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Iowa Code § 708.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 708 / Section 708.2
Penalties for assault.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1, with the intent to inflict a serious injury upon another, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(2) A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1, and who causes bodily injury or mental illness, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

(3) A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1, and uses or displays a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. This subsection does not apply if section 708.6 or 708.8 applies.

(4) A person who commits a violation of subsection 3 against another person who the person knows or reasonably should know is a pregnant person is guilty of a class “D” felony.

(5) A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1, without the intent to inflict serious injury, but who causes serious injury, is guilty of a class “D” felony.

(6) A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1, and who uses any object to penetrate the genitalia or anus of another person, is guilty of a class “C” felony.

(7) Any other assault, except as otherwise provided, is a simple misdemeanor.

[C51, §2593 – 2595, 2597; R60, §4216 – 4218, 4220; C73, §3874 – 3876, 3878, 3879; C97, §4770 – 4772, 4774, 4775; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12929 – 12935; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §694.1 – 694.7; C79, 81, §708.2; 81 Acts, ch 204, §3]87 Acts, ch 154, §8; 98 Acts, ch 1026, §1; 99 Acts, ch 65, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 132, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1072, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 23, §1
Iowa Code § 714D.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714D / Section 714D.3
Unfair and deceptive practices.
Status: in_force

The act, use, or employment by a person of deception or an unfair practice in connection with the lease, sale, or advertisement of a telecommunications service or the solicitation of authority to provide or execute a change of a telecommunications service is an unlawful practice.

99 Acts, ch 16, §4
Iowa Code § 184.18 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 184 / Section 184.18
Purchasers outside Iowa.
Status: in_force

The secretary may enter into arrangements with purchasers from outside Iowa for payment of the assessment.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §196A.24]95 Acts, ch 7, §17; 98 Acts, ch 1032, §11; 98 Acts, ch 1038, §13C99, §184.18
Iowa Code § 249L.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249L / Section 249L.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Quality Assurance Assessment Program”.

2009 Acts, ch 160, §1, 5
Iowa Code § 622.54 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.54
Of a justice of the peace.
Status: in_force

The official certificate of a justice of the peace of any of the United States to any judgment and the preliminary proceedings before the justice of the peace, supported by the official certificate of the clerk of any court of record within the county in which such justice resides, stating that the justice is an acting justice of the peace of that county, and that the signature to the justice’s certificate is genuine, is sufficient evidence of such proceedings and judgment.

[C51, §2439; R60, §4059; C73, §3714; C97, §4646; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11307; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.54]
Iowa Code § 256.149 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.149
Compensation of board executive director.
Status: in_force

(1) Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in their official duties and may be entitled to per diem compensation as authorized under section 7E.6. For duties performed during an ordinary school day by a member who is employed by a school corporation or state university, the member shall also receive regular compensation from the school or university. However, the member shall reimburse the school or university in the amount of the per diem compensation received.

(2) The director shall appoint an executive director of the board. The executive director shall possess a background in education licensure and administrative experience. The director shall set the salary of the executive director.

[C35, §3872-e1; C39, §3872.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §260.5]89 Acts, ch 265, §5; 90 Acts, ch 1249, §7C93, §272.52012 Acts, ch 1119, §22; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2569, 2603, 2605C2024, §256.149
Iowa Code § 453A.23 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.23
Retailer’s permit for railway car.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to this subchapter, a retailer’s permit may be issued by the department to any dining car company, sleeping car company, railroad or railway company. The permit shall authorize the holder to keep for sale, and sell, cigarettes at retail on any dining car, sleeping car, or passenger car operated by the applicant in, through, or across the state of Iowa, subject to all of the restrictions imposed upon retailers under this subchapter. The application for the permit shall be in the form and contain the information required by the director and each application submitted under this section shall be submitted to the department electronically. Each permit is good throughout the state. Only one permit is required for all cars operated in this state by the applicant, but a duplicate of the permit shall be posted in each car in which cigarettes are sold and no further permit shall be required or tax levied for the privilege of selling cigarettes in the cars. Cigarettes shall not be sold in the cars without having affixed thereto stamps evidencing the payment of the tax as provided in this subchapter.

(2) As a condition precedent to the issuing of a retailer’s permit for railway car, the applicant shall file with the department a bond in favor of the state for the benefit of all parties interested in the amount of five hundred dollars conditioned upon the payment of all taxes, fines and penalties and costs in this subchapter. A bond filed under this subsection shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall be filed electronically.

(3) The annual fee for a retailer’s permit for railway cars shall be twenty-five dollars and two dollars for each duplicate thereof, which fee shall be paid to the department. The department shall issue duplicates of such permits from time to time as applied for by such companies.

(4) The provisions of section 453A.22, subsections 1 and 4, shall apply to the revocation of such permit and the issuance of a new one.

[C39, §1556.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.23]C93, §453A.232018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §64; 2025 Acts, ch 132, §15
Iowa Code § 425.18 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 425 / Section 425.18
Right to file a claim.
Status: in_force

The right to file a claim for reimbursement or credit under this subchapter may be exercised by the claimant or on behalf of a claimant by the claimant’s legal guardian, spouse, or attorney, or by the executor or administrator of the claimant’s estate. If a claimant dies after having filed a claim for reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid, the amount of the reimbursement may be paid to another member of the household as determined by the department of health and human services. If the claimant was the only member of the household, the reimbursement may be paid to the claimant’s executor or administrator, but if neither is appointed and qualified within one year from the date of the filing of the claim, the reimbursement shall escheat to the state. If a claimant dies after having filed a claim for credit for property taxes due, the amount of credit shall be paid as if the claimant had not died.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §425.18; 82 Acts, ch 1214, §3, 4]83 Acts, ch 111, §1, 4; 2015 Acts, ch 109, §9, 75; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2021 Acts, ch 41, §17, 36; 2021 Acts, ch 174, §19, 34, 39; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1130
Iowa Code § 598.19A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598 / Section 598.19A
Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 69, §58.See §598.15.
Iowa Code § 28E.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28E / Section 28E.3
Joint exercise of powers.
Status: in_force

Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercise by a public agency of this state may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this state having such power or powers, privilege or authority, and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United States to the extent that laws of such other state or of the United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment. Any agency of the state government when acting jointly with any public agency may exercise and enjoy all of the powers, privileges and authority conferred by this chapter upon a public agency.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.3]
Iowa Code § 252D.20 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252D / Section 252D.20
Administration of income withholding procedures.
Status: in_force

Child support services is designated as the entity of the state to administer income withholding in accordance with the procedures specified for keeping adequate records to document, track, and monitor support payments on cases subject to Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act. The collection services center is designated as the entity for administering income withholding for cases which are not subject to Tit. IV-D. The collection services center’s responsibilities for administering income withholding in cases not subject to Tit. IV-D are limited to the receipt, recording, and disbursement of income withholding payments and to responding to requests for information on the current status of support payments pursuant to section 252B.13A. Notwithstanding section 622.53, in cases where the court or child support services is enforcing an order of another state or foreign country through income withholding, a certified copy of the underlying judgment is sufficient proof of authenticity.

90 Acts, ch 1123, §10; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §404; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §10; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §97; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §892
Iowa Code § 313A.8 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313A / Section 313A.8
Right-of-way secured.
Status: in_force

Whenever the department shall authorize the construction of any toll bridge, the department is empowered to secure rights-of-way therefor and for approaches thereto by gift or purchase or by condemnation in the manner provided by law for the taking of private property for public purposes.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.8]
Iowa Code § 321O.1 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321O / Section 321O.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Agent” means any officer, director, or employee of a business entity, or any other person who is authorized to act on behalf of a business entity.

(2) “Business entity” means a corporation, sole proprietorship, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity, that is formed for the purpose of making a profit.

(3) “Pedestrian area” means an area intended to be used by any person afoot, including a sidewalk, crosswalk, or safety zone, as those terms are defined in section 321.1.

(4) “Personal delivery device” or “device” means a device to which all of the following apply:

(4) (a) The device is manufactured for transporting cargo and goods in a pedestrian area or supplementary area.

(4) (b) The device is equipped with automated driving technology, including software and hardware, that enables the operation of the device with the remote support and supervision of a natural person.

(4) (c) The weight of the device is not greater than five hundred fifty pounds, excluding cargo and goods.

2021 Acts, ch 119, §3
Iowa Code § 533C.1001 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.1001
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial purposes. Civil remedies under this chapter shall be supplemental and not mutually exclusive. The civil remedies under this chapter do not preclude and are not precluded by any other provision of law.

(2) This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting the same law, and to make the reporting requirements regarding financial transactions under Iowa law uniform with the reporting requirements regarding financial transactions under federal law.

(3) The attorney general may enter into reciprocal agreements with the attorney general or chief prosecuting attorney of any state to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

2024 Acts, ch 1030, §11, 14, 15
Iowa Code § 622A.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622A / Section 622A.2
Limited-English-proficient persons when entitled to an interpreter or a translator.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited-English-proficient person who is a party to any legal proceeding or a witness therein, shall be entitled to an interpreter to assist such person throughout the proceeding.

(2) A limited-English-proficient person who is a party to any legal proceeding shall be entitled to a translator to produce a written translation of written or electronically recorded material only when a court determines that an oral or sign interpretation of the material is not sufficient to ensure due process under the circumstances.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622A.2]2021 Acts, ch 77, §3
Iowa Code § 421.10 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421 / Section 421.10
Appeal period applicability.
Status: in_force

The appeal period for revision of assessment of tax, interest, and penalties set out under section 422.28, 423.37, 437A.9, 437A.22, 437B.5, 437B.18, 452A.64, 453A.29, or 453A.46 applies to appeals to notices from the department denying changes in filing methods, denying refund claims, and denying portions of refund claims for the tax covered by that section, and notices of any adverse department action directed to a specific taxpayer, other than licensing, which involves a calculation.

89 Acts, ch 251, §10; 95 Acts, ch 83, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1114, §1, 18; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §177, 205; 2013 Acts, ch 94, §3, 35, 36; 2023 Acts, ch 115, §23, 40
Iowa Code § 507.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507 / Section 507.1
Purpose — definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide an effective and efficient system for examining the activities, operations, financial condition, and affairs of all persons transacting the business of insurance in this state and all persons otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner. The chapter is intended to enable the commissioner to adopt a flexible system of examinations which directs resources as deemed appropriate and necessary for the administration of the insurance and insurance-related laws of this state.

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

(2) (a) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of insurance of this state.

(2) (b) “Company” means any person engaging in or proposing or attempting to engage in any transaction or kind of insurance or surety business and any person or group of persons who may otherwise be subject to the administrative, regulatory, or taxing authority of the commissioner.

(2) (c) “Division” means the division of insurance of the department of insurance and financial services.

(2) (d) “Examiner” means any individual or firm authorized by the commissioner to conduct an examination pursuant to this chapter.

(2) (e) “Insurer” includes all companies or associations organized under chapter 508, 511, 512A, 512B, 514, 514B, 515, 515C, or 518A, associations subject to chapters 518 and 520, and companies or associations admitted or seeking to be admitted to this state under any of those chapters.

(2) (f) “Person” means any individual, aggregation of individuals, trust, association, partnership, or corporation or an affiliate of any of these.

[S13, §1821-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8625; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §507.1]88 Acts, ch 1112, §301; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §12023 Acts, ch 19, §2730
Iowa Code § 502.204 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.204
Denial, suspension, revocation, condition, or limitation of exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except with respect to a federal covered security or a transaction involving a federal covered security, an order under this chapter may deny, suspend application of, condition, limit, or revoke an exemption created under section 502.201, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, or subsection 7, 8A, or 8B, or section 502.202, or an exemption or waiver created under section 502.203 with respect to a specific security, transaction, or offer. An order under this section may be issued only pursuant to the procedures in section 502.306, subsection 4, or section 502.604, and only prospectively.

(2) A person does not violate section 502.301, 502.303 through 502.306, 502.504, or 502.510 by an offer to sell, offer to purchase, sale, or purchase effected after the entry of an order issued under this section if the person did not know, and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known, of the order.

[C31, 35, §8581-c4; C39, §8581.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §502.4(5); C77, 79, 81, §502.204]2004 Acts, ch 1161, §8, 68; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §75
Iowa Code § 166B.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 166B / Section 166B.3
Appraisal and indemnification.
Status: in_force

The department shall appraise any swine destroyed or ordered destroyed pursuant to this chapter at not to exceed current market value and shall indemnify the owner of such swine in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars for purebred, inbred or hybrid or breeding swine; and not to exceed one hundred dollars for all other swine, provided that fifty percent or more of all such indemnities are paid by the United States department of agriculture.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §166B.3]
Iowa Code § 256.8 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.8
Director of department of education.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint a director of the department of education subject to confirmation by the senate. The director shall possess a background in education and administrative experience and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1408
Iowa Code § 15.507 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.507
Sales and use tax refund.
Status: in_force

(1) An eligible business that has been issued a tax incentive certificate under the program shall be entitled to a refund, as negotiated under section 15.505, subsection 3, of the sales and use taxes paid under chapter 423 for gas, electricity, water, and sewer utility services, tangible personal property, or on services rendered, furnished, or performed to or for a contractor or subcontractor and used in the fulfillment of a written contract for the construction or equipping of a facility that is part of the eligible business’s project. Taxes attributable to intangible property and furniture and furnishings shall not be refunded.

(2) To receive the sales and use tax refund, the eligible business shall file a claim with the department of revenue as follows:

(2) (a) The contractor or subcontractor shall state under oath, on forms provided by the department of revenue, the amount of the sales of tangible personal property or services rendered, furnished, or performed including water, sewer, gas, and electric utility services upon which sales or use tax has been paid during the period for which the refund is claimed, and shall submit the forms to the eligible business before contract completion.

(2) (b) The eligible business shall, no more frequently than quarterly, submit an application to the department of revenue for a refund of the amount of the sales and use taxes paid pursuant to chapter 423 upon any tangible personal property, or services rendered, furnished, or performed, including water, sewer, gas, and electric utility services. The application shall be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the department of revenue. The department of revenue shall audit the application and, if approved, issue a warrant or warrants to the eligible business in the amount of the sales or use tax which has been paid to the state of Iowa under subsection 1. The eligible business’s final application must be submitted to the department of revenue within one year after the project completion date. An application filed by the eligible business in accordance with this section shall not be denied by reason of a time limitation for filing a refund claim set forth in section 423.47.

(2) (c) The refund shall be remitted by the department of revenue to the eligible business as soon as practicable after completion of the audit pursuant to paragraph “b”. Interest shall not accrue on any part of the refund that has not yet been remitted by the department of revenue to the eligible business.

(3) A contractor or subcontractor that willfully makes a false report of tax paid under this section is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor, and shall be liable for payment of the tax and any applicable penalty and interest.

2025 Acts, ch 136, §14, 20
Iowa Code § 17A.23 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.23
Construction delegation of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as expressly provided otherwise by this chapter or by another statute referring to this chapter by name, the rights created and the requirements imposed by this chapter shall be in addition to those created or imposed by every other statute in existence on July 1, 1975, or enacted after that date. If any other statute in existence on July 1, 1975, or enacted after that date diminishes a right conferred upon a person by this chapter or diminishes a requirement imposed upon an agency by this chapter, this chapter shall take precedence unless the other statute expressly provides that it shall take precedence over all or some specified portion of this cited chapter.

(2) This chapter shall be construed broadly to effectuate its purposes. This chapter shall also be construed to apply to all agencies not expressly exempted by this chapter or by another statute specifically referring to this chapter by citation; and except as to proceedings in process on July 1, 1975, this chapter shall be construed to apply to all covered agency proceedings and all agency action not expressly exempted by this chapter or by another statute specifically referring to this chapter by citation.

(3) An agency shall have only that authority or discretion delegated to or conferred upon the agency by law and shall not expand or enlarge its authority or discretion beyond the powers delegated to or conferred upon the agency. Unless otherwise specifically provided in statute, a grant of rulemaking authority shall be construed narrowly.

(4) An agency shall not implement or enforce any standard, requirement, or threshold, including any term or condition of a permit or license issued by the agency, unless that standard, requirement, or threshold is clearly required or clearly permitted by a state statute, rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, or a federal statute or regulation, or is required by a court ruling, a state or federal executive order, a state or federal directive that would result in the gain or loss of specific funding, or a federal waiver.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §17A.23]89 Acts, ch 83, §11; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §25, 46; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §16; 2013 Acts, ch 114, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1040, §1