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Iowa Code § 508D.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508D / Section 508D.3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Facility” means the multistate life and health insurance resolution facility created pursuant to section 508D.4 as a legal entity domiciled in Iowa with its principal place of business and other business offices either within or without the state of Iowa as the board of directors may designate or as the business of the entity may require and established for the purpose set out in section 508D.2.

(2) “Member guaranty association” means the Iowa life and health insurance guaranty association created pursuant to chapter 508C or any other state life and health insurance guaranty association which is or becomes a member of the facility pursuant to the plan of operation.

(3) “Oversight organization” means the Iowa commissioner of insurance and the state insurance commissioner, or other state official charged with the responsibility of regulating the insurance industry in the same or similar manner as the Iowa commissioner of insurance, from the state of domicile of each member guaranty association.

94 Acts, ch 1011, §3
Iowa Code § 321B.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321B / Section 321B.7
Presumption.
Status: in_force

It may be presumed that a motor vehicle glass repair shop is acting knowingly in violation of section 321B.5 if the shop engages in a regular and consistent pattern of a prohibited activity.

2025 Acts, ch 58, §7, 10
Iowa Code § 544B.21 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 544B / Section 544B.21
Examination not required.
Status: in_force

Any person who is registered pursuant to this chapter on July 1, 2002, shall be issued a license to practice as a professional landscape architect.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §118A.21]C93, §544B.212002 Acts, ch 1045, §17
Iowa Code § 99.7 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99 / Section 99.7
Writ — how served.
Status: in_force

The restraining order may be served by handing to and leaving a copy of said order with any person in charge of said property or residing in the premises or apartment wherein the same is situated, or by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place at or upon one or more of the principal doors or entrances to such premises or apartment where such nuisance is alleged to be maintained, or by both such delivery and posting.

[SS15, §4944-h2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1593; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §99.7]
Iowa Code § 8.83 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.83
Digital government.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is responsible for initiating and supporting the development of electronic commerce, electronic government, mobile applications, and internet applications across supported entities and in cooperation with other governmental entities.

(2) In developing the concept of digital government, the department shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) Establish policies, consistent with other state law, for the implementation of electronic commerce, including policies for the technical implementation of electronic signatures pursuant to chapter 554D, electronic currency, and other items associated with electronic commerce.

(2) (b) Establish guidelines for the appearance and functioning of applications.

(2) (c) Establish policies for the integration of electronic data across state agencies.

(2) (d) Foster joint development of electronic commerce and electronic government involving the public and private sectors.

(2) (e) Develop customer surveys and citizen outreach and education programs and material, and provide for citizen input regarding the state’s electronic commerce and electronic government applications.

(2) (f) Assist supported entities in converting printed government materials to electronic materials which can be accessed through an internet searchable database.

(2) (g) Encourage supported entities to utilize duplex printing and a print on demand strategy to reduce printing costs, publication overruns, excessive inventory, and obsolete printed materials.

2013 Acts, ch 129, §19C2014, §8B.222024 Acts, ch 1185, §68, 85C2025, §8.83
Iowa Code § 423.27 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.27
Motor vehicle lease tax.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1113, §46.See §423.26.
Iowa Code § 441.44 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.44
Notice of voluntary settlement.
Status: in_force

(1) The property assessment appeal board may adopt rules establishing requirements for notices of voluntary settlements in appeals before the board to be served upon affected taxing districts.

(2) A voluntary court settlement of an assessment appeal shall not be valid unless written notice of the settlement shall first be served upon each of the affected taxing districts.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, §405.27; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.44]2017 Acts, ch 151, §22, 29
Iowa Code § 50.2 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.2
One tally list in certain machine precincts.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 57, §96.
Iowa Code § 554.2325 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2325
“Letter of credit” term — “confirmed credit”.
Status: in_force

(1) Failure of the buyer seasonably to furnish an agreed letter of credit is a breach of the contract for sale.

(2) The delivery to seller of a proper letter of credit suspends the buyer’s obligation to pay. If the letter of credit is dishonored, the seller may on seasonable notification to the buyer require payment directly from the buyer.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed the term “letter of credit” or “banker’s credit” in a contract for sale means an irrevocable credit issued by a financing agency of good repute and, where the shipment is overseas, of good international repute. The term “confirmed credit” means that the credit must also carry the direct obligation of such an agency which does business in the seller’s financial market.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2325]
Iowa Code § 68B.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68B / Section 68B.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Government Ethics and Lobbying Act”.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68B.1]2005 Acts, ch 76, §1
Iowa Code § 515G.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515G / Section 515G.10
Continuation of officers.
Status: in_force

The directors and officers of the mutual insurer shall serve the reorganized company until new directors and officers are elected and qualify pursuant to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the reorganized company.

90 Acts, ch 1083, §10
Iowa Code § 144.50 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.50
Length of time records to be kept.
Status: in_force

Records maintained under sections 144.47 through 144.49 shall be retained for a period of not less than ten years and shall be made available for inspection by the state registrar or the state registrar’s representative upon demand.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.50]2021 Acts, ch 80, §75
Iowa Code § 914.7 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 914 / Section 914.7
Rights not restorable.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person who has been convicted of a forcible felony, a felony violation of chapter 124 involving a firearm, or a felony violation of chapter 724 shall not have the person’s rights of citizenship restored to the extent of allowing the person to receive, transport, or possess firearms.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a person seventeen years of age or younger who commits a public offense involving a firearm which is an aggravated misdemeanor against a person or a felony shall not have the person’s rights of citizenship restored to the extent of allowing the person to receive, transport, or possess firearms.

89 Acts, ch 316, §21CS89, §248A.7C93, §914.794 Acts, ch 1172, §64; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 29B.18 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.18
Jurisdiction of special or summary courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Subject to section 29B.16, special courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for any offense for which they may have been punished under this code and may, under such limitations as the adjutant general may impose by rule, adjudge any one or a combination of the following punishments:

(1) (a) A fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars.

(1) (a) Forfeiture of not more than twenty days’ pay and allowances.

(1) (a) A reprimand.

(1) (a) Dismissal or dishonorable discharge.

(1) (a) Reduction of a noncommissioned officer to the ranks.

(1) (b) A special courts-martial shall not try a commissioned officer.

(2) (a) Subject to section 29B.16, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, for any offense made punishable by this code.

(2) (b) A person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall not be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if the person objects, unless under section 29B.14 the person has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that section. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under section 29B.14, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as appropriate.

(2) (c) A summary court-martial may, under limitations the adjutant general imposes by rule, adjudge any of the following punishments:

(2) (c) A fine of not more than one thousand dollars for a single offense.

(2) (c) Forfeiture of not more than twenty days’ pay and allowances.

(2) (c) Reduction of a noncommissioned officer to the ranks.

[C54, 58, 62, §29.72, 29.73; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.18, 29B.24; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §7]89 Acts, ch 82, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §13; 2008 Acts, ch 1026, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 554.14109 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.14109
Savings clause.
Status: repealed

Repealed by its own terms; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §9.
Iowa Code § 232.101A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.101A
Appointment of guardian.
Status: in_force

(1) After a dispositional hearing the court may close the child in need of assistance case and appoint a guardian pursuant to sections 232D.308 and 232D.401 if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) (a) The person receiving guardianship meets the definition of custodian in section 232.2.

(1) (b) The person receiving guardianship has assumed responsibility for the child prior to filing of the petition under this subchapter and has maintained placement of the child since the filing of the petition under this subchapter.

(1) (c) The parent of the child does not appear at the dispositional hearing, or the parent appears at the dispositional hearing, does not object to the transfer of guardianship, and agrees to waive the requirement for making reasonable efforts as defined in section 232.102A.

(2) If the court appoints a guardian pursuant to subsection 1, the court may close the child in need of assistance case. The court shall inform the proposed guardian of the guardian’s reporting duties under section 232D.501 and other duties under chapter 232D. The court shall direct the clerk of court, once the proposed guardian has filed an oath of office and identification, to issue letters of appointment for guardianship.

2014 Acts, ch 1048, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 56, §30, 44, 45; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2025 Acts, ch 86, §60
Iowa Code § 100A.6 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100A / Section 100A.6
Chapter not severable.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter is declared invalid the whole chapter is void, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are not severable.

[C81, §100A.6]
Iowa Code § 231C.16A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231C / Section 231C.16A
Medication setup — administration and storage of medications.
Status: in_force

(1) An assisted living program may provide for medication setup if requested by a tenant or the tenant’s legal representative. If medication setup is provided following such request, the program shall be responsible for the specific task requested and the tenant shall retain responsibility for those tasks not requested to be provided.

(2) If medications are administered or stored by an assisted living program, or if the assisted living program provides for medication setup, all of the following shall apply:

(2) (a) If administration of medications is delegated to the program by the tenant or tenant’s legal representative, the medications shall be administered by a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed in Iowa, or by the individual to whom such licensed individuals may properly delegate administration of medications.

(2) (b) Medications, other than those self-administered by the tenant or provided through medication setup, shall be stored in locked storage that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for administration or storage of medications.

(2) (c) Medications shall be labeled and maintained in compliance with label instructions and state and federal law.

(2) (d) A person, other than a person authorized to prescribe prescription drugs under state and federal law, shall not alter the prescription of a tenant.

(2) (e) Medications shall be stored in their originally received containers.

(2) (f) If medication setup is provided by the program at the request of the tenant or tenant’s legal representative, or if medication administration is delegated to the program by the tenant or tenant’s legal representative, appropriate staff of the program may transfer the medications in the tenant’s presence from the original prescription container to medication dispensing containers, reminder containers, or medication cups.

(2) (g) Program assistance with medication administration as specified in the occupancy agreement shall not require the program to provide assistance with the storage of medications.

2005 Acts, ch 60, §18, 21; 2015 Acts, ch 56, §19
Iowa Code § 84E.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84E / Section 84E.5
Rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules to administer this chapter.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §2260, 2262
Iowa Code § 313.65 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.65
Approval of taxing bodies.
Status: in_force

Before any bridge owned by any individual or private corporation shall be accepted by the department under the provisions of sections 313.59 through 313.64, the proposal and acceptance shall first be approved by the following tax levying and tax certifying bodies located in the tax district:

(1) The board of supervisors.

(2) The city councils.

(3) The school board or boards.

[C46, §313.34; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.65]2014 Acts, ch 1092, §70; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §100
Iowa Code § 462A.6A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.6A
Exemption from display of registration and capacity numbers.
Status: in_force

The following vessels are exempt from displaying a registration number and a passenger capacity number as required in section 462A.5:

(1) Authentically constructed native American styled craft including birchbark canoes, dugout canoes, competitive racing shells, reed boats, and skin-covered canoes or boats.

(2) Historically styled craft such as keel boats used only during historic recreations or public demonstrations.

(3) A vessel which has a valid marine document issued by the United States coast guard and the vessel bears the identification required in the document.

(4) A sailboard. However, the registration decal shall be attached to the bottom surface of the bow.

88 Acts, ch 1183, §2C89, §106.6A92 Acts, ch 1131, §2C93, §462A.6A
Iowa Code § 336.7 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 336 / Section 336.7
No compensation.
Status: in_force

Members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.7]C93, §336.7
Iowa Code § 298.10 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 298 / Section 298.10
Levy for cash reserve.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of a school district may certify for levy by April 30 of a school year, a tax on all taxable property in the school district in order to raise an amount for a necessary cash reserve for a school district’s general fund. The amount raised for a necessary cash reserve does not increase a school district’s authorized expenditures as defined in section 257.7.

(2) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2009, if the school budget review committee determines that a school district’s unexpended fund balance is in excess of the amount necessary for operations, the school budget review committee shall direct the school district to use the unexpended fund balance in lieu of levying property taxes and shall direct the department of management to do one of the following:

(2) (a) For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2012, limit the school district’s cash reserve levy to a level that is not excessive as determined by the school budget review committee.

(2) (b) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2012, limit the school district’s cash reserve levy to a level that is not excessive as determined by the school budget review committee and does not exceed the cash reserve limitation in subsection 3.

(3) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2012, the cash reserve levy for a budget year shall not exceed twenty percent of the general fund expenditures for the year previous to the base year minus the unexpended fund balance, as defined in section 257.2, for the year previous to the base year.

[81 Acts, ch 94, §1, 18; 82 Acts, ch 1128, §1, 5]89 Acts, ch 135, §111; 93 Acts, ch 1, §12; 2009 Acts, ch 183, §70, 74; 2010 Acts, ch 1004, §7, 8, 10; 2023 Acts, ch 71, §76, 98
Iowa Code § 486A.103 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.103
Effect of partnership agreement — nonwaivable provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership are governed by the partnership agreement. To the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, this chapter governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership.

(2) The partnership agreement shall not do any of the following:

(2) (a) Vary the rights and duties under section 486A.105 except to eliminate the duty to provide copies of statements to all of the partners.

(2) (b) Unreasonably restrict the right of access to books and records under section 486A.403, subsection 2.

(2) (c) Eliminate the duty of loyalty under section 486A.404, subsection 2, or 486A.603, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, except as follows:

(2) (c) The partnership agreement may identify specific types or categories of activities that do not violate the duty of loyalty, if not manifestly unreasonable.

(2) (c) All of the partners or a number or percentage specified in the partnership agreement may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty.

(2) (d) Unreasonably reduce the duty of care under section 486A.404, subsection 3, or 486A.603, subsection 2, paragraph “c”.

(2) (e) Eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under section 486A.404, subsection 4, but the partnership agreement may prescribe the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured, if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable.

(2) (f) Vary the power to dissociate as a partner under section 486A.602, subsection 1, except to require the notice under section 486A.601, subsection 1, to be in writing.

(2) (g) Vary the right of a court to expel a partner in the events specified in section 486A.601, subsection 5.

(2) (h) Vary the requirement to wind up the partnership business in cases specified in section 486A.801, subsection 4, 5, or 6.

(2) (i) Vary the law applicable to a limited liability partnership under section 486A.106, subsection 2.

(2) (j) Restrict rights of third parties under this chapter.

98 Acts, ch 1201, §3, 79, 82
Iowa Code § 145A.6 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 145A / Section 145A.6
Petition of protest.
Status: in_force

The plans formulated for the area hospital shall be deemed approved unless, within sixty days after the third and final publication of the order, a petition protesting the proposed plan containing the signatures of at least five percent of the registered voters of any political subdivision within the proposed merged area is filed with the respective officials of the protesting petitioners.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §145A.6]2001 Acts, ch 56, §8
Iowa Code § 633.100 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.100
Waiver of exemption.
Status: in_force

Any deed or mortgage executed by a fiduciary under order of court shall have the effect of waiving any exemption as to homestead or otherwise of any person owning an interest in said real estate as fully as such owner could do if the owner were sui juris.

[C35, §11951-g3, 12644-g1, -g2, -g3, -g4, -g5; C39, §11951.3, 12644.21 – 12644.25; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.43, 673.1 – 673.5; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.100]
Iowa Code § 262.64A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.64A
Reports to general assembly.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 179, §160.
Iowa Code § 154B.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 154B / Section 154B.14
Requirements for prescription certificates joint rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of behavioral health professionals and the board of medicine shall adopt joint rules in regard to the following:

(1) (a) Education and training requirements pursuant to sections 154B.10 and 154B.11.

(1) (b) Specific minimum standards for the terms, conditions, and framework governing the collaborative practice agreement and for governing the limitations on the prescriptions eligible to be prescribed and populations eligible to be prescribed to as specified in section 154B.1, subsection 2.

(2) The board of behavioral health professionals shall consult with the university of Iowa Carver college of medicine and clinical and counseling psychology doctoral programs at regents institutions in the development of the rules pertaining to education and training requirements in sections 154B.10 and 154B.11.

(3) The joint rules, and any amendments thereto, adopted by the board of behavioral health professionals and the board of medicine pursuant to this section and section 148.13B shall only be adopted by agreement of both boards through a joint rule-making process.

2016 Acts, ch 1112, §12; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §502, 503
Iowa Code § 25B.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 25B / Section 25B.5
Cost estimates — notation in Acts.
Status: in_force

(1) When a bill or joint resolution is requested, the legislative services agency shall make an initial determination of whether the bill or joint resolution may impose a state mandate. If a state mandate may be included, that fact shall be included in the explanation of the bill or joint resolution.

(2) If a bill or joint resolution may include a state mandate, the legislative services agency shall determine if the bill or joint resolution contains a state mandate. If the bill or joint resolution contains a state mandate and is still eligible for consideration during the legislative session for which the bill or joint resolution was drafted, the legislative services agency shall prepare an estimate of the amount of costs imposed.

(3) If a bill or joint resolution containing a state mandate is enacted, unless the estimate already on file with the house of origin is sufficient, the legislative services agency shall prepare a final estimate of additional local revenue expenditures required by the state mandate and file the estimate with the secretary of state for inclusion with the official copy of the bill or resolution to which it applies. A notation of the filing of the estimate shall be made in the Iowa Acts published pursuant to chapter 2B.

83 Acts, ch 142, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1123, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §39, 49
Iowa Code § 73.3 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.3
Iowa labor.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 133, §9 – 11.