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IA Code § 9C.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9C - TRANSIENT MERCHANTS|Section 9C.7 - Misrepresentation.

9C.7 Misrepresentation.   It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant making sales or engaging in or conducting a business under a transient merchant’s license to make any false or misleading statements or representation regarding any article sold or offered for sale by such transient merchant as to condition, quality, original cost, or cost to such transient merchant of any article sold or offered for sale or to sell or offer for sale goods, wares or merchandise of a value in excess of the value thereof as shown by said application, or to sell or offer for sale at retail any goods, wares or merchandise, or to engage in or conduct an intermittent or temporary business on any days or at any place other than those shown by such license.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §81A.7]  C93, §9C.7
IA Code § 9C.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9C - TRANSIENT MERCHANTS|Section 9C.8 - Revocation.

9C.8 Revocation.   1. The secretary of state may revoke any license issued under the provisions of this chapter after proper hearing before the secretary, by the sending of due notice of said hearing by registered letter to the transient merchant at the merchant’s last known address, return receipt requested, not less than twenty days before the date of said hearing, for any of the following causes:   a. For any violations of the provisions of this chapter.   b. For failure to pay the sales tax as provided by law or misrepresentation of the source, condition, quality, weight, or measure of the product sold by the transient merchant.   c. If any judgment recovered against any transient merchant with reference to the operation of that business remains unpaid for a period of six months provided such judgment be not stayed under a supersedeas bond upon appeal from such judgment.   2. The secretary of state shall give immediate notice of the revocation of any license issued under the provisions of this chapter to the surety or sureties furnishing the bond provided for herein.   3. In the event of such revocation, no other transient merchant license shall be issued to such applicant for a period of two years thereafter.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §81A.8]  C93, §9C.8  2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
IA Code § 9C.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9C - TRANSIENT MERCHANTS|Section 9C.9 - Penalty.

9C.9 Penalty.   Any merchant, whether an individual person, a firm, corporation, partnership or association violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. Each sale made in violation of the provisions hereof shall be and constitute a separate offense.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §81A.9]  C93, §9C.9
IA Code § 9C.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9C - TRANSIENT MERCHANTS|Section 9C.10 - Enforcement.

9C.10 Enforcement.   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, §2  CS87, §81A.10  C93, §9C.10
IA Code § 9E.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9E - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM|Section 9E.1 - Purpose.

9E.1 Purpose.   The general assembly finds that individuals attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, stalking, or human trafficking frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this chapter is to enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for data without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, stalking, or human trafficking; to enable interagency cooperation with the secretary of state in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, stalking, or human trafficking; and to enable program participants to use an address designated by the secretary of state as a substitute mailing address for the purposes specified in this chapter. In addition, the purpose of this chapter is to prevent such victims from being physically located through a public records search.  2015 Acts, ch 96, §2, 17
IA Code § 9E.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9E - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM|Section 9E.2 - Definitions.

9E.2 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Address” means a residential street address, school address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the individual’s application to be a program participant under this chapter.   2. “Applicant” means an adult, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of an eligible minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person as defined in section 633.701.   3. “Designated address” means the mailing address assigned to a program participant by the secretary.   4. “Domestic abuse” means the same as defined in section 236.2.   5. “Domestic abuse assault” means the same as defined in section 708.2A.   6. a. “Eligible person” means a person who is all of the following:   (1) A resident of this state.   (2) An adult, a minor, or an incapacitated person as defined in section 633.701.   (3) A victim of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, stalking, or human trafficking as evidenced by the filing of a petition pursuant to section 236.3 or a criminal complaint or information pursuant to section 708.2A, 708.11, or 710A.2, or any violation contained in chapter 709.   b. For purposes of this subsection, a person determined to be a sexually violent predator pursuant to section 229A.7, a person required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A, or a person determined to be a sexually violent predator or required to register as a sex offender pursuant to similar laws of another state is not an eligible person.   7. “Human trafficking” means a crime described in section 710A.2.   8. “Mail” means first-class letters and flats delivered via the United States postal service, including priority, express, and certified mail, and excluding packages, parcels, periodicals, and catalogues, unless they are clearly identifiable as pharmaceuticals or clearly indicate that they are sent by a state or county government agency.   9. “Program” means the address confidentiality program established in this chapter.   10. “Program participant” means an individual certified by the secretary as a program participant under section 9E.3.   11. “Secretary” means the secretary of state.   12. “Sexual abuse” means a violation of any provision of chapter 709.   13. “Stalking” means the same as defined in section 708.11.  2015 Acts, ch 96, §3, 17; 2018 Acts, ch 1149, §1, 12
IA Code § 9E.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9E - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM|Section 9E.4 - Certification cancellation.

9E.4 Certification cancellation.   1. The secretary may cancel a program participant’s certification under any of the following circumstances:   a. The program participant’s legal name or contact information changes, unless the program participant provides the secretary with prior written notice of the name change or contact information.   b. Mail forwarded by the secretary to the program participant’s address is returned as undeliverable by the United States postal service.   c. The program participant is no longer eligible for the program.   d. The program participant does not accept service of process or is unavailable for delivery of service of process as described in section 9E.5, subsection 4.   2. The secretary shall cancel a program participant’s certification if the program participant’s application contains false information.  2015 Acts, ch 96, §5, 17
IA Code § 9E.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9E - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM|Section 9E.5 - Use of designated address.

9E.5 Use of designated address.   1. When a program participant presents the program participant’s designated address to any person, that designated address shall be accepted as the address of the program participant. The person shall not require the program participant to submit any other address that could be used to physically locate the program participant either as a substitute address or in addition to the designated address, or as a condition of receiving a service or benefit, unless the service or benefit would be impossible to provide without knowledge of the program participant’s physical location.   2. A program participant may use the designated address as the program participant’s work address.   3. The secretary shall forward all mail sent to the designated address to the program participant.   4. The office of the secretary of state shall act as agent of the program participant for purposes of service of process. The secretary shall forward any service of process received by the office of the secretary of state by certified mail, return receipt requested to the designated address of the program participant within three days of receipt in the office of the secretary of state. A program participant shall either accept or reject service of process and the secretary shall notify the person initiating the service of process, unless such person is not ascertainable from the service of process documents, of the date of the program participant’s acceptance or rejection of the service of process. The date of service of the service of process is the date of the participant’s acceptance or rejection.   5. If a program participant has notified a person in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary, that the individual is a program participant and of the requirements of this section, the person shall not knowingly disclose the program participant’s address, unless any of the following:   a. The person to whom the address is disclosed also lives, works, or goes to school at the address disclosed.   b. The program participant has provided written consent to disclosure of the program participant’s name and address for the purpose for which the disclosure will be made.   6. This section does not apply to documents or records relating to real property. The secretary shall offer a program participant information relating to the purchase of real property utilizing limited liability companies, trusts, or other legal entities in order to protect the participant’s identity for purposes of this program when purchasing real property.  2015 Acts, ch 96, §6, 17  Referred to in §9E.4, 9E.8
IA Code § 9E.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9E - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM|Section 9E.6 - Voting by program participant — absentee ballot.

9E.6 Voting by program participant — absentee ballot.   1. a. A program participant who is an eligible elector may register to vote with the state commissioner of elections, pursuant to section 48A.8, subsection 1. The name, address, and telephone number of a program participant shall not be listed in the statewide voter registration system.   b. A program participant’s voter registration shall not be open to challenge under section 48A.14 based on participation in the program and use of a designated address.   2. a. A program participant who is otherwise eligible to vote may annually register with the state commissioner of elections as an absentee voter. As soon as practicable before each election, the state commissioner of elections shall determine the precinct in which the residential address of the program participant is located and shall request and receive from the county commissioner of elections the ballot for that precinct and shall forward the absentee ballot to the program participant with the other materials for absentee balloting as required of the county commissioner of elections by section 53.8.   b. The program participant shall complete the ballot and return it to the state commissioner of elections, who shall review the ballot in the manner provided by sections 53.18 and 53.19. If the materials comply with the requirements of section 53.18, the materials shall be certified by the state commissioner of elections as the ballot of a program participant, and shall be forwarded to the appropriate county commissioner of elections for tabulation by the special voters precinct election board appointed pursuant to section 53.23.   c. The state commissioner of elections, to the extent practicable, shall administer this section in accordance with the provisions of chapters 48A and 53 applicable to county commissioners of elections.   3. a. An absentee ballot submitted by a program participant shall not be subject to a challenge under section 49.79 or 53.31 if the challenge is based on the voter’s participation in the program and use of a designated address.   b. In an election contested pursuant to chapter 57:   (1) The state commissioner of elections shall, upon the written request of a party to the contest, certify the eligibility of a program participant to vote or the validity of a program participant’s absentee ballot. A written request submitted under this paragraph “b” must contain the voter identification number affixed to the program participant’s absentee ballot.   (2) A deposition shall serve as testimony for a program participant. A court or tribunal trying the contest shall coordinate with the secretary to obtain a deposition from a program participant.  2015 Acts, ch 96, §7, 17; 2016 Acts, ch 1121, §1, 2  Referred to in §9E.3, 48A.8, 53.2
IA Code § 9E.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9E - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM|Section 9E.7 - Confidentiality of information.

9E.7 Confidentiality of information.   1. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in section 9E.8, information collected, created, or maintained by the secretary related to applicants, eligible persons, and program participants is confidential unless otherwise ordered by a court or released by the lawful custodian of the records pursuant to state or federal law.   b. A program participant’s name and address maintained by a local governmental body that is part of an ongoing investigation or inspection of an alleged health code, building code, fire code, or city ordinance violation allegedly committed by the program participant is confidential information.   2. Upon request from the department of public safety, the secretary may share confidential information with the department of public safety. Such confidential information received by the department of public safety may be released to a law enforcement agency upon verification that the release will aid the law enforcement agency in responding to an emergency situation, a criminal complaint, or an ongoing investigation.   3. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the dissemination of information relating to the program to any agency or organization if necessary for carrying out the official duties of the agency or organization, or to a person if disseminated for an official purpose, or to any other person if necessary to protect a person or property from a threat of imminent serious harm.   4. If a program participant has notified the program participant’s landlord in writing that the individual is a program participant pursuant to this chapter, a local ordinance or the landlord shall not allow the display of the program participant’s name at an address otherwise protected under this chapter.   5. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the enforcement of a lease agreement between a program participant and a program participant’s landlord.  2015 Acts, ch 96, §8, 17; 2016 Acts, ch 1016, §1
IA Code § 9E.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9E - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM|Section 9E.8 - Disclosure of program participant address in legal proceedings — protective order.

9E.8 Disclosure of program participant address in legal proceedings — protective order.   1. If a program participant’s address is protected under section 9E.5, a person shall not be compelled to disclose the program participant’s address during discovery or during a proceeding before a court or other tribunal unless the court or other tribunal finds all of the following:   a. A reasonable belief exists that the address is needed to obtain information or evidence without which the investigation, prosecution, or litigation cannot proceed.   b. No other practicable means is available of obtaining the information or evidence from any other source.   2. The court or other tribunal shall provide the program participant with notice that disclosure of the program participant’s address is sought and provide the program participant an opportunity to present evidence at a hearing regarding the potential harm to the safety of the program participant if the program participant’s address is disclosed. In determining whether to compel disclosure, the court or other tribunal shall consider whether the potential harm to the safety of the program participant is outweighed by the interest in disclosure relating to the investigation, prosecution, or litigation. In a criminal proceeding, the court or other tribunal shall order disclosure of a program participant’s address if protecting the program participant’s address would violate a defendant’s constitutional right to confront a witness.   3. Disclosure of a program participant’s address under this section shall be limited under the terms of the order by the court or other tribunal to ensure that the disclosure and dissemination of the address will be no wider than necessary for the purposes of the investigation, prosecution, or litigation.   4. This section does not prevent the court or other tribunal from issuing a protective order to prevent disclosure of information other than the program participant’s address that could reasonably lead to the discovery of the program participant’s location.   5. This section shall apply to a participant in an out-of-state address confidentiality program substantially similar to the address confidentiality program established in this chapter.  2016 Acts, ch 1016, §2  Referred to in §9E.7
IA Code § 9F.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9F - CENSUS|Section 9F.1 - Federal and state cooperation.

9F.1 Federal and state cooperation.   The secretary of state is authorized, so far as practicable, to cooperate with the census bureau of the United States in the gathering, compilation, and publication of census statistics.  [S13, §177-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §424; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.1]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1978  C93, §9F.1
IA Code § 9F.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9F - CENSUS|Section 9F.2 - Federal census.

9F.2 Federal census.   The secretary of state shall, whenever a general census is taken by the federal government, procure from the supervisor of such census, or other proper federal official, a copy of such part of said census as gives the population of the state of Iowa by counties, by townships, and by cities, and file the same in the secretary of state’s office and attach thereto, dated and signed by the secretary, a certificate that the same is the census report furnished by said federal official.  [S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §425; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.2]  C93, §9F.2
IA Code § 9F.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9F - CENSUS|Section 9F.3 - Certification — copies.

9F.3 Certification — copies.   When certified by the secretary of state the census shall be in full force and effect throughout the state. On payment of a fee of two dollars by a requesting party, the secretary of state shall furnish a certified copy of the whole or any part of such census report.  [S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §426; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.3; 81 Acts, ch 29, §1]  C93, §9F.3
IA Code § 9F.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9F - CENSUS|Section 9F.4 - Publication — official register.

9F.4 Publication — official register.   The legislative services agency may publish the federal census report in each copy of the Iowa official register as provided in section 2A.5.  [S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §427; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.4]  C93, §9F.4  98 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1164, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §24, 48, 49
IA Code § 9F.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9F - CENSUS|Section 9F.5 - Evidence.

9F.5 Evidence.   The certified census records in the office of the secretary of state shall be competent evidence of all matters therein contained.  [S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §428; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.5]  C93, §9F.5  2003 Acts, ch 35, §25, 49
IA Code § 9F.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9F - CENSUS|Section 9F.6 - Population of counties, townships and cities.

9F.6 Population of counties, townships and cities.   Whenever the population of any county, township or city is referred to in any law of this state, it shall be determined by the last preceding certified federal census unless otherwise provided. Whenever a special federal census is taken by any city, the mayor and council shall certify the census as soon as possible to the secretary of state and to the treasurer of state as otherwise herein provided, and upon the failure to do so, the treasurer of state shall, after six months from the date of the special census, withhold allocation from the state to the city of any moneys the amount of which is based on the population of the city, and shall continue to do so until such time as certification by the mayor and council is made, or until the next decennial federal census. If there be a difference between the original certified record in the office of the secretary of state and the published census the former shall prevail.  [C97, §177; S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §429; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.6]  C93, §9F.6  Similar provision, §4.1(22)
IA Code § 9G.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9G - LAND OFFICE|Section 9G.1 - Records.

9G.1 Records.   The books and records of the land office shall be so kept as to show and preserve an accurate chain of title from the general government to the purchaser of each smallest subdivision of land; to preserve a permanent record, in books suitably indexed, of all correspondence with any of the departments of the general government in relation to state lands; to preserve, by proper records, copies of the original lists furnished by the selecting agents of the state, and of all other papers in relation to such lands which are of permanent interest.  [R60, §92, 95; C73, §83; C97, §72; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §89; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §10.1]  C93, §9G.1
IA Code § 9G.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 9G - LAND OFFICE|Section 9G.2 - Separate grants.

9G.2 Separate grants.   Separate tract books shall be kept for the university lands, the saline lands, the half-million acre grant, the sixteenth sections, the swamplands, and such other lands as the state now owns or may hereafter own, so that each description of state lands shall be kept separate from all others, and each set of tract books shall be a complete record of all the lands to which they relate.  [R60, §94; C73, §84; C97, §73; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §90; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §10.2]  C93, §9G.2