Terms Used In Iowa Code 428.29

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 The department of revenue shall on or before October 31 each year proceed to determine, upon the basis of the data required in the report under section 428.28 and any other information the department may obtain, the actual value of all property, subject to the department’s jurisdiction, of said individual, partnership, corporation, or association, and shall make assessments upon the taxable value of the property, as provided by section 441.21. The department of revenue shall, on or before October 31, certify to the county auditor of every county in the state the valuations fixed for assessment upon all such property in each and every taxing district in each county by the department of revenue. This valuation shall then be spread upon the books in the same manner as other valuations fixed by the department of revenue upon property assessed under the department’s jurisdiction.