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Iowa Code § 137.110 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137 / Section 137.110
District personnel.
Status: in_force

(1) A district board may employ persons as necessary for the efficient discharge of its duties. A district board shall have all the duties and powers in employing such persons as a county board of supervisors is granted pursuant to section 331.324, with the exception of the authority to provide for support of the civil service commission for deputy sheriffs as specified in section 331.324, subsection 1, paragraph “k”. A district board may employ persons who were employed at the time of the formation of the district board by the counties represented by the district board, or may employ persons who were not employed by such counties. The county boards involved shall specify in the request submitted pursuant to section 137.106 whether the individual counties or the district board will be responsible for payment of unemployment compensation for any county employees employed by the county board at the time of formation of the district board but not employed by the district board following formation.

(2) If the district board employs persons who were employed by the counties represented by the district board at the time of formation of the district board, the district board shall recognize the term of service of the former county employees for purposes of all employee benefits offered by the district board to such employees and such employees shall not forfeit accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, or longevity by becoming district board employees.

(3) Persons who were covered by county employee life insurance, accident insurance, and health insurance plans prior to becoming district board employees pursuant to this chapter shall be permitted to apply prior to becoming district board employees for life, accident, and health insurance plans that are available to district board employees so that those persons do not suffer a lapse of insurance coverage as a result of becoming district board employees.

(4) The district board may employ or contract with legal counsel to enforce this chapter and district board rules, represent and defend the district board and its officers and employees, provide legal advice to the district board, and perform any other legal duties required by law or assigned by the district board. The district board may employ or contract with the county attorney of a county within its jurisdiction.

2010 Acts, ch 1036, §10
Iowa Code § 904.905 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.905
Surrender of earnings.
Status: in_force

(1) An inmate employed in the community under a work release plan shall surrender to the district department the inmate’s total earnings less payroll deductions required by law. The district department shall deduct from the earnings in the following order of priority:

(1) (a) An amount the inmate may be legally obligated to pay for the support of the inmate’s dependents, the amount of which shall be paid to the dependents through the department of health and human services.

(1) (b) Restitution as ordered by the court pursuant to chapter 910.

(1) (c) An amount determined to be the cost to the district department for providing food, lodging, and clothing for the inmate while under the program.

(1) (d) Any other financial obligations which are acknowledged by the inmate or any unsatisfied judgment against the inmate.

(2) Any balance remaining after deductions and payments shall be credited to the inmate’s personal account at the district department and shall be paid to the inmate upon release. An inmate so employed shall be paid a fair and reasonable wage in accordance with the prevailing wage scale for such work and shall work at fair and reasonable hours per day and per week.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §247A.7]83 Acts, ch 96, §106, 157, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1184, §16; 85 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.905C93, §904.90594 Acts, ch 1142, §12; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §227; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §150; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1339; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §78
Iowa Code § 252K.303 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252K / Section 252K.303
Application of law of this state.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall do all of the following:

(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings.

(2) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.

97 Acts, ch 175, §136; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §19
Iowa Code § 8.67 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.67
Section 8.67
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 170, §48, 50.
Iowa Code § 57.4 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 57 / Section 57.4
Change of result.
Status: in_force

When the misconduct, fraud, or corruption complained of is on the part of the precinct election officials in a precinct, it shall not be held sufficient to set aside the election, unless the rejection of the vote of that precinct would change the result as to that office.

[C51, §342; R60, §572; C73, §694; C97, §1200; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §984; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §57.4]
Iowa Code § 328.39 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 328 / Section 328.39
Order of department — review.
Status: in_force

(1) In any case where the department refuses to issue a certificate of registration or special certificate, or in any case where it shall issue any order requiring certain things to be done, or revoking or suspending any certificate, it shall set forth its reasons and shall state the requirements to be met before such certificate will be issued or such order will be modified or changed. Any order made by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be served upon the interested persons by certified mail or in person.

(2) Any order of the department or any refusal to issue, revocation or suspension of any certificate shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with chapter 17A.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §328.39]
Iowa Code § 499.11 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.11
Legality declared.
Status: in_force

No association, contract, method or act which complies with this chapter shall be deemed a conspiracy or combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly, or an attempt to lessen business or fix prices arbitrarily, or to accomplish any improper or illegal purpose.

[C35, §8512-g11; C39, §8512.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.11]
Iowa Code § 194.19 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 194 / Section 194.19
Licenses for collection vehicles — fees.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1148, §9, 11.
Iowa Code § 808.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 808 / Section 808.2
Authorization.
Status: in_force

A search warrant may be issued:

(1) For property which has been obtained in violation of law.

(2) For property, the possession of which is unlawful.

(3) For property used or possessed with the intent to be used as the means of committing a public offense or concealed to prevent an offense from being discovered.

(4) For any other property relevant and material as evidence in a criminal prosecution.

[C51, §3292; R60, §5025; C73, §4630; C97, §5546; C24, 27, 31, §13419; C35, §13441-g3; C39, §13441.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §751.3; C79, 81, §808.2]
Iowa Code § 468.294 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.294
Transfer to district court.
Status: in_force

If such boards shall fail to take action on the petition within the time prescribed in section 468.293, or fail to agree, the petitioners may cause the proceedings to be transferred to the district court of any of the counties into which such proposed district extends by serving notice upon the auditors of the several counties within ten days after the expiration of the twenty days’ notice, or after the failure of the boards to agree.

[S13, §1989-a36; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7623; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §457.25]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.2942022 Acts, ch 1021, §119
Iowa Code § 279.60 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.60
Assessments access to data reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Each school district shall administer the teaching strategies gold early childhood assessment to every resident prekindergarten or four-year-old child whose parent or guardian enrolls the child in the district, and shall administer a valid and reliable universal screening instrument, as prescribed by the department of education, to every kindergarten student enrolled in the district not later than the date specified in section 257.6, subsection 1. The assessment shall be aligned with state early learning standards and preschool programs shall be encouraged to administer the assessment at least at the beginning and end of the preschool program, with the assessment information entered into the statewide longitudinal data system. The department shall work to develop agreements with head start programs to incorporate similar information about four-year-old children served by head start into the statewide longitudinal data system.

(2) The school district shall also collect information from each parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a kindergarten student enrolled in the district on whether the student attended preschool. Each school district shall report the preschool information collected to the department of education in the manner prescribed by the department not later than January 1 of that school year. The early childhood Iowa program in the department of health and human services shall have access to the raw data. The department of education shall review the information submitted pursuant to this section and shall submit its findings and recommendations annually in a report to the governor, the general assembly, the early childhood Iowa state board, and the early childhood Iowa area boards.

(3) Each school district shall administer the Iowa assessments, created by the state university of Iowa, to all students enrolled in grade ten.

2005 Acts, ch 148, §16; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §37; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §306; 2012 Acts, ch 1119, §33; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §105, 107; 2021 Acts, ch 25, §8; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §55; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1033
Iowa Code § 489.1117 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1117
Foreign professional limited liability company.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign professional limited liability company may practice a profession in this state if it complies with the provisions of this subchapter. The secretary of state may prescribe forms for this purpose. A foreign professional limited liability company may practice a profession in this state only through members, managers, employees, and agents who are licensed to practice the profession in this state. The provisions of this subchapter with respect to the practice of a profession by a professional limited liability company apply to a foreign professional limited liability company.

(2) This subchapter does not prohibit the practice of a profession in this state by an individual who is a member, manager, employee, or agent of a foreign professional limited liability company, if the individual could lawfully practice the profession in this state in the absence of any relationship to a foreign professional limited liability company. This subsection applies regardless of whether or not the foreign professional limited liability company is authorized to practice a profession in this state.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §103, 155; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §120, 161
Iowa Code § 540.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 540 / Section 540.2
Refusal or neglect of creditor.
Status: in_force

If the creditor refuses or neglects to bring an action for ten days after request, and does not permit the surety to do so, and to furnish the surety with a true copy of the contract or other writing therefor, and enable the surety to have the use of the original when requisite in such action, the surety shall be discharged.

[C51, §971; R60, §1820; C73, §2109; C97, §3065; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9458; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §540.2]
Iowa Code § 518.17 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518 / Section 518.17
Reinsurance.
Status: in_force

(1) A county mutual insurance association may reinsure a part or all of its coverages written pursuant to this chapter with an association operating under this chapter, or with any other association or company that is in compliance with chapter 521B and authorized to write the kinds of insurance enumerated in section 518.11.

(2) Reinsurance sufficient to protect the financial stability of the county mutual insurance association is also required. In general, reinsurance coverage obtained by a county mutual insurance association shall not expose the association to losses from coverages written pursuant to this chapter of more than fifteen percent from surplus in any calendar year. The commissioner of insurance may require additional reinsurance if necessary to protect the policyholders of the association.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §518.17]91 Acts, ch 26, §47; 99 Acts, ch 165, §16; 2000 Acts, ch 1023, §38; 2002 Acts, ch 1111, §26; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §183; 2009 Acts, ch 145, §322024 Acts, ch 1025, §1
Iowa Code § 99B.6 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99B / Section 99B.6
Attorney general and county attorney prosecution.
Status: in_force

Upon request of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing or the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety, the attorney general shall institute in the name of the state the proper proceedings against a person charged by either department with violating this chapter, and a county attorney, at the request of the attorney general, shall appear and prosecute an action when brought in the county attorney’s county.

[S81, §99B.19; 81 Acts, ch 44, §14]84 Acts, ch 1220, §13; 87 Acts, ch 115, §15; 89 Acts, ch 231, §28; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §56C2016, §99B.62023 Acts, ch 19, §1866
Iowa Code § 633.22 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.22
Probate powers of clerk.
Status: in_force

The clerk shall have and may exercise within the county all the powers and jurisdiction of the court and of the judge thereof, in the following matters:

(1) The examination and approval of all intermediate and interlocutory accounts and reports of fiduciaries under this chapter and converting and closing small estates under chapter 635.

(2) The entering of routine scheduling orders in probate matters as established by the chief judge in each judicial district.

[C51, §1276; R60, §2308; C73, §2315, 2321; C97, §250, 3267, 3268; S13, §3268; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11828, 11832, 11838; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.10, 632.1, 632.7; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.22]94 Acts, ch 1050, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §51; 2018 Acts, ch 1027, §1, 8
Iowa Code § 66.16 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 66 / Section 66.16
Filing order effect.
Status: in_force

The order for hearing issued pursuant to section 66.15 shall be forwarded to the clerk of the district court of the county in which the hearing is to be had. The time and place for the hearing specified in the order shall supersede the time and place specified in any notice already served.

[S13, §1258-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1104; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §66.16]2019 Acts, ch 59, §29
Iowa Code § 476.22 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.22
Definition.
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “electric utility” includes a public utility furnishing electricity as defined in section 476.1 and a city utility as defined in section 390.1.

[C77, 79, 81, §476.22]2021 Acts, ch 80, §309
Iowa Code § 435.28 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 435 / Section 435.28
County treasurer to notify assessor.
Status: in_force

Upon issuance of a certificate of title to a mobile home or manufactured home which is not located in a manufactured home community or mobile home park or retailer’s inventory, the county treasurer shall notify the assessor of the existence of the home for tax assessment purposes.

94 Acts, ch 1110, §16, 24; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §16; 2010 Acts, ch 1108, §14, 15
Iowa Code § 523C.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523C / Section 523C.3
Application for license.
Status: in_force

(1) Application for a license as a service company shall be made to and filed with the commissioner on forms approved by the commissioner and shall include all of the following information:

(1) (a) The name and principal address of the applicant.

(1) (b) The state of incorporation of the applicant.

(1) (c) The name and address of the applicant’s registered agent for service of process within Iowa.

(1) (d) A certificate of good standing for the applicant issued by the secretary of state and dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of the application.

(1) (e) Evidence of compliance with section 523C.5.

(1) (f) A copy of each motor vehicle service contract form to be used or issued in this state, if applicable.

(1) (g) A copy of each residential service contract form to be used or issued in this state, if applicable.

(2) The application shall be accompanied by all of the following:

(2) (a) A license fee in the amount of five hundred dollars.

(2) (b) If applicable, a fee in the amount of thirty-five dollars for each motor vehicle service contract form submitted in an application as provided in subsection 1, paragraph “f”.

(3) If the application contains the required information and is accompanied by the items set forth in subsection 2, the commissioner shall issue the license. If the form of application is not properly completed or if the required accompanying documents are not furnished or in proper form, the commissioner shall not issue the license and shall give the applicant written notice of the grounds for not issuing the license. A notice of license denial shall be accompanied by a refund of fifty percent of the fee submitted with the application.

(4) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited as provided in section 523C.24.

83 Acts, ch 87, §4; 88 Acts, ch 1112, §704; 92 Acts, ch 1078, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §98; 2019 Acts, ch 142, §3, 19; 2021 Acts, ch 181, §43
Iowa Code § 554.2603 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2603
Merchant buyer’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to any security interest in the buyer (section 554.2711, subsection 3), when the seller has no agent or place of business at the market of rejection a merchant buyer is under a duty after rejection of goods in the merchant buyer’s possession or control to follow any reasonable instructions received from the seller with respect to the goods and in the absence of such instructions to make reasonable efforts to sell them for the seller’s account if they are perishable or threaten to decline in value speedily. Instructions are not reasonable if on demand indemnity for expenses is not forthcoming.

(2) When the buyer sells goods under subsection 1, that buyer is entitled to reimbursement from the seller or out of the proceeds for reasonable expenses of caring for and selling them, and if the expenses include no selling commission then to such commission as is usual in the trade or if there is none to a reasonable sum not exceeding ten percent on the gross proceeds.

(3) In complying with this section the buyer is held only to good faith and good faith conduct hereunder is neither acceptance nor conversion nor the basis of an action for damages.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2603]2015 Acts, ch 29, §93
Iowa Code § 256.179 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.179
Funds — compensation and expenses of commission.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of administrative services shall keep an accounting of all funds received and expended by the commission. The members of the commission, except those members who are employees of the state, shall be paid a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses. All per diem and expense moneys paid to nonlegislative members shall be paid from funds appropriated to the commission. Legislative members of the commission shall receive payment pursuant to section 2.10 and section 2.12.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.4]90 Acts, ch 1256, §44; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §2862023 Acts, ch 19, §2641C2024, §256.179
Iowa Code § 137F.8B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137F / Section 137F.8B
Raw milk associated products.
Status: in_force

A food establishment or farmers market shall not advertise for sale, offer for sale, sell or otherwise distribute, or use raw milk, or a manufactured raw milk product or a raw milk dairy product, regardless of whether the food establishment or farmers market is regulated by the department under this chapter or another chapter, another state agency, or a municipality.

2023 Acts, ch 75, §6
Iowa Code § 161A.39 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.39
Benefit of whole subdistrict.
Status: in_force

Assessments for repair, alteration, enlargement, extension, and operation of works of improvement within the watershed district shall be a benefit to the entire subdistrict and levied as such.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.39]C93, §161A.39
Iowa Code § 99B.15 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99B / Section 99B.15
Prizes awarded by licensed qualified organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided, a prize awarded by a licensed qualified organization shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) (a) Only merchandise prizes whose value does not exceed ten thousand dollars may be awarded for games of skill and games of chance. If a prize consists of more than one item, unit, or part, the aggregate value of all items, units, or parts shall not exceed ten thousand dollars.

(1) (b) A merchandise prize shall not be repurchased.

(1) (c) No prize shall be displayed which cannot be won.

(1) (d) A cash prize may only be awarded in bingo and raffles.

(1) (e) A prize shall be distributed on the day the prize is won, except that if the winner is not present, notification to the winner shall be made as soon as practical.

(2) A licensed qualified organization awarding a prize for bingo is subject to the restrictions provided in section 99B.21. A licensed qualified organization awarding a prize for a raffle is subject to the restrictions provided in section 99B.24.

2015 Acts, ch 99, §32, 56
Iowa Code § 514B.9A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514B / Section 514B.9A
Coverage of children — continuation or reenrollment.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization which provides health care coverage pursuant to an individual or group health maintenance organization contract regulated under this chapter for children of an enrollee shall permit continuation of existing coverage or reenrollment in previously existing coverage for an individual who meets the requirements of section 513B.2, subsection 14, paragraph “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, or “e”, and who is an unmarried child of an enrollee who so elects, at least through the policy anniversary date on or after the date the child marries, ceases to be a resident of this state, or attains the age of twenty-five years old, whichever occurs first, or so long as the unmarried child maintains full-time status as a student in an accredited institution of postsecondary education.

2009 Acts, ch 118, §10, 11