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Iowa Code § 554D.106 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554D / Section 554D.106
Use of electronic records and electronic signatures — variation by agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.

(2) This chapter applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties’ conduct.

(3) A party who agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this subsection may not be waived by agreement.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the effect of any of its provisions may be varied by agreement. The presence in certain provisions of this chapter of the words “unless otherwise agreed”, or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement.

(5) Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by this chapter and other applicable law.

2000 Acts, ch 1189, §6
Iowa Code § 359A.7 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359A / Section 359A.7
Service of notice on nonresidents.
Status: in_force

The notice by the fence viewers provided for in this chapter may be served upon any owner nonresident of the county where the land is situated, by publication thereof, once each week, for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper printed in the county in which the land is situated, proof of which shall be made as in case of an original notice and filed with the fence viewers, and a copy delivered to the occupant of said land, or to any agent of the owner in charge of the same.

[C97, §2359; S13, §2359; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1835; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.7]C93, §359A.7
Iowa Code § 135C.25 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.25
Resident advocate committee appointments — duties — disclosure — liability.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 18, §34.
Iowa Code § 322F.5A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322F / Section 322F.5A
Transfer of dealership.
Status: in_force

(1) If a supplier has contractual authority to approve or deny a request for a sale or transfer of a dealer’s business or an equity ownership interest in the business, the supplier shall approve or deny the request within sixty days after receiving a written request from the dealer. If the supplier has not approved or denied the request within the sixty-day period, the request shall be deemed approved. The dealer’s request shall include reasonable financial information, personal background information, character references, and work histories for each acquiring person.

(2) If a supplier denies a request made pursuant to this section, the supplier shall provide the dealer with a written notice of the denial that states the reasons for the denial. A supplier may only deny a request based on the failure of a proposed transferee to meet the reasonable requirements consistently imposed by the supplier in determining whether to approve a transfer or a new dealership.

2005 Acts, ch 27, §1
Iowa Code § 515.144 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.144
Suspension and summary suspension.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may do one or more of the following:

(1) For a violation of Title XIII, subtitle 1, after a hearing provided pursuant to chapter 17A, order the suspension of the license or authority to transact the business of insurance within the state.

(2) Upon three days’ notice, if the commissioner has reason to believe that there is imminent substantial risk to an insurer’s solvency, order the insurer to appear before the commissioner and show cause why its license or authority to do insurance business within the state should not be suspended. At the hearing to show cause, the commissioner may summarily suspend the license or authority of the insurer to do business within the state.

(3) Summarily order an insurer to cease and desist from a violation, anticipated violation, or suspected violation of chapter 507B, 510, or 513A, if a hearing is provided pursuant to chapter 17A within thirty days of the summary cease and desist order.

91 Acts, ch 213, §29CS91, §515.902007 Acts, ch 152, §19CS2007, §515.144
Iowa Code § 523I.207 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523I / Section 523I.207
Rules, forms, and orders.
Status: in_force

(1) Under chapter 17A, the commissioner may from time to time make, amend, and rescind such rules, forms, and orders as are necessary or appropriate for the protection of purchasers and the public and to administer the provisions of this chapter, its implementing rules, and orders issued under this chapter.

(2) A rule, form, or order shall not be made, amended, or rescinded unless the commissioner finds that the action is necessary or appropriate to protect purchasers and the public and is consistent with the policies and provisions of this chapter, its implementing rules, and orders issued under this chapter.

(3) A provision of this chapter imposing any liability does not apply to an act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, form, or order of the commissioner.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §15
Iowa Code § 915.81 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 915 / Section 915.81
Award of compensation.
Status: in_force

The department shall award compensation authorized by this subchapter if the department is satisfied that the requirements for compensation have been met.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §42, 84
Iowa Code § 44.7 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 44 / Section 44.7
Hearing before commissioner.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in section 44.8, objections filed with the commissioner shall be considered by the county auditor, county treasurer, and county attorney, and a majority decision shall be final. However, if the objection is to the certificate of nomination of one or more of the above named county officers, the officer or officers objected to shall not pass upon the objection, but their places shall be filled, respectively, by the chairperson of the board of supervisors, the sheriff, and the county recorder. Objections relating to incorrect or incomplete information for information that is required under section 44.3 shall be sustained.

[C97, §1103; C24, §654; C27, 31, 35, §655-a7; C39, §655.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §44.7]83 Acts, ch 186, §10016, 10201; 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §3; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §16, 54
Iowa Code § 508.19 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.19
Securities.
Status: in_force

The securities that are on deposit of a defaulting or insolvent company, or a company against which proceedings are pending under section 508.18, shall vest in the state for the benefit of all policyholders of the company.

[C73, §1173; C97, §1778; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8663; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.19]85 Acts, ch 228, §2; 91 Acts, ch 26, §58
Iowa Code § 478.21 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 478 / Section 478.21
Nonuse — revocation of franchise — extensions of time.
Status: in_force

(1) If the improvement for which a franchise is granted is not constructed in whole or in part within two years from the date the franchise is granted, or within two years after final unappealable disposition of judicial review of a franchise order or of condemnation proceedings, the franchise shall be forfeited and the utilities commission which granted the franchise shall revoke the franchise and make a record of the revocation, unless the person holding the franchise petitions the commission for an extension of time.

(2) Upon a showing of sufficient justification for the delay of construction, the commission may grant one or more extensions of time for periods up to two years for each extension.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8329; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §489.20; C66, 71, 73, 75, §489.21; C77, 79, 81, §478.21]94 Acts, ch 1136, §5; 2002 Acts, ch 1097, §32024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 514A.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514A / Section 514A.5
Application.
Status: in_force

(1) The insured shall not be bound by any statement made in an application for a policy unless a copy of such application is endorsed on the policy when issued as a part thereof or is furnished to the policyholder within thirty days after the policy is issued. If any such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall be reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the beneficiary or assignee of such policy shall make written request to the insurer for a copy of the application, if any, for such reinstatement or renewal, the insurer shall within fifteen days after the receipt of such request at its home office or any branch office of the insurer, deliver or mail to the person making such request, a copy of such application. If such copy shall not be so delivered or mailed, the insurer shall be precluded from introducing such application as evidence in any action or proceeding based upon or involving such policy or its reinstatement or renewal.

(2) No alteration of any written application for any such policy shall be made by any person other than the applicant without the applicant’s written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer, for administrative purposes only, in such manner as to indicate clearly that such insertions are not to be ascribed to the applicant.

(3) The falsity of any statement in the application for any policy covered by this chapter may not bar the right to recovery thereunder unless such false statement materially affected either the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the insurer.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514A.5]2005 Acts, ch 70, §12
Iowa Code § 321A.28 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.28
Other proof may be required.
Status: in_force

Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the department shall for the purpose of this chapter, require other proof as required by this chapter and shall suspend the license and registration or the nonresident’s operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.28]92 Acts, ch 1175, §43
Iowa Code § 306C.14 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306C / Section 306C.14
Existing signs — six-year limit.
Status: in_force

Any advertising device lawfully in existence in an adjacent area on July 1, 1972, which does not conform with the provisions of this subchapter, shall be required to be brought into conformity or removed within six years after July 1, 1972. Any advertising device lawfully erected after said date which subsequently becomes nonconforming, shall be required to be brought into conformity or removed within five years after the date the nonconformity occurs. However, no advertising device shall be acquired or be required to be removed pursuant to this subchapter unless the department has received notification from the federal government that the federal share of just compensation to be paid is immediately available to contribute to the cost of acquisition or removal; this requirement shall not apply to the acquisition or removal of advertising devices for which no federal share is payable.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.14]2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Iowa Code § 513A.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513A / Section 513A.3
How to show jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

A third-party payor may establish that the third-party payor is subject to the jurisdiction of another agency of the state, any subdivision of the state, or the federal government, by providing to the insurance commissioner the appropriate certificate, license, or other document issued by the agency which permits or qualifies the third-party payor to provide those services.

91 Acts, ch 213, §13
Iowa Code § 633.97 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.97
Specific performance involuntary.
Status: in_force

When an estate is under obligation to convey property, the court may, upon application of any interested person, with or without notice as the court may direct, require the fiduciary to execute such a conveyance.

[C51, §1435, 1436; R60, §2460, 2461; C73, §2487, 2488; C97, §3409; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12061; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.21; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.97]
Iowa Code § 249A.18A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249A / Section 249A.18A
Resident assessment.
Status: in_force

A nursing facility as defined in section 135C.1 shall complete a resident assessment prior to initial admission of a resident and periodically during the resident’s stay in the facility. The assessment shall be completed for each prospective resident and current resident regardless of payor source. The nursing facility may utilize the same resident assessment tool required for certification of the facility under the medical assistance and federal Medicare programs to comply with this section.

2000 Acts, ch 1004, §12, 22
Iowa Code § 327G.16 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.16
Disagreement application notice.
Status: in_force

If the persons specified in section 327G.15 cannot reach an agreement, either party may make written application to the department requesting resolution of the disagreement. The department shall request the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to set a date for hearing. The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall give ten days’ written notice of the hearing date.

[SS15, §2017; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8021; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §478.22; C77, 79, 81, §327G.16; 81 Acts, ch 22, §19]89 Acts, ch 273, §352023 Acts, ch 19, §2002
Iowa Code § 554.4110 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.4110
Electronic presentment.
Status: in_force

(1) “Agreement for electronic presentment” means an agreement, clearing-house rule, or federal reserve regulation or operating circular, providing that presentment of an item may be made by transmission of an image of an item or information describing the item (“presentment notice”) rather than delivery of the item itself. The agreement may provide for procedures governing retention, presentment, payment, dishonor, and other matters concerning items subject to the agreement.

(2) Presentment of an item pursuant to an agreement for presentment is made when the presentment notice is received.

(3) If presentment is made by presentment notice, a reference to “item” or “check” in this Article means the presentment notice unless the context otherwise indicates.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §86, 122
Iowa Code § 148C.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148C / Section 148C.12
Annual report.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 73, §26.
Iowa Code § 321I.13 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321I / Section 321I.13
Headlight taillight brakes.
Status: in_force

Every all-terrain vehicle operated during the hours of darkness shall display a lighted headlight and taillight. Every all-terrain vehicle shall be equipped with brakes.

2004 Acts, ch 1132, §56; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §43
Iowa Code § 607A.43 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.43
Correcting illegality in original lists.
Status: in_force

If the court for any reason determines that there has been such substantial failure to comply with the law relative to jury identification, preparation, or return of grand or petit lists that lawful grand or petit jurors cannot be drawn, or that the lists are exhausted or insufficient for the needs of the court, the court shall order the jury manager or state court administrator to use electronic data processing techniques to prepare lists in lieu of the lists which have been found to be illegal, or an additional list or lists as the court deems necessary.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §51; 2017 Acts, ch 133, §24
Iowa Code § 13A.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.11
Citation.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Prosecuting Attorneys Training Coordinator Act of 1975”.

[C77, 79, 81, §13A.11]
Iowa Code § 178.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 178 / Section 178.5
Expenses of officers.
Status: in_force

The officers of the association shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their necessary expenses while engaged in the business of the association.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2948; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §178.5]
Iowa Code § 252.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252 / Section 252.9
Judgment — appeal.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 14, §3.
Iowa Code § 633A.6307 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.6307
Appointment of special representative.
Status: in_force

(1) In connection with a nonjudicial settlement, the court may appoint a special representative to represent the interests of and approve a settlement on behalf of designated persons.

(2) If not precluded by a conflict of interest, a special representative may be appointed to represent several persons or interests.

(3) In approving a settlement, a special representative may consider general family benefit. As a condition for approval, a special representative may require that those represented receive a benefit.

99 Acts, ch 125, §102, 109C2001, §633.63072005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.6307
Iowa Code § 137E.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137E / Section 137E.3
Misbranded food product.
Status: in_force

A food product is misbranded as a meat product if all of the following apply:

(1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the food product is a manufactured-protein food product or the food product contains a manufactured-protein food product.

(1) (b) The food product is not misbranded as a meat product only because it contains a trace amount of one or more plant-protein food products as determined by the department.

(2) The food product is offered for sale or sold by a food processing plant.

(3) (a) A label that is part of or placed on the package or other container storing the food product includes an identifying meat term.

(3) (b) Paragraph “a” does not apply if the label contains a conspicuous and prominent qualifying term in close proximity to an identifying meat term.

2024 Acts, ch 1158, §4
Iowa Code § 210.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 210 / Section 210.1
Standard established.
Status: in_force

The weights and measures which have been presented by the department to the United States national institute of standards and technology and approved, standardized, and certified by the institute in accordance with the laws of the Congress of the United States shall be the standard weights and measures throughout the state.

[C51, §937; R60, §1775; C73, §2037; C97, §3009; S13, §3009-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3227; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §210.1]90 Acts, ch 1045, §3
Iowa Code § 123.117 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.117
Delivery to sheriff.
Status: in_force

If such proof is not furnished the carrier within ten days after demand, the carrier may deliver such liquor, wine, or beer to the sheriff of the county embracing the place of delivery, and such delivery shall absolve the carrier from all liability pertaining to such liquor, wine, or beer.

[C24, §2062; C27, 31, 35, §1945-a5; C39, §1945.6; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §125.31; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.117]2013 Acts, ch 35, §36
Iowa Code § 435.2 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 435 / Section 435.2
Placement and taxation.
Status: in_force

(1) If a mobile home is placed outside a mobile home park, the home is to be assessed and taxed as real estate.

(2) If a manufactured home is placed in a manufactured home community or a mobile home park, the home must be titled and is subject to the manufactured or mobile home square foot tax. If a manufactured home is placed outside a manufactured home community or a mobile home park, the home must be titled and is to be assessed and taxed as real estate.

(3) For the purposes of this chapter, a modular home shall not be construed to be a mobile home or manufactured home. If a modular home is placed inside or outside a manufactured home community or a mobile home park, the home shall be considered real property and is to be assessed and taxed as real estate. However, if a modular home is placed in a manufactured home community or mobile home park which was in existence on or before January 1, 1998, that modular home shall be subject to property tax pursuant to section 435.22. This subsection shall not prohibit the location of a modular home within a manufactured home community or mobile home park.

2009 Acts, ch 133, §146; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §53, 147
Iowa Code § 331.445 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.445
Categories for general obligation bonds.
Status: in_force

The board may issue general obligation bonds pursuant to a resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting by a majority of the total number of supervisors. Each subparagraph of section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraphs “b” and “c”, describes a separate category. Separate categories of essential county purposes and of general county purposes may be incorporated in a single notice of intention to institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds, or separate categories may be incorporated in separate notices, and after an opportunity has been provided for filing objections, or after a favorable election has been held, if required, the board may include in a single resolution and sell as a single issue of bonds, any number or combination of essential county purposes or general county purposes. If an essential county purpose is combined with a general county purpose in a single notice of intention to institute proceedings to issue bonds, then the entire issue is subject to the election requirement in section 331.442.

[S81, §331.445; 81 Acts, ch 117, §444]
Iowa Code § 15.497 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.497
Withholding tax credit.
Status: in_force

(1) From the remittance due to the department of revenue pursuant to section 422.16, an eligible business may withhold an amount, pursuant to section 15.494, subsection 1, paragraph “f”, of the gross wages paid to each employee in a created job that pays at least the qualifying wage threshold pursuant to the agreement under section 15.494.

(2) If the amount withheld under subsection 1 is less than three percent of the gross wages paid to each employee in a created job that pays at least one hundred forty percent of the qualifying wage threshold, the eligible business shall receive a credit against the remaining withholding taxes due from the eligible business, or the eligible business may carry the credit forward up to five consecutive tax years or until depleted, whichever is earlier.

(3) In any tax year, the aggregate amount of withholding tax credit under this section and under any other program for which an eligible business is receiving a withholding tax credit shall not exceed the amount the eligible business is required to deduct and remit to the department of revenue under section 422.16 for that tax year.

2024 Acts, ch 1090, §9, 15
Iowa Code § 261F.11 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261F / Section 261F.11
Effect on other laws or regulations.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be interpreted to affect the liability of any person, covered institution, or lending institution under any other state statute or rule.

2008 Acts, ch 1132, §13
Iowa Code § 353.6 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 353 / Section 353.6
Anticipatory warrants.
Status: in_force

The board shall have the authority for the purpose of financing and carrying out the provisions of this chapter to issue anticipatory warrants drawn on the county, in denominations of one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars and one thousand dollars, which anticipatory warrants shall draw interest at a rate not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A; and shall not be a general obligation on the county and be secured only by the special assessment tax levy as herein provided.

[C39, §3142.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §202.6]C93, §353.6