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Iowa Code § 524.215A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.215A
Preservation of division of banking records.
Status: in_force

(1) The division of banking may preserve records, papers, or documents kept by the division or in the possession or custody of the division by any of the following means:

(1) (a) Photographing or microphotographing, or otherwise reproducing upon film.

(1) (b) Preserving in any electronic medium or format capable of being read or scanned by computer and capable of being reproduced by printing or by any other form of reproduction of electronically stored data.

(2) Photographs, microphotographs, or photographic films or copies thereof, or reproductions of electronically stored data, created pursuant to subsection 1 shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes, including introduction in evidence in all state and federal courts or administrative hearings, and shall be admissible to prove any act, transaction, occurrence, or event therein recorded.

(3) Photographs, microphotographs, or photographic films or copies thereof, or reproductions of electronically stored data, created pursuant to subsection 1 shall be preserved in such manner as the division prescribes, and the original photographs, microphotographs, photographic films, copies, and reproductions may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the division directs.

(4) The division of banking may adopt a record retention policy authorizing the division to destroy communications received by electronic mail that are more than six months old.

2007 Acts, ch 170, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1028, §7
Iowa Code § 668.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 668 / Section 668.2
Party defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless otherwise required, “party” means any of the following:

(1) A claimant.

(2) A person named as defendant.

(3) A person who has been released pursuant to section 668.7.

(4) A third-party defendant.

84 Acts, ch 1293, §2
Iowa Code § 493.2 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 493 / Section 493.2
Par value — method of stating.
Status: in_force

In any case, in which the par value of the shares of stock of a corporation shall be required to be stated in the articles of incorporation, or any amendment thereto, or in any other place, it shall be stated in respect to shares without par value that such shares are without par value, and when the amount of such stock authorized, issued or outstanding shall be required to be stated, the number of shares thereof authorized, issued or outstanding, as the case may be, shall be stated, and it shall also be stated that such shares are without par value.

[C31, 35, §8419-c2; C39, §8419.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §493.2]
Iowa Code § 521I.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521I / Section 521I.9
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

A dividing insurer may submit a written request to the commissioner that confidentiality be maintained regarding all business, financial, actuarial, and other proprietary information submitted to, obtained by, or disclosed to the commissioner in connection with the dividing insurer’s plan of division. The commissioner shall make a determination regarding the dividing insurer’s request prior to issuing a notice of a public hearing pursuant to section 521I.8, subsection 2. If the commissioner grants the dividing insurer’s request in whole or in part, such information as the commissioner determines shall remain confidential, shall not be available for public inspection, and shall not be subject to chapter 22. The plan of division shall not be confidential and shall be available for public inspection.

2019 Acts, ch 20, §9
Iowa Code § 364.22A — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 364 / Section 364.22A
Neglected animals.
Status: in_force

A city may rescue, provide maintenance, or dispose of neglected livestock or another animal, as provided in chapters 717 and 717B.

94 Acts, ch 1103, §4
Iowa Code § 657.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 657 / Section 657.13
Racing facilities and racetracks immunity.
Status: in_force

(1) A racing facility or racetrack shall not be subject to any action brought by a surrounding property owner under any nuisance, taking, or other theory if the racing facility or racetrack was built before the surrounding real property owner either purchased the real property or built in the area of the racing facility or racetrack.

(2) This section applies to claims against racing facilities and racetracks located in this state prior to the date the surrounding real property owner bringing the claim acquired or improved the real property.

(3) For the purposes of this section a “racing facility” or “racetrack” means a designated area or facility where competitive vehicle and motorsport races are conducted. A “racing facility” or “racetrack” includes the track, spectator areas, garages, and any associated grounds or buildings used to operate the races.

2025 Acts, ch 39, §1
Iowa Code § 664A.4A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 664A / Section 664A.4A
Short-form notification no-contact order or protective order.
Status: in_force

(1) In lieu of personal service of a no-contact order or a protective order on a person whose activities are restrained by the order, a sheriff of any county in this state or any peace officer or corrections officer in this state may serve the person with a short-form notification pursuant to this section to effectuate service of an unserved no-contact order or protective order.

(2) Service of a short-form notification under this section shall be allowed during traffic stops and other contacts with the person by a sheriff, peace officer, or corrections officer in this state in the course of performing official duties. The person may be detained for a reasonable period of time to complete the short-form notification process.

(3) When the short-form notification process is complete, the sheriff, peace officer, or corrections officer serving the notification shall file a copy of the notification with the clerk of the district court. The filing shall indicate the date and time the notification was served on the person.

(4) The short-form notification shall be on a form prescribed by the state court administrator. The state court administrator shall prescribe rules relating to the content and distribution of the form to appropriate law enforcement agencies in this state. The form shall include but not be limited to all of the following statements:

(4) (a) The person shall have no contact with the protected party.

(4) (b) The person is responsible for obtaining a full copy of the no-contact order or the protective order from the county sheriff of the county in which the order was entered or from the clerk of the district court.

(4) (c) The terms and conditions of the no-contact order or protective order are enforceable, and the person is subject to arrest for violating the no-contact order or the protective order.

2013 Acts, ch 16, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 468.610 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.610
Appeal — how tried — costs.
Status: in_force

The cause shall be tried in the district court by ordinary proceedings, upon such pleading as the court may direct, each party having the right to offer such testimony as shall be admissible under the rules of law. If the appellant does not recover a more favorable judgment in the district court than the appellant received in the decision of the board, the appellant shall pay all the costs of appeal.

[C97, §1957; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7725; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §465.11]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.610
Iowa Code § 456A.23 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456A / Section 456A.23
General duties.
Status: in_force

The department shall protect, propagate, increase, and preserve the wild mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians of the state and enforce by proper actions and proceedings the laws, rules, and regulations relating to them. The department shall collect, classify, and preserve all statistics, data, and information as in its opinion tend to promote the objects of this chapter, conduct research in improved conservation methods, and disseminate information to residents and nonresidents of Iowa in conservation matters.

[C31, 35, §1703-d11; C39, §1703.49; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §107.23]83 Acts, ch 168, §1; 91 Acts, ch 268, §224C93, §456A.23
Iowa Code § 216A.154 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.154
Office of Asian and Pacific Islander affairs.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §462.
Iowa Code § 553.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 553 / Section 553.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Competition Law”.

[C77, 79, 81, §553.1]
Iowa Code § 321.561 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.561
Punishment for violation.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person found to be a habitual offender to operate any motor vehicle in this state during the period of time specified in section 321.560 except for a habitual offender who has been granted a temporary restricted license pursuant to section 321.215, subsection 2. A person violating this section commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §321.561]87 Acts, ch 34, §1; 95 Acts, ch 143, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1034, §27; 2001 Acts, ch 132, §14
Iowa Code § 306C.18 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306C / Section 306C.18
Permit required.
Status: in_force

The owner of every advertising device regulated by section 306C.11, subsection 1, shall be required to make application to the department for a permit.

(1) The application for a permit shall be on a form provided by the department and shall contain the name and address of the owner of the advertising device and the name and address of the owner of the real property on which it is located; the date of its erection; a description of its location; its dimensions; and such other information required by the department, together with a permit fee as provided in this section or rule adopted by the department.

(2) After July 1, 1972, no new advertising device for which an application for a permit is required may be erected without first obtaining a permit from the department, except in the case of advertising devices lawfully in existence in areas adjacent to any highway made an interstate, freeway primary, or primary highway after July 1, 1972. The owner shall be required to make application for a permit as provided for in this section within thirty days after the date the said highway acquired said designation.

(3) Upon receipt of an application containing all the required information in due form and properly executed together with the fee required, the department shall issue a permit to be affixed to the advertising device if the advertising device will not violate any provision of this subchapter or chapter 306B, or any rule promulgated by the department, provided that in the case of advertising devices to be acquired pursuant to section 306C.15, a provisional permit shall be issued.

(4) The fee for both types of permits for calendar years 1997 and 1998 shall be one hundred dollars for the initial fee and fifteen dollars for each annual renewal for signs up to three hundred seventy-five square feet in area, twenty-five dollars for each annual renewal for signs at least three hundred seventy-six, but not more than nine hundred ninety-nine, square feet in area, and fifty dollars for each annual renewal for signs one thousand square feet or more in area. Beginning January 1, 1999, fees shall be as determined by rule by the department. The fees collected for the above permits shall be credited to the highway beautification fund created in section 306C.11, subsection 2, and all salaries and expenses incurred in administering this chapter shall be paid from this fund or from specific appropriations for this purpose, except that surveillance of, and removal of, advertising devices performed by regular maintenance personnel are not to be charged against the fund.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.18]91 Acts, ch 176, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1218, §34; 97 Acts, ch 104, §3; 2006 Acts, ch 1068, §3; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §74; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121; 2021 Acts, ch 39, §14
Iowa Code § 10A.301 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.301
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Commissioner” means the workers’ compensation commissioner appointed pursuant to section 10A.303, or the commissioner’s designee.

(2) “Division” means the division of workers’ compensation of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §1460
Iowa Code § 372.10 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 372 / Section 372.10
Contents of charter.
Status: in_force

A home rule charter must contain provisions for:

(1) A council of an odd number of members, not less than five.

(2) A mayor, who may be one of those council members.

(3) Two-year or staggered four-year terms of office for the mayor and council members.

(4) The powers and duties of the mayor and the council, consistent with the provisions of the city code.

(5) A council representation plan pursuant to section 372.13, subsection 11.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §372.10]91 Acts, ch 256, §38
Iowa Code § 80.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80 / Section 80.4
General allocation of duties.
Status: in_force

(1) In general, the allocation of duties of the department shall be as follows:

(1) (a) Commissioner’s office.

(1) (b) Division of administrative services.

(1) (c) Division of criminal investigation.

(1) (d) Division of state patrol.

(1) (e) Division of state fire marshal.

(1) (f) Division of narcotics enforcement.

(1) (g) Office of drug control policy.

(2) The commissioner may appoint a chief, director, a first and second assistant to the director, and all other supervisory officers in each division. All appointments and promotions shall be made on the basis of seniority and a merit examination.

(3) The allocation of duties described in this section shall not be interpreted to prevent flexibility in interdepartmental operations or to forbid other divisional allocations of duties in the discretion of the commissioner.

[SS15, §147; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §273(4), 1225.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §18.2(4), 80.17; C73, §19B.12(2), 80.17; C75, §18.12(2), 80.17; C77, 79, 81, §80.17]98 Acts, ch 1074, §8; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §24; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §122019 Acts, ch 24, §104C2020, §80.42021 Acts, ch 80, §28; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2187
Iowa Code § 521F.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521F / Section 521F.11
Foreign health organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign health organization, upon the written request of the commissioner, shall submit to the commissioner a risk-based capital report for the previous calendar year just ended by the later of the following:

(1) (a) The filing date.

(1) (b) Fifteen days after the request is received by the foreign health organization.

(2) A foreign health organization, upon the written request of the commissioner, shall promptly submit to the commissioner a copy of any risk-based capital plan that is filed with the insurance commissioner of any other state.

(3) The commissioner may require a foreign health organization to file a risk-based capital plan under either of the following circumstances:

(3) (a) In the event of a company-action-level event, regulatory-action-level event, or authorized-control-level event as determined under the risk-based capital statute applicable in the state of domicile of the foreign health organization, or, if no risk-based capital statute is in force in that state, under this chapter.

(3) (b) The insurance commissioner of the state of domicile of the foreign health organization fails to require the foreign health organization to file a risk-based capital plan in the manner specified under that state’s risk-based capital statute, or, if no risk-based capital statute is in force in that state, pursuant to this chapter.

(4) The failure of the foreign health organization to file a risk-based capital plan is sufficient grounds to order the health organization to cease and desist from writing new insurance business in this state.

(5) In the event of a mandatory-control-level event with respect to a foreign health organization, if a domiciliary receiver has not been appointed with respect to the foreign health organization under the rehabilitation and liquidation statute applicable in the state of domicile of the foreign health organization, the commissioner may make application to the district court as permitted under chapter 507C with respect to the liquidation of property of foreign health organizations found in this state, and the occurrence of the mandatory-control-level event shall be considered adequate grounds for the application.

2000 Acts, ch 1050, §11
Iowa Code § 327D.17 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.17
Criminal liability.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specially provided for in this chapter, and unless relieved from the consequences of a violation of the law as provided in this chapter, any common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter, or, when such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation, who, alone or with any other corporation, company, person, or party shall willfully do or cause to be done, or shall willfully suffer or permit to be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or shall cause or willingly suffer or permit any act, matter, or thing, so directed or required by the provisions of this chapter to be done, not to be so done; or shall aid or abet any such omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of the provisions of this chapter, or shall aid or abet therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a schedule “four” penalty.

[C97, §2132; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8053; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.18; C77, 79, 81, §327D.17]2025 Acts, ch 30, §58
Iowa Code § 625.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 625 / Section 625.4
Apportionment among numerous parties.
Status: in_force

In actions where there are several plaintiffs or several defendants, the costs shall be apportioned according to the several judgments rendered; and where there are several causes of action embraced in the same petition, or several issues, the plaintiff shall recover costs upon the issues determined in the plaintiff’s favor, and the defendant upon those determined in the defendant’s favor.

[R60, §3451; C73, §2934; C97, §3854; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11625; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.4]
Iowa Code § 692A.114 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.114
Residency restrictions — presence — child care facilities and schools.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(1) (a) “Minor” means a person who is under eighteen years of age or who is enrolled in a secondary school.

(1) (b) “School” means a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school.

(1) (c) “Sex offender” means a person required to be registered under this chapter who has been convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor.

(2) A sex offender shall not reside within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility.

(3) A sex offender residing within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this section if any of the following apply:

(3) (a) The sex offender is required to serve a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility, or other correctional institution or facility.

(3) (b) The sex offender is subject to an order of commitment under chapter 229A.

(3) (c) The sex offender has established a residence prior to July 1, 2002.

(3) (d) The sex offender has established a residence prior to any newly located school or child care facility being established.

(3) (e) The sex offender is a minor.

(3) (f) The sex offender is a protected person in a guardianship, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.

(3) (g) The sex offender is a patient or resident at a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1 or a patient in a hospice program, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.

2009 Acts, ch 119, §14; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §97
Iowa Code § 252H.18 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252H / Section 252H.18
Orders subject to administrative modification.
Status: in_force

An order meeting all of the following conditions is eligible for administrative modification under this subchapter.

(1) The order is subject to the jurisdiction of this state for the purposes of modification.

(2) Child support services is providing services pursuant to chapter 252B.

(3) The child was conceived or born during a marriage or paternity has been legally established.

(4) Review and adjustment services pursuant to subchapter II are not required or are not applicable.

93 Acts, ch 78, §412023 Acts, ch 19, §940
Iowa Code § 536A.26 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536A / Section 536A.26
Prepayment.
Status: in_force

In addition to the requirements of the Iowa consumer credit code, chapter 537, respecting consumer loans, and notwithstanding the provisions of any note or contract to the contrary, a borrower may, at any time, prepay all or any part of the unpaid balance to become payable under any note or installment contract.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.26]2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
Iowa Code § 320.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.5
Term of grant.
Status: in_force

A grant made under section 320.4 shall be on such reasonable conditions as the state department of transportation or the board of supervisors may exact, and on such conditions as the general assembly may prescribe.

[C97, §1524; S13, §1527-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4859; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §320.5]2001 Acts, ch 32, §11