was not obligated to pay. Except as provided in sections 554.12204 and 554.12304, interest is payable on the refundable amount from the date of payment.

(5) If a funds transfer is not completed as stated in subsection 3 and an intermediary bank is obligated to refund payment as stated in subsection 4 but is unable to do so because the intermediary bank is not permitted by applicable law or because the bank suspends payments, a sender in the funds transfer that executed a payment order in compliance with an instruction, as stated in section 554.12302, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, to route the funds transfer through the intermediary bank is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the payment order that it accepted. The first sender in the funds transfer that issued an instruction requiring routing through that intermediary bank is subrogated to the right of the bank that paid the intermediary bank to refund as stated in subsection 4.

(6) The right of the sender of a payment order to be excused from the obligation to pay the order as stated in subsection 3 or to receive refund under subsection 4 may not be varied by agreement.

92 Acts, ch 1146, §27
Iowa Code § 456B.11 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456B / Section 456B.11
Agricultural drainage wells wetlands conservation easements.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop and implement a program for the acquisition of wetlands and conservation easements on and around wetlands that result from the closure or change in use of agricultural drainage wells upon implementation of the programs specified in section 460.302 to eliminate groundwater contamination caused by the use of agricultural drainage wells. The program shall be coordinated with the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The department may use moneys appropriated for this purpose from the agriculture management account of the groundwater protection fund created in section 455E.11 in addition to other moneys available for wetland acquisition, protection, development, and management.

87 Acts, ch 225, §301CS87, §108.11C93, §456B.112023 Acts, ch 64, §76
Iowa Code § 483A.26 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.26
False claims.
Status: in_force

A nonresident shall not obtain a resident license by falsely claiming residency in the state. The use of a license by a person other than the person to whom the license is issued is unlawful and nullifies the license.

[82 Acts, ch 1013, §1]C83, §110.2684 Acts, ch 1260, §11; 90 Acts, ch 1216, §8C93, §483A.2695 Acts, ch 76, §2
Iowa Code § 554.12203 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.12203
Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders.
Status: in_force

(1) If an accepted payment order is not, under section 554.12202, subsection 1, an authorized order of a customer identified as sender, but is effective as an order of the customer pursuant to section 554.12202, subsection 2, the following rules apply:

(1) (a) By express agreement, evidenced by a record the receiving bank may limit the extent to which it is entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order.

(1) (b) The receiving bank is not entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order if the customer proves that the order was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a person entrusted at any time with the authority to act for the customer with respect to payment orders or the security procedure, or who obtained access to transmitting facilities of the customer or who obtained, from a source controlled by the customer and without authority of the receiving bank, information facilitating breach of the security procedure, regardless of how the information was obtained or whether the customer was at fault. Information includes any access device, computer software, or similar items.

(2) This section applies to amendments of payment orders in the same manner it applies to payment orders.

92 Acts, ch 1146, §112024 Acts, ch 1023, §110
Iowa Code § 232.71A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.71A
Section 232.71A
Status: repealed

Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 35, §24, 25.
Iowa Code § 10.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10 / Section 10.4
Multiple interests restricted.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who holds an interest in a networking farmers corporation holding an interest in agricultural land pursuant to section 10.3 shall not hold an interest in another farmers entity if any of the following applies:

(1) (a) The person holds a twenty-five percent or greater interest in a networking farmers corporation having six or fewer stockholders.

(1) (b) The person holds a fifteen percent or greater interest in a networking farmers corporation having seven or more stockholders.

(2) A person who holds a majority interest in an authorized entity shall not hold a majority interest in a networking farmers corporation.

(3) A qualified commodity share landlord who owns an interest in a networking farmers corporation holding agricultural land under section 10.3 must rent an additional one hundred fifty acres of agricultural land on a commodity share basis for each farmers entity holding agricultural land under this chapter in which the commodity share landlord acquires an interest.

98 Acts, ch 1110, §104, 301