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Iowa Code § 279.73 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.73
Intellectual freedom protection complaints.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of each school district shall protect the intellectual freedom of the school district’s students and practitioners and shall establish and publicize policies that protect students and faculty from discrimination based on speech. A person shall not retaliate against a person who files a complaint for a violation of this section. If the person who files a complaint for a violation of this section is an employee of the school district, the provisions of section 70A.29 shall apply.

(2) If the board of directors of the school district or a court finds that an employee of the school district who holds a license, certificate, statement of recognition, or authorization issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, discriminated against a student or employee in violation of this section, the employee found to be in violation under this section shall be subject to a hearing conducted by the board of educational examiners pursuant to section 256.146, subsection 13, which may result in disciplinary action and the employee’s employment may be terminated.

2021 Acts, ch 130, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2586
Iowa Code § 236A.20 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236A / Section 236A.20
Mutual protective orders prohibited exceptions.
Status: in_force

A court in an action under this chapter shall not issue mutual protective orders against the victim and the abuser unless both file a petition requesting a protective order.

2017 Acts, ch 121, §23
Iowa Code § 327H.18 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327H / Section 327H.18
Railroad assistance.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 178, §34.
Iowa Code § 515.133 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.133
Copy of application — duty to provide.
Status: in_force

All insurance companies or associations shall, upon the issue or renewal of any policy, provide to the insured, a true copy of any application or representation of the insured which, by the terms of such policy, is made a part of the policy, or of the contract of insurance, or referred to in the contract of insurance, or which may in any manner affect the validity of such policy.

[C97, §1741; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8974; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.94]95 Acts, ch 185, §22; 2007 Acts, ch 152, §20CS2007, §515.133
Iowa Code § 298.20 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 298 / Section 298.20
Funding or refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing for the payment of any indebtedness of any school corporation represented by judgments or bonds, the board of directors of such school corporation, at any time or times, may provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds of such school corporation, to be known as funding or refunding bonds. The proceeds derived from the public or private sale of such funding or refunding bonds shall be applied in payment of such indebtedness; or the funding bonds or refunding bonds may be issued in exchange for the evidences of such indebtedness, par for par.

[S13, §2812-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4405; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §298.20]90 Acts, ch 1272, §74
Iowa Code § 99F.17A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99F / Section 99F.17A
Inspection of gambling games or implements of gambling.
Status: in_force

A licensed manufacturer or distributor of gambling games or implements of gambling shall deliver the gambling games or implements of gambling to a location approved by the commission for inspection and approval prior to being placed in operation. Gambling games or implements of gambling acquired pursuant to section 99F.17, subsection 6, shall be inspected and approved by the commission prior to being placed in operation. Gambling games or implements of gambling passing inspection and receiving approval may then be placed in operation on an excursion gambling boat.

92 Acts, ch 1207, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1100, §8
Iowa Code § 232.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.9
Motion for change of judge.
Status: in_force

Prior to a hearing pursuant to sections 232.44 through 232.47, 232.50, or 232.54, the child may file a motion with the district court for the appointment of a new judge. The chief judge of the district court for cause shown shall appoint a new judge.

[C79, 81, §232.9]2021 Acts, ch 80, §125
Iowa Code § 176A.16 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.16
General election law applicable.
Status: in_force

The provisions of chapter 49 apply to the elections held pursuant to this chapter, and the county commissioner of elections has responsibility for the conducting of those elections.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §176A.16]90 Acts, ch 1149, §7
Iowa Code § 491.9 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.9
Submission to executive council.
Status: in_force

Upon the rejection of any articles of incorporation by the secretary of state, except for the reason that they have been held by the attorney general to be illegal, they shall, if the person or persons presenting them so request, be submitted to the executive council, which shall, as soon as practicable, consider the said articles and if the council determines that the articles are in proper form, of honest purpose, not against public policy, nor otherwise objectionable, it shall so advise the secretary of state in writing, whereupon the secretary shall, upon the payment of the proper fees, file the same and proceed otherwise as the law directs; but if the council sustains the previous action of the secretary of state in rejecting said articles, such decision by the council shall be reported to the secretary of state in writing, and the secretary shall then return said articles to the person or persons presenting them with such explanation as shall be proper in the case.

[C13, §1610; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8347; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.9]
Iowa Code § 48A.4 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 48A / Section 48A.4
Qualification of officers.
Status: in_force

Before undertaking any voter registration duties, each voter registration officer, deputy, or assistant in whatever capacity, or clerk in the office of commissioner shall take an oath in the form prescribed by the state commissioner of elections.

94 Acts, ch 1169, §4
Iowa Code § 510.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510 / Section 510.13
Payment to third-party administrator.
Status: in_force

If an insurer uses the services of a third-party administrator under the terms of a written contract as required in section 510.12, payment to the third-party administrator of any premiums or charges for insurance by or on behalf of the insured shall be deemed to have been received by the insurer, and the payment of return premiums or claims by the insurer to the third-party administrator shall not be deemed payment to the insured or claimant until the payments are received by the insured or claimant. This section does not limit any right of the insurer against the third-party administrator resulting from the third-party administrator’s failure to make payments to the insurer, insureds, or claimants.

89 Acts, ch 227, §6; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §40
Iowa Code § 321.400 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.400
Section 321.400
Status: repealed

Repealed by 75 Acts, ch 182, §1.
Iowa Code § 317.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 317 / Section 317.2
State botanist.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1047, §9.
Iowa Code § 236A.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236A / Section 236A.11
Plaintiff’s address confidentiality of records.
Status: in_force

(1) A plaintiff seeking relief from sexual abuse under this chapter may use any of the following addresses as a mailing address for purposes of filing a petition under this chapter, as well as for the purpose of obtaining any utility or other service:

(1) (a) The mailing address of a shelter or other agency.

(1) (b) A public or private post office box.

(1) (c) Any other mailing address, with the permission of the resident of that address.

(2) A plaintiff shall report any change of address, whether designated according to subsection 1 or otherwise, to the clerk of court no more than five days after the previous address on record becomes invalid.

(3) The entire file or a portion of the file in a sexual abuse case shall be sealed by the clerk of court as ordered by the court to protect the privacy interest or safety of any person.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection 3, court orders and support payment records shall remain public records, although the court may order that address and location information be redacted from the public records.

2017 Acts, ch 121, §14
Iowa Code § 97B.34A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.34A
Payment to minors.
Status: in_force

(1) The system may make payments to a minor, as defined in section 599.1, as follows:

(1) (a) If the total sum to be paid to the minor is less than the greater of twenty-five thousand dollars or the maximum amount permitted under section 565B.7, subsection 3, the funds may be paid to an adult as custodian for the minor. The custodian must complete the proper forms as determined by the system.

(1) (b) If the total sum to be paid to the minor is equal to or more than the amount authorized in paragraph “a”, the funds must be paid to a court-established conservator. The system shall not make payment until the conservatorship has been established and the system has received the appropriate documentation.

(1) (c) Interest shall be paid on the funds, at a rate determined by the system, until disbursement of the funds.

(2) If the system makes payments to a minor pursuant to this section, the system may make payments directly to the person when the person attains the age of eighteen or is declared to be emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction.

92 Acts, ch 1201, §23; 2001 Acts, ch 68, §21, 24; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2008 Acts, ch 1171, §29, 48
Iowa Code § 610.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 610 / Section 610.4
Order to pay fees, costs, or security — dismissal for failure.
Status: in_force

If after entry of an order authorizing prosecution of the case without prepayment of fees, costs, or security, the court finds that the affidavit of inability to pay was without merit, the court may order the person to pay the fees, costs, or security within fourteen days or the case will be dismissed.

86 Acts, ch 1088, §4
Iowa Code § 100D.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100D / Section 100D.5
Administration — rules — suspension and revocation.
Status: in_force

The director shall do all of the following:

(1) Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

(2) Revoke, suspend, or refuse any license granted pursuant to this chapter when the licensee fails or refuses to pay an examination, license, or renewal fee required by law or when the licensee is guilty of any of the following acts or omissions:

(2) (a) Fraud in procuring a license.

(2) (b) Professional incompetence.

(2) (c) Knowingly making misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in the practice of the licensee’s profession or engaging in unethical conduct or practice harmful or detrimental to the public. Proof of actual injury need not be established.

(2) (d) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs.

(2) (e) Conviction of a felony related to the profession or occupation of the licensee. A copy or the record of conviction or plea of guilty shall be conclusive evidence.

(2) (f) Fraud in representation as to skill or ability.

(2) (g) Use of untruthful or improbable statements in advertisements.

(2) (h) Willful or repeated violations of the provisions of this chapter.

(3) Adopt rules for continuing education requirements, which shall include, at a minimum, completion of sixteen credit hours of instruction per licensure period relating to updates in fire protection system installation and maintenance.

(4) Adopt rules regarding license application forms, examination procedures, and license application and renewal fees.

(5) Adopt rules specifying a violation reporting procedure.

2008 Acts, ch 1094, §6, 18; 2009 Acts, ch 91, §10; 2010 Acts, ch 1037, §8; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1521; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §192
Iowa Code § 489.14605 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.14605
Plan of merger.
Status: in_force

In a merger under section 489.14604, the plan of merger must do all of the following:

(1) Comply with subchapter X, parts 1 and 2.

(2) State in a record all of the following:

(2) (a) For any protected series of a nonsurviving company, whether after the merger the protected series will be a relocated protected series or be dissolved, wound up, and terminated.

(2) (b) For any protected series of the surviving company which exists before the merger, whether after the merger the protected series will be a continuing protected series or be dissolved, wound up, and terminated.

(2) (c) For each relocated protected series or continuing protected series all of the following:

(2) (c) The name of any person that becomes an associated member or protected-series transferee of the protected series after the merger, any consideration to be paid by, on behalf of, or in respect of the person, the name of the payor, and the name of the payee.

(2) (c) The name of any person whose rights or obligations in the person’s capacity as an associated member or protected-series transferee will change after the merger.

(2) (c) Any consideration to be paid to a person who before the merger was an associated member or protected-series transferee of the protected series and the name of the payor.

(2) (c) If after the merger the protected series will be a relocated protected series, its new name.

(2) (d) For any protected series to be established by the surviving company as a result of the merger all of the following:

(2) (d) The name of the protected series.

(2) (d) Any protected-series transferable interest to be owned by the surviving company when the protected series is established.

(2) (d) The name of and any protected-series transferable interest owned by any person that will be an associated member of the protected series when the protected series is established.

(2) (e) For any person that is an associated member of a relocated protected series and will remain a member after the merger, any amendment to the operating agreement of the surviving company which is all of the following:

(2) (e) Is or is proposed to be in a record.

(2) (e) Is necessary or appropriate to state the rights and obligations of the person as a member of the surviving company.

2019 Acts, ch 26, §31, 41; 2024 Acts, ch 1125, §26, 31
Iowa Code § 400.23 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 400 / Section 400.23
Time and place of hearing.
Status: in_force

Within ten days after such specifications are filed, the commission shall fix the time for a hearing, which shall be not less than five nor more than twenty days thereafter, and the place for hearing the appeal. The commission shall notify the parties in writing of the time and place so fixed, and the notice shall contain a copy of the specifications so filed. Hearings under this section shall be held during normal city business hours unless otherwise agreed to by the parties and the commission. The commission in its discretion may grant a continuance or stay of a hearing upon request.

[SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5707; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.23; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.23]2025 Acts, ch 82, §7, 12
Iowa Code § 28E.28A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28E / Section 28E.28A
Referendum on tax levy — dissolution of district.
Status: in_force

(1) After five years from the date that a district is established, the public safety commission, upon receipt of a petition signed by eligible electors residing within the district equal in number to at least fifteen percent of the registered voters in the district, shall submit a proposition to the electorate of the district at the next general election to discontinue the annual levy for unified law enforcement services in the district. If a majority of the registered voters in each city and the unincorporated area of the county, as applicable, approve the proposition, the tax levy shall be discontinued.

(2) If the discontinuation of the tax levy necessitates the dissolution of the district, the public safety commission shall dispose of any remaining property, the proceeds of which shall be applied first against any outstanding obligations of the district and any balance shall be remitted to the county and each city in the district in the same proportion that each jurisdiction contributed to the district’s budget in its final fiscal year. The board of supervisors, on behalf of the unincorporated area of the county and the city councils of the cities included in the dissolved district shall continue to levy taxes and appropriate funds to the public safety fund as provided in section 28E.24 until all outstanding obligations of the dissolved district are paid.

83 Acts, ch 79, §2; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §2
Iowa Code § 279.31 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.31
Settlement with treasurer.
Status: in_force

The board shall from time to time examine the accounts of the treasurer and make settlements with the treasurer.

[C51, §1146, 1149; R60, §2037, 2038; C73, §1732, 1733, 1738, 1813; C97, §2780; S13, §2780; C24, §4239; C27, 31, 35, §4239-a1; C39, §4239.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.28; C77, 79, 81, §279.31]
Iowa Code § 10A.306 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.306
Political activity and contributions.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for the commissioner, or a chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioner while in office, to espouse the election or appointment of any candidate to any political office, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[S13, §2477-m23, -m37; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1427; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.4]90 Acts, ch 1261, §27; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §112023 Acts, ch 19, §1477C2024, §10A.306
Iowa Code § 483A.55 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.55
Bonds as legal investments.
Status: in_force

Bonds are securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and political subdivisions of this state, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, and savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries and all other persons who are now or may be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of this state may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and legal subdivisions of this state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may be authorized.

86 Acts, ch 1231, §7C87, §110.55C93, §483A.552012 Acts, ch 1017, §88
Iowa Code § 537.3302 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3302
Cross-collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to contracting for a security interest pursuant to the provisions on security in consumer credit transactions under section 537.3301, a seller in a consumer credit sale may secure the debt arising from the sale by contracting for a security interest in other property if as a result of a prior sale the seller has an existing security interest in the other property. The seller may also contract for a security interest in the property sold in the subsequent sale as security for the previous debt.

(2) If the seller contracts for a security interest in other property pursuant to this section, the rate of finance charge thereafter on the aggregate unpaid balances so secured may not exceed that permitted if the balances so secured were consolidated pursuant to the provisions on finance charge on consolidation under section 537.2505. The seller has a reasonable time after so contracting to make any adjustments required by this section.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.3302]
Iowa Code § 585.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 585 / Section 585.2
Place of publication in certain cases.
Status: in_force

In case no newspaper is published within such territorial limits, the publication required by this chapter shall be made in one newspaper of general circulation published within the county.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.2]
Iowa Code § 159.30 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 159 / Section 159.30
Choose Iowa licensing agreement fees.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §187.303; 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §14.
Iowa Code § 633A.6105 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.6105
Transfer of jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) The court may transfer the place of administration of a trust to or from this state or transfer some or all of the trust property to a trustee in or outside this state if it finds that the transfer of the trust property to a trustee in this or another jurisdiction, or the transfer of the place of administration of a trust to this or another jurisdiction, will promote the best interests of the trust and those interested in it, taking into account the economical and convenient administration of the trust and the views of the qualified beneficiaries.

(2) A new trustee to whom the trust property is to be transferred shall be qualified, willing, and able to administer the trust or trust property under the terms of the trust.

(3) If the trust or any portion of the trust property is transferred to another jurisdiction and if approval of the transfer by the other court is required under the law of the other jurisdiction, the proper court in the other jurisdiction must have approved the transfer in order for the transfer to be effective.

(4) If a transfer is ordered, the court may direct the manner of transfer and impose terms and conditions as may be just, including a requirement for the substitution of a successor trustee in any pending litigation in this state. A delivery of property in accordance with the order of the court is a full discharge of the trustee with respect to all property specified in the order.

(5) If the court grants a petition to transfer a trust or trust property to this state, the court shall require the trustee to give a bond, if necessary under the law of the other jurisdiction or of this state, and may require bond as provided in section 633A.4102.

(6) Without precluding the right of the court to order, approve, or disapprove a transfer, the trustee, in furtherance of the trustee’s duty to administer the trust at a place appropriate to its purpose or administration, and the interests of the beneficiaries, may transfer the trust’s principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside the United States.

99 Acts, ch 125, §93, 109C2001, §633.61052002 Acts, ch 1107, §21; 2003 Acts, ch 95, §20; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §54, 55CS2005, §633A.6105