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Iowa Code § 85.67 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.67
Administration of fund special counsel payment of award.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general shall appoint a staff member to represent the treasurer of state and the fund in all proceedings and matters arising under this subchapter. The attorney general shall be reimbursed up to four hundred fifty thousand dollars annually from the fund for services provided related to the fund. The commissioner of insurance shall consider the reimbursement to the attorney general as an outstanding liability when making a determination of funding availability under section 85.65A, subsection 2.

(2) In making an award under this subchapter, the workers’ compensation commissioner shall specifically find the amount the injured employee shall be paid weekly, the number of weeks of compensation which shall be paid by the employer, the date upon which payments out of the fund shall begin, and, if possible, the length of time the payments shall continue.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.67]83 Acts, ch 105, §6; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 98 Acts, ch 1113, §4, 7; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §197, 209; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §85; 2013 Acts, ch 139, §53; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2021 Acts, ch 166, §22; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §18
Iowa Code § 321.433 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.433
Sirens, whistles, air horns, and bells prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) A vehicle shall not be equipped with and a person shall not use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except as otherwise permitted in this section or any other provision of law.

(2) It is permissible but not required that any commercial vehicle be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which is so arranged that it cannot be used by the driver as an ordinary warning signal.

(3) Any authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with a siren, whistle, air horn, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than five hundred feet.

(4) An authorized emergency medical services program, fire department, or law enforcement agency may equip one or more vehicles with an air horn or a low-frequency siren.

(5) An official fire department vehicle, emergency medical services program vehicle, or law enforcement vehicle owned by the state, a municipality, as defined in section 670.1, or a corporation providing emergency medical services, that was purchased, delivered, or refurbished on or after July 1, 2022, excluding an all-terrain vehicle or a special service vehicle, shall be equipped with an electric or electronic siren capable of emitting at least two distinct siren tones, and one or more compatible siren speakers.

(6) An authorized emergency vehicle’s siren, whistle, air horn, or bell shall not be used except when the vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call, an incident dangerous to the public, an official training exercise, in a parade or designated public service event, for maintenance or demonstration purposes, or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, and the driver of the vehicle shall sound the siren, whistle, air horn, or bell when the driver reasonably believes necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach of the vehicle.

(7) A towing or recovery vehicle, unless owned by the state or a municipality, as defined in section 670.1, shall not be equipped with a siren.

(8) For purposes of this section:

(8) (a) “Electric siren” means an audible warning device that produces sound using an electric motor with an attached rotating slotted or perforated disc.

(8) (b) “Electronic siren” means an audible warning device that produces sound electronically using amplifiers and electromagnetic speakers.

(8) (c) “Low-frequency siren” means a siren that produces low-frequency sound waves and is used in addition to an electric or electronic siren.

[C39, §5034.42; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.433]98 Acts, ch 1080, §4; 2021 Acts, ch 97, §7, 9; 2022 Acts, ch 1087, §8, 11
Iowa Code § 481A.76 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.76
Unlawful means — exception.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful, except as otherwise provided, to use on or in the waters of the state any grabhook, snaghook, any kind of a net, seine, trap, firearm, dynamite, or other explosives, or poisonous or stupefying substances, lime, ashes, electricity, or hand fishing in the taking or attempting to take any fish, except that gaffhooks or landing nets may be used to assist in landing fish. The commission may permit designated fish to be taken by hand fishing, by snagging, by spearing, by bow and arrow, and with artificial light at the times and at the places as determined by rules of the commission.

[C97, §2540; SS15, §2540; C24, 27, 31, §1735; C39, §1794.038; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.76]88 Acts, ch 1216, §28C93, §481A.762000 Acts, ch 1116, §1
Iowa Code § 607A.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.9
Section 607A.9
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 133, §25.
Iowa Code § 29A.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.6
Military forces of state.
Status: in_force

The military forces of the state of Iowa shall consist of the army national guard, the air national guard, and the militia.

[C51, §621; R60, §1002; C73, §1039; C97, §2167; S13, §2215-f1; C24, 27, 31, §432; C35, §467-f1; C39, §467.01; C46, 50, §29.1; C54, 58, 62, §29.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.6]2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1, §8, 28
Iowa Code § 626A.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626A / Section 626A.3
Notice of filing.
Status: in_force

(1) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the creditor’s lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor.

(2) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit as provided in subsection 1, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor’s lawyer, if any, in this state.

(3) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed under this chapter shall issue until the expiration of twenty days after the date the judgment is filed.

(4) The filing of a foreign judgment under this chapter shall not create a lien upon any real estate until after the expiration of the time provided for in this chapter for challenging the conclusiveness of the foreign judgment and pursuant to section 624.24.

[C81, §626A.3]2007 Acts, ch 192, §2
Iowa Code § 809A.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 809A / Section 809A.6
Seizure of property for forfeiture.
Status: in_force

(1) A peace officer may seize property for forfeiture upon process issued by any district judge, district associate judge, or magistrate. The court may issue a seizure warrant on an affidavit under oath demonstrating that probable cause exists for its forfeiture or that the property has been the subject of a previous final judgment of forfeiture in the courts of any state or of the United States. The court may order that the property be seized on such terms and conditions as are reasonable in the discretion of the court. The order may be made on or in connection with a search warrant.

(2) Peace officers may seize property for forfeiture without process on probable cause to believe that the property is subject to forfeiture under this chapter and if exigent circumstances exist or if the property has already been seized for a purpose other than forfeiture.

(3) The seizure of inhabited residential real property for forfeiture which is accompanied by removing or excluding its residents shall be done pursuant to a preseizure adversarial judicial determination of probable cause, except that this determination may be made ex parte if the prosecuting attorney has demonstrated exigent circumstances.

(4) (a) Property may be seized constructively by:

(4) (a) Posting notice of seizure for forfeiture or notice of pending forfeiture on the property.

(4) (a) Giving notice pursuant to section 809A.8.

(4) (a) Filing or recording in the public records relating to that type of property notice of seizure for forfeiture, notice of pending forfeiture, a forfeiture lien, or a notice of lis pendens.

(4) (b) Filings or recordings made pursuant to this subsection are not subject to a filing fee or other charge.

(5) The seizing agency, or the prosecuting attorney, shall make a reasonable effort to provide notice of the seizure to the person from whose possession or control the property was seized and to any person who has a security interest in the property. If no person is in possession or control of the property, the seizing agency may attach the notice to the property or to the place of its seizure or may make a reasonable effort to deliver it to the owner of the property. The notice shall contain a general description of the property seized, the date and place of seizure, the name of the seizing agency, and the address and telephone number of the seizing officer or other person or agency from whom information about the seizure may be obtained.

(6) A person who acts in good faith and in a reasonable manner pursuant to this section to comply with an order of the court or a request of a law enforcement officer is not liable to any person for acts done in reasonable compliance with the order or request. In addition, an inference of guilt shall not be drawn from the fact that a person refuses a law enforcement officer’s request to deliver the property.

(7) A possessory lien of a person from whose possession property is seized is not affected by the seizure.

96 Acts, ch 1133, §6; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 502.321H — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.321H
Nonapplication of corporate takeover law.
Status: in_force

If the target company is a public utility, public utility holding company, national banking association, bank holding company, or savings and loan association which is subject to regulation by a federal agency and the takeover of such company is subject to approval by the federal agency, this article does not apply.

2004 Acts, ch 1161, §24, 68
Iowa Code § 16.16 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.16
Liability.
Status: in_force

(1) A member, as defined in section 16.13, or a person acting on behalf of the authority while acting within the scope of the member’s or person’s agency or employment, is not subject to personal liability resulting from carrying out the powers and duties in this chapter.

(2) The United States and the secretary of agriculture of the United States are not subject to liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the authority under this chapter.

(3) The treasurer of state shall not be subject to personal liability resulting from carrying out the powers and duties of the authority or the treasurer of state, as applicable, in subchapter X, part 10.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §25, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §17
Iowa Code § 9C.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9C / Section 9C.10
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The attorney general, or designees of the attorney general, may seek an injunction from a court of competent jurisdiction in order to prohibit sales by a transient merchant who is in violation of this chapter.

87 Acts, ch 60, §2CS87, §81A.10C93, §9C.10
Iowa Code § 142C.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142C / Section 142C.7
Confidential information.
Status: in_force

A hospital, licensed or certified health care professional pursuant to chapter 148, 148C, or 152, or medical examiner shall release patient information to a procurement organization as part of a referral or retrospective review of the patient as a potential donor, unless such disclosure would jeopardize an investigation or pose a clear and present danger to the public safety or the safety of an individual. Any information regarding a patient, including the patient’s identity, however, constitutes confidential medical information and under any other circumstances is prohibited from disclosure without the written consent of the patient or the patient’s legal representative.

95 Acts, ch 39, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1048, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1064, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §93; 2015 Acts, ch 60, §2
Iowa Code § 518C.17 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.17
Actions against the association.
Status: in_force

An action against the association shall be brought against it in the association’s own name and only in the Polk county district court. Service of original notice in an action against the association shall be made on any officer of the association or upon the commissioner of insurance on its behalf. The commissioner shall promptly transmit any notice served upon the commissioner to the association.

2000 Acts, ch 1035, §17; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §95
Iowa Code § 99A.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99A / Section 99A.4
Duties of peace officers.
Status: in_force

Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, marshal, policeman, police officer, and peace officer shall immediately report the finding of gambling devices at licensed premises to the authority or authorities issuing the license or licenses applicable to the premises in question.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §99A.4]94 Acts, ch 1173, §6
Iowa Code § 456A.25 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456A / Section 456A.25
Orders.
Status: in_force

Administrative orders shall be made only after an investigation of the matter concerned.

[C31, §1703-d13; C35, §1703-e12; C39, §1703.51; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §107.25]C93, §456A.25
Iowa Code § 85.41 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.41
Refusal to furnish statement.
Status: in_force

On failure of the employer to furnish such statement of earnings for thirty days after receiving written request therefor from an injured employee, the employee’s agent, attorney, dependent, or legal representative, such employer shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1401; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.41]
Iowa Code § 7.20 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 7.20
Executive order — use of vacant school property.
Status: in_force

The governor shall issue an executive order requiring all state agencies to consider the leasing of a vacant facility or building which is appropriately located and which is owned by a public school corporation before a state agency leases, purchases, or constructs a facility or building. The state agency may lease a facility or building owned by a public school corporation with an option to purchase the facility or building in compliance with section 297.22. The lease shall provide that the public school corporation may terminate the lease if the corporation needs to use the facility or building for school purposes. The public school corporation shall notify the state agency at least thirty days before the termination of the lease.

[82 Acts, ch 1148, §1]97 Acts, ch 184, §1
Iowa Code § 711.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 711 / Section 711.3
Robbery in the second degree.
Status: in_force

All robbery which is not robbery in the first degree is robbery in the second degree. Robbery in the second degree is a class “C” felony.

[C51, §2580; R60, §4203; C73, §3860; C97, §4755; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13040; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §711.3]2016 Acts, ch 1104, §3; 2019 Acts, ch 140, §3
Iowa Code § 523G.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523G / Section 523G.6
Evidence of financial responsibility.
Status: in_force

(1) An invention developer shall maintain as security evidence of financial responsibility as approved by the commissioner. The security shall be either a bond or cash deposit in an amount which is equal to the greater of either ten percent of the invention developer’s gross income from the invention development business in this state during the invention developer’s preceding fiscal year, or twenty-five thousand dollars. The commissioner shall approve the security before the invention developer renders or offers to render invention development services in this state. The invention developer shall have ninety days beginning on the first day of the invention developer’s new fiscal year to change the security as necessary to conform to the requirements of this subsection.

(2) A surety who issues a bond must be approved by the commissioner. A copy of the bond shall be filed in a manner and according to procedures approved by the commissioner. A cash deposit shall be filed with the treasurer of state in a manner and according to procedures approved by the treasurer of state in consultation with the commissioner. The treasurer of state shall not refund a deposit until sixty days following either the date that the invention developer has ceased doing business in the state or a bond has been filed with the commissioner in compliance with this section.

(3) (a) The security shall be in favor of the state for the benefit of any person entering into a contract with and damaged by an invention developer, if the damages are caused by one of the following:

(3) (a) A failure by the invention developer to perform the terms of the contract.

(3) (a) The insolvency of the invention developer or the cessation of the invention developer’s business.

(3) (a) The intentional violation of a provision of this chapter by the invention developer.

(3) (b) A person claiming against the security may maintain an action at law against the invention developer. An action against a bond may also include the surety. The aggregate liability of the surety to all persons for all breaches of conditions of the bond shall not exceed the amount of the bond.

92 Acts, ch 1114, §7, 13; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Iowa Code § 423.7A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.7A
Motor vehicle lease tax.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §151, 205.See §423.26.
Iowa Code § 384.93 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.93
Conflicting provisions.
Status: in_force

The enumeration in this subchapter of specified powers and functions is not a limitation of the powers of cities, but the provisions of this subchapter and the procedures prescribed for exercising the powers and functions enumerated in this subchapter control and govern in the event of any conflict with the provisions of any other section, division, or chapter of the city code or with the provisions of any other law.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.93]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 533D.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533D / Section 533D.7
Principal place of business — branch offices authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 2, a licensee may operate a delayed deposit services business only at an office designated as its principal place of business in the application. The licensee shall maintain its books, accounts, and records at its designated principal place of business. A licensee may change the location of its designated principal place of business with the prior written approval of the superintendent. The superintendent shall establish forms and procedures for determining whether the change of location should be approved.

(2) A licensee may operate branch offices only in the same county in which the licensee’s designated principal place of business is located. The licensee may establish a branch office or change the location of a branch office with the prior written approval of the superintendent. The superintendent shall establish forms and procedures for determining whether the location of a branch office should be approved.

(3) A fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to the superintendent for each request made pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 for a change of location. For each new branch office established, a fee of two hundred fifty dollars shall be paid to the superintendent.

95 Acts, ch 139, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1042, §29
Iowa Code § 423A.6 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423A / Section 423A.6
Administration by director.
Status: in_force

(1) The director of revenue shall administer the state and local hotel and motel tax as nearly as possible in conjunction with the administration of the state sales tax law, except that portion of the law which implements the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. The director shall provide appropriate forms, or provide on the regular state tax forms, for reporting state and local hotel and motel tax liability. All moneys received or refunded one hundred eighty days after the date on which a city, county, or land use district terminates its local hotel and motel tax and all moneys received from the state hotel and motel tax shall be deposited in or withdrawn from the general fund of the state.

(2) If a reinvestment district is established under chapter 15J, beginning the first day of the calendar quarter beginning on the reinvestment district’s commencement date, the director of revenue shall, subject to remittance limitations established by the economic development authority board pursuant to section 15J.4, subsection 3, transfer from the general fund of the state to a district account created in the state reinvestment district fund for each reinvestment district established under chapter 15J, the amount of the new state hotel and motel tax revenue, determined in section 15J.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, in the district. Such transfers shall cease pursuant to section 15J.8.

(3) The director, in consultation with local officials, shall collect and account for a local hotel and motel tax and shall credit all revenues to the local transient guest tax fund created in section 423A.7. Local authorities shall not require any tax permit not required by the director of revenue.

(4) Section 422.25, subsection 4, sections 422.30, 422.67, and 422.68, section 422.69, subsection 1, sections 422.70, 422.71, 422.72, 422.74, and 422.75, section 423.14, subsection 1, and sections 423.23, 423.24, 423.25, 423.31, 423.33, 423.35, 423.37 through 423.42, and 423.47, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply with respect to the taxes authorized under this chapter, in the same manner and with the same effect as if the state and local hotel and motel taxes were retail sales taxes within the meaning of those statutes. Notwithstanding this subsection, the director shall provide for monthly filing of returns and for other than monthly filing of returns both as prescribed in section 423.31. The director may require all persons who are engaged in the business of deriving any sales price subject to tax under this chapter to register with the department. All taxes collected under this chapter by a retailer, lodging provider, lodging facilitator, lodging platform, or any other person are deemed to be held in trust for the state of Iowa and the local jurisdictions imposing the taxes.

2005 Acts, ch 140, §24; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §70; 2013 Acts, ch 119, §10; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §91; 2014 Acts, ch 1093, §23; 2017 Acts, ch 158, §3; 2018 Acts, ch 1161, §251, 255; 2022 Acts, ch 1138, §27