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IA Code § 613.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.8 - Actions against state.

613.8 Actions against state.   Upon the conditions provided in this chapter for the protection of the state, the consent of the state be and it is hereby given, to be made a party in any suit or action in any of the district courts of Iowa, any of the United States district courts within the state or in any other court of or in Iowa having jurisdiction of the subject matter, involving the title to real estate, the partition of real estate, the foreclosure of liens or mortgages against real estate, or the determination of the priorities of liens or claims against real estate, for the purpose of obtaining an adjudication touching or pertaining to any mortgage or other lien or claim which the state may have or claim to the real estate involved. The petition in the action shall specifically allege the interest or apparent interest of the state and the specific facts upon which the claim against the state is based and it shall be legally insufficient to allege the claim in general terms.  [C35, §10990-g1; C39, §10990.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.8]  2019 Acts, ch 59, §199  Referred to in §613.10
IA Code § 613.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.9 - Service on state.

613.9 Service on state.   Service upon the state shall be made by serving a copy of the original notice with a copy of the petition upon the county attorney for the county, or counties, in which the real estate is located, and by sending a copy of the original notice and petition by certified mail to the attorney general, at Des Moines. The state shall appear within thirty days after the day such notice is served upon the county attorney or within thirty days after such notice is mailed to the attorney general, whichever is later.  [C35, §10990-g2; C39, §10990.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.9]  Referred to in §613.10
IA Code § 613.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.10 - Status of state as defendant.

613.10 Status of state as defendant.   After compliance with sections 613.11 and 613.12 and sections 613.8 and 613.9 the state of Iowa shall have the same standing as any other plaintiff or defendant and any and all orders, judgments, or decrees rendered and entered in any such action shall be binding on the state of Iowa in the same manner and degree as any other party to an action against whom such an order, judgment, or decree is entered, and the state of Iowa shall have the same rights in respect to the trial of such cause and in respect to any orders, judgments, or decrees entered therein, together with all rights of appeal, as any other similarly situated party would have.  [C35, §10990-g3; C39, §10990.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.10]
IA Code § 613.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.11 - Actions against department of transportation.

613.11 Actions against department of transportation.   The state of Iowa hereby waives immunity from suit and consents to the jurisdiction of any court in which an action is brought against the state department of transportation respecting any claim, right, or controversy arising out of the work performed, or by virtue of the provisions of any construction contract entered into by the department. Such action shall be heard and determined pursuant to rules otherwise applicable to civil actions brought in the particular court having jurisdiction of the suit and the parties to the suit shall have the right of appeal from any judgment, decree, or decision of the trial court to the appropriate appellate court under applicable rules of appeal.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.11]  Referred to in §613.10, 613.14
IA Code § 613.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.12 - Venue.

613.12 Venue.   Any such action shall name the Iowa state department of transportation as defendant and the venue for trial shall be in the county, or in the federal court district, where all or part of the construction work was performed.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.12]  Referred to in §613.10
IA Code § 613.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.13 - Service of notice.

613.13 Service of notice.   Service upon the state of Iowa shall be made by serving an original notice or summons, with a copy of the petition attached, upon any member of the Iowa state department of transportation in the manner provided for the service of original notices in actions brought in the district courts of the state of Iowa, or by serving summonses upon any member of the said department in the manner provided for service of summons in actions brought in United States district courts, except only that the state shall be required to appear within thirty days after the day such notice or summons is served upon a member of the said department.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.13]
IA Code § 613.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.14 - Limitation.

613.14 Limitation.   Actions against the state of Iowa authorized under the provisions of section 613.11 may be instituted within three years from the date of the completion or acceptance of the work, whichever date is later, except that this should not apply to contracts completed and accepted and for which final payment was made previous to July 4, 1963.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.14]
IA Code § 613.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.15 - Injury or death of spouse or parent — measure of recovery.

613.15 Injury or death of spouse or parent — measure of recovery.   In any action for damages because of the wrongful or negligent injury or death of a woman, there shall be no disabilities or restrictions, and recovery may be had on account thereof in the same manner as in cases of damage because of the wrongful or negligent injury or death of a man. In addition she, or her administrator for her estate, may recover for physician’s services, nursing and hospital expense, and in the case of both women and men, such person, or the appropriate administrator, may recover the value of services and support as spouse or parent, or both, as the case may be, in such sum as the jury deems proper; provided, however, recovery for these elements of damage may not be had by the spouse and children, as such, of any person who, or whose administrator, is entitled to recover same.  [SS15, §3477-a; C24, 27, §10463; C31, 35, §10991-d1; C39, §10991.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §613.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.15]
IA Code § 613.15A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.15A - Injury to or death of a child.

613.15A Injury to or death of a child.   A parent or the parents of a child may recover for the expense and actual loss of services, companionship, and society resulting from injury to or death of a minor child and may recover for the expense and actual loss of services, companionship, and society resulting from the death of an adult child.  2007 Acts, ch 132, §1, 3
IA Code § 613.15B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.15B - Wrongful birth or wrongful life cause of action — prohibitions — exceptions.

613.15B Wrongful birth or wrongful life cause of action — prohibitions — exceptions.   1. A cause of action shall not arise and damages shall not be awarded, on behalf of any person, based on a wrongful birth claim that, but for an act or omission of the defendant, a child would not or should not have been born.   2. A cause of action shall not arise and damages shall not be awarded, on behalf of any person, based on a wrongful life claim that, but for an act or omission of the defendant, the person bringing the action would not or should not have been born.   3. The prohibitions specified in this section apply to any claim regardless of whether the child is born healthy or with a birth defect or disorder or other adverse medical condition. However, the prohibitions specified in this section shall not apply to any of the following:   a. A civil action for damages for an intentional or grossly negligent act or omission, including any act or omission that constitutes a public offense.   b. A civil action for damages for the intentional failure of a physician to comply with the duty imposed by licensure pursuant to chapter 148 to provide a patient with all information reasonably necessary to make decisions about a pregnancy.  2018 Acts, ch 1165, §118 – 120  Section applies on or after June 1, 2018, to causes of action that accrue on or after that date; a cause of action accruing before June 1, 2018, is governed by law in effect prior to June 1, 2018; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §119, 120
IA Code § 613.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.16 - Parental responsibility for actions of children.

613.16 Parental responsibility for actions of children.   1. The parent or parents of an unemancipated minor child under the age of eighteen years shall be liable for actual damages to person or property caused by unlawful acts of such child. However, a parent who is not entitled to legal custody of the minor child at the time of the unlawful act shall not be liable for such damages.   2. The legal obligation of the parent or parents of an unemancipated minor child under the age of eighteen years to pay damages shall be limited as follows:   a. Not more than two thousand dollars for any one act.   b. Not more than five thousand dollars, payable to the same claimant, for two or more acts.   3. The word “person” for the purpose of this section shall include firm, association, partnership or corporation.   4. When an action is brought on parental responsibility for acts of their children, the parents shall be named as defendants therein and, in addition, the minor child shall be named as a defendant. The filing of an answer by the parents shall remove any requirement that a guardian ad litem be required.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613.16]  94 Acts, ch 1172, §40  Referred to in §624.38, 645.3
IA Code § 613.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.18 - Limitation on products liability of nonmanufacturers.

613.18 Limitation on products liability of nonmanufacturers.   1. A person who is not the assembler, designer, or manufacturer, and who wholesales, retails, distributes, or otherwise sells a product is:   a. Immune from any suit based upon strict liability in tort or breach of implied warranty of merchantability which arises solely from an alleged defect in the original design or manufacture of the product.   b. Not liable for damages based upon strict liability in tort or breach of implied warranty of merchantability for the product upon proof that the manufacturer is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and has not been judicially declared insolvent.   2. A person who is a retailer of a product and who assembles a product, such assembly having no causal relationship to the injury from which the claim arises, is not liable for damages based upon strict liability in tort or breach of implied warranty of merchantability which arises from an alleged defect in the original design or manufacture of the product upon proof that the manufacturer is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and has not been judicially declared insolvent.   3. An action brought pursuant to this section, where the claimant certifies that the manufacturer of the product is not yet identifiable, tolls the statute of limitations against such manufacturer until such time as discovery in the case has identified the manufacturer.  86 Acts, ch 1211, §32  Referred to in §455B.803
IA Code § 613.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.19 - Personal liability.

613.19 Personal liability.   A director, officer, employee, member, trustee, or volunteer, of a nonprofit organization is not liable on the debts or obligations of the nonprofit organization and a director, officer, employee, member, trustee, or volunteer is not personally liable for a claim based upon an act or omission of the person performed in the discharge of the person’s duties, except for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or for a transaction from which the person derives an improper personal benefit. For purposes of this section, “nonprofit organization” includes an unincorporated club, association, or other similar entity, however named, if no part of its income or profit is distributed to its members, directors, or officers.  87 Acts, ch 212, §19
IA Code § 613.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.20 - Limitation on liability for motor vehicle operation — felons.

613.20 Limitation on liability for motor vehicle operation — felons.   1. Except as provided in subsection 2, in an action to recover damages arising out of the operation or use of a motor vehicle, a person shall not recover noneconomic losses including, but not limited to, pain and suffering if the injured person was the operator of a motor vehicle, a passenger in a motor vehicle, or a pedestrian and the person’s injuries were proximately caused by the person’s commission of any felony, or immediate flight therefrom, and the injured person was duly convicted of that felony.   2. This section does not apply if the injured person is found to have no fault in the accident.   3. If a person injured in a motor vehicle accident has been formally charged with the violation of the felony referred to in subsection 1, but a final determination regarding guilt has not been made, liability and uninsured and underinsured motorist insurers, to whom a claim for damages has been presented, shall advise the injured party that settlement of the claim will not be resolved until a final judgment is rendered on the charges. The injured party claiming damages shall provide evidence of the outcome of any criminal charges.  2000 Acts, ch 1062, §1
IA Code § 613.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 613 - PARTIES — CAUSES OF ACTION — LIABILITY|Section 613.21 - Immunity from civil suit.

613.21 Immunity from civil suit.   An employee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency shall be immune from civil suit for reasonable acts undertaken in good faith relating to participation in the making of a report and any resulting investigation or administrative or judicial proceedings regarding violence, threats of violence, or other inappropriate activity against a school employee or student, pursuant to the provisions of section 280.27.  2000 Acts, ch 1162, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1057, §12  Referred to in §279.51A
IA Code § 614.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.2 - Death of party to be charged.

614.2 Death of party to be charged.   In all cases where by the death of the party to be charged, the bringing of an action against the party’s estate shall have been delayed beyond the period provided for by statute, the time within which action may be brought against the estate is hereby extended for six months from the date of the death of said decedent.  [S13, §3447-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11008; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.2]  Referred to in §614.6
IA Code § 614.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.3 - Judgments.

614.3 Judgments.   No action shall be brought upon any judgment against a defendant therein, rendered in any court of record of this state, within nine years after the rendition thereof, without leave of the court for good cause shown, and, if the adverse party is a resident of this state, upon reasonable notice of the application therefor to the adverse party; nor on a judgment of a justice of the peace in the state within nine years after the same is rendered, unless the docket of the justice or record of such judgment is lost or destroyed; but the time during which an action on a judgment is prohibited by this section shall not be excluded in computing the statutory period of limitation for an action thereon.  [C73, §2521; C97, §3439; S13, §3439; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11009; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.3]  Referred to in §614.6  Action on certain judgments prohibited, chapter 615  Lien of judgments, §624.23
IA Code § 614.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.4 - Fraud — mistake — trespass.

614.4 Fraud — mistake — trespass.   In actions for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake, and those for trespass to property, the cause of action shall not be deemed to have accrued until the fraud, mistake, or trespass complained of shall have been discovered by the party aggrieved.  [C51, §1660; R60, §2741; C73, §2530; C97, §3448; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11010; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.4]  Referred to in §614.6
IA Code § 614.4A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.4A - Identity theft.

614.4A Identity theft.   In actions for relief on the ground of identity theft under section 714.16B, the cause of action shall not be deemed to have accrued until the identity theft complained of is discovered by the party aggrieved.  2005 Acts, ch 18, §1  Referred to in §614.6
IA Code § 614.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.5 - Open account.

614.5 Open account.   When there is a continuous, open, current account, the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of the last item therein, as proved on the trial.  [C51, §1662; R60, §2743; C73, §2531; C97, §3449; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11011; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.5]  Referred to in §614.6
IA Code § 614.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.6 - Nonresident or unknown defendant.

614.6 Nonresident or unknown defendant.   1. The period of limitation specified in sections 614.1 through 614.5 shall be computed omitting any time when:   a. The defendant is a nonresident of the state, or   b. In those cases involving personal injuries or death resulting from a felony or indictable misdemeanor, while the identity of the defendant is unknown after diligent effort has been made to discover it.   2. The provisions of this section shall be effective January 1, 1970, and to this extent the provisions are retroactive.  [C51, §1664; R60, §2745; C73, §2533; C97, §3451; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11013; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.6]  2015 Acts, ch 30, §178; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §111
IA Code § 614.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.7 - Bar in foreign jurisdiction.

614.7 Bar in foreign jurisdiction.   When a cause of action has been fully barred by the laws of any country where the defendant has previously resided, such bar shall be the same defense here as though it had arisen under the provisions of this chapter; but this section shall not apply to causes of action arising within this state.  [C51, §1665; R60, §2746; C73, §2534; C97, §3452; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11014; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.7]
IA Code § 614.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.8 - Minors and persons with mental illness.

614.8 Minors and persons with mental illness.   1. The times limited for actions in this chapter, or chapter 216, 669, or 670, except those brought for penalties and forfeitures, are extended in favor of persons with mental illness, so that they shall have one year from and after the termination of the disability within which to file a complaint pursuant to chapter 216, to make a claim pursuant to chapter 669, or to otherwise commence an action.   2. Except as provided in section 614.1, subsection 9, the times limited for actions in this chapter, or chapter 216, 669, or 670, except those brought for penalties and forfeitures, are extended in favor of minors, so that they shall have one year from and after attainment of majority within which to file a complaint pursuant to chapter 216, to make a claim pursuant to chapter 669, or to otherwise commence an action.  [C51, §1666; R60, §2747; C73, §2535; C97, §3453; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11015; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.8]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 97 Acts, ch 197, §7, 16; 2007 Acts, ch 110, §2  Referred to in §216.15, 229.27, 252A.5A, 252F.2, 587.12, 600B.33, 614.19, 614.27, 669.13, 670.5
IA Code § 614.8A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.8A - Damages for child sexual abuse — time limitation.

614.8A Damages for child sexual abuse — time limitation.   An action for damages for injury suffered as a result of sexual abuse which occurred when the injured person was a child, but not discovered until after the injured person is of the age of majority, shall be brought within four years from the time of discovery by the injured party of both the injury and the causal relationship between the injury and the sexual abuse.  90 Acts, ch 1241, §2
IA Code § 614.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.9 - Exception in case of death.

614.9 Exception in case of death.   If the person having a cause of action dies within one year next previous to the expiration of the limitation provided for, the limitation shall not apply until one year after the person’s death.  [C51, §1667; R60, §2748; C73, §2536; C97, §3454; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11016; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.9]  2019 Acts, ch 59, §201
IA Code § 614.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS|Section 614.10 - Failure of action.

614.10 Failure of action.   If, after the commencement of an action, the plaintiff, for any cause except negligence in its prosecution, fails therein, and a new one is brought within six months thereafter, the second shall be held a continuation of the first.  [C51, §1668; R60, §2749; C73, §2537; C97, §3455; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11017; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.10]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §324  Section amended