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Iowa Code § 460.202 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 460 / Section 460.202
Preventing surface water drainage into agricultural drainage wells.
Status: in_force

Not later than December 31, 2001, all of the following shall apply:

(1) (a) An owner of land on which an agricultural drainage well is located shall prevent surface water from draining into the agricultural drainage well. The landowner shall comply with rules, which shall be adopted by the department, in consultation with the division, required to carry out this section. The landowner shall do all of the following:

(1) (a) If the land has a surface water intake emptying into an agricultural drainage well, including a surface water intake located in a road ditch, the landowner shall remove the surface water intake.

(1) (a) If the land has a cistern connecting to an agricultural drainage well, the landowner shall construct and maintain sidewalls surrounding the cistern in order to prevent surface water runoff directly emptying into the agricultural drainage well.

(1) (a) If the land has an agricultural drainage well, the landowner shall ensure that the agricultural drainage well and related drainage system are adequately ventilated in a manner that does not allow surface water to directly drain into the agricultural drainage well.

(1) (a) The landowner shall install a locked cover over the agricultural drainage well or its cistern in order to prevent unauthorized access to the agricultural drainage well or its cistern.

(1) (b) This subsection does not require a person to remove a tile line that drains into an agricultural drainage well if the tile line does not have a surface water intake. This subsection also does not prohibit a person from installing a tile line, if the installed tile line does not increase an agricultural drainage well area.

(2) An agricultural drainage well shall be inspected to ensure compliance with this section, as required by the county board of supervisors in the county in which the agricultural drainage well is located.

(3) The department shall adopt guidelines as necessary to assist counties in performing inspections as provided in this section. The guidelines shall not affect the authority of a county to designate a person to perform inspections.

97 Acts, ch 193, §5CS97, §455I.298 Acts, ch 1173, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1137, §68, 71; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §260, 262C2003, §460.2022011 Acts, ch 25, §143
Iowa Code § 148D.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148D / Section 148D.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Affiliated” means established or developed by the college of medicine.

(2) “College of medicine” means the university of Iowa college of medicine.

(3) “Family practice unit” means the community facility or classroom for the teaching of ambulatory health care skills within a residency program.

(4) The “medical profession” means medical and osteopathic physicians.

(5) “Residency program” means a community based family practice residency education program presently in existence or established under this chapter.

[C75, 77, 79, §148C.1; C81, §148D.1]86 Acts, ch 1245, §2051; 2001 Acts, ch 74, §7
Iowa Code § 554.9325 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9325
Priority of security interests in transferred collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral created by another person if:

(1) (a) the debtor acquired the collateral subject to the security interest created by the other person;

(1) (b) the security interest created by the other person was perfected when the debtor acquired the collateral; and

(1) (c) there is no period thereafter when the security interest is unperfected.

(2) Subsection 1 subordinates a security interest only if the security interest:

(2) (a) otherwise would have priority solely under section 554.9322, subsection 1, or section 554.9324; or

(2) (b) arose solely under section 554.2711, subsection 3, or section 554.13508, subsection 5.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §45, 187
Iowa Code § 554.3201 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3201
Negotiation.
Status: in_force

(1) “Negotiation” means a transfer of possession, whether voluntary or involuntary, of an instrument by a person other than the issuer to a person who thereby becomes its holder.

(2) Except for negotiation by a remitter, if an instrument is payable to an identified person, negotiation requires transfer of possession of the instrument and its endorsement by the holder. If an instrument is payable to bearer, it may be negotiated by transfer of possession alone.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §29, 121, 122
Iowa Code § 52.28 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.28
Optical scan voting system ballot forms.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of each county in which the use of an optical scan voting system in one or more precincts has been authorized shall print text on optical scan ballots using black ink on white paper and shall determine the arrangement of candidates’ names and public questions upon the ballot or ballots used with the system. The ballot information shall be arranged as required by chapters 43 and 49, and by any relevant provisions of any statutes which specify the form of ballots for special elections, so far as possible within the constraints of the physical characteristics of the optical scan voting system in use in that county. The state commissioner may adopt rules requiring a reasonable degree of uniformity among counties in arrangement of optical scan voting system ballots.

[C77, 79, 81, §52.28]2002 Acts, ch 1134, §55, 56, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §36; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §58; 2016 Acts, ch 1121, §4
Iowa Code § 594A.3 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 594A / Section 594A.3
Organization or change before September 1, 1963.
Status: in_force

(1) All proceedings taken prior to September 1, 1963, purporting to provide for the organization, reorganization, enlargement, or change in the boundaries of any school corporation in this state and not heretofore declared invalid by any court are hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed.

(2) The foregoing shall not be construed to affect any litigation that may be pending at the time this section becomes effective involving the organization, reorganization, enlargement, or change in boundaries of any school corporation.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §594A.3]
Iowa Code § 724.11A — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.11A
Recognition.
Status: in_force

A valid permit or license issued by another state to any nonresident of this state shall be considered to be a valid permit or license to carry weapons issued pursuant to this chapter, except that such permit or license shall not be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 724.15.

2010 Acts, ch 1178, §10, 19; 2017 Acts, ch 69, §17; 2021 Acts, ch 35, §1
Iowa Code § 217.44 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.44
Department offices employee and volunteer record checks.
Status: in_force

(1) The record check evaluation system of the department shall conduct criminal and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of persons who are potential employees, employees, potential volunteers, and volunteers in department offices in a position having direct contact with the department’s clients. The record checks shall be performed in this state and the record check evaluation system may conduct these checks in other states. If the record check evaluation system determines that a person has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the record check evaluation system shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the crime or founded abuse warrants prohibition of the person’s employment or participation as a volunteer. The record checks and evaluation shall be performed in accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose by the department.

(2) In an evaluation, the record check evaluation system shall consider the nature and seriousness of the crime or founded child or dependent adult abuse in relation to the position sought or held, the time elapsed since the commission of the crime or founded abuse, the circumstances under which the crime or founded abuse was committed, the degree of rehabilitation, the likelihood that the person will commit the crime or founded abuse again, and the number of crimes or founded abuses committed by the person involved.

(3) The record check evaluation system may permit a person who is evaluated to be employed or to participate as a volunteer if the person complies with the record check evaluation system’s conditions relating to employment or participation as a volunteer which may include completion of additional training.

(4) If the record check evaluation system determines that the person has committed a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse which warrants prohibition of employment or participation as a volunteer, the person shall not be employed by or participate as a volunteer in a department office in a position having direct contact with the department’s clients.

2000 Acts, ch 1112, §52; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 4, §3, 9; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §353
Iowa Code § 523.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523 / Section 523.2
Conditions.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance shall promulgate such rules with respect to the solicitation and voting of proxies as will in the commissioner’s opinion best protect the interests of all stockholders or policyholders from whom they are solicited. Any violation of any rule promulgated hereunder shall be deemed a simple misdemeanor.

[S13, §1821-x; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9125; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §523.2]
Iowa Code § 633A.4403 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4403
Trustee-written request and third-party protection.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee under this chapter may present a written request to any person for the purpose of obtaining information needed to perform the trustee’s duties or information regarding any of the following property:

(1) (a) Owned by the trust for which the trustee is acting as fiduciary.

(1) (b) To which a living or deceased settlor is entitled.

(1) (c) Owned by the deceased settlor at the time of death, including information about property of a deceased settlor that has passed or will pass by beneficiary designation or joint tenancy ownership.

(2) The written request must include a certification of trust that complies with section 633A.4604. A person to whom a request is presented under this section may require that the trustee presenting the request provide proof of the trustee’s identity.

(3) A person who in good faith provides the property or information a trustee requests under this section, after taking reasonable steps to verify the identity of the trustee and who has no knowledge that the representations contained in the request are incorrect, shall not be liable to any person for so acting and may assume without inquiry the existence of the facts contained in the request. The period of time to verify the trustee’s authority shall not exceed ten business days from the date the person received the request. Any right or title acquired from the trustee in consideration of the provision of property or information under this section is not invalid in consequence of a misapplication by the trustee. A transaction, and a lien created by a transaction, entered into by the trustee and a person acting in reliance upon a request under this section is enforceable against the assets for which the trustee has responsibility.

(4) If a person refuses to provide the requested property or information within ten business days after receiving a request under this section, the trustee may bring an action to recover the property or information or compel its delivery against the person to whom the trustee presented the written request. An action brought under this section must be brought within one year after the date of the act or failure to act. If the court finds that the person acted unreasonably in failing to deliver the property or information as requested in the written request, the court may award any or all of the following to the trustee:

(4) (a) Damages sustained by the trust or by a living or deceased settlor’s estate.

(4) (b) Costs of the action.

(4) (c) A penalty in an amount determined by the court, but not less than five hundred dollars or more than ten thousand dollars.

(4) (d) Reasonable attorney fees, as determined by the court, based on the value of the time reasonably expended by the attorney and not by the amount of the recovery on behalf of the trustee.

(5) This section does not limit or change the right of beneficiaries, heirs, or creditors of a living or deceased settlor to estate or trust property to which they are otherwise entitled.

2023 Acts, ch 124, §7, 9
Iowa Code § 630.12 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 630 / Section 630.12
Service of order.
Status: in_force

The order mentioned herein shall be in writing and signed by the court, judge, or referee making the same, and be served in the same manner as an original notice in other cases.

[R60, §3387; C73, §3146; C97, §4083; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11811; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §630.12]
Iowa Code § 486A.901 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.901
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this article:

(1) “General partner” means a partner in a partnership and a general partner in a limited partnership.

(2) “Limited partner” means a limited partner in a limited partnership.

(3) “Limited partnership” means a limited partnership created under chapter 488, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction.

(4) “Partner” includes both a general partner and a limited partner.

98 Acts, ch 1201, §45, 79, 82; 2004 Acts, ch 1021, §111, 117, 118
Iowa Code § 455F.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455F / Section 455F.2
Policy statement.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to educate Iowans regarding the hazardous nature of certain household products, proper use of the products, and the proper methods of disposal of residual product and containers in order to protect the public health, safety, and the environment.

87 Acts, ch 225, §502
Iowa Code § 164.21 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 164 / Section 164.21
Indemnification of owner.
Status: in_force

(1) The owner of a bovine animal shall be indemnified for the bovine animal as provided in this section. The department shall certify the claim of the owner for the bovine animal slaughtered in accordance with this chapter. An infected bovine animal herd may be completely depopulated and indemnity paid when, in the opinion of the department and the veterinary service of the United States department of agriculture, the disease cannot be adequately controlled by routine testing.

(2) The owner may be indemnified by the United States department of agriculture.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §164.19; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.21]83 Acts, ch 123, §73, 209; 86 Acts, ch 1036, §9; 97 Acts, ch 124, §21; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2025 Acts, ch 156, §33, 34
Iowa Code § 16.57 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.57
Residential treatment facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may issue its bonds and notes and loan the proceeds of the bonds or notes to a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of financing the acquisition or construction of residential housing or treatment facilities serving juveniles or persons with disabilities.

(2) The authority may enter into a loan agreement with a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of financing the acquisition or construction of residential housing or treatment facilities serving juveniles or persons with disabilities and shall provide for payment of the loan and security for the loan as the authority deems advisable.

(3) In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes pursuant to this section, the authority may provide that the related principal and interest are limited obligations payable solely out of the revenues derived from the debt obligation, collateral, or other security furnished by or on behalf of the nonprofit corporation, and the principal or interest does not constitute an indebtedness of the authority or a charge against the authority’s general credit or general fund.

(4) The powers granted the authority under this section are in addition to the authority’s other powers under this chapter. All other provisions of this chapter, except section 16.28, subsection 4, apply to bonds or notes issued pursuant to, and powers granted to the authority under this section, except to the extent the provisions are inconsistent with this section.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §47, 78
Iowa Code § 524.529 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.529
Preemptive rights for existing state banks.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 29, §164.
Iowa Code § 351.41 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 351 / Section 351.41
Not a limitation on power of municipalities and counties.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit the power of any city or county to prohibit dogs and other animals from running at large, whether or not they have been vaccinated for rabies, and does not limit the power of any city or county to provide additional measures for the restriction of dogs and other animals for the control of rabies and for other purposes.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §351.41; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1065]
Iowa Code § 809.15 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 809 / Section 809.15
Combining proceedings.
Status: in_force

In cases involving seized property and property subject to forfeiture pursuant to section 809A.4, the court may order that the proceedings be combined for purposes of this chapter.

86 Acts, ch 1140, §17; 96 Acts, ch 1133, §50
Iowa Code § 640.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 640 / Section 640.1
When authorized.
Status: in_force

In an action to enforce a security interest in or a lien upon personal property, or for the recovery, sale, or partition of such property, or by a plaintiff having a future estate or interest therein for the security of the plaintiff’s rights, where it satisfactorily appears by the petition, verified on oath, or by affidavits or the proofs in the cause, that the plaintiff has a just claim, and that the property has been or is about to be sold, concealed, or removed from the state, or where plaintiff states on oath that the plaintiff has reasonable cause to believe, and does believe, that unless prevented by the court the property will be sold, concealed, or removed, an attachment may be granted against the property.

[R60, §3225; C73, §3000; C97, §3913; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12147; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §640.1]
Iowa Code § 554.8509 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8509
Specification of duties of securities intermediary by other statute or regulation — manner of performance of duties of securities intermediary and exercise of rights of entitlement holder.
Status: in_force

(1) If the substance of a duty imposed upon a securities intermediary by sections 554.8504 through 554.8508 is the subject of other statute, regulation, or rule, compliance with that statute, regulation, or rule satisfies the duty.

(2) To the extent that specific standards for the performance of the duties of a securities intermediary or the exercise of the rights of an entitlement holder are not specified by other statute, regulation, or rule or by agreement between the securities intermediary and entitlement holder, the securities intermediary shall perform its duties and the entitlement holder shall exercise its rights in a commercially reasonable manner.

(3) The obligation of a securities intermediary to perform the duties imposed by sections 554.8504 through 554.8508 is subject to:

(3) (a) rights of the securities intermediary arising out of a security interest under a security agreement with the entitlement holder or otherwise; and

(3) (b) rights of the securities intermediary under other law, regulation, rule, or agreement to withhold performance of its duties as a result of unfulfilled obligations of the entitlement holder to the securities intermediary.

(4) Sections 554.8504 through 554.8508 do not require a securities intermediary to take any action that is prohibited by other statute, regulation, or rule.

96 Acts, ch 1138, §56, 84
Iowa Code § 714.16C — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714 / Section 714.16C
Consumer education and litigation fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A consumer education and litigation fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury to be administered by the attorney general. Moneys credited to the fund shall include amounts received as a result of a state or federal civil consumer fraud judgment or settlement, civil penalties, costs, or attorney fees, and amounts which are specifically directed to the credit of the fund by the judgment or settlement, and amounts which are designated by the judgment or settlement for use by the attorney general for consumer litigation or education purposes. Moneys designated for consumer reimbursement shall not be credited to the fund, except to the extent that such moneys are permitted to be used for enforcement of section 714.16.

(2) For each fiscal year, not more than one million eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars is appropriated from the fund to the department of justice to be used for public education relating to consumer fraud and for enforcement of section 714.16 and federal consumer laws, and not more than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated from the fund to the department of justice to be used for investigation, prosecution, and consumer education relating to consumer and criminal fraud committed against older Iowans.

(3) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund shall not revert to any other fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on the moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2007 Acts, ch 213, §24; 2025 Acts, ch 154, §21
Iowa Code § 626.106 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.106
Execution quashed.
Status: in_force

Any debtor in such a judgment may move the court to quash an execution on the ground that the personal representatives or heirs of a deceased judgment creditor are not properly stated in the endorsement on the execution.

[R60, §3486; C73, §3134; C97, §4070; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11752; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.106]
Iowa Code § 320.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.7
Failure to maintain.
Status: in_force

Failure of the grantee to comply with the terms of the grant shall be grounds for forfeiture of the grant.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4861; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §320.7]2023 Acts, ch 64, §51
Iowa Code § 427C.7 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427C / Section 427C.7
Fruit-tree reservation — duration of exemption.
Status: in_force

A fruit-tree reservation shall contain on each acre, at least forty apple trees, or seventy other fruit trees, growing under proper care and annually pruned and sprayed. A reservation may be claimed as a fruit-tree reservation, under this chapter, for a period of eight years after planting provided application is made or on file on or before February 1 of the exemption year.

[S13, §1400-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2611; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §161.7]84 Acts, ch 1222, §2C93, §427C.72001 Acts, ch 150, §17, 26
Iowa Code § 359.35 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.35
Cemetery funds — use.
Status: in_force

Cemetery tax funds of a township may be used for the maintenance and support of cemeteries in adjoining counties and townships and in cities, if such cemeteries are utilized for burial purposes by the people of the township and, when any such cemetery has been so utilized for more than twenty-five years and has been maintained by township funds, the township trustees of the township where the cemetery is located shall continue to improve and maintain the same.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5564; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.35]