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Iowa Code § 331.553 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.553
General powers.
Status: in_force

The treasurer may:

(1) Administer oaths and take affirmations as provided in sections 63A.2 and 421.21.

(2) Subject to the requirements of section 331.903, appoint and remove deputies, clerks and assistants.

(3) Require that payment be made by guaranteed funds for tax sale redemptions, issuance of plat clearances, issuance of tax clearances for mobile homes, payments of taxes or assessments made within the thirty days prior to the annual tax sale or any adjournment of the tax sale, and any other payment which is to be collected by the county treasurer. For the purposes of this subsection, “guaranteed funds” means cash, cashier’s check, money order, travelers’ check, or certified check.

(4) Charge five dollars, as an administrative expense, for every rate, charge, rental, or special assessment certified as a lien to the treasurer for collection. This amount shall be added to the amount of the lien, collected at the time of payment from the payor, and credited to the county general fund. If the amount of the lien is paid in annual installments, an administrative expense charge shall be added to each annual installment.

(5) Accept credit cards and electronic transfers of funds in payment of moneys due to the county, including but not limited to credits and reimbursements received from the state, tax payments, and tax sale redemptions. A county treasurer may adjust fees to reflect the cost of processing such payments.

(6) Require a payor or an agent of a payor to make payment by electronic transfer of the funds through the county treasurer’s authorized internet site when the payment totals fifty thousand dollars or more.

(7) Treat a payment made by electronic funds transfer as if it were a paper check for purposes of section 554.3512.

(8) Pursuant to an agreement under chapter 28E, collect delinquent parking fines on behalf of a city in conjunction with renewal of motor vehicle registrations pursuant to section 321.40. If the agreement provides for a fee to be paid to or retained by the county treasurer from the collection of parking fines, such fees shall be credited to the county general fund. Fines collected pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted biannually to the city. Notwithstanding section 28E.10, a county treasurer may utilize the state department of transportation’s vehicle registration and titling system to facilitate the purposes of this subsection.

[C51, §411; R60, §642; C73, §766; C97, SS15, §491; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5238, 5240; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §341.1, 341.3; S81, §331.553; 81 Acts, ch 117, §552]91 Acts, ch 191, §11; 95 Acts, ch 57, §5; 97 Acts, ch 121, §5; 2002 Acts, ch 1043, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 18, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1092, §6; 2005 Acts, ch 34, §7, 8, 26; 2005 Acts, ch 54, §9, 12; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257
Iowa Code § 256.104 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.104
Students residing on state-owned land.
Status: in_force

The department shall pay to the local school boards the tuition payments and transportation costs, as otherwise authorized by statutes for the elementary or high school education of students residing on land owned by the state and under the control of the department. Such payments shall be made from moneys appropriated to the department.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §2481
Iowa Code § 537.2202 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.2202
Finance charge for consumer credit sales pursuant to open-end credit.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a consumer credit sale made pursuant to open-end credit, a creditor may contract for and receive a finance charge without limitation as to amount or rate as permitted in this section.

(2) For each billing cycle, a charge may be made which is a percentage of an amount not exceeding the greatest of the following:

(2) (a) The average daily balance of the open-end account in the billing cycle for which the charge is made, which is the sum of the amount unpaid each day during that cycle, divided by the number of days in that cycle. The amount unpaid on a day is determined by adding to the balance, if any, unpaid as of the beginning of that day all purchases and other debits and deducting all payments and other credits made or received as of that day.

(2) (b) The balance of the open-end account at the beginning of the first day of the billing cycle, after deducting all payments and credits made in the cycle except credits attributable to purchases charged to the account during the cycle.

(2) (c) The median amount within a specified range including the balance of the open-end account not exceeding that permitted by paragraph “a” or “b”. A charge may be made pursuant to this paragraph only if the creditor, subject to classifications and differentiations the creditor may reasonably establish, makes the same charge on all balances within the specified range and if the percentage when applied to the median amount within the range does not produce a charge exceeding the charge resulting from applying that percentage to the lowest amount within the range by more than eight percent of the charge on the median amount.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.2202]84 Acts, ch 1237, §1; 97 Acts, ch 187, §2, 3; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §73; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 137.118 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137 / Section 137.118
Individual choice of treatment.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impede, limit, or restrict the right of free choice by an individual to the health care or treatment that the individual may select.

2010 Acts, ch 1036, §18
Iowa Code § 718C.9 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 718C / Section 718C.9
Appeal to supreme court.
Status: in_force

For a civil action brought against a person who may be entitled to immunity or indemnification under section 718C.7 or 718C.8, an appeal shall be taken directly to the supreme court.

2024 Acts, ch 1020, §9
Iowa Code § 125.43A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.43A
Prescreening exception.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §135, 137.
Iowa Code § 161E.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161E / Section 161E.9
Tax levy.
Status: in_force

The county board of supervisors may annually levy a tax not to exceed six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of all agricultural lands in the county, to be used for flood and erosion control, including acquisition of land or interests in land, and repair, alteration, maintenance, and operation of works of improvement on lands under the control or jurisdiction of the county as provided in this chapter.

83 Acts, ch 123, §188, 209CS83, §467B.9C95, §161E.9
Iowa Code § 554.9504 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9504
Indication of collateral.
Status: in_force

A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides:

(1) a description of the collateral pursuant to section 554.9108; or

(2) an indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal property.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §75, 185, 187
Iowa Code § 261A.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261A / Section 261A.3
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The general assembly finds as follows:

(1) The establishment of the authority is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Iowa, for the improvement of their education, health and welfare, and for the promotion of the economy, which are public purposes.

(2) The authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred upon it by this chapter.

(3) There exists a serious problem in this state regarding the ability of students to obtain financing for the cost of education beyond the high school level.

(4) Escalating costs of securing such an education have contributed to the difficulties faced by students in attempting to finance an education.

(5) Without public action as contemplated by this chapter, many students will be forced to postpone or abandon plans for obtaining additional education.

(6) It is in the interests and welfare of the citizens of the state to provide a means for assisting students to continue their education.

(7) Without public action as contemplated by this chapter, the inability to obtain educational financing will result in declining enrollments at institutions of higher education.

(8) It is necessary to create a higher education loan authority to encourage the investment of private capital in the provision of funds for the financing of student loans.

(9) All of the purposes stated in this section are public purposes and uses for which public moneys may be borrowed, expended, advanced, loaned, or granted.

[82 Acts, ch 1031, §3]
Iowa Code § 499A.101 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499A / Section 499A.101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Advisor” means a member of the association’s advisory committee.

(2) “Association” means a sweat equity housing cooperative association created pursuant to this subchapter.

(3) “Authority” means a local housing authority created pursuant to section 499A.102.

(4) “Low income” means the income of “very low income families” as defined in section 16.1.

(5) “Partner” means a low-income sweat equity member of the association, and member of the sweat equity partners’ committee.

(6) “Sweat equity” means any contribution made by a partner to the operations of the association, including but not limited to physical labor.

90 Acts, ch 1120, §1
Iowa Code § 91A.15 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 91A / Section 91A.15
Franchisor-franchisee relationship.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, “franchisee” and “franchisor” mean the same as defined in section 523H.1.

(2) For purposes of this chapter, a franchisor shall not be considered to be an employer of a franchisee or of an employee of a franchisee unless any of the following conditions apply:

(2) (a) The franchisor has agreed in writing to be considered to be the employer of the franchisee or of the employees of the franchisee.

(2) (b) The franchisor has been found by the director to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee’s employees that is not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor’s trademarks and brand.

2019 Acts, ch 21, §2, 6; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1832
Iowa Code § 468.275 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.275
Contents of notice service.
Status: in_force

The notice under section 468.274 shall state the time and place, when, and where the boards of the several counties will meet in joint session for the consideration of the petition and the report of the commissioners and engineer. The notice shall in other respects be the same and served in the same time and manner as required when the district is wholly within one county, except that the auditor of each county shall give notice only to the owners, occupants, encumbrancers, and lienholders of the lots and tracts of land embraced within the proposed district in the auditor’s own county as shown by the records of such county.

[S13, §1989-a29; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7604; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §457.6]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.2752023 Acts, ch 66, §111
Iowa Code § 3.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 3.6
Acts — where deposited — nullification resolutions.
Status: in_force

(1) The original Acts of the general assembly shall be deposited with and kept by the secretary of state.

(2) The secretary of state shall submit to the administrative code editor a copy of any resolution nullifying an administrative rule which is passed by the general assembly pursuant to Article III, section 40 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.

[C51, §19; R60, §22; C73, §31; C97, §34; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §52; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §3.6]91 Acts, ch 42, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Iowa Code § 491.3 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.3
Powers.
Status: in_force

Among the powers of such corporations are the following:

(1) To have perpetual succession.

(2) To sue and be sued by its corporate name.

(3) To have a common seal, which it may alter at pleasure.

(4) To render the interests of the stockholders transferable.

(5) To exempt the private property of its members from liability for corporate debts, except as otherwise declared.

(6) To make contracts and acquire and transfer property, possessing the same powers in such respects as natural persons.

(7) To establish bylaws, and make all rules and regulations necessary for the management of its affairs.

(8) A corporation organized under or subject to this chapter may make indemnification as provided in sections 490.850 through 490.859.

[C51, §674; R60, §1151; C73, §1059; C97, §1609; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8341; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.3]83 Acts, ch 71, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1205, §29; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §102, 125; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §63; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §160
Iowa Code § 805.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 805 / Section 805.2
Form.
Status: in_force

The citation shall include the name and address of the person, the nature of the offense, the time and place at which the person is to appear in court, and the penalty for nonappearance.

[C73, 75, 77, §753.6; C79, 81, §805.2]
Iowa Code § 554.8112 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8112
Creditor’s legal process.
Status: in_force

(1) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security may be reached by a creditor only by actual seizure of the security certificate by the officer making the attachment or levy, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4. However, a certificated security for which the certificate has been surrendered to the issuer may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the issuer.

(2) The interest of a debtor in an uncertificated security may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the issuer at its chief executive office in the United States, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4.

(3) The interest of a debtor in a security entitlement may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the securities intermediary with whom the debtor’s securities account is maintained, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4.

(4) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security for which the certificate is in the possession of a secured party, or in an uncertificated security registered in the name of a secured party, or a security entitlement maintained in the name of a secured party, may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the secured party.

(5) A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement is entitled to aid from a court of competent jurisdiction, by injunction or otherwise, in reaching the certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement or in satisfying the claim by means allowed at law or in equity in regard to property that cannot readily be reached by other legal process.

96 Acts, ch 1138, §20, 84
Iowa Code § 192.136 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.136
Section 192.136
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1148, §9, 11.
Iowa Code § 306.53 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306 / Section 306.53
Submission of recommendations — contribution to cost.
Status: in_force

(1) The soil and water conservation district commissioners shall submit their findings and recommendations to the appropriate highway authority not later than twenty days following examination of the construction plans.

(2) The appropriate highway authority shall respond to the soil and water conservation district commissioners and indicate its agreement to the suggested installation or its rejection of the proposal.

(3) Where feasible and cost-sharing funds are available, the soil and water conservation district may contribute in part or in its entirety to any additional cost for the erosion control structure.

85 Acts, ch 106, §5; 87 Acts, ch 23, §10; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 179.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 179 / Section 179.5
Excise tax — administration of moneys — appropriation.
Status: in_force

(1) There is levied and imposed an excise tax on all producers within the state of three-fourths of one percent of the gross value of milk produced in the state.

(2) All taxes levied and imposed under this chapter shall be deducted from the price received by the producer and shall be collected by the first purchaser, except as follows:

(2) (a) If the producer produces milk from cows and sells the milk directly to the consumer, the taxes shall be remitted by that producer.

(2) (b) If the producer sells milk to a first purchaser outside the state, the taxes are due and payable by that producer before the shipment is made, except that the commission may make agreements with extra state purchasers for the keeping of records and the collection of the taxes as necessary to secure the payment of the taxes within the time fixed by this chapter.

(3) All taxes levied and imposed under this chapter and other contributions made to the dairy industry commission shall be paid to and collected by the commission within thirty days after the end of the month during which the milk was marketed. The commission shall remit the taxes and other contributions to the treasurer of the state each quarter, and at the same time render to the director of the department of administrative services an itemized and verified report showing the source from which the taxes and voluntary contributions were obtained. All taxes and voluntary contributions received, collected, and remitted shall be placed in a special fund by the treasurer of state and the director of the department of administrative services, to be known as the “dairy industry fund” to be used by the Iowa dairy industry commission for the purposes set out in this chapter and to administer and enforce the laws relative to this chapter. The department of administrative services shall transfer moneys from the fund to the commission for deposit into an account established by the commission in a qualified financial institution. The department shall transfer the moneys as provided in a resolution adopted by the commission. However, the department is only required to transfer moneys once during each day and only during hours when the offices of the state are open. Moneys deposited in the fund and transferred to the commission as provided in this section are appropriated and shall be used for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

(4) A person from whom the excise tax provided in this chapter is collected may, by application filed with the commission within thirty days after the collection of the tax, have the tax refunded to that person by the commission.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §179.5]85 Acts, ch 126, §11; 94 Acts, ch 1146, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 15.346 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.346
Section 15.346
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1180, §20.
Iowa Code § 256.62 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.62
Library services advisory panel.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §8A.221; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1382.
Iowa Code § 504.112 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.112
Forms.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for an application for a certificate of existence, a foreign corporation’s application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, a foreign corporation’s application for a certificate of withdrawal, and the biennial report. If the secretary of state so requires, use of these forms is mandatory.

(2) The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, but their use is not mandatory.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §4, 192
Iowa Code § 72.3 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 72 / Section 72.3
Divulging contents of sealed bids.
Status: in_force

No public officer or deputy thereof, if any, shall directly or indirectly or in any manner whatsoever, at any other time or in any other manner than as provided by law, open any sealed bid or convey or divulge to any person any part of the contents of a sealed bid, on any proposed contract concerning which a sealed bid is required or permitted by law.

[S13, §1279-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1170; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §72.3]
Iowa Code § 6B.24 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.24
Reduction of damages — interest on increased award.
Status: in_force

If the amount of damages awarded by the commissioners is decreased on appeal, the reduced amount shall be paid to the landowner. If the amount of damages awarded by the commissioners is increased on appeal, interest shall be paid from the date of the condemnation. Interest shall not be paid on any amount which was previously paid. Interest shall be calculated at an annual rate equal to the treasury constant maturity index published by the federal reserve in the H15 Report settled immediately before the date of the award.

[C73, §1259; C97, §2013; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7843; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.24]C93, §6B.2495 Acts, ch 135, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1063, §4
Iowa Code § 468.267 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.267
Joint order.
Status: in_force

(1) A resolution to merge participating drainage or levee districts approved by their respective boards as provided in section 468.266 shall be effectuated according to the terms and conditions of a joint order for merger entered by those boards.

(2) Each board shall file the joint order with the auditors of their respective counties. Upon receipt of a joint order, the auditor shall include the joint order as part of the drainage record.

(3) The auditor shall not file an order unless all territory within the merged drainage or levee district is contiguous, and includes any land required to be annexed as a condition of the merger.

(4) Upon the filing of the joint order with the county auditor as provided in subsection 2, title to all real estate, other property, improvement, and any right-of-way held by the participating drainage or levee district is vested in the merged drainage or levee district, subject to any condition which applied immediately prior to the merger.

(5) The auditor of a county designated by the board governing the merged drainage or levee district shall prepare and file with the recorder of each county where the merged district is situated all conveyances and other documentation necessary to effect the transfers referenced in the joint order.

(6) The merged drainage or levee district assumes all existing obligations of a participating drainage or levee district subject to the joint order.

2014 Acts, ch 1075, §6
Iowa Code § 558.18 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.18
Certification — effect.
Status: in_force

When any such records are copied, the officer to whose office the original records belong shall compare the copy so made with the original, and when found correct, shall attach the officer’s certificate in each volume or book of such copied records, to the effect that the officer has compared such copies with the original and they are true and correct, and such copied records shall thereupon have the same force and effect in all respects as the original records.

[R60, §2261, 2262; C73, §1974, 1975; C97, §2963; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10083; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.18]
Iowa Code § 488.401 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.401
Becoming general partner.
Status: in_force

A person becomes a general partner according to any of the following:

(1) As provided in the partnership agreement.

(2) Under section 488.801, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, following the dissociation of a limited partnership’s last general partner.

(3) As the result of a conversion or merger under article 11.

(4) With the consent of all the partners.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §35, 118