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Iowa Code § 29B.23 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.23
Who may convene general courts-martial.
Status: in_force

In the state military forces general courts-martial may be convened by the governor, or by the adjutant general of the state of Iowa.

[C39, §467.33; C46, 50, §29.33; C54, 58, 62, §29.71; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.23; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §10]
Iowa Code § 524.311 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.311
Commission for organizing state banks.
Status: in_force

No person shall, directly or indirectly, receive or contract to receive any commission or bonus of any kind for organizing any state bank or for securing a subscription to the original capital of any state bank or to any increase thereof; provided that this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the payment of reasonable compensation for legal or accounting services in connection with organization.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9275; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §528.74; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.311]
Iowa Code § 904.514 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.514
Required test.
Status: in_force

(1) A person committed to an institution under the control of the department who bites another person, who causes an exchange of bodily fluids with another person, or who causes any bodily secretion to be cast upon another person, shall submit to the withdrawal of a bodily specimen for testing to determine if the person is infected with a contagious infectious disease. The bodily specimen to be taken shall be determined by the staff physician of the institution. The specimen taken shall be sent to the state hygienic laboratory or some other laboratory approved by the department of health and human services. If a person to be tested pursuant to this section refuses to submit to the withdrawal of a bodily specimen, application may be made by the superintendent of the institution to the district court for an order compelling the person to submit to the withdrawal and, if infected, to available treatment. An order authorizing the withdrawal of a specimen for testing may be issued only by a district judge or district associate judge upon application by the superintendent or district director, as applicable, of the institution.

(2) Failure to comply with an order issued pursuant to this section may result in the forfeiture of good conduct time, not to exceed one year, earned up to the time of the failure to comply.

(3) Personnel at an institution under the control of the department shall be notified if a person committed to any of these institutions is found to have a contagious infectious disease.

(4) The department shall adopt policies and procedures to prevent the transmittal of a contagious infectious disease to other persons.

(5) For purposes of this section, “infectious disease” means any infectious condition which if spread by contamination would place others at a serious health risk.

87 Acts, ch 185, §1CS87, §246.514C93, §904.5142018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1336; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §72
Iowa Code § 725.18 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 725 / Section 725.18
Collection service prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly offers, gives or sells the person’s services for use in collecting or enforcing any debt arising from gambling, whether or not lawful gambling, commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

[C77, §726.16; C79, 81, §725.18]
Iowa Code § 537.3205 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3205
Change in terms of open-end credit accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) Whether or not a change is authorized by prior agreement, a creditor may make a change in the terms of an open-end credit account applying to any balance incurred after the effective date of the change only if the creditor delivers or mails to the consumer a written disclosure of the change in accordance with 12 C.F.R. §1026.9.

(2) Unless authorized by this chapter or unless agreed to by the consumer, a creditor shall not change the terms of an open-end credit account, with respect to a balance incurred before the effective date of the change, which results in an increase of the rate of the finance charge or other charge or an increase in the amount of a periodic payment due, or which otherwise adversely affects the interests of the consumer with respect to the balance. The use by the consumer of an open-end account after the effective date of the change constitutes the agreement of the consumer if the consumer is notified as provided in subsection 1 that the use will constitute the agreement of the consumer.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection 2, a creditor may make a change in the terms of an open-end credit account with respect to a balance incurred before the effective date of the change if the creditor gives a written disclosure as provided in subsection 1 and if the credit card account is part of a portfolio of credit card accounts acquired in a bulk acquisition of the portfolio.

(4) A disclosure provided for in subsection 1 is mailed to the consumer when mailed to the consumer at the consumer’s address used by the creditor for mailing the consumer periodic billing statements.

(5) If a creditor attempts to make a change in the terms of an open-end credit account without complying with this section, any additional cost or charge to the consumer resulting from the change is an excess charge and is subject to the remedies available to the consumer under section 537.5201 and to the administrator under section 537.6113.

(6) Notwithstanding subsections 1 through 5, a creditor is not required to deliver or mail to the consumer a written disclosure of a change in the terms of an open-end credit account if the change involves a decrease in the rate of the finance charge, a decrease in a delinquency charge, or a decrease in an over-limit charge.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.3205]84 Acts, ch 1237, §3; 91 Acts, ch 118, §2, 3; 96 Acts, ch 1057, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1014, §1
Iowa Code § 232.83 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.83
Child sexual abuse involving a person not responsible for the care of the child.
Status: in_force

(1) A complaint related to circumstances involving a child who is alleged to be a victim of an offense defined in chapter 709, 726, or 728 and an alleged offender who is not a person responsible for the care of the child shall be handled pursuant to section 232.81.

(2) Anyone authorized to conduct a preliminary investigation in response to a complaint may apply for, or the court on its own motion may enter, an ex parte order authorizing an inpatient or outpatient physical assessment or an inpatient or outpatient behavioral health evaluation provided all of the following apply:

(2) (a) Any of the following circumstances exist:

(2) (a) The parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the physical assessment or the behavioral health evaluation.

(2) (a) The parent, guardian, or custodian is absent.

(2) (a) The parent, guardian, or custodian, though present, was asked and refused to authorize the physical assessment or the behavioral health evaluation.

(2) (b) There is not enough time to file a petition and hold a hearing under this chapter.

(2) (c) The parent, guardian, or custodian has not provided care and treatment related to the child’s alleged victimization.

88 Acts, ch 1252, §2; 2022 Acts, ch 1066, §35; 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §77; 2025 Acts, ch 86, §28
Iowa Code § 47.4 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 47 / Section 47.4
Election filing deadlines.
Status: in_force

If the deadline for a filing pertaining to an election falls on a day that the state or county commissioner’s office is closed for business, the deadline shall be extended to the next day that the office of state commissioner or county commissioner is open for business to receive the filing.

97 Acts, ch 170, §102024 Acts, ch 1146, §1
Iowa Code § 347.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 347 / Section 347.15
Pecuniary interest prohibited exceptions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 65, §2.
Iowa Code § 521I.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521I / Section 521I.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Assets” means property whether real, personal, mixed, tangible, or intangible and any right or interest therein, including all rights under a contract or other agreement.

(2) “Capital” means the capital stock component of a statutory surplus as defined in Iowa law.

(3) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of insurance.

(4) “Divide” or “division” means a transaction in which a domestic stock insurer splits into two or more resulting domestic stock insurers.

(5) “Dividing insurer” means a domestic stock insurer that approves a plan of division.

(6) “Domestic stock insurer” means a stock insurer domiciled and organized under the laws of this state pursuant to chapter 508, 514B, or 515, including domestic stock insurers affiliated with a mutual insurance holding company organized pursuant to section 521A.14, and including those insurers which confer membership rights in the mutual insurance holding company.

(7) “Liability” means a secured or contingent debt or obligation arising in any manner.

(8) “Resulting insurer” means a dividing domestic stock insurer that survives a division or a new domestic stock insurer that is created by a division.

(9) “Shareholder” means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation.

(10) “Surplus” means total statutory surplus less capital stock calculated in accordance with the current national association of insurance commissioners’ accounting practices and procedures manual.

(11) “Transfer” includes an assignment, assumption, conveyance, sale, lease, encumbrance, security interest, gift, or transfer by operation of law.

2019 Acts, ch 20, §1
Iowa Code § 229.26 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.26
Exclusive procedure for involuntary hospitalization.
Status: in_force

Sections 229.6 through 229.19 constitute the exclusive procedure for involuntary hospitalization of persons by reason of serious mental impairment in this state, except that this chapter does not negate the provisions of section 904.503 relating to transfer of prisoners with mental illness to state mental health institutes and does not apply to commitments of persons under chapter 812 or the rules of criminal procedure, Iowa court rules, or negate the provisions of section 232.51 relating to disposition of children with mental illness.

[C77, 79, 81, §229.26]84 Acts, ch 1323, §3; 85 Acts, ch 21, §36; 87 Acts, ch 90, §4; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §45; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §58; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §108; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §125, 132; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §81; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §72; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §528
Iowa Code § 468.400 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.400
Cooperation — procedure.
Status: in_force

When proceedings for the drainage of lands bordering upon the state line are had and the total cost of constructing the improvement in this state, including all damage, has been ascertained, and the engineer in charge, before the final establishment of the district, reports that the establishment and construction of such improvement ought to be jointly done with like proceedings for the drainage of lands in the same drainage area in such an adjoining state and that drainage proceedings are pending in such state for the drainage of such lands, the said authorities of this state may enter an order continuing the hearing on the establishment of such district to a fixed date, of which all parties shall take notice.

[SS15, §1989-a77; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7752; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467.1]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.400
Iowa Code § 633.199 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.199
Expenses and extraordinary services.
Status: in_force

Such further allowances as are just and reasonable may be made by the court to personal representatives and their attorneys for actual necessary and extraordinary expenses and services. Necessary and extraordinary services shall be construed to include but not be limited to services in connection with real estate, tax issues, disputed matters, nonprobate assets, reopening the estate, location of unknown and lost heirs and beneficiaries, and management and disposition of unusual assets. Relevant factors to be considered in determining the value of such services shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Time necessarily spent by the personal representatives and their attorneys.

(2) Nature of the matters or issues and the extent of the services provided.

(3) Complexity of the issues and the importance of the issues to the estate.

(4) Responsibilities assumed.

(5) Resolution.

(6) Experience and expertise of the personal representatives and their attorneys.

[C51, §1430; R60, §2455; C73, §2495; C97, §3415; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12065; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.25; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.199]2007 Acts, ch 134, §10, 28
Iowa Code § 35D.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35D / Section 35D.4
Married couples — quarters — cottages.
Status: in_force

(1) When a married person is or becomes a member of the home, the spouse, if married to the person for at least one year and otherwise eligible under this chapter, may be admitted as a member of the home subject to the rules of the home. Veteran and spouse members may be permitted to occupy, together, cottages or other quarters on the grounds of the home.

(2) The cottages may be made available to persons on the staff of the home at a rental rate determined by the commandant.

[C97, §2606; S13, §2606; SS15, §2606; C24, 27, 31, 35, §3366, 3368; C39, §3384.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §219.4]84 Acts, ch 1277, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1140, §25C93, §35D.42013 Acts, ch 36, §3
Iowa Code § 427B.4 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427B / Section 427B.4
Application for exemption by property owner.
Status: in_force

(1) An application shall be filed for each project resulting in actual value added for which an exemption is claimed. The application for exemption shall be filed by the owner of the property with the local assessor by February 1 of the assessment year in which the value added is first assessed for taxation. Applications for exemption shall be made on forms prescribed by the director of revenue and shall contain information pertaining to the nature of the improvement, its cost, and other information deemed necessary by the director of revenue.

(2) A person may submit a proposal to the city council of the city or the board of supervisors of a county to receive prior approval for eligibility for a tax exemption on new construction. The city council or the board of supervisors, by ordinance, may give its prior approval of a tax exemption for new construction if the new construction is in conformance with the zoning plans for the city or county. The prior approval shall also be subject to the hearing requirements of section 427B.1. Prior approval does not entitle the owner to exemption from taxation until the new construction has been completed and found to be qualified real estate. However, if the tax exemption for new construction is not approved, the person may submit an amended proposal to the city council or board of supervisors to approve or reject.

[C81, §427B.4; 82 Acts, ch 1104, §24]2000 Acts, ch 1058, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 633A.4202 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4202
Duty of loyalty — impartiality — confidential relationship.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee shall administer the trust solely in the interest of the beneficiaries, and shall act with due regard to their respective interests.

(2) Any transaction involving the trust which is affected by a material conflict between the trustee’s fiduciary and personal interests is voidable by a beneficiary affected by the transaction unless one of the following applies:

(2) (a) The transaction was expressly authorized by the terms of the trust.

(2) (b) The beneficiary consented to or affirmed the transaction or released the trustee from liability as provided in section 633A.4506.

(2) (c) The transaction is approved by the court after notice to interested persons.

(3) A transaction affected by a material conflict between personal and fiduciary interests includes any sale, encumbrance, or other transaction involving the trust property entered into by the trustee, the spouse, descendant, agent, or attorney of a trustee, or corporation or other enterprise in which the trustee has a substantial beneficial interest.

(4) A transaction not involving trust property between a trustee and a beneficiary which occurs during the existence of the trust or while the trustee retains significant influence over the beneficiary and from which the trustee obtains an advantage is an abuse of a confidential relationship unless the trustee establishes that the transaction was fair.

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

(5) (a) An agreement between a trustee and a beneficiary relating to the appointment of the trustee.

(5) (b) The payment of compensation to the trustee, whether by agreement, the terms of the trust, or this trust code.

(5) (c) A transaction between a trust and another trust, decedent’s or conservatorship estate of which the trustee is a fiduciary if the transaction is fair to the beneficiaries of the trust.

(5) (d) An investment by a trustee in securities of an investment company or investment trust to which the trustee, or its affiliate, provides services in a capacity other than as trustee if the investment complies with the prudent investor rule. The trustee may be compensated by the investment company or investment trust for providing services from fees charged to the trust if the trustee provides annual notice and a copy of the trustee’s annual report, including the rate and method by which the trustee’s compensation was determined, to the persons specified in section 633A.4213.

(5) (e) A deposit of trust money in a regulated financial service institution operated by the trustee.

99 Acts, ch 125, §48, 109C2001, §633.42022002 Acts, ch 1107, §10; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §54, 55CS2005, §633A.4202
Iowa Code § 16.78 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.78
Beginning farmer tax credit program establishment and administration.
Status: in_force

(1) A beginning farmer tax credit program is established under the control of the authority.

(2) The authority and the department shall cooperate in administering the program. The department shall have all rulemaking powers necessary to administer its responsibilities under this subpart as it does under chapter 422.

(3) To every extent practicable, the authority shall administer the program in a manner that encourages participation by eligible taxpayers and qualifying beginning farmers for the primary purposes of providing beginning farmers access to farmland and enhancing the stability of the beginning farmer’s farming business.

(4) The authority and the department shall each adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A as necessary for the administration of their respective responsibilities under this subpart. The eligibility requirements for taxpayers and the qualifications for beginning farmers as provided in the rules shall not be more stringent than provided in this subpart.

(5) The authority shall provide for the preparation or revision and publication or distribution of forms necessary to administer their responsibilities under this subpart.

2019 Acts, ch 161, §7, 18, 19
Iowa Code § 486A.105A — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.105A
Secretary of state extra services surcharge.
Status: in_force

Upon the request of a filer of a document under this chapter, the secretary of state shall provide an extra filing service and assess a surcharge as provided in chapter 9, subchapter II.

2021 Acts, ch 165, §254
Iowa Code § 321A.20 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.20
Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.
Status: in_force

(1) The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this state may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the department a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle, or motor vehicles, described in such certificate is registered, or if such nonresident does not own a motor vehicle, then in the state in which the insured resides, provided such certificate otherwise conforms with the provisions of this chapter, and the department shall accept the same upon condition that said insurance carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the policies so certified:

(1) (a) Said insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the department to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in this state.

(1) (b) Said insurance carrier shall agree in writing that such policies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this state relating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issued herein.

(2) If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this state, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any said undertakings or agreements, the department shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of said carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof, so long as such default continues.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.20]92 Acts, ch 1175, §43
Iowa Code § 560.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 560 / Section 560.5
Tenants in common.
Status: in_force

Should the owner of the land fail to pay for the improvements and the occupying claimant fail to pay for the land within the time fixed by the court as provided in section 560.4, the parties shall be held to be tenants in common of all the real estate including the improvements, each holding an undivided interest proportionate to the values ascertained on the trial.

[C51, §1236 – 1238; R60, §2267; C73, §1979 – 1981; C97, §2966; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10132; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.5]
Iowa Code § 321P.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321P / Section 321P.9
Installation and maintenance.
Status: in_force

(1) A local authority shall install a system in a manner that minimizes the effect of camera flash on drivers, if a camera flash is used.

(2) An automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement must only record a photograph or video of the rear of a vehicle and the vehicle’s registration plate while the vehicle is used to commit an alleged traffic violation. A local authority shall not install a system such that the system’s camera is placed to capture the front of a motor vehicle or the face of any person in the vehicle being recorded. In accordance with section 321P.6, subsection 3, a citation issued by a system that captures the front of a motor vehicle or the face of any person in the vehicle is void and unenforceable.

(3) A system must verify its internal calibrations daily, and a person trained in the calibration of the system shall conduct a monthly calibration.

(4) A local authority operating a system shall maintain a monthly log detailing whether a person trained in the calibration of the system successfully performed the monthly calibrations and whether the system successfully performed the daily internal calibrations.

(5) The log and documentation of the calibrations required under this section are admissible in any court proceeding relating to a violation detected by the system.

(6) If a daily or monthly calibration is not successfully performed, the system shall not operate until a successful calibration is subsequently performed.

2024 Acts, ch 1181, §9