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Iowa Code § 541.153 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.153
Section 541.153
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 6A.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6A / Section 6A.10
Initiating railroad condemnation by railway corporation.
Status: in_force

A railway corporation shall apply to the department of transportation for permission to condemn. The railway corporation shall serve notice of the application and hearing and provide a copy of the legal description of the property to be condemned to the owner and any recordholders of liens and encumbrances on any land described in the application. The department may, after hearing, report to the clerk of the district court of the county in which the land is situated the description of the land sought to be condemned. The corporation may begin condemnation procedures in district court for the land described by the department.

[C97, §1998; S13, §1998; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7812; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.10; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]83 Acts, ch 121, §11C93, §6A.1093 Acts, ch 47, §17; 93 Acts, ch 87, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 97, §3
Iowa Code § 448.4 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 448 / Section 448.4
Presumptive evidence.
Status: in_force

The deed shall be presumptive evidence in all the courts of this state in all controversies and actions in relation to the rights of the purchaser, and the purchaser’s heirs or assigns, to the parcel conveyed, of the following facts:

(1) That the parcel conveyed was subject to taxes for the year or years stated in the deed.

(2) That the taxes were not paid at any time before the sale.

(3) That the parcel conveyed had not been redeemed from the sale at the date of the deed.

(4) That the parcel had been listed and assessed.

(5) That the taxes were levied or set according to law.

(6) That the parcel was duly advertised for sale.

(7) That the parcel was sold as stated in the deed.

[C51, §503; R60, §784; C73, §897; C97, §1444; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7287; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.4]91 Acts, ch 191, §103
Iowa Code § 68A.504 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68A / Section 68A.504
Prohibiting contributions during the legislative session.
Status: in_force

(1) A lobbyist or political committee, other than a state statutory political committee, county statutory political committee, or a national political party, shall not contribute to, act as an agent or intermediary for contributions to, or arrange for the making of monetary or in-kind contributions to the campaign of an elected state official, member of the general assembly, or candidate for state office on any day during the regular legislative session and, in the case of the governor or a gubernatorial candidate, during the thirty days following the adjournment of a regular legislative session allowed for the signing of bills. Except as set out in subsection 2, an elected state official, member of the general assembly, or candidate for state office shall not accept a contribution as prohibited in this subsection.

(2) The prohibition in subsection 1 shall not apply to the following:

(2) (a) The receipt of contributions by an elected state official, member of the general assembly, or candidate for state office who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to a federal elective office so long as the contribution is placed in a federal campaign account.

(2) (b) The receipt of contributions by a candidate for state office who filed nomination papers for an office for which a special election is called or held during the regular legislative session, if the candidate receives the contribution during the period commencing on the date that at least two candidates have been nominated for the office and ending on the date the election is held. A person who is an elected state official shall not solicit contributions during a legislative session from any lobbyist or political committee, other than a state statutory political committee, county statutory political committee, or a national political party, for another candidate for a state office for which a special election is held.

92 Acts, ch 1228, §26C93, §56.15A93 Acts, ch 129, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 40, §9CS2003, §68A.5042004 Acts, ch 1042, §8
Iowa Code § 42.5 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 42 / Section 42.5
Temporary redistricting advisory commission.
Status: in_force

(1) Not later than February 15 of each year ending in one, a five member temporary redistricting advisory commission shall be established as provided by this section. The commission’s only functions shall be those prescribed by section 42.6.

(1) (a) Each of the four selecting authorities shall certify to the chief election officer the authority’s appointment of a person to serve on the commission. The certifications may be made at any time after the majority and minority floor leaders have been selected for the general assembly which takes office in the year ending in one, even though that general assembly’s term of office has not actually begun.

(1) (b) Within thirty days after the four selecting authorities have certified their respective appointments to the commission, but in no event later than February 15 of the year ending in one, the four commission members so appointed shall select, by a vote of at least three members, and certify to the chief election officer the fifth commission member, who shall serve as chairperson.

(1) (c) A vacancy on the commission shall be filled by the initial selecting authority within fifteen days after the vacancy occurs.

(1) (d) Members of the commission shall receive a per diem as specified in section 7E.6, travel expenses at the rate provided by section 70A.9, and reimbursement for other necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties under this section and section 42.6. The per diem and expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated by section 2.12.

(2) No person shall be appointed to the commission who:

(2) (a) Is not an eligible elector of the state at the time of selection.

(2) (b) Holds partisan public office or political party office.

(2) (c) Is a relative of or is employed by a member of the general assembly or of the United States Congress, or is employed directly by the general assembly or by the United States Congress.

[C81, §42.5]90 Acts, ch 1256, §23
Iowa Code § 257.42 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.42
Gifted and talented children.
Status: in_force

(1) Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with the boards of other school districts, shall annually submit program plans for gifted and talented children programs and budget costs to the department of education and to the applicable gifted and talented children advisory council, if an advisory council has been established, as provided in this chapter.

(2) The parent or guardian of a pupil may request that a gifted and talented children program be established for pupils who qualify as gifted and talented children under section 257.44, including demonstrated achievement or potential ability in a single subject area.

(3) The department of education shall employ one full-time qualified staff member or consultant for gifted and talented children programs.

(4) The department of education shall adopt rules under chapter 17A relating to the administration of this section and sections 257.43 through 257.49. The rules shall prescribe the format of program plans submitted under section 257.43 and shall require that programs fulfill specified objectives. The department shall encourage and assist school districts to provide programs for gifted and talented children.

(5) The department of education may request that the staff of the auditor of state conduct an independent program audit to verify that the gifted and talented programs conform to a district’s program plans.

89 Acts, ch 135, §42; 94 Acts, ch 1088, §1; 99 Acts, ch 178, §5, 10; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §43, 58, 59; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §86
Iowa Code § 204.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 204 / Section 204.4
Hemp license requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §44, 55.
Iowa Code § 533C.906 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.906
Civil penalties.
Status: in_force

The superintendent may assess a civil penalty against a person who violates this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order issued under this chapter in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars per day for each day the violation is outstanding, plus the state’s costs and expenses for the investigation and prosecution of the matter, including reasonable attorney fees.

2024 Acts, ch 1030, §8, 14, 15
Iowa Code § 450.27 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.27
Commission to appraisers.
Status: in_force

When an appraisal of real estate is requested by the department of revenue, as provided in section 450.37, or is otherwise required by this chapter, the clerk shall issue a commission to the appraisers, who shall fix a time and place for appraisement, except that if the only interest that is subject to tax is a remainder or deferred interest upon which the tax is not payable until the determination of a prior estate or interest for life or term of years, the clerk shall not issue the commission until the determination of the prior estate, except at the request of the department of revenue when the parties in interest seek to remove an inheritance tax lien. When valuing the real estate for purposes of inheritance tax, an appraiser does not have the jurisdiction to determine what property or partial interests may or may not be subject to tax. Whole interests in the property should be appraised and the question of the actual property or partial interest subject to inheritance tax is to be determined by means of the administrative procedures pursuant to section 450.94. All joint property that is to be appraised should be listed at its full market value. Long-term leases are not considered in determining the value of property when being appraised.

[S13, §1481-a5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7331; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.27]83 Acts, ch 177, §11, 38; 99 Acts, ch 152, §33, 40; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 448.17 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 448 / Section 448.17
Indexing and recording of affidavits and claims.
Status: in_force

All affidavits and claims as provided for in sections 448.15 and 448.16, filed with the county recorder, shall be recorded as other instruments affecting parcels, and the entries required in those sections and any applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52 shall be indexed by the recorder.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.17]91 Acts, ch 191, §115; 2007 Acts, ch 101, §2
Iowa Code § 6A.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6A / Section 6A.1
Exercise of power by state.
Status: in_force

Proceedings may be instituted and maintained by the state of Iowa, or for the use and benefit thereof, for the condemnation of such private property as may be necessary for any public improvement which the general assembly has authorized to be undertaken by the state, and for which an available appropriation has been made. The executive council shall institute and maintain such proceedings in case authority to so do be not otherwise delegated.

[C73, §1271; C97, §2024; S13, §2024-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7803; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.1]C93, §6A.1
Iowa Code § 53.41 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.41
Records by commissioner — excess requests or ballots.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner of each county shall establish and maintain a record of all requests for ballots which are made, and of all ballots transmitted, and the manner of transmittal, from and received in the commissioner’s office under the provisions of this subchapter.

(2) If more than one request for absent voter’s ballot for a particular election is made to the commissioner before the ballots are ready to mail by or on behalf of a voter in the armed forces of the United States, the last request received shall be honored, except that if one of the requests is made by the voter, the request of the voter shall be honored in preference to a request made on the voter’s behalf by another.

(3) Not more than one ballot shall be transmitted by the commissioner to any voter for a particular election unless after the ballot has been mailed the voter reports a change in the address to which the ballot should be sent. A ballot shall be mailed using a serial number that indicates that this is a replacement sent to an updated address. The original ballot shall be counted only if the replacement ballot does not arrive. If the commissioner receives more than one absent voter’s ballot, provided for by this subchapter, from or purporting to be from any one voter for a particular election, all of the ballots so received from or purporting to be from such voter are void, and the commissioner shall not deliver any of the ballots to the precinct election officials, but shall retain them in the commissioner’s office, and preserve them for the period and under the conditions provided for in sections 50.12, 50.13, 50.15, and 50.19.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.41]89 Acts, ch 136, §56; 2007 Acts, ch 59, §33, 38; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §9; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Iowa Code § 553.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 553 / Section 553.7
Attorney general to enforce.
Status: in_force

The attorney general, with such assistance as may be required from time to time of the county attorneys in their respective counties, shall institute all criminal and civil actions and proceedings brought under this Act in the name of the state.

[C97, §5067; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9913; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §553.8; C77, 79, 81, §553.7]
Iowa Code § 124C.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124C / Section 124C.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Clandestine laboratory site” means a location or operation, including but not limited to buildings or vehicles equipped with glassware, heating devices, and precursors or related reagents and solvents needed to unlawfully prepare or manufacture controlled substances defined in chapter 124.

(2) “Cleanup” means actions necessary to contain, collect, control, identify, analyze, disassemble, treat, remove, or otherwise disperse all substances and materials, including but not limited to those found to be hazardous waste as defined in section 455B.411 and controlled substances defined in chapter 124, including contamination caused by those chemicals or substances.

(3) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of public safety.

(4) “Department” means the department of public safety.

(5) “Hazardous substance” means any substance or mixture of substances that presents a danger to the public health or safety and includes, but is not limited to, a substance that is toxic, corrosive, or flammable, and other substances defined in rules adopted pursuant to section 455B.381 and controlled substances as defined in chapter 124.

(6) “Person having control over a clandestine laboratory site” means a person who at any time possesses, produces, handles, stores, uses, transports, or disposes of a hazardous substance or controlled substance used or intended for use at a clandestine laboratory site. A person having control over a clandestine laboratory site does not include persons performing duties listed in section 124C.2 at the direction of the commissioner and does not include a person who is the owner of the property or a person holding a security interest in the property in or upon which the clandestine laboratory site is located unless the person knew that a clandestine laboratory existed in or upon the person’s property.

93 Acts, ch 141, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §12, 200, 201; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §35
Iowa Code § 515F.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.10
Advisory organizations — prohibited activity.
Status: in_force

In addition to the other prohibitions contained in this chapter, except as specifically permitted under section 515F.11, an advisory organization shall not compile or distribute recommendations relating to rates that include profit or expenses, other than loss adjustment expenses.

90 Acts, ch 1234, §54
Iowa Code § 585.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 585 / Section 585.5
Subsequent amendment — effect.
Status: in_force

The amendment of the proposed bill after its publication as aforesaid shall not affect its legality, provided the subject matter of the bill is not substantially changed.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10362; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.5]
Iowa Code § 556E.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556E / Section 556E.5
Other articles of silver.
Status: in_force

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver and having stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any container in which said article is enclosed, any mark or word, other than the word “sterling” or the word “coin”, indicating, or designed to indicate that the silver or alloy of silver in said article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality, unless the actual fineness of the silver or alloy of silver of which said article is composed be not less by more than four one-thousandths parts than the actual fineness indicated by the said mark or word, other than the word “sterling” or “coin”, stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted upon any part of said article, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any container in which said article is enclosed, subject to the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a fraudulent practice.

[S13, §5077-b1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1910; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §119.5]C93, §556E.5
Iowa Code § 232.151 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.151
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who knowingly discloses, receives, or makes use or permits the use of information derived directly or indirectly from the records concerning a child referred to in sections 232.147 through 232.150, except as provided by those sections or section 13B.4A, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

(2) This section does not apply to a person or entity authorized to receive or inspect the contents of confidential official juvenile court records, or the confidential records of a criminal or juvenile justice agency, juvenile court officer, or juvenile intake officer, when such person or entity discloses such information to another person or entity also authorized to receive or inspect the confidential information, or discloses to a witness or other interested person the date, time, and nature of a court proceeding concerning the child in order to secure the appearance of the witness or other interested person at the proceeding.

[C79, 81, §232.151]2014 Acts, ch 1038, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §121; 2018 Acts, ch 1153, §11
Iowa Code § 477.12 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 477 / Section 477.12
Transmission of messages.
Status: in_force

After such connection has been made said long distance company shall transmit communications and messages to, from and through all local exchanges connected with its system when requested, with fidelity and equality and without discrimination or unreasonable delay.

[C35, §8308-f3; C39, §8308.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §488.12; C77, 79, 81, §477.12]
Iowa Code § 279.22 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.22
Residence of employees.
Status: in_force

The board shall not adopt rules under section 279.8 which require its employees to reside within the boundaries of the school district.

[C81, §279.22]
Iowa Code § 554.9340 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9340
Effectiveness of right of recoupment or setoff against deposit account.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or setoff against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the application of this Article to a security interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or setoff of the secured party as to a deposit account maintained with the secured party.

(3) The exercise by a bank of a setoff against a deposit account is ineffective against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account which is perfected by control under section 554.9104, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, if the setoff is based on a claim against the debtor.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §60, 187
Iowa Code § 192.118 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.118
Certified laboratories.
Status: in_force

(1) To ensure uniformity in the tests and reporting, an employee certified by the United States public health service of the bacteriological laboratory of the department shall annually certify, in accordance with rules adopted by the department incorporating or incorporating by reference the federal publication entitled “Evaluation of Milk Laboratories”, all laboratories doing work in the sanitary quality of milk and dairy products for public report. The approval by the department shall be based on the evaluation of these laboratories as to personnel training, laboratory methods used, and reporting. The results on tests made by approved laboratories shall be reported to the department on request, on forms prescribed by the secretary, and such reports may be used by the department.

(2) The department shall annually certify, in accordance with rules adopted by the department incorporating or incorporating by reference the federal publication entitled “Evaluation of Milk Laboratories”, every laboratory in the state doing work in the sanitary quality of milk and dairy products for public report. The certifying officer may enter any such place at any reasonable hour to make the survey. The management of the laboratory shall afford free access to every part of the premises and render all aid and assistance necessary to enable the certifying officer to make a thorough and complete examination.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, §192.40; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §192.63]CS91, §192.11891 Acts, ch 74, §21; 97 Acts, ch 94, §8; 2015 Acts, ch 103, §8; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §63; 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §25