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Iowa Code § 321G.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321G / Section 321G.2
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission may adopt rules for the following purposes:

(1) (a) Registration and titling of snowmobiles.

(1) (b) Use of snowmobiles as far as game and fish resources or habitats are affected.

(1) (c) Use of snowmobiles on designated snowmobile trails and public lands under the jurisdiction of the commission.

(1) (d) Use of snowmobiles on any waters of the state under the jurisdiction of the commission, while the waters are frozen.

(1) (e) Establishment of a program of grants, subgrants, and contracts to be administered by the department for the development, maintenance, signing, and operation of designated snowmobile trails and the operation of grooming equipment by political subdivisions and incorporated private organizations.

(1) (f) Issuance of education certificates.

(1) (g) Issuance of competition registrations and the participation of snowmobiles so registered in special events.

(1) (h) Issuance of nonresident user permits and establishment of administrative fees for issuance of the permits.

(1) (i) Establishment of a certified education course for the operation of snowmobile grooming equipment.

(1) (j) Establishment of a certified education course for the safe use and operation of snowmobiles.

(1) (k) Certification of volunteer snowmobile education instructors.

(1) (l) Maintenance, signing, and operation of designated snowmobile trails.

(2) The director of transportation may adopt rules not inconsistent with this chapter regulating the use of snowmobiles on streets and highways. Cities may designate streets under the jurisdiction of cities within their respective corporate limits which may be used for snowmobiling.

(3) In adopting the rules, consideration shall be given to the need to protect the environment and the public health, safety, and welfare; to protect private property, public parks, and other public lands; to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat; and to promote uniformity of rules relating to the use, operation, and equipment of snowmobiles. The rules shall be in conformance with chapter 17A.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321G.2]86 Acts, ch 1031, §1; 89 Acts, ch 244, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1027, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §1, 2; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §4, 5; 2024 Acts, ch 1093, §1
Iowa Code § 252E.13 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252E / Section 252E.13
Modification of support order.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to 28 U.S.C. §1738B, when high potential for obtaining medical support exists, the obligee or the department may petition for a modification of the obligor’s support order to include medical support or a monetary amount for medical support pursuant to this chapter.

(2) In addition, if a support order does not provide medical support as defined in this chapter or equivalent medical support, the department or a party to the order may seek a modification of the order.

(3) Subject to 28 U.S.C. §1738B, the department may amend information concerning the provisions regarding health benefits in a court or administrative order if notice of the amendment is provided to the court and to the parties to the order and if the amendment is filed with the clerk of court.

90 Acts, ch 1224, §37; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §30; 96 Acts, ch 1141, §25; 97 Acts, ch 175, §76
Iowa Code § 257B.1A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257B / Section 257B.1A
Permanent fund.
Status: in_force

The permanent school fund, the interest of which only can be appropriated for school purposes, shall consist of:

(1) Five percent of the net proceeds of the public lands of the state.

(2) The proceeds of the sale of the five hundred thousand acres of land granted the state under the eighth section of an Act of Congress passed September 4, 1841, entitled:“An Act to appropriate the proceeds of all sales of public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights”.

(3) The proceeds of all intestate estates escheated to the state.

(4) The proceeds of the sales of the sixteenth section in each township, or lands selected in lieu thereof.

(5) All other moneys by law credited to the permanent school fund.

[R60, §1962, 1964; C73, §1837, 1839; C97, §2838; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4469; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §302.1]86 Acts, ch 1246, §139, 140; 87 Acts, ch 115, §46; 88 Acts, ch 1278, §24C93, §257B.195 Acts, ch 218, §16C2001, §257B.1A
Iowa Code § 307A.4 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307A / Section 307A.4
Vacancies on commission.
Status: in_force

Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as regular appointments are made for the unexpired portion of the regular term. In the event the governor fails to make an appointment to fill a vacancy or fails to submit the appointment to the senate for confirmation as required by section 2.32, the senate may make the appointment prior to adjournment of the general assembly.

2015 Acts, ch 123, §22
Iowa Code § 229A.5B — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229A / Section 229A.5B
Escape from custody — penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who is detained pursuant to section 229A.5 or is subject to an order of civil commitment under this chapter shall remain in custody unless released by court order or discharged under section 229A.8 or 229A.10. A person who has been placed in a transitional release program or who is under release with supervision is considered to be in custody. A person in custody under this chapter shall not do any of the following:

(1) (a) Leave or attempt to leave a facility without the accompaniment of authorized personnel or leave or attempt to leave a facility without authorization.

(1) (b) Knowingly and voluntarily be absent from a place where the person is required to be present.

(1) (c) Leave or attempt to leave the custody of personnel transporting or guarding the person while the person is away from a facility.

(2) A person who violates subsection 1 commits a serious misdemeanor or may be subject to punishment for contempt.

(3) If a person commits a violation of subsection 1 and remains unconfined, the attorney general or the chief law enforcement officer of the political subdivision where the violation occurs may make a public announcement that the person is unconfined and may provide relevant information about the person to the community. The attorney general may also notify a victim or the family of a victim of the person that the person is unconfined.

(4) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of other lawful means for the return of the person.

2001 Acts, ch 27, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1139, §4, 27; 2015 Acts, ch 12, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §97
Iowa Code § 533.307 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.307
Account insurance.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 533.302, subsection 3, a credit union organized under this chapter, as a condition of maintaining its privilege of organization, shall acquire and maintain insurance to protect each shareholder and each depositor against loss of funds held on account by the credit union. The insurance shall be obtained from the national credit union administrator or from some other share guarantor or insurance plan approved by the Iowa commissioner of insurance and the superintendent, provided that each credit union shall acquire deposit insurance from the appropriate agency of the federal government.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §38; 2012 Acts, ch 1020, §13
Iowa Code § 540.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 540 / Section 540.1
Requiring creditor to sue.
Status: in_force

When any person bound as surety for another for the payment of money, or the performance of any other contract in writing, apprehends that the principal is about to become insolvent or remove permanently from the state without discharging the contract, the surety may, if a cause of action has accrued thereon, by writing, require the creditor to sue upon the same, or permit the surety to commence an action in such creditor’s name and at the surety’s cost.

[C51, §970; R60, §1819; C73, §2108; C97, §3064; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9457; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §540.1]
Iowa Code § 419.17 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 419 / Section 419.17
Revenue bonds issued.
Status: in_force

(1) Cities may also issue revenue bonds for projects located within a qualified urban renewal area or an area designated a revitalization area pursuant to sections 404.1 through 404.7. The revenue bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and all provisions of this chapter shall apply, except that:

(1) (a) The term “project” as defined in section 419.1 includes land, buildings, or improvements which are suitable for use as residential property or for the use of a commercial enterprise or nonprofit organization which the governing body finds is consistent with the urban renewal plan for a qualified urban renewal area or the revitalization plan, as the case may be.

(1) (b) The provisions of section 419.14 shall not apply to projects within a qualified urban renewal area.

(2) The power to issue revenue bonds pursuant to this section is in addition to other powers granted cities to aid qualified urban renewal areas and revitalization areas.

(3) The term “qualified urban renewal area” means an urban renewal area designated as such pursuant to chapter 403 before July 1, 1979.

[C81, §419.17]2009 Acts, ch 100, §18, 21; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §247
Iowa Code § 535C.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535C / Section 535C.7
Written agreements required.
Status: in_force

A loan brokerage agreement shall be in writing, contain a description of the services that the broker agrees to perform for the borrower, and the conditions under which the borrower is obligated to pay the broker. The agreement shall be signed by the broker and the borrower. The broker shall give the borrower a copy of the agreement when the borrower signs the agreement.

83 Acts, ch 146, §7; 91 Acts, ch 205, §22
Iowa Code § 446.7 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.7
Annual tax sale.
Status: in_force

(1) Annually, on the third Monday in June the county treasurer shall offer at public sale all parcels on which taxes are delinquent. The treasurer shall not, however, offer for sale any parcel that is subject to a pending action as the result of a municipal infraction citation under section 364.22, a petition filed under chapter 657, or a petition filed under chapter 657A, if such municipal infraction citation or petition is indexed under section 617.10 and noted in the county system as defined in section 445.1. The sale shall be made for the total amount of taxes, interest, fees, and costs due. If for good cause the treasurer cannot hold the annual tax sale on the third Monday of June, the treasurer may designate a different date in June for the sale.

(2) Parcels against which the county holds a tax sale certificate or a municipality holds a tax sale certificate acquired under section 446.19, parcels of municipal and political subdivisions of the state of Iowa, or parcels of the state or its agencies, shall not be offered or sold at tax sale and a tax sale of those parcels is void from its inception. When taxes are owing against parcels owned or claimed by a municipal or political subdivision of the state of Iowa, or parcels of the state or its agencies, the treasurer shall give notice to the appropriate governing body which shall then pay the total amount due. If the governing body fails to pay the total amount due, the board of supervisors shall abate the total amount due.

[C51, §496; R60, §763; C73, §871; C97, §1418; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7244; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §446.7]83 Acts, ch 101, §91; 83 Acts, ch 123, §182, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1221, §5; 91 Acts, ch 191, §60; 93 Acts, ch 73, §8; 99 Acts, ch 4, §1, 4; 2007 Acts, ch 54, §37; 2010 Acts, ch 1050, §3
Iowa Code § 633.479 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.479
Discharge.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon final settlement of an estate, an order shall be entered discharging the personal representative from further duties and responsibilities. The order approving the final report shall constitute a waiver of the omission from the final report of any of the recitals required in section 633.477.

(2) (a) An order approving the final report and discharging the personal representative shall not be required if all of the following apply:

(2) (a) All distributees otherwise entitled to notice are adults and are under no legal disability.

(2) (a) All distributees have signed waivers of notice as provided in section 633.478.

(2) (a) All distributees have signed statements of consent agreeing that the prayer of the final report shall constitute an order approving the final report and discharging the personal representative.

(2) (a) All of the statements of consent are dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of the final report.

(2) (a) Compliance with section 422.27, and section 450.58 for deaths occurring before January 1, 2025, have been fulfilled.

(2) (a) Any required receipts, sworn statements, and certificates are on file.

(2) (b) If the requirements of paragraph “a” have been met, final order shall not be required and the prayer of the final report shall be considered as granted and shall have the same force and effect as an order of discharge of the personal representative and an order approving the final report.

[C51, §1434; R60, §2459; C73, §2476; C97, §3400; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12052; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.479]83 Acts, ch 44, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §54; 2004 Acts, ch 1073, §50; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §219; 2025 Acts, ch 148, §48, 53, 54
Iowa Code § 232.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.1
Rules of construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that each child under the jurisdiction of the court shall receive, preferably in the child’s own home, the care, guidance and control that will best serve the child’s welfare and the best interest of the state. When a child is removed from the control of the child’s parents, the court shall secure the least restrictive care for the child’s placement with a preference for placement with the child’s family or a fictive kin.

[S13, §254-a14; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3617; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §232.1]2022 Acts, ch 1098, §1
Iowa Code § 448.5 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 448 / Section 448.5
Conclusive evidence.
Status: in_force

The deed shall be conclusive evidence of the following facts:

(1) That the manner in which the listing, assessment, levy, notice and sale were conducted was in all respects as the law directed.

(2) That the grantee named in the deed was the purchaser.

(3) That all the prerequisites of the law were complied with by all the officers who had, or whose duty it was to have had, any part or action in any transaction relating to or affecting the title conveyed or purporting to be conveyed by the deed, from the listing and valuation of the parcel up to the execution of the deed, both inclusive, and that all things required by law to make a good and valid sale and to vest the title in the purchaser were done, except in regard to the points named in section 448.4 for which the deed shall be presumptive evidence only.

[C51, §503; R60, §784; C73, §897; C97, §1444; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7288; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.5]91 Acts, ch 191, §104
Iowa Code § 536A.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536A / Section 536A.14
Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each licensee shall annually on or before the fifteenth day of April file with the superintendent a report in writing showing the results of the operation of its industrial loan business for the previous calendar year, which reports shall contain:

(1) (a) A balance sheet showing all assets and liabilities as of the thirty-first day of December next preceding.

(1) (a) An operating statement showing income, expenses, and net profit for the previous calendar year.

(1) (a) Such other relevant information as the superintendent shall reasonably require.

(1) (b) The report shall be verified under oath by the president and secretary of the corporation. The superintendent shall make and publish annually an analysis and recapitulation of such reports.

(2) Each licensee making residential mortgage loans shall submit to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry reports of condition, which shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry may require. For purposes of this subsection, “nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry” and “residential mortgage loan” mean the same as defined in section 535D.3.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.14]2008 Acts, ch 1160, §33; 2009 Acts, ch 61, §45, 47
Iowa Code § 241.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 241 / Section 241.3
Department powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall do all of the following:

(1) (a) Designate and award grants for existing and pilot programs, pursuant to section 241.2, to provide services to displaced homemakers.

(1) (b) Designate an existing department staff member to perform the duties set forth in section 241.6.

(1) (c) Design and implement a uniform method of collecting data on displaced homemakers receiving services under this chapter and of evaluating funded programs.

(2) The department shall consult and cooperate with the department of workforce development, the United States commissioner of social security administration, the department of education, and other persons in the executive branch of the state government as the department considers appropriate to facilitate the coordination of multipurpose service programs established under this chapter with existing programs of a similar nature.

(3) The director, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, may accept, use, and dispose of contributions of money, services, and property made available to the department by an agency or department of the state or federal government, or a private agency or individual.

[C81, §241.3]86 Acts, ch 1245, §938; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2001 Acts, ch 61, §16; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §31; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §789; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §449
Iowa Code § 633.708 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.708
Exclusive basis.
Status: in_force

This part provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court of this state to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for an adult.

2010 Acts, ch 1086, §9, 24, 25
Iowa Code § 81.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 81 / Section 81.5
Civil and criminal liability — limitation.
Status: in_force

A person who collects a DNA sample shall not be civilly or criminally liable for the collection of the DNA sample if the person performs the person’s duties in good faith and in a reasonable manner according to generally accepted medical practices or in accordance with the procedures set out in the administrative rules of the department of public safety adopted pursuant to section 81.4.

2005 Acts, ch 158, §5, 19
Iowa Code § 76.9 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 76 / Section 76.9
No limit of former power.
Status: in_force

Sections 76.7 and 76.8 shall be construed as granting additional power without limiting the power already existing in counties, cities, and school corporations.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §76.9]2024 Acts, ch 1043, §36
Iowa Code § 543B.38 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543B / Section 543B.38
Request for witnesses.
Status: in_force

Any party to any hearing before the real estate commission shall have the right to the attendance of witnesses in the party’s behalf at such a hearing upon making a request thereof to the commission and designating the person or persons sought to be subpoenaed.

[C31, 35, §1905-c52; C39, §1905.49; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §117.38]C93, §543B.38
Iowa Code § 252D.21 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252D / Section 252D.21
Penalty for misrepresentation.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in order to secure an income withholding order or notice of income withholding against another person and to receive support payments or additional support payments pursuant to this chapter, is guilty, upon conviction, of a serious misdemeanor.

90 Acts, ch 1123, §11; 97 Acts, ch 175, §66
Iowa Code § 123.173 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.173
Wine permit class “A” authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in section 123.187, a permit exclusively for the manufacture and sale of wine shall be known as a class “A” wine permit.

(2) A class “A” wine permit allows the holder to manufacture and sell, or sell at wholesale, in this state, wine. The holder of a class “A” wine permit may manufacture in this state wine having an alcoholic content greater than seventeen percent by weight or twenty-one and twenty-five hundredths percent of alcohol by volume for shipment outside this state. All class “A” premises shall be located within the state.

(3) A class “A” wine permittee shall be required to deliver wine to a retail alcohol licensee, and a retail alcohol licensee shall be required to accept delivery of wine from a class “A” wine permittee, only at the licensed premises of the retail alcohol licensee. Except as specifically permitted by the department upon good cause shown, delivery or transfer of wine from an unlicensed premises to a licensed retail alcohol licensee’s premises, or from one licensed retail alcohol licensee’s premises to another licensed retail alcohol licensee’s premises, even if there is common ownership of all of the premises by one retail alcohol licensee, is prohibited.

85 Acts, ch 32, §64; 88 Acts, ch 1241, §22; 91 Acts, ch 203, §2, 3; 2003 Acts, ch 143, §7, 17; 2006 Acts, ch 1032, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §99; 2013 Acts, ch 35, §14; 2016 Acts, ch 1008, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1060, §66; 2022 Acts, ch 1099, §72, 88; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2442; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §34
Iowa Code § 554.12401 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.12401
Payment date.
Status: in_force

“Payment date” of a payment order means the day on which the amount of the order is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary’s bank. The payment date may be determined by instruction of the sender but cannot be earlier than the day the order is received by the beneficiary’s bank and, unless otherwise determined, is the day the order is received by the beneficiary’s bank.

92 Acts, ch 1146, §26
Iowa Code § 88B.2 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 88B / Section 88B.2
Jurisdiction of other agencies.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the department of natural resources from implementing and enforcing the federal national emission standard for asbestos under 40 C.F.R. pt. 61, subpt. M, and other relevant provisions of environmental law.

2007 Acts, ch 125, §3
Iowa Code § 26.16 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 26 / Section 26.16
Prequalification requirements prohibited.
Status: in_force

A governmental entity shall not by ordinance, rule, or any other action relating to contracts for public improvements for which competitive bids are required by this chapter impose any requirement that directly or indirectly restricts potential bidders to any predetermined class of bidders defined by experience on similar projects, size of company, union membership, or any other criteria. However, a governmental entity shall require nonresident bidders to comply with section 8A.311B, subsection 4.

2017 Acts, ch 65, §2, 9, 10