Iowa Code > Chapter 8A – Department of Administrative Services


§ 8A.101	Definitions
§ 8A.102	Department created — director appointed
§ 8A.103	Department — purpose — mission
§ 8A.104	Powers and duties of the director
§ 8A.105	Prohibited interests — penalty
§ 8A.106	Public records
§ 8A.107	Oaths and subpoenas
§ 8A.108	Acceptance of funds — solicitations for capitol complex projects
§ 8A.109	Federal funds
§ 8A.110	State employee suggestion system
§ 8A.111	Reports required
§ 8A.122	Services to governmental entities and nonprofit organizations
§ 8A.123	Department internal service funds
§ 8A.124	Additional personnel
§ 8A.125	Billing — credit card payments
§ 8A.126	Department debts and liabilities — appropriation request
§ 8A.301	Definitions
§ 8A.302	Departmental duties — physical resources
§ 8A.311	Competitive bidding — preferences — reciprocal application — direct purchasing
§ 8A.311A	Centralized purchasing
§ 8A.312	Cooperative purchasing
§ 8A.313	Disputes involving purchasing from Iowa state industries
§ 8A.314	Purchasing revolving fund
§ 8A.315	State purchases — recycled products — soybean-based inks
§ 8A.315A	Purchase of chain-of-custody paper
§ 8A.316	Lubricants and oils — preferences
§ 8A.317	State purchases — designated biobased products
§ 8A.318	Building cleaning and maintenance — environmentally preferable cleaning products
§ 8A.321	Physical resources and facility management — director duties — appropriation
§ 8A.322	Buildings and grounds — services — public use — pistols or revolvers
§ 8A.323	Parking regulations
§ 8A.324	Disposal of personal property
§ 8A.325	Services and commodities accepted
§ 8A.326	Terrace Hill commission
§ 8A.327	Rent revolving fund created — purpose
§ 8A.328	Recycling revolving fund
§ 8A.329	Wastepaper recycling program
§ 8A.330	Routine maintenance fund — appropriation
§ 8A.341	State printing — duties
§ 8A.342	Contracts with state institutions
§ 8A.343	Specifications and requirements
§ 8A.344	Public printing — bidding procedures
§ 8A.345	Printing revolving fund
§ 8A.351	Distribution of documents — general provisions
§ 8A.360	Special definitions
§ 8A.360A	Classification of qualified renewable fuels
§ 8A.361	Vehicle assignment — authority in department
§ 8A.362	Fleet management — powers and duties — fuel economy requirements
§ 8A.363	Private use prohibited — rate for state business
§ 8A.364	Fleet management revolving fund — replenishment
§ 8A.365	Vehicle replacement — depreciation fund
§ 8A.366	Violations — withdrawing use of vehicle
§ 8A.367	State-owned passenger vehicles — disposition and sale — fleet privatization
§ 8A.368	Motor vehicle purchases — qualified renewable fuels
§ 8A.369	Motor vehicle purchases — qualified renewable fuels — reports
§ 8A.371	Commission created
§ 8A.372	Terms of office
§ 8A.373	Duties — report to legislature
§ 8A.374	Organization
§ 8A.375	Compensation and expenses
§ 8A.376	Capitol complex projects
§ 8A.377	Capitol — preservation of architectural and historic integrity
§ 8A.378	State capitol view preservation
§ 8A.401	Definitions
§ 8A.402	State human resource management — responsibilities
§ 8A.403	Hiring procedures — nonmerit system positions
§ 8A.404	State employees — disclosure requirements
§ 8A.405	Foreign agent registration disclosures — penalty
§ 8A.411	Merit system established — collective bargaining — applicability
§ 8A.412	Merit system — applicability — exceptions
§ 8A.413	State human resource management — rules
§ 8A.414	Experimental research projects
§ 8A.415	Grievance and discipline resolution procedures
§ 8A.416	Discrimination, political activity, use of official influence prohibited
§ 8A.417	Prohibited actions
§ 8A.418	Federal programs exemption exceptions — penalty
§ 8A.431	Iowa management training system — training revolving fund
§ 8A.432	Combined charitable campaign program, fees, revolving fund
§ 8A.433	Deferred compensation plan
§ 8A.434	Iowa state employee deferred compensation trust fund
§ 8A.435	State employee deferred compensation match trust fund
§ 8A.436	State employee dependent care spending account trust fund
§ 8A.437	State employee health flexible spending account trust fund
§ 8A.438	Tax-sheltered investment contracts
§ 8A.439	Longevity pay prohibited — exception
§ 8A.451	Human resources administrative costs
§ 8A.452	Use of public buildings
§ 8A.453	Aid by state employees — records and information
§ 8A.454	Health insurance administration fund
§ 8A.455	Certification of payrolls — actions
§ 8A.456	Access to records
§ 8A.457	Workers’ compensation claims
§ 8A.458	Penalty
§ 8A.459	State employee pay and allowances — electronic funds transfer
§ 8A.460	Terminal liability health insurance fund
§ 8A.502	Financial administration duties
§ 8A.503	Rules — deposit of departmental moneys
§ 8A.504	Setoff procedures
§ 8A.505	Cost allocation system — appropriation
§ 8A.506	Accounting
§ 8A.507	Stating account
§ 8A.508	Compelling payment
§ 8A.509	Defense to claim
§ 8A.510	Requested credits — oath required
§ 8A.511	Requisition for information
§ 8A.512	Limits on claims
§ 8A.512A	Executive branch employee travel — information and database
§ 8A.513	Claims — approval
§ 8A.514	Vouchers — interest — payment of claims
§ 8A.515	Warrants — form
§ 8A.516	Required payee
§ 8A.517	Prohibited payee
§ 8A.518	Claims exceeding appropriations
§ 8A.519	Cancellation of state warrants

Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 8A - Department of Administrative Services

Accident or health insurance: means hospital, surgical, or major medical insurance, or a combination of these. See Iowa Code 509B.1
Account: means the same as defined in section 554. See Iowa Code 554E.1
Account: means any of the four accounts created under section 508C. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Accredited state: means a state in which the insurance department or regulatory agency has qualified as meeting the minimum financial regulatory standards promulgated and established by the national association of insurance commissioners. See Iowa Code 510A.2
Act: means Section 1223 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Pub. See Iowa Code 518B.1
Active cleanup: means removal, treatment, or isolation of a contaminant from groundwater through the directed efforts of humans. See Iowa Code 455E.2
Activity and use limitations: means restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property. See Iowa Code 455I.2
Actuary: means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Actuary: means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Actuary: means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
adjusted competitive bid threshold: means the same as the adjusted competitive bid threshold for vertical infrastructure applicable to counties as established by the state department of transportation pursuant to section 314. See Iowa Code 468.3
Adjusted risk-based capital report: means a risk-based capital report adjusted by the commissioner pursuant to section 521F. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Adjusted risk-based capital report: means a risk-based capital report adjusted by the commissioner pursuant to section 521E. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Administrator: means an individual holding a professional administrator license issued under chapter 272 who is employed in a school district administrative position by a school district or area education agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under section 279. See Iowa Code 284A.2
Advertisement: means the attempt by dissemination, solicitation, or circulation to directly or indirectly induce any person to enter into any obligation or acquire any title or interest in land offered for sale or lease to the public in this state. See Iowa Code 543C.1
Advertising: means any written, electronic, or printed communication or any communication by means of recorded telephone messages or transmitted on radio, television, the internet, or similar communications media, including film strips, motion pictures, and videos, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed directly before the public in this state, for the purpose of creating an interest in or inducing a person to sell, assign, devise, bequest, or transfer the death benefit or ownership of a life insurance policy pursuant to a viatical settlement contract. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Affected area: means any real property affected, suspected of being affected, or modeled to be likely affected by a release occurring at an enrolled site. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affiliate: means a corporate parent, subsidiary, or predecessor of a participant, a co-owner or cooperator of a participant, a spouse, parent, or child of a participant, an affiliated corporation or enterprise of a participant, or any other person substantially involved in the legal affairs or management of a participant, as defined by the department. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agency: means the department of natural resources created by section 455A. See Iowa Code 455I.2
Agricultural land: means land in tracts of ten acres or more excluding any buildings or other structures located on the land, and not laid off into lots of less than ten acres or divided by streets and alleys into parcels of less than ten acres, lying within a school corporation and in good faith used for agricultural or horticultural purposes. See Iowa Code 425A.2
Alcohol concentration: means the number of grams of alcohol per any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Alcoholic beverage: includes alcohol, wine, spirits, beer, or any other beverage which contains ethyl alcohol and is fit for human consumption. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Applicant: means a person authorized to regularly lend moneys to be secured by a mortgage on real property in this state, a licensed real estate broker, a licensed attorney, a participating abstractor, or a licensed closing agent. See Iowa Code 16.92
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
appraisers: shall mean the persons appointed and qualified to ascertain the value of all land taken and the amount of damage arising from the construction of levee or drainage improvements. See Iowa Code 468.3
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
approval by the members: means approved or ratified by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, which affirmative votes also constitute a majority of the required quorum, or by a written ballot or written consent in conformity with this chapter or by the affirmative vote, written ballot, or written consent of such greater proportion, including the votes of all the members of any class, unit, or grouping as may be provided in the articles, bylaws, or this chapter for any specified member action. See Iowa Code 504.141
Area: means an area of land or water or both land and water. See Iowa Code 465C.1
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
articles: includes amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Iowa Code 504.141
Articles of incorporation: means the articles of incorporation described in section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Assessed value: means the base year assessed value, as adjusted by section 437A. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Asset: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Assets: means property whether real, personal, mixed, tangible, or intangible and any right or interest therein, including all rights under a contract or other agreement. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Associated asset: means an asset that meets the requirements of section 489. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Associated member: means a member that meets the requirements of section 489. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Association: means the joint underwriting association established pursuant to this section and sections 519A. See Iowa Code 519A.2
Association: means the Iowa county and state mutual insurance guaranty association established pursuant to section 518C. See Iowa Code 518C.3
Association: means the Iowa life and health insurance guaranty association created in section 508C. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
Authority: means a watershed management authority created pursuant to a chapter 28E agreement as provided in this subchapter. See Iowa Code 466B.21
authorized: when used in the context of an assessment, means that a resolution has been passed by the board of directors of the association whereby an assessment will be called immediately or in the future from member insurers for a specified amount. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Authorized emergency vessel: means any vessel which is designated or authorized by the commission for use in law enforcement, search and rescue, and disaster work. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Authorized shares: means the shares of all classes a domestic or foreign corporation is authorized to issue. See Iowa Code 490.140
Authorized-control-level risk-based capital: means the number determined under the risk-based capital formula in accordance with the risk-based capital instructions. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Authorized-control-level risk-based capital: means the number determined under the risk-based capital formula in accordance with the risk-based capital instructions. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Background levels: means concentrations of hazardous substances naturally occurring and generally present in the environment in the vicinity of an enrolled site or an affected area and not the result of releases. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
base year assessed value: means the average of the total of these values for each taxpayer for the assessment dates of January 1, 1993, through January 1, 1997, allocated among taxing districts in proportion to the allocation of the taxpayer's January 1, 1998, assessed value among taxing districts. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
Beginning administrator: means an individual serving under an administrator license, issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 272, who is assuming a position as a school district principal or superintendent for the first time. See Iowa Code 284A.2
Beginning teacher: includes an individual who is an initial teacher. See Iowa Code 284.2
Beneficial shareholder: means a person who owns the beneficial interest in shares, which may be a record shareholder or a person on whose behalf shares are registered in the name of an intermediary or nominee. See Iowa Code 490.140
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Benefit corporation: means a corporation that includes in its articles of incorporation a statement that the corporation is subject to this subchapter. See Iowa Code 490.1701
Benefit plan: means a specific employee, union, or association of natural persons benefit plan. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Board: means the engineering and land surveying examining board provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 542B.2
Board: means a board of directors of a watershed management authority. See Iowa Code 466B.21
Board: means the state advisory board for preserves established by this chapter. See Iowa Code 465C.1
board of directors: means the board of directors of a corporation except that no person or group of persons are the board of directors because of powers delegated to that person or group pursuant to section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
Boat livery: means a person who holds a vessel for hire, renting, leasing, or chartering including hotels, motels, or resorts which furnish a vessel to guests as part of the services of the business. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Boundary waters: means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers. See Iowa Code 482.2
Boundary waters: means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Business: means any trade, occupation, activity, or enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling or distributing tobacco products in this state. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Business of viatical settlements: means an activity involved in but not limited to the offering, soliciting, negotiating, procuring, effectuating, purchasing, investing, financing, monitoring, tracking, underwriting, selling, transferring, assigning, pledging, hypothecating, or in any other manner acquiring an interest in a life insurance policy by means of a viatical settlement contract. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules other than the articles adopted pursuant to this chapter for the regulation or management of the affairs of a corporation irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated. See Iowa Code 504.141
called: when used in the context of an assessment, means that a notice has been issued by the association to member insurers requiring that an authorized assessment be paid within the time frame set forth within the notice. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Capital: means the capital stock component of a statutory surplus as defined in Iowa law. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Capital lease: means a lease classified as a capital lease under generally accepted accounting principles. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Capital lease: means a lease classified as a capital lease under generally accepted accounting principles. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
Centrally assessed property tax: means property tax imposed with respect to the value of property determined by the director pursuant to Iowa Code 437A.3
Centrally assessed property tax: means property tax imposed with respect to the value of property determined by the director pursuant to Iowa Code 437B.2
Certificate: means a certificate of title. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Certificate: means a certificate of title. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by section 488. See Iowa Code 488.102
Certificate of noncompliance: means a document provided by the unit certifying that the named person has outstanding liability placed with the unit and has not entered into an approved payment plan to pay the liability. See Iowa Code 272D.1
Certificate of organization: means the certificate required by section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Charge: means any consideration, the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land. See Iowa Code 461C.2
Charitable gift annuity: means a transfer of property by a donor to a charitable organization in return for an annuity payable over one or two lives, if the actuarial value of the annuity is less than the value of the property transferred and the difference in value constitutes a charitable deduction for federal tax purposes. See Iowa Code 508F.1
Charitable organization: means an entity described by any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 508F.1
Chemical test: means an analysis of a person's blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substance for the determination of the presence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a drug. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
Chronically ill: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Claimant: means an insured making a first-party claim or a person instituting a liability claim against an insolvent insurer. See Iowa Code 518C.3
Class: means a group of memberships which have the same rights with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption, and transfer. See Iowa Code 504.141
Clean claim: means a claim that has no defect or impropriety, including a lack of any required substantiating documentation, or other circumstances requiring special treatment, that prevents timely payment from being made on the claim. See Iowa Code 510B.1
clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
Cogeneration facility: means a facility with a capacity of two hundred megawatts or less that uses the same energy source for the sequential generation of electrical or mechanical power in combination with steam, heat, or other forms of useful energy and, except for ownership, meets the criteria to be a qualifying cogeneration facility as defined in the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Commercial fish helper: means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a commercial fisher or a commercial roe harvester in operating commercial gear or in taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial fish, roe species, roe, or turtles. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial fisher: means a person who is licensed by the state to take, attempt to take, possess, transport, sell, barter, or trade turtles or turtle eggs, commercial fish except roe species, or fish parts except roe. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial fishing: means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting of commercial fish or turtles for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, offering, or exposing for sale. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial gear: means the capturing equipment used by commercial fishers, commercial roe harvesters, and commercial turtle harvesters. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial roe buyer: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering, or trading of roe and roe species. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial roe harvester: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the harvest and sale, barter, or trade of roe and roe species. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial turtle buyer: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering, or trading commercial turtles or turtle eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial turtle harvester: means a person who is licensed by the state to take, attempt to take, possess, transport, and sell, barter, or trade commercial turtles or turtle eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial turtle harvesting: means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting of commercial turtles or turtle eggs for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, offering, or exposing for sale. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commercial turtle helper: means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a commercial turtle harvester in operating commercial gear, or in taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial turtles or turtle eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 464A.1A
Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 481B.1
Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 484A.1
Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 465C.1
Commission: means the natural resource commission created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Commission: means the college student aid commission created pursuant to section 261. See Iowa Code 261B.2
Commission: means the real estate commission as established by chapter 543B. See Iowa Code 543C.1
Commission: means the environmental protection commission created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455E.2
Commission: means the state environmental protection commission. See Iowa Code 455F.1
Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Commission: means the environmental protection commission created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance or a designee. See Iowa Code 519A.2
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 518B.1
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance appointed pursuant to section 505. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 518C.3
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 508F.1
Commissioner: means the state commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 509B.1
Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 521E.1
commissioners: shall mean the persons appointed and qualified to classify lands, fix percentages of benefits, apportion and assess costs and expenses in any levee or drainage district, unless otherwise specifically indicated by law. See Iowa Code 468.3
Common interest community: means a condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums for, or for maintenance or improvement of, other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community. See Iowa Code 455I.2
Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Company: includes a city that owns or operates a municipal utility providing local exchange services pursuant to chapter 476. See Iowa Code 433.12
Company: means an electric cooperative referred to in section 437A. See Iowa Code 437.1
Company-action-level risk-based capital: means , with respect to any insurer, the product of two and the insurer's authorized-control-level risk-based capital. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Company-action-level risk-based capital: means the product of two and the health organization's authorized-control-level risk-based capital. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Competitive bidding procedure: means the advertisement for, solicitation of, or the procurement of bids; the manner and condition in which bids are received; and the procedure by which bids are opened, accessed, accepted, rejected, or awarded. See Iowa Code 8A.301
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Comprehensive evaluation: means a summative evaluation of a beginning administrator conducted by an evaluator in accordance with section 284A. See Iowa Code 284A.2
Comprehensive evaluation: means a summative evaluation of a beginning teacher conducted by an evaluator for purposes of determining a beginning teacher's level of competency, for recommendation for licensure based upon the Iowa teaching standards, and to determine whether the teacher's practice meets the school district expectations for a career teacher. See Iowa Code 284.2
Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
Conduit bank: means a length of one or more underground conduits or ducts, whether or not enclosed in concrete, designed to contain underground cables, including a gallery or cable tunnel for power cables. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Conservation easement: means an easement as defined in section 457A. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Constant attendance: means the presence of a commercial fisher whenever commercial gear is in use. See Iowa Code 482.2
Consumer: includes any master-metered facility even though the electricity or natural gas delivered to such facility may ultimately be used by another person. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Consumer: includes any master-metered facility even though the water delivered to such facility may ultimately be used by another person. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Contaminant: means any chemical, ion, radionuclide, synthetic organic compound, microorganism, waste, or other substance which does not occur naturally in groundwater or which naturally occurs at a lower concentration. See Iowa Code 455E.2
Contamination: means the direct or indirect introduction into groundwater of any contaminant caused in whole or in part by human activities. See Iowa Code 455E.2
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Contract: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
contract owner: means the person who is identified as the legal owner of a policy or contract under the terms of the policy or contract or who is otherwise vested with legal title to the policy or contract through a valid assignment completed in accordance with the terms of the policy or contract and properly recorded as the owner on the books of the member insurer. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Contractual obligation: means an obligation under a covered policy or contract or a certificate under a group policy or contract, or a portion thereof for which coverage is provided under section 508C. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Contribution: means any benefit provided by a person to a limited liability company that is any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 489.102
controlled: has the meaning ascribed in section 521A. See Iowa Code 510A.2
Controlled insurer: means a licensed insurer that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by an insurance producer. See Iowa Code 510A.2
Controlled substance: means any drug, substance, or compound that is regulated under chapter 124, including any counterfeit substance or simulated controlled substance, as well as any metabolite or derivative of the drug, substance, or compound. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Controlling person: means a person who directly or indirectly has the power to direct or cause to be directed, the management, control, or activities of the reinsurance intermediary. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Controlling producer: means an insurance producer who, directly or indirectly, controls an insurer. See Iowa Code 510A.2
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Cooperative association: means an entity that is structured and operated on a cooperative basis pursuant to 26 U. See Iowa Code 490.140
Coordinator: means the local food and farm program coordinator created in section 267A. See Iowa Code 267A.2
Corporate action: means any action taken by or on behalf of the corporation, including any action taken by the incorporator, the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an officer or agent of the corporation, or the shareholders. See Iowa Code 490.145
Corporation: means a public benefit, mutual benefit, or religious corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
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.
Corrective order: means an order issued by the commissioner specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined are required. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Corrective order: means an order issued by the commissioner of insurance specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined are required. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Cost: means the same as defined in section 384. See Iowa Code 468.585
cost of improvements: means the costs of any improvement which is subject to special assessment including, but not limited to, the costs of engineering, preliminary reports, property valuations, estimates, plans, specifications, notices, acquisition of land, easements, rights-of-way, construction, repair, supervision, inspection, testing, notices and publication, interest during construction and for a reasonable period following the completion of construction, and may include the default fund which shall amount to not more than ten percent of the total cost of an improvement assessed against benefited property. See Iowa Code 468.3
Cost-sharing: means any coverage limit, copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket cost obligation imposed by a health benefit plan on a covered person. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Council: means the local food and farm program council established in section 267A. See Iowa Code 267A.2
Counter employee: means any employee at least eighteen years of age employed by a rental company that offers the products described in this chapter. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
Covered claim: means an unpaid claim, including one for unearned premiums, which arises out of and is within the coverage and subject to the applicable limits of an insurance policy subject to this chapter which is issued by an insurer, if the insurer becomes an insolvent insurer on or after July 1, 2000, and one of the following conditions exists:
(1) The claimant is a resident of this state at the time of the event giving rise to the covered claim. See Iowa Code 518C.3
covered contract: means a policy or contract, or a portion of a policy or contract, for which coverage is provided under section 508C. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Covered person: means a policyholder, subscriber, or other person participating in a health benefit plan that has a prescription drug benefit managed by a pharmacy benefits manager. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. ^{Source: OCC}
Cut-off switch: means an operable factory-installed or dealer-installed emergency cut-off engine stop switch that is installed on a personal watercraft. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Cut-off switch lanyard: means the cord used to attach the person of the operator of a personal watercraft to the cut-off switch. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Date of the defective corporate action: means the date or, if the defective corporate action occurred or may have occurred on more than one date, the range of dates, or the approximate date or range of dates, if the exact date or range of dates is unknown or not readily ascertainable, the defective corporate action was purported to have been taken. See Iowa Code 490.145
Dealer: means a person who engages in whole or in part in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging vessels either outright or on conditional sale, bailment, lease, security interest, or otherwise, and who has an established place of business for sale, trade, and display of vessels. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Dealer: means a person who engages in whole or in part in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging vessels either outright or on conditional sale, bailment, lease, security interest, or otherwise, and who has an established place of business for sale, trade, and display of vessels. See Iowa Code 462A.2
debtors: shall include the debtors of one or more subsidiary corporations, and the debtors of one or more affiliated corporations, proprietors or partnerships if the business of the policyholder and of such affiliated corporations, proprietors or partnerships is under common control through stock ownership, contract, or otherwise. See Iowa Code 509.1
Decedent: A deceased person.
Dedication: means the allocation of an area as a preserve by a public agency or by a private owner by written stipulation in a form approved by the state advisory board for preserves. See Iowa Code 465C.1
deed: is a pplied to an instrument conveying lands, but does not imply a sealed instrument; and the words "bond" and "indenture" do not necessarily imply a seal, and the word "undertaking" means a promise or security in any form. See Iowa Code 4.1
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defective corporate action: means all of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 490.145
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Degree: means a postsecondary credential conferring on the recipient the title of associate, bachelor, master, or doctor, or an equivalent title, signifying educational attainment based on study which may be supplemented by experience or achievement testing. See Iowa Code 261B.2
Delegates: means those persons elected or appointed to vote in a representative assembly for the election of a director or directors or on other matters. See Iowa Code 504.141
delivered: means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including delivery in person, by mail, commercial delivery, and electronic transmission. See Iowa Code 488.102
Delivery: means the physical transfer of electricity or natural gas to a consumer. See Iowa Code 437A.3
delivery: means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including delivery in person, by mail, commercial delivery, and electronic transmission. See Iowa Code 489.102
delivery: means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including delivery in person, by mail, commercial delivery, and electronic transmission. See Iowa Code 504.141
delivery: means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including delivery by hand, mail, commercial delivery, and, if authorized in accordance with section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Delivery: means the physical transfer of water, excluding nonrevenue water, to a consumer for sale. See Iowa Code 437B.2
delivery by electronic means: means any of the following:
(1) Delivery to an electronic mail address at which a party has consented to receive notices or documents. See Iowa Code 505B.1
Department: means the department of administrative services. See Iowa Code 8A.101
Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 464A.1A
Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Department: means the department of education. See Iowa Code 284A.2
Department: means department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 465C.1
Department: means the department of education. See Iowa Code 284.2
Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455E.2
Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 455F.1
Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 461A.1
Department: means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. See Iowa Code 267A.2
Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Designated person: means one of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 425A.2
Devise: To gift property by will.
Director: means the director of the department of administrative services or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 8A.101
Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 464A.1A
Director: means the director of revenue. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 481B.1
Director: means the director of the department or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Director: means the director of the department of education. See Iowa Code 284A.2
Director: means director of the department. See Iowa Code 465C.1
Director: means the director of the department of education. See Iowa Code 284.2
Director: means the director of the department of natural resources, and the director's duly authorized assistants, deputies, or agents. See Iowa Code 482.2
Director: means the director of the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Director: means the director of revenue. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 455E.2
Director: means the director of the department of natural resources appointed under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Director: means the director of the department or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Directors: means individuals, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the board. See Iowa Code 504.141
disbursement: means an amount of any distribution or any other increment or sum realized or accruing from stock or other equity interest in a cooperative association organized under this chapter. See Iowa Code 490.628
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
dissolved corporation: means a corporation whose articles of dissolution have become effective and includes a successor entity to which the remaining assets of the corporation are transferred subject to its liabilities for purposes of liquidation. See Iowa Code 490.1403
Distribution: except as otherwise provided in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Distribution: means a transfer of money or other property from a limited partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to a transferee on account of a transferable interest owned by the transferee. See Iowa Code 488.102
Distribution: means the payment of a dividend or any part of the income or profit of a corporation to its members, directors, or officers. See Iowa Code 504.141
Distribution: means a direct or indirect transfer of cash or other property, except a corporation's own shares, or incurrence of indebtedness by a corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect of any of its shares. See Iowa Code 490.140
Distribution electric cooperative: means an electric cooperative other than a generation and transmission electric cooperative or a municipal electric cooperative association. See Iowa Code 437A.3
distributor: means a person other than a manufacturer or manufacturer's agent who engages in the business of selling or distributing a household hazardous material within the state, for the purpose of resale. See Iowa Code 455F.1
district: means a district defined by a county and one or more cities within the county pursuant to an agreement entered into by the county and cities in accordance with chapter 28E and this part with respect to drainage improvements which the county and cities determine benefit the property located in the cities and the designated unincorporated area of the county. See Iowa Code 468.585
Dividing insurer: means a domestic stock insurer that approves a plan of division. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Division: means the Iowa title guaranty division in the authority, the director of the division, or a designee of the director. See Iowa Code 16.92
division: means a transaction in which a domestic stock insurer splits into two or more resulting domestic stock insurers. See Iowa Code 521I.1
division: means the insurance division. See Iowa Code 505.1
Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
Document: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 490.140
domestic business corporation: means a corporation for profit, which is not a foreign corporation, incorporated under this chapter. See Iowa Code 490.140
Domestic cooperative: means an entity organized on a cooperative basis under chapter 497, 498, or 499, a cooperative organized under chapter 499A, or a cooperative organized under chapter 501 or 501A. See Iowa Code 489.102
Domestic corporation: means a corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
Domestic health organization: means a health organization domiciled in this state. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Domestic insurer: means an insurance company domiciled in this state and licensed to transact the business of insurance under chapter 508, 512B, 515, or 520, except that it shall not include any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 521E.1
domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation incorporated under the laws of this state and subject to the provisions of chapter 504. See Iowa Code 490.140
Domestic stock insurer: means a stock insurer domiciled and organized under the laws of this state pursuant to chapter 508, 514B, or 515, including domestic stock insurers affiliated with a mutual insurance holding company organized pursuant to section 521A. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Donee: The recipient of a gift.
Donor: The person who makes a gift.
Drainage improvement: includes the construction, improvement, or repair of the principal structures, works, component parts and accessories of a storm sewer, drainage conduit, channel, or levee for the collection, detention, or discharge of drainage or surface waters. See Iowa Code 468.585
Electric company: includes a combination natural gas company and electric company. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Electric competitive service area: means an electric service area assigned by the utilities board under chapter 476 as of January 1, 1999, including utility property and facilities described in section 476. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Electric cooperative: means an electric utility provider formed or organized as an electric cooperative under the laws of this state or elsewhere. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Electric cooperative: means an electric utility provider formed or organized as an electric cooperative under the laws of this state or elsewhere. See Iowa Code 437.1
Electric power generating plant: means a nameplate rated electric power generating plant, which produces electric energy from other forms of energy, including all taxable land, buildings, and equipment used in the production of such electric energy. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Electronic: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Iowa Code 490.140
Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
Electronic mail: means an electronic transmission directed to a unique electronic mail address. See Iowa Code 490.140
Electronic mail address: means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, consisting of a unique user name or mailbox, commonly referred to as the "local part" of the address, and a reference to an internet domain, commonly referred to as the "domain part" of the address, whether or not displayed, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered. See Iowa Code 490.140
Electronic record: means information that is stored in an electronic or other nontangible medium and is retrievable in paper form through an automated process used in conventional commercial practice, unless otherwise authorized in accordance with section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Electronic transmission: means any process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the recipient. See Iowa Code 489.102
electronically transmitted: means any process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the recipient. See Iowa Code 488.102
electronically transmitted: means any process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the recipient. See Iowa Code 504.141
electronically transmitted: means any form or process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper or another tangible medium, which is all of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 490.140
Eligible entity: means a domestic or foreign unincorporated entity or a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
Eligible interests: means interests or memberships. See Iowa Code 490.140
Eligible retired state employee: means a former employee of the government of the state of Iowa, including but not limited to any departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, or commissions of the state of Iowa, who is receiving the minimum level of retirement benefits for eligibility under this section and who is participating in a state health or medical group insurance plan which covers the former employee and the former employee's spouse at the time of the death of the former employee. See Iowa Code 509A.13A
Employee: includes an officer but not a director. See Iowa Code 490.140
employee: means an individual participating in a group health plan who is entitled to notices and documents and who is an employee of the sponsor or policyholder of the group health plan. See Iowa Code 505B.1
employees: shall include the employees of one or more subsidiary corporations, and the employees, individual proprietors, and partners of one or more affiliated corporations, proprietors or partnerships if the business of the employer and of such affiliated corporations, proprietors or partnerships is under common control through stock ownership, contract, or otherwise. See Iowa Code 509.1
Endangered species: means any species of fish, plant life, or wildlife which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of its range. See Iowa Code 481B.1
engineering: means "professional engineer" or "professional engineering". See Iowa Code 542B.2
Enrolled site: means any property which has been or is suspected to be the site of or affected by a release and which has been enrolled pursuant to this chapter by a participant. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
Entity: includes a domestic or foreign business corporation; domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation; domestic or foreign unincorporated entity; estate; trust; state; the United States; governmental subdivision; and foreign government. See Iowa Code 504.141
Entity: includes a domestic and foreign business corporation; domestic and foreign nonprofit corporation; estate; trust; domestic and foreign unincorporated entity; and a state, the United States, and a foreign government. See Iowa Code 490.140
Environmental claim: means a civil action for damages for environmental harm and includes a civil action under this chapter for recovery of the costs of conducting a response action, but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons or for a breach of a warranty that exists pursuant to the Code or common law of this state. See Iowa Code 455H.304
Environmental covenant: means a servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations or the written document creating such servitude. See Iowa Code 455I.2
Environmental covenant: means a servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations as defined in section 455I. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Environmental harm: means injury, death, loss, or threatened loss to a person or property caused by exposure to or the release of a hazardous substance. See Iowa Code 455H.304
Environmental response project: means a plan or work performed for environmental remediation or flood control affecting real property and conducted under or by one of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 455I.2
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
Established place of business: means the place actually occupied either continuously or at regular periods by a dealer or manufacturer where the dealer's or manufacturer's books and records are kept and a large share of the dealer's or manufacturer's business is transacted. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Evaluation: means a summative evaluation of an administrator used to determine whether the administrator's practice meets school district expectations and the Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to section 256. See Iowa Code 284A.2
Evaluator: means an administrator or other practitioner who successfully completes an evaluator training program pursuant to section 284. See Iowa Code 284.2
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
executor: includes administrator, and the term "administrator" includes executor, where the subject matter justifies such use. See Iowa Code 4.1
Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
Expenses: means reasonable expenses of any kind, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and experts, that are incurred in connection with a matter. See Iowa Code 490.140
Extra-contractual claim: means , without limitation, a claim relating to bad faith in the payment of claims, punitive or exemplary damages, or attorney fees and costs. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Facility: means the multistate life and health insurance resolution facility created pursuant to section 508D. See Iowa Code 508D.3
Facility: means an institution providing health care services or a health care setting, including but not limited to hospitals and other licensed inpatient centers, ambulatory surgical or treatment centers, skilled nursing centers, residential treatment centers, diagnostic, laboratory and imaging centers, and rehabilitation and other therapeutic health settings. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Failure of authorization: means the failure to authorize, approve, or otherwise effect a corporate action in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a corporate resolution, or any plan or agreement to which the corporation is a party, if and to the extent such failure would render such corporate action void or voidable. See Iowa Code 490.145
Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
Farm property: means the residence, personal effects, other farm buildings and other personal property used in conjunction with a farming operation. See Iowa Code 518B.1
Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}
Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Filed document: means a document filed by the secretary of state under any provision of this chapter except subchapter XV or section 490. See Iowa Code 490.120
Filed document: means a document filed with the secretary of state under any provision of this chapter except subchapter XV or section 504. See Iowa Code 504.111
filing: means filed in the office of the secretary of state. See Iowa Code 504.141
Filing date: means March 1 of each year. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Filing date: means March 1 of each year. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Filing entity: means an unincorporated entity, other than a limited liability partnership, that is of a type that is created by filing a public organic record or is required to file a public organic record that evidences its creation. See Iowa Code 490.140
financial institution: means the same as defined in section 527. See Iowa Code 547A.1
Financing entity: means an underwriter, placement agent, lender, purchaser of securities, purchaser of a policy or certificate from a viatical settlement provider, credit enhancer, or any entity that has a direct ownership in a policy or certificate that is the subject of a viatical settlement contract, but subject to all of the following:
(1) Whose principal activity related to the transaction is providing funds to effect the viatical settlement or purchase of one or more viaticated policies. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Fish or wildlife: means any member of the animal kingdom, including any mammal, fish, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, or other invertebrate, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring, or the dead body of parts thereof. See Iowa Code 481B.1
Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
- You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
- The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
- The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
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
Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
foreign business corporation: means a corporation incorporated under a law other than the law of this state which would be a business corporation if incorporated under the law of this state. See Iowa Code 490.140
Foreign corporation: means a corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state which would be a nonprofit corporation if formed under the laws of this state. See Iowa Code 504.141
Foreign health organization: means a health organization that is not domiciled in this state. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Foreign insurer: means an insurance company not domiciled in this state which is licensed to transact the business of insurance in this state under chapter 508, 512B, 515, or 520. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state and denominated by that law as a limited liability company. See Iowa Code 489.102
Foreign limited liability limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership whose general partners have limited liability for the obligations of the foreign limited partnership under a provision similar to section 488. See Iowa Code 488.102
Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than Iowa and required by those laws to have one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Iowa Code 488.102
Foreign nonprofit corporation: means a corporation incorporated under a law other than the law of this state which would be a nonprofit corporation if incorporated under the law of this state. See Iowa Code 490.140
Foreign professional limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized under laws other than the laws of this state for a purpose for which a professional limited liability company may be organized under this article. See Iowa Code 489.1101
Foreign protected series: means an arrangement, configuration, or other structure established by a foreign limited liability company which has attributes comparable to a protected series established under this article. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Foreign registration statement: means the foreign registration statement described in section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Foreign series limited liability company: means a foreign limited liability company that has at least one foreign protected series. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Foreign unincorporated entity: means an unincorporated entity whose internal affairs are governed by an organic law of a jurisdiction other than this state. See Iowa Code 504.141
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Fraudulent viatical settlement act: includes any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 508E.2
fund: means the federal riot reinsurance reimbursement fund referred to in this chapter. See Iowa Code 518B.1
Fund: means the local food and farm program fund created in section 267A. See Iowa Code 267A.2
Game fish: means all species and size categories of fish not included as "commercial species" or minnows. See Iowa Code 482.2
General partner: means :
a. See Iowa Code 488.102
Generation and transmission electric cooperative: means an electric cooperative which owns both transmission lines and property which is used to generate electricity. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Governmental entity: means any unit of government in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government; an agency or political subdivision; any unit of another state government, including its political subdivisions; any unit of the United States government; or any association or other organization whose membership consists primarily of one or more of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 8A.101
Governmental subdivision: means a county, city, school district, or combination thereof. See Iowa Code 8A.101
Governmental subdivision: includes an authority, county, district, and municipality. See Iowa Code 504.141
Governor: means any person under whose authority the powers of an entity are exercised and under whose direction the activities and affairs of the entity are managed pursuant to the organic law governing the entity and its organic rules. See Iowa Code 490.140
Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
Grantor: means any person with sufficient fee title or other property ownership interests necessary to create a valid environmental covenant under Iowa law. See Iowa Code 455I.2
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.
Groundwater: means any water of the state, as defined in section 455B. See Iowa Code 455E.2
Group policy: means a group accident or health insurance policy issued by an insurance company under chapter 509, a group accident or health contract issued by a health service corporation under chapter 514, or a plan for health care services provided by a health maintenance organization under chapter 514B, or issued or provided by any similar corporation or organization. See Iowa Code 509B.1
Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Health benefit plan: means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered or issued by a third-party payor to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care services. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Health care professional: means a physician or other health care practitioner licensed, accredited, registered, or certified to perform specified health care services consistent with state law. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Health care provider: means a health care professional or a facility. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Health carrier: means an entity subject to the insurance laws and regulations of this state, or subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner, including an insurance company offering sickness and accident plans, a health maintenance organization, a nonprofit health service corporation, or a plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for public employees. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Health organization: means a health maintenance organization, limited service organization, dental or vision plan, hospital, medical and dental indemnity or service corporation or other managed care organization licensed under chapter 514 or 514B, or any other entity engaged in the business of insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, that is subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Holder: means the grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in section 455I. See Iowa Code 455I.2
Holder: means the possessor of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant or person in control of the premises; provided, however, holder shall not mean the state of Iowa, its political subdivisions, or any public body or any agencies, departments, boards, or commissions thereof. See Iowa Code 461C.2
Household hazardous material: means a product used for residential purposes and designated by rule of the department of natural resources and may include any hazardous substance as defined in section 455B. See Iowa Code 455F.1
Impaired insurer: means a member insurer which is not an insolvent insurer and is placed under an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a court of competent jurisdiction. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Import: means to bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to bring into, or attempt to introduce into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of this state. See Iowa Code 481B.1
Inboard: means a vessel in which the engine is located internally, the propulsion system is rigidly attached to the engine, and the propulsion mechanism is within the confines of the vessel's extreme length and beam. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Inboard-outdrive: means a vessel in which the power plant or engine is located inside of the vessel and the propulsion mechanism is located outside of the transom. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Incorporated city utility provider: means a corporation with assets worth one million dollars or more which has one or more platted villages located within the territorial limits of the tract of land which it owns, and which provides electricity to ten thousand or fewer customers. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
Independent casualty actuary: means a casualty actuary who is a member of the American academy of actuaries and who is not an employee, principal, the direct or indirect owner of, affiliated with, or in any way controlled by the insurer or insurance producer. See Iowa Code 510A.2
Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
Individual: includes the estate of an incompetent individual. See Iowa Code 504.141
Individual: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 490.140
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Insolvent insurer: means an insurer against which a final order of liquidation with a finding of insolvency has been entered on or after July 1, 2000, by a court of competent jurisdiction of this state. See Iowa Code 518C.3
Insolvent insurer: means a member insurer which is placed under an order of liquidation with a finding of insolvency by a court of competent jurisdiction. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Insurance producer: means a person required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Iowa Code 510A.2
insured: refer to coverage under a group policy, individual policy, or converted policy on a premium-paying basis, and do not include coverage provided solely as an accrued liability or by reason of a disability extension. See Iowa Code 509B.1
Insurer: means a person licensed to transact the business of insurance in this state. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Insurer: means a person duly licensed in this state as an insurance company pursuant to this subtitle. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Insurer: means a person duly licensed in this state as an insurance company pursuant to this subtitle. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Insurer: means a person licensed to transact insurance business in this state under either chapter 518 or chapter 518A either at the time the policy was issued or when the insured event occurred. See Iowa Code 518C.3
Insurer: means the entity issuing a group policy or an individual or converted policy. See Iowa Code 509B.1
insurer: means any person duly licensed to transact a property and casualty insurance business in this state. See Iowa Code 510A.2
Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
Intellectual disability: means a diagnosis of intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder, global developmental delay, or unspecified intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder which diagnosis shall be made only when the onset of the person's condition was during the developmental period and based on an assessment of the person's intellectual functioning and level of adaptive skills. See Iowa Code 4.1
Intensive assistance: means the provision of organizational support and technical assistance to teachers, other than beginning teachers, for the remediation of identified teaching and classroom management concerns for a period not to exceed twelve months. See Iowa Code 284.2
Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law governing an unincorporated entity:
a. See Iowa Code 490.140
Interest holder: means a person who holds of record an interest. See Iowa Code 490.140
Interest holder liability: means any of the following:
(1) Personal liability for a debt, obligation, or other liability of a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity that is imposed on a person by any of the following:
(a) Solely by reason of the person's status as a shareholder, member, or interest holder. See Iowa Code 490.140
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
Internal Revenue Code: means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as designated by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, as amended to a date designated by rules adopted by the commissioner. See Iowa Code 508F.1
Internal Revenue Code: means the same as defined in section 422. See Iowa Code 450B.1
Internet: means the federated international system that is composed of allied electronic communication networks linked by telecommunication channels, that uses standardized protocols, and that facilitates electronic communication services, including but not limited to use of the world wide web; the transmission of electronic mail or messages; the transfer of files and data or other electronic information; and the transmission of voice, image, and video. See Iowa Code 4.1
Internet site: means a specific location on the internet that is determined by internet protocol numbers, by a domain name, or by both, including but not limited to domain names that use the designations ". See Iowa Code 4.1
Iowa state university: means the Iowa state university of science and technology. See Iowa Code 267.1
Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
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.
Jurisdiction of formation: means the state or country the law of which includes the organic law governing a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity. See Iowa Code 490.140
Land: includes land that is not open to the general public. See Iowa Code 461C.2
land surveyor: shall mean a person licensed as a professional land surveyor under the provisions of chapter 542B. See Iowa Code 468.3
Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
Lease: means a contract between a lessor and lessee pursuant to which the lessee obtains a present possessory interest in tangible property without obtaining legal title in such property. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Lease: means a contract between a lessor and lessee pursuant to which the lessee obtains a present possessory interest in tangible property without obtaining legal title in such property. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
Legislature: means the Iowa general assembly. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Legislature: means the Iowa general assembly. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Lender: means a person whose name appears on the records of the museum as the person legally entitled to property held or owing by the museum. See Iowa Code 305B.2
lessee: means a nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or fiduciary acting on behalf of the nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government, or any other trade or business which is under the lessee's common control as provided in 26 U. See Iowa Code 9I.3
levee: shall be construed to include, in addition to its ordinary and accepted meaning, embankments, revetments, retards, or any other approved system of construction which may be deemed necessary to adequately protect the banks of any river or stream, within or adjacent to any county, from wash, cutting, or erosion. See Iowa Code 468.3
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Liability: means a secured or contingent debt or obligation arising in any manner. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Liability: means a debt or obligation placed with the unit for collection that is greater than one thousand dollars. See Iowa Code 272D.1
License: means a privilege granted by the commission to fish, hunt, fur harvest, pursue, catch, kill, take in any manner, use, have possession of, sell, or transport all or part of a wild animal, bird, game, or fish, including any privilege related to a license granted by issuance of a stamp or a payment of a fee. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
License: includes licenses for hunting and fishing, or other recreational activity. See Iowa Code 272D.1
License agent: means an individual, business, or governmental agency authorized to sell a license. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
License document: means an authorization, certificate, or permit issued by the department or a license agent that lists and confers one or more license privileges. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Licensed: includes registered, certified, admitted to practice, or otherwise legally authorized under the laws of this state. See Iowa Code 489.1101
Licensed commercial gear: means any commercial gear that is licensed as provided in this chapter and that, when in use, has the proper tags attached as provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 482.2
Licensed health care provider: means and includes a physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 147, a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B, and a nursing facility licensed pursuant to chapter 135C. See Iowa Code 519A.2
Licensed producer: means an agent, broker, or reinsurance intermediary licensed pursuant to the applicable provision of the insurance law of any jurisdiction. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Licensee: means a person to whom a license has been issued, or who is seeking the issuance of a license. See Iowa Code 272D.1
Licensing authority: means the supreme court, or an instrumentality, agency, board, commission, department, officer, organization, or any other entity of the state, which has authority within this state to suspend or revoke a license or to deny the renewal or issuance of a license authorizing a person to engage in a business, occupation, profession, recreation, or industry. See Iowa Code 272D.1
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Lienholder: means a person holding a security interest. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Lienholder: means a person holding a security interest. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Life and health insurer: means an insurance company licensed under chapter 508, a fraternal benefit society organized under chapter 512B, or a licensed property and casualty insurer writing only accident and health insurance under chapter 515. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Life cycle cost: means the expected total cost of ownership during the life of a product. See Iowa Code 8A.301
Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
Life insurance producer: means any person licensed in this state as a resident or nonresident insurance producer who has received qualification or authority for life insurance coverage or a life line of coverage pursuant to chapter 522B. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Limited licensee: means a person at least eighteen years of age or an entity authorized to sell certain insurance coverages relating to the rental of vehicles. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Limited partner: means :
a. See Iowa Code 488.102
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Livestock: includes but is not limited to an animal classified as an ostrich, rhea, or emu. See Iowa Code 4.1
Livestock: means swine, sheep, poultry, cattle, ostriches, rheas, or emus. See Iowa Code 267.1
Local amount: means the first forty-four million four hundred forty-four thousand four hundred forty-five dollars of the acquisition cost of any major addition which is an electric power generating plant and the total acquisition cost of any other major addition. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Local taxing authority: means a city, county, community college, school district, or other taxing authority located in this state and authorized to certify a levy on property located within such authority for the payment of bonds and interest or other obligations of such authority. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Local taxing authority: means a city, county, community college, school district, or other taxing authority located in this state and authorized to certify a levy on property located within such authority for the payment of bonds and interest or other obligations of such authority. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Local taxing district: means a geographic area with a common consolidated property tax rate. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Local taxing district: means a geographic area with a common consolidated property tax rate. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Magistrate: means a judicial officer appointed under chapter 602, article 6, part 4. See Iowa Code 4.1
Major addition: means either of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Major addition: means any acquisition on or after January 1, 2012, by a taxpayer, by transfer of ownership, self-construction, or capital lease of any interest in any of the following:
(1) A building in this state where the acquisition cost of all interests acquired exceeds ten million dollars. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
managed care organization: means an entity that is under contract with the Iowa department of human services to provide services to Medicaid recipients and that also meets the definition of "health maintenance organization" in section 514B. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Management plan: means the document that states the goals and objectives of a specific protected water area which has been proposed for designation, the specific description of the area to be protected, land use agreements with property owners, the specific management programming considerations for the area, the in-depth project evaluations, analysis, justifications, and cost estimates, the proposed acquisition of fee title and conservation easements and other agreements, and the specific design and layout of facilities. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Management plan: means the document that states the goals and objectives of a specific protected water area which has been proposed for designation, the specific description of the area to be protected, land use agreements with property owners, the specific management programming considerations for the area, the in-depth project evaluations, analysis, justifications, and cost estimates, the proposed acquisition of fee title and conservation easements and other agreements, and the specific design and layout of facilities. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Manager-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company that qualifies under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Managing general agent: means any person who engages in all of the following:
(1) Negotiates and binds ceding reinsurance contracts on behalf of an insurer or manages all or part of the insurance business of an insurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office, and who acts as an agent for such insurer whether known as a managing general agent, manager, or other similar term or title. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Mandatory-control-level risk-based capital: means the product of seven-tenths and the insurer's authorized-control-level risk-based capital. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Mandatory-control-level risk-based capital: means the product of seven-tenths and the health organization's authorized-control-level risk-based capital. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or importing new and unused vessels, or new and unused outboard motors, for the purpose of sale or trade. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Manufacturer: means a person who manufactures and sells tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Manufacturer: means a person who manufactures or produces a household hazardous material for resale in this state. See Iowa Code 455F.1
Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or importing new and unused vessels, or new and unused outboard motors, for the purpose of sale or trade. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Manufacturing: means physical or chemical modification of one or more materials to produce packaging or packaging components. See Iowa Code 455D.19
master-metered facility: means any multi-occupancy premises where units are separately rented or owned and where electricity or natural gas is used in centralized heating, cooling, water-heating, or ventilation systems, where individual metering is impractical, where the facility is designated for elderly or handicapped persons and utility costs constitute part of the operating cost and are not apportioned to individual units, or where submetering or resale of service was permitted prior to 1966. See Iowa Code 437A.3
master-metered facility: means any multi-occupancy premises where units are separately rented or owned and where individual metering is impractical, where the facility is designated for elderly or handicapped persons and utility costs constitute part of the operating cost and are not apportioned to individual units, or where submetering or resale of service was permitted prior to 1966. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Material relationship: means a familial, financial, professional, employment, or other relationship that would reasonably be expected to impair the objectivity of the director's judgment when participating in the action to be taken. See Iowa Code 490.143
Maximum allowable cost: means the maximum amount that a pharmacy will be reimbursed by a pharmacy benefits manager or a health carrier for a generic drug, brand-name drug, biologic product, or other prescription drug, and that may include any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Maximum allowable cost list: means a list of prescription drugs that includes the maximum allowable cost for each prescription drug and that is used, directly or indirectly, by a pharmacy benefits manager. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Medical malpractice insurance: means insurance coverage against the legal liability of the insured and against loss, damage, or expense incident to a claim arising out of the death or injury of any person as the result of negligence or malpractice in rendering professional service by any licensed health care provider. See Iowa Code 519A.2
Medicare: means Tit. See Iowa Code 509B.1
Member: means a person that has become a member of a limited liability company under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Member: means a person who on more than one occasion, pursuant to the provisions of a corporation's articles or bylaws, has a right to vote for the election of a director or directors of a corporation, irrespective of how a member is defined in the articles or bylaws of the corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
Member guaranty association: means the Iowa life and health insurance guaranty association created pursuant to chapter 508C or any other state life and health insurance guaranty association which is or becomes a member of the facility pursuant to the plan of operation. See Iowa Code 508D.3
Member insurer: means an insurer or health maintenance organization which is licensed or which holds a certificate of authority to transact in this state any kind of insurance or health maintenance business for which coverage is provided under section 508C. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Member-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company that is not a manager-managed limited liability company. See Iowa Code 489.102
Membership: refers to the rights and obligations a member or members have pursuant to a corporation's articles, bylaws, and this chapter. See Iowa Code 504.141
Membership: means the rights of a member in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
Mentor: means an individual employed by a school district or area education agency as a school district administrator or a retired administrator who holds a valid license issued under chapter 272. See Iowa Code 284A.2
Mentor: means an individual employed by a school district or area education agency as a teacher or a retired teacher who holds a valid license issued under chapter 272. See Iowa Code 284.2
Merger: means a transaction pursuant to section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Migratory game bird: means any wild goose, brant, wild duck, snipe, rail, woodcock, or coot. See Iowa Code 484A.1
Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
Money: means the same as defined in section 554. See Iowa Code 554E.1
month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by an inboard, inboard-outdrive, or outboard engine, whether or not such engine is the principal source of propulsion. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by an inboard, inboard-outdrive, or outboard engine, whether or not such engine is the principal source of propulsion. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Municipal electric cooperative association: means an electric cooperative, the membership of which is composed entirely of municipal utilities. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Municipal utility: means all or part of an electric light and power plant system or a natural gas system, either of which is owned by a city, including all land, easements, rights-of-way, fixtures, equipment, accessories, improvements, appurtenances, and other property necessary or useful for the operation of the municipal utility. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Municipality: means any city or county in the state. See Iowa Code 461C.2
Mutual benefit corporation: means a domestic or foreign corporation that is required to be a mutual benefit corporation pursuant to section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
Natural gas company: includes a combination natural gas company and electric company. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Natural gas competitive service area: means any of the fifty-two natural gas competitive service areas described as follows:
(1) Each of the following municipal natural gas competitive service areas:
(a) Taylor county, except for those areas of Taylor county which are contained within another municipal natural gas competitive service area as described in this subsection. See Iowa Code 437A.3
natural gas service: means such service provided by natural gas pipelines permitted pursuant to chapter 479. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Navigable waters: means all lakes, rivers, and streams, which can support a vessel capable of carrying one or more persons during a total of six months in one out of every ten years. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Negative trend: means a negative trend over a period of time as determined in accordance with the trend test calculation included in the risk-based capital instructions. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Net actual generation: means net electrical megawatt hours produced by a plant during the preceding calendar year. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Net capacity factor: means net actual generation during the preceding calendar year divided by the product of nameplate capacity times the number of hours the plant was in the active state during the preceding calendar year. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Net direct premiums: means gross direct premiums written on liability insurance as reported in the annual statements filed by the insurers with the commissioner, including the liability component of multiple peril package policies as computed by the commissioner, less return premiums for the unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits. See Iowa Code 519A.2
Net direct written premiums: means direct gross premiums written in this state on insurance policies subject to this chapter, less return premiums and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on such direct business. See Iowa Code 518C.3
network: means pharmacies that have contracted with a pharmacy benefits manager to dispense or sell prescription drugs to covered persons of a health benefit plan for which the pharmacy benefits manager manages the prescription drug benefit. See Iowa Code 510B.1
New cogeneration facility: means any of the following:
(1) A cogeneration facility, regardless of capacity, which is first placed into service on or after January 1, 2009, that uses the same energy source for the sequential generation of electrical or mechanical power in combination with steam, heat, or other forms of useful energy and meets the criteria to be a qualifying cogeneration facility as defined in the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U. See Iowa Code 437A.3
New electric power generating plant: means any of the following:
(1) An electric power generating plant that is owned by or leased to an electric company, electric cooperative, municipal utility, or any other taxpayer, and that initially generates electricity subject to replacement generation tax under section 437A. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Nonassociated asset: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Noncancer health risk: means the potential for adverse systemic or toxic effects caused by exposure to noncarcinogenic hazardous substances expressed as the hazard quotient for a hazardous substance. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Nonfiling entity: means an unincorporated entity that is of a type that is not created by filing a public organic record. See Iowa Code 490.140
nonpublic school: means those nonpublic schools accredited by the department of education as provided in section 256. See Iowa Code 285.16
Nonresident: means every person who is not a resident of this state. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident as defined in subsection 10. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Nonresident: means every person who is not a resident of this state. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Nonrevenue water: means the difference between the total number of gallons of water carried through the water utility's distribution system and the number of gallons of water delivered to consumers using the water utility's distribution system. See Iowa Code 437B.2
oath: includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in like cases the word "swear" includes "affirm". See Iowa Code 4.1
Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Obligor: means a person with a liability placed with the unit. See Iowa Code 272D.1
on-site facility: means an electric power generating plant that is wholly owned by or leased in its entirety to a person and used to generate electricity solely for consumption by such person on the same parcel of land on which such plant is located or on a contiguous parcel of land. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Operating agreement: means the agreement, whether or not referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, in a record, implied, or in any combination thereof, of all the members of a limited liability company, including a sole member, concerning the matters described in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Operating property: means all property owned by or leased to an electric company, electric cooperative, municipal utility, or natural gas company, not otherwise taxed separately, which is necessary to and without which the company could not perform the activities of an electric company, electric cooperative, municipal utility, or natural gas company. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Operating property: means all property owned by or leased to a water utility, not otherwise taxed separately, which is necessary to and without which the water utility could not perform the activities of a water utility. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Operator: means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Operator: means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Organic law: means a statute principally governing the internal affairs of a domestic or foreign business corporation, nonprofit corporation, or unincorporated entity. See Iowa Code 504.141
Organic law: means the statute governing the internal affairs of a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation or unincorporated entity. See Iowa Code 490.140
Organic record: means a public organic record or private organic record. See Iowa Code 504.141
Organic rules: means the public organic record and private organic rules of a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity. See Iowa Code 490.140
Organizer: means a person that acts under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
Overissue: means the purported issuance of any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 490.145
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Oversight organization: means the Iowa commissioner of insurance and the state insurance commissioner, or other state official charged with the responsibility of regulating the insurance industry in the same or similar manner as the Iowa commissioner of insurance, from the state of domicile of each member guaranty association. See Iowa Code 508D.3
Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to a motorboat or vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Owner: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 425A.2
Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to a motorboat or vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Package: means a container which provides a means of marketing, protecting, or handling a product including a unit package, intermediate package, or a shipping container. See Iowa Code 455D.19
parcel of land: includes each separate parcel of land shown on the tax list. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Participant: means any person who enrolls property pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Iowa Code 488.102
Partner: means a person that holds an interest, directly or indirectly, in a partnership or pass-through entity. See Iowa Code 422.25A
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Partnership agreement: means the partners' agreement, whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination, concerning the limited partnership. See Iowa Code 488.102
Party: means a recipient of a notice or document required as part of an insurance transaction, including but not limited to an applicant, an insured, a policyholder, or an annuity contract holder. See Iowa Code 505B.1
Passenger: means a person carried on board a vessel, including the operator, and anyone towed by a vessel on water skis, surfboards, inner tubes, or similar devices. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Peace officer: means :
a. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Peace officer: means :
a. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Performance review: means a summative evaluation of a teacher other than a beginning teacher that is used to determine whether the teacher's practice meets school district expectations and the Iowa teaching standards in accordance with section 284. See Iowa Code 284.2
Person: means person as defined in section 4. See Iowa Code 481B.1
Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Iowa Code 489.102
Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Iowa Code 455I.2
person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
Person: includes any individual or entity. See Iowa Code 504.141
Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Iowa Code 488.102
Person: means a natural person or a legal entity, including, without limitation, an individual, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, or corporation. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
person: means an individual participating in a group health plan who is entitled to notices and documents. See Iowa Code 505B.1
Person: means a person as defined in section 4. See Iowa Code 490.140
Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Person: means a licensee. See Iowa Code 272D.1
Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or voluntary organization. See Iowa Code 518C.3
Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Person dissociated as a general partner: means a person dissociated as a general partner of a limited partnership. See Iowa Code 488.102
person engaged in the business of insurance: includes hospital service corporations organized under chapter 514 and health maintenance organizations subject to chapter 514B. See Iowa Code 505.16
personal property: include money, goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Iowa Code 4.1
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Personal watercraft: means a vessel, less than sixteen feet in length, which is propelled by a water jet pump or similar machinery as its primary source of motor propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than being operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling inside the vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Pharmacist: means the same as defined in section 155A. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Pharmacy: means the same as defined in section 155A. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Pharmacy acquisition cost: means the cost to a pharmacy for a prescription drug as invoiced by a wholesale distributor, and reduced by any discounts, rebates, or other price concessions applicable to the prescription drug that are not shown on the invoice and are known at the time that the pharmacy files an appeal with a pharmacy benefits manager. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Pharmacy benefits manager: means a person who, pursuant to a contract or other relationship with a third-party payor, either directly or through an intermediary, manages a prescription drug benefit provided by the third-party payor. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Pharmacy benefits manager affiliate: means a pharmacy or a pharmacist that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, owns or controls, is owned and controlled by, or is under common ownership or control of, a pharmacy benefits manager. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Plan: means a plan of domestication, conversion, merger, or share exchange. See Iowa Code 490.120
Plan: means a plan of entity conversion or merger. See Iowa Code 504.111
Plan sponsor: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 508C.5
plant life: means any member of the plant kingdom, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof. See Iowa Code 481B.1
Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
Pole miles: means miles measured along the line of poles, structures, or towers carrying electric conductors regardless of the number of conductors or circuits carried, and miles of conduit bank, regardless of number of conduits or ducts, of all sizes and types, including manholes and handholes. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Policy: means an individual or group policy, group certificate, contract, or arrangement of life insurance owned by a resident of this state, regardless of whether delivered or issued for delivery in this state. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Premium: means amounts or consideration, by whatever name called, received on covered policies or contracts less returned premiums, considerations, and deposits and less dividends and experience credits. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Premium: includes any premium or payment or other consideration payable for coverage under a group or individual policy. See Iowa Code 509B.1
Prescription drug: means the same as defined in section 155A. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Prescription drug benefit: means a health benefit plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment for prescription drugs. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Prescription drug order: means the same as defined in section 155A. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Presence: means a location in Iowa at which a student participates in any structured activity related to a school's distance education course of instruction, with the exception of proctored examinations. See Iowa Code 261B.2
Preserve: means an area of land or water formally dedicated under this chapter for maintenance as nearly as possible in its natural condition though it need not be completely primeval in character at the time of dedication or an area which has unusual flora, fauna, geological, archaeological, scenic, or historical features of scientific or educational value. See Iowa Code 465C.1
Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
Principal and primary residence or domicile: means the one and only place where a person has a true, fixed, and permanent home, and to where, whenever the person is briefly and temporarily absent, the person intends to return. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Principal office: means the principal executive office of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, whether or not the office is located in this state. See Iowa Code 489.102
Principal office: means the office where the principal executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership is located, whether or not the office is located in this state. See Iowa Code 488.102
Principal office: means the office in or out of this state so designated in the biennial report filed pursuant to section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
Principal office: means the office, in or out of this state, so designated in the biennial report required by section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Printing: means , as used in chapter 7A and this subchapter, the reproduction of an image from a printing surface made generally by a contact impression that causes a transfer of ink, the reproduction of an impression by a photographic process, or the reproduction of an image by electronic means and shall include binding and may include material, processes, or operations necessary to produce a finished printed product, but shall not include binding, rebinding or repairs of books, journals, pamphlets, magazines and literary articles by any library of the state or any of its offices, departments, boards, and commissions held as a part of their library collection. See Iowa Code 8A.301
Private organic record: means any record, other than a public organic record, if any, that determines the internal governance of an unincorporated entity. See Iowa Code 504.141
Private organic rules: means any of the following:
(1) The bylaws of a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Probate: Proving a will
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Proceeding: includes a civil suit and criminal, administrative, or investigatory actions. See Iowa Code 504.141
Proceeding: includes a civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Iowa Code 490.140
Proceeds: includes whatever is received when collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Proceeds: includes whatever is received when collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Producer: means a person engaged in the business of producing livestock for profit. See Iowa Code 267.1
Profession: means the following professions:
a. See Iowa Code 489.1101
Professional limited liability company: means a limited liability company subject to this article, except a foreign professional limited liability company. See Iowa Code 489.1101
property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
Property: means a tangible object, animate or inanimate, under a museum's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value. See Iowa Code 305B.2
Property: means anything of value that is subject to ownership, and includes but is not limited to property classified as real, personal, mixed, tangible or intangible, or any present or future interest in such property. See Iowa Code 508F.1
Property and casualty insurer: means an insurance company licensed under chapter 515 but does not include monoline mortgage guaranty insurers, financial guaranty insurers, or title insurers. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Prospective protected water area: means a water area designated by the commission for which an in-depth study for permanent designation as an element of the protected water area system is conducted. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Protected groundwater source: means a saturated bed, formation, or group of formations which has a hydraulic conductivity of at least forty-four-hundredths meters per day and a total dissolved solids concentration of less than two thousand five hundred milligrams per liter. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Protected party: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Protected water area: means a water area permanently designated by the commission for inclusion in the protected water area system. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Protected water area system: means a total comprehensive program that includes the goals and objectives, the state plan, the individual management plans, the prospective protected water areas, the protected water areas, the acquisition of fee title and conservation easements and other agreements, and the administration and management of such areas. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Protected-series manager: means a person under whose authority the powers of a protected series are exercised and under whose direction the activities and affairs of the protected series are managed under the operating agreement, this article, and this chapter. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Protected-series transferable interest: means a right to receive a distribution from a protected series. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Protected-series transferee: means a person to which all or part of a protected-series transferable interest of a protected series of a series limited liability company has been transferred, other than the company. See Iowa Code 489.14102
Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
Public benefit: means a positive effect, or reduction of negative effects, on one or more communities or categories of persons or entities, other than shareholders solely in their capacity as shareholders, or on the environment, including effects of an artistic, charitable, economic, educational, cultural, literary, medical, religious, social, ecological, or scientific nature. See Iowa Code 490.1701
Public benefit corporation: means a domestic or foreign corporation that is required to be a public benefit corporation pursuant to section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
Public benefit provision: means a provision in the articles of incorporation which states that the corporation shall pursue one or more identified public benefits. See Iowa Code 490.1701
Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
public funds: means public funds as defined in section 12C. See Iowa Code 12B.10C
Public organic record: means the record, if any, that is filed of public record, to create an unincorporated entity. See Iowa Code 504.141
Public organic record: means any of the following:
(1) The articles of incorporation of a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
Public records: means the same as defined in section 22. See Iowa Code 8A.101
Purchasing member: means a municipal utility which purchases electricity from a municipal electric cooperative association of which it is a member. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Putative shares: means the shares of any class or series, including shares issued upon exercise of rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible into shares of the corporation, or interests with respect to such shares, that were created or issued as a result of a defective corporate action, and any of the following applies:
a. See Iowa Code 490.145
Qualified charitable gift annuity: means a charitable gift annuity that is described by section 501(m)(5) or 514(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, if all of the following apply:
a. See Iowa Code 508F.1
qualified director: means a director who takes action, if at the time action is to be taken any of the following applies:
a. See Iowa Code 490.143
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
real property: include lands, tenements, hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Iowa Code 4.1
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Receivership court: means a court in an insolvent or impaired insurer's state having jurisdiction over the conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation of the insolvent or impaired insurer. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 489.102
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 488.102
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 504.141
Record: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
Record date: means the date established under subchapter VI or VII on which a corporation determines the identity of its members for the purposes of this chapter. See Iowa Code 504.141
Record date: means the date fixed for determining the identity of the corporation's shareholders and their shareholdings for purposes of this chapter. See Iowa Code 490.140
Record shareholder: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 490.140
Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
Recreational purpose: includes the activity of accompanying another person who is engaging in such activities. See Iowa Code 461C.2
Regional collection center: means a secured facility at which collection, sorting, and packaging of household hazardous materials and hazardous materials from conditionally exempt small quantity generators are accomplished prior to transportation of these materials to the final disposal site. See Iowa Code 455F.1
Registered foreign corporation: means a foreign corporation registered to do business in the state pursuant to subchapter XV. See Iowa Code 490.140
Registered office: means the office that a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company is required to designate and maintain under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
Registered office: means :
a. See Iowa Code 488.102
Regulating board: means any board, commission, court, or governmental authority which, under the laws of this state, is charged with the licensing, registration, certification, admission to practice, or other legal authorization of the practitioners of any profession. See Iowa Code 489.1101
Regulatory-action-level risk-based capital: means the product of one and one-half and the insurer's authorized-control-level risk-based capital. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Regulatory-action-level risk-based capital: means the product of one and one-half and the health organization's authorized-control-level risk-based capital. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Reinsurance intermediary: means a reinsurance intermediary-broker or a reinsurance intermediary-manager. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Reinsurance intermediary-broker: means a person, other than an officer or employee of the ceding insurer, who solicits, negotiates, or places reinsurance cessions or retrocessions on behalf of a ceding insurer without the authority or power to bind reinsurance on behalf of the ceding insurer. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Reinsurance intermediary-manager: means a person who has authority to bind or manage all or part of the assumed reinsurance business of a reinsurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office, and acts as an agent for the reinsurer whether known as a reinsurance intermediary-manager or manager, or known by any other similar term or title. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as a reinsurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Iowa Code 521C.2
Related provider trust: means a titling trust or other trust established by a licensed viatical settlement provider or a financing entity for the sole purpose of holding the ownership or beneficial interest in purchased policies in connection with a financing transaction. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Release: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment of a hazardous substance, including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing any hazardous substance, but excludes all of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Religious corporation: means a domestic or foreign corporation that engages in religious activity as one of the corporation's principal purposes. See Iowa Code 504.141
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Rental agreement: means any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a vehicle provided by a rental company for rental. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Rental company: means any person or entity in the business of primarily providing vehicles intended for the private transportation of passengers to the public under a rental agreement for a period not to exceed ninety days. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Rental period: means the term of the rental agreement. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Renter: means any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental agreement for a period not to exceed ninety days. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Replacement tax: means the excise tax imposed on the generation, transmission, delivery, consumption, or use of electricity or natural gas under section 437A. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Replacement tax: means the excise tax imposed on the delivery of water under section 437B. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
Required information: means the information that a limited partnership is required to maintain under section 488. See Iowa Code 488.102
Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
Resident: means a person as defined in section 483A. See Iowa Code 482.2
Resident: means a natural person who meets any of the following criteria during each year in which the person claims status as a resident:
a. See Iowa Code 483A.1A
Resident: means a person to whom a contractual obligation is owed and who resides in a state on the date of entry of a court order that determines a member insurer is an impaired insurer or a court order that determines a member insurer is an insolvent insurer. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Residential: means a permanent place of abode, which is a person's home as opposed to a person's place of business. See Iowa Code 455F.1
resort: means the state's premier destination state park located on Rathbun lake. See Iowa Code 461A.1
Response action: includes , but is not limited to, investigation, excavation, removal, disposal, cleansing of groundwaters or surface waters, natural biodegradation, institutional controls, technological controls, or site management practices. See Iowa Code 455H.103
Responsible and sustainable manner: means a manner that does all of the following:
(1) Pursues through the business of the corporation the creation of a positive effect on society and the environment, taken as a whole, that is material taking into consideration the corporation's size and the nature of its business. See Iowa Code 490.1701
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Resulting insurer: means a dividing domestic stock insurer that survives a division or a new domestic stock insurer that is created by a division. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Retailer: means any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products to ultimate consumers. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Retailer: means a person offering for sale or selling a household hazardous material to the ultimate consumer, within the state. See Iowa Code 455F.1
Revised risk-based capital plan: means a risk-based capital plan that has been rejected by the commissioner and has been revised by the health organization, with or without the commissioner's recommendation. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Revised risk-based capital plan: is a risk-based capital plan which has been rejected by the commissioner and has been revised by the insurer, with or without the commissioner's recommendation. See Iowa Code 521E.1
right of contribution: means any benefit provided by a person to a limited partnership in order to become a partner or in the person's capacity as a partner. See Iowa Code 488.102
Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). ^{Source: OCC}
Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
Risk-based capital instructions: means the instructions included in the risk-based capital report as adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners, as such risk-based capital instructions may be amended by the national association of insurance commissioners from time to time in accordance with the procedures adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Risk-based capital instructions: means the instructions included in the risk-based capital report as adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners, as such risk-based capital instructions may be amended by the national association of insurance commissioners from time to time in accordance with the procedures adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Risk-based capital level: means an insurer's company-action-level risk-based capital, regulatory-action-level risk-based capital, authorized-control-level risk-based capital, or mandatory-control-level risk-based capital as follows:
a. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Risk-based capital plan: means a comprehensive financial plan containing the elements identified in section 521E. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Risk-based capital plan: means a comprehensive financial plan containing the elements identified in section 521F. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Risk-based capital report: means the report required to be prepared and submitted to the commissioner pursuant to section 521E. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Risk-based capital report: means the report required in section 521F. See Iowa Code 521F.2
road: include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" "common road" and "state road". See Iowa Code 4.1
Roe: means fish eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
Roe species: means fish harvested for their eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
Sailboard: means a windsurfing vessel with a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Sailboat: means any watercraft operated with a sail. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Sale: means any transfer, exchange, or barter, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration, and includes and means all sales made by any person. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Sale: means any sale, offer for sale, or attempt to sell or lease any land, to the public in this state, for cash or on credit. See Iowa Code 543C.1
Satellite facility: means a secured facility at which collection and storage of household hazardous materials and hazardous materials from conditionally exempt small quantity generators are accomplished prior to transportation of these materials to a regional collection center. See Iowa Code 455F.1
School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:
a. See Iowa Code 261B.2
School board: means the board of directors of a school district or a collaboration of boards of directors of school districts. See Iowa Code 284A.2
School board: means the board of directors of a school district, a collaboration of boards of directors of school districts, or the board of directors of an area education agency, as the context requires. See Iowa Code 284.2
seal: shall include an impression upon the paper alone, or upon wax, a wafer affixed to the paper, or an official stamp of a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B. See Iowa Code 4.1
Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
secretary: means the secretary of the United States department of housing and urban development. See Iowa Code 518B.1
Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Iowa Code 267A.2
Security interest: means an interest which is reserved or created by an agreement which secures payment or performance of an obligation and is valid against third parties generally. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Self-generator: means a person, other than an electric company, natural gas company, electric cooperative, or municipal utility, who generates, by means of an on-site facility wholly owned by or leased in its entirety to such person, electricity solely for its own consumption, except for inadvertent unscheduled deliveries to the electric utility furnishing electric service to that self-generator. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
Serious injury: means the same as defined in section 702. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Service area: means the geographical area within this state to which the water utility delivers water and related services. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Share exchange: means a transaction pursuant to section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Shareholder: means a record shareholder. See Iowa Code 490.140
Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a domestic or foreign corporation are divided. See Iowa Code 490.140
Sign: means , with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 489.102
Sign: means either of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 488.102
Signature: includes an electronic signature as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 4.1
signature: includes a manual, facsimile, conformed, or electronic signature. See Iowa Code 504.141
signature: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a document, doing any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 490.140
Smart device: means an electronic device that combines a cell phone with a hand-held computer and that offers internet access, and text or electronic mail capabilities. See Iowa Code 505B.1
Solar energy conversion facility: means the same as defined in section 476C. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Special purpose entity: means a corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, or other similar entity formed solely to provide either directly or indirectly access to institutional capital markets for or in connection with any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Species: includes any subspecies of fish, plant life, or wildlife and any other group of fish, plants, or wildlife of the same species or smaller taxa in common spatial arrangement that interbreed or cross-pollinate when mature. See Iowa Code 481B.1
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 489.102
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
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 488.102
State: means a state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a United States possession, territory, or protectorate. See Iowa Code 508C.5
state agency: means a unit of state government, which is an authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, or independent agency as defined in section 7E. See Iowa Code 8A.101
State board: means the state board of education. See Iowa Code 284A.2
State board: means the state board of education. See Iowa Code 284.2
State health or medical group insurance plan: means a health or medical group insurance plan for employees of the state. See Iowa Code 509A.13A
State plan: means a long-range comprehensive document that states the goals and objectives of the protected water area system, establishes the procedure and criteria for prospective protected water area designation, provides the format for prospective area analysis, establishes a priority system for prospective area study, recommends potential areas for inclusion into the system, institutes interagency coordination, and outlines general administrative and management needs to develop and administer this system. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Statewide amount: means the acquisition cost of any major addition which is not a local amount. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Storage: means any keeping or retention of tobacco products for use or consumption in this state. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Stranger-originated life insurance: means a practice or an act to initiate a life insurance policy for the benefit of a third-party investor who, at the time of policy origination, has no insurable interest in the insured. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Structured settlement annuity: means an annuity purchased in order to fund periodic payments for a plaintiff or other claimant in payment for or with respect to personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff or other claimant. See Iowa Code 508C.5
Student: means a person who enrolls in or seeks to enroll in a course of instruction offered or conducted by a school. See Iowa Code 261B.2
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Subscriber: means a person who subscribes for shares in a corporation, whether before or after incorporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Surplus: means total statutory surplus less capital stock calculated in accordance with the current national association of insurance commissioners' accounting practices and procedures manual. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Tax year: means a calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Tax year: means a calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Taxable value: means as defined in section 437A. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Taxable value: means as defined in section 437B. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Taxpayer: means an electric company, natural gas company, electric cooperative, municipal utility, or other person subject to the replacement tax imposed under section 437A. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Taxpayer: means a water utility or other person subject to the replacement tax imposed under section 437B. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Taxpayer: means a qualified heir liable for the inheritance tax imposed under chapter 450 on qualified real property. See Iowa Code 450B.1
Teacher: means an individual who holds a practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, or a statement of professional recognition issued under chapter 272 who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school district or area education agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under section 279. See Iowa Code 284.2
Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
Terminally ill: means having an illness or sickness that can reasonably be expected to result in death in twenty-four months or less. See Iowa Code 508E.2
termination of employment or membership: includes but is not limited to termination because of permanent or temporary layoff or approved leave of absence. See Iowa Code 509B.2
Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Third-party payor: includes health carriers and other entities that provide a plan of health insurance or health care benefits. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Threatened species: means any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. See Iowa Code 481B.1
Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Total adjusted capital: means the sum of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 521E.1
Total adjusted capital: means the sum of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 521F.2
Township: includes any city or part of a city located within the exterior boundaries of that township. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Transaction: means a sale, trade, exchange, transfer, payment, or conversion of a digital asset or any other property or any other action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs. See Iowa Code 554E.1
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, or transfer by operation of law. See Iowa Code 489.102
Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, and transfer by operation of law. See Iowa Code 488.102
Transfer: includes an assignment, assumption, conveyance, sale, lease, encumbrance, security interest, gift, or transfer by operation of law. See Iowa Code 521I.1
Transfer replacement tax: means the excise tax imposed in a competitive service area of a municipal utility which replaces transfers made by the municipal utility in accordance with section 384. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Transferable interest: means the right, as originally associated with a person's capacity as a member, to receive distributions from a limited liability company in accordance with the operating agreement, whether or not the person remains a member or continues to own any part of the right. See Iowa Code 489.102
Transferable interest: means a partner's right to receive distributions. See Iowa Code 488.102
Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a member. See Iowa Code 489.102
Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a partner. See Iowa Code 488.102
Transmission line: means a line, wire, or cable which is capable of operating at an electric voltage of at least thirty-four and one-half kilovolts. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Transmission lines: means electric lines and associated facilities operating at thirty-four thousand five hundred volts or higher voltage, and substations, transformers, and associated facilities operated at thirty-four thousand five hundred or more volts on the low voltage side. See Iowa Code 437.1
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Type of entity: means a generic form of entity that is any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 490.140
Unallocated annuity contract: means a guaranteed investment contract, deposit administration contract, or any other annuity contract which is not issued to and owned by an individual, except to the extent of any annuity benefits guaranteed to an individual by an insurer under such a contract or certificate. See Iowa Code 508C.5
undertaking: means a promise or security in any form. See Iowa Code 4.1
Underwrite: means the authority to accept or reject risk on behalf of the insurer. See Iowa Code 510.1B
Undocumented vessel: means any vessel which is not required to have, and does not have, a valid marine document issued by the bureau of customs or a foreign government. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
Unincorporated entity: includes a general partnership, limited liability company, limited partnership, business or statutory trust, joint stock association, and unincorporated nonprofit association. See Iowa Code 504.141
Unincorporated entity: includes a general partnership, limited liability company, limited partnership, business trust, joint stock association, and unincorporated nonprofit association. See Iowa Code 490.140
Unit: means the centralized collection unit of the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 272D.1
United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
United States: includes a district, authority, bureau, commission, department, and any other agency of the United States. See Iowa Code 504.141
United States: includes a district, authority, bureau, commission, department, and any other agency of the United States. See Iowa Code 490.140
Unrestricted voting trust beneficial owner: means , with respect to any shareholder rights, a voting trust beneficial owner whose entitlement to exercise the shareholder right in question is not inconsistent with the voting trust agreement. See Iowa Code 490.140
Urban deer control: means deer hunting with a bow and arrow on private land in a municipality, without charge, as authorized by a municipal ordinance, for the purpose of reducing or stabilizing an urban deer population in the municipality. See Iowa Code 461C.2
Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Use: means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Utilities board: means the utilities board created in section 474. See Iowa Code 437A.3
Utilities board: means the utilities board created in section 474. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Valid shares: means the shares of any class or series that have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with this chapter, including as a result of ratification or validation under this part. See Iowa Code 490.145
Vehicle: means a motor vehicle under section 321. See Iowa Code 522A.2
Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Vessel for hire or commercial vessel: means a vessel for the use of which a fee of any nature is imposed, including vessels furnished as a part of lodge, hotel, or resort services. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Viatical settlement broker: means a person, including a life insurance producer, who, working exclusively on behalf of a viator and for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, offers or attempts to negotiate viatical settlement contracts between a viator and one or more viatical settlement providers or one or more viatical settlement brokers. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Viatical settlement contract: includes a premium finance loan made for a life insurance policy by a lender to a viator on, before, or after the date of issuance of the policy where any of the following applies:
(1) The viator or the insured receives on the date of the premium finance loan a guarantee of a future viatical settlement value of the policy. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Viatical settlement provider: means a person, other than a viator, that enters into or effectuates a viatical settlement contract with a viator resident in this state. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Viatical settlement purchaser: means a person who provides a sum of money as consideration for a life insurance policy or an interest in the death benefits of a life insurance policy, or a person who owns or acquires or is entitled to a beneficial interest in a trust that owns a viatical settlement contract or is the beneficiary of a life insurance policy that has been or will be the subject of a viatical settlement contract, for the purpose of deriving an economic benefit. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Viaticated policy: means a life insurance policy or certificate that has been acquired by a viatical settlement provider pursuant to a viatical settlement contract. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Viator: includes but is not limited to an owner of a life insurance policy or a certificate holder under a group policy insuring the life of an individual with a terminal or chronic illness or condition except where specifically addressed. See Iowa Code 508E.2
Voluntary transfer: includes a sale, voluntary assignment, gift, pledge, or encumbrance; a voluntary change of legal or equitable ownership or beneficial interest; or a voluntary change of persons having voting rights with respect to any transferable interest, except as proxies. See Iowa Code 489.1101
Vote: includes authorization by written ballot and written consent. See Iowa Code 504.141
Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Iowa Code 490.140
Voting power: means the total number of votes entitled to be cast for the election of directors at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote that is contingent upon the happening of a condition or event that has not occurred at the time. See Iowa Code 504.141
Voting power: means the current power to vote in the election of directors. See Iowa Code 490.140
Voting trust beneficial owner: means an owner of a beneficial interest in shares of the corporation held in a voting trust established pursuant to section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
Wake: means any movement of water created by a vessel which adversely affects the activities of another person who is involved in activities approved for that area or which may adversely affect the natural features of the shoreline. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Water area: means a river, lake, wetland, or other body of water and adjacent lands where the use of those lands affects the integrity of the water resource. See Iowa Code 462B.1
Water area: means a river, lake, wetland, or other body of water and adjacent lands where the use of those lands affects the integrity of the water resource. See Iowa Code 462B.1
water treatment plant: means buildings and equipment used in that portion of the potable water supply system which in some way alters the physical, chemical, or bacteriological quality of the water. See Iowa Code 437B.2
Watercraft: means any vessel which through the buoyant force of water floats upon the water and is capable of carrying one or more persons. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Watercraft: means any vessel which through the buoyant force of water floats upon the water and is capable of carrying one or more persons. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Watercraft education certificate: means a certificate, approved by the commission, which is issued to a qualified applicant who is twelve years of age or older who has successfully completed a watercraft education course approved by the department. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Waters of the state: means all of the waters under the jurisdiction of the state. See Iowa Code 482.2
Waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the commission: means any navigable waters within the territorial limits of this state, and the marginal river areas adjacent to this state, exempting only farm ponds and privately owned lakes. See Iowa Code 462A.2
week: means seven consecutive days. See Iowa Code 4.1
Wholesale distributor: means the same as defined in section 155A. See Iowa Code 510B.1
Withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance: means a document provided by the unit certifying that the certificate of noncompliance is withdrawn and that the licensing authority may proceed with issuance, reinstatement, or renewal of the person's license. See Iowa Code 272D.1
Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.
Writing fee: means the amount paid by the boat owner to the county recorder for handling the transaction. See Iowa Code 462A.2
Writing fee: means the amount paid by the boat owner to the county recorder for handling the transaction. See Iowa Code 462A.2
written: means any information in the form of a document. See Iowa Code 490.140
year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1