1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 177A.2

  • County system: means the same as defined in section 445. See Iowa Code 169C.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean:

 a.

 “Insect pests and diseases.”

 Insect pests and diseases injurious to plants and plant products, including any of the stages of development of such insect pests and diseases.

 b.

 “Places.”

 Vessels, cars, boats, trucks, automobiles, aircraft, wagons and other vehicles or carriers, whether air, land or water, buildings, docks, nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, fields, gardens, and other premises or any container where plants and plant products are grown, kept or handled.

 c.

 “Plants and plant products.”

 Trees, shrubs, vines, berry plants, greenhouse plants and all other nursery plants; forage and cereal plants, and all other parts of plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, and all other parts of plants; and fruit, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, lumber, and all other plant products.