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Index of Iowa Laws – A
Abandonment
Buildings, abatement by rehabilitation | ch 657A
Cats, criminal offense | 717B.8
Cemetery lots | 523I.315
Children, criminal offense | 726.3, .6
City petition for title | 657A.10A
Dogs, criminal offense | 717B.8
Motor vehicles | 321.89, .91; ch 556B
Personal property | ch 556
Refrigerators | 727.3
Abuse, see Drugs
Accidents, see also Liability
Workers’ compensation | ch 85
Accounting, see also Audits
Generally | ch 384, div. II; 384.15(3), .20
Direct deposit of taxes | 384.11
Encumbrances | 24.34
Fiscal year | 8.51; 384.2
Funds | ch 384, div. I
Public utilities & enterprises | 384.2, .85; 388.4 .5; 476.9
Road use tax | 312.11, .14
Accounts, see Records, Funds
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Generally | ch 141A
Civil rights, condition as a disability | 216.2(5)
Discrimination, prohibited | 216.6
Prohibition on required employee testing | 216.6(1)(d)
Jail prisoners, testing | 356.48
Actions, see Lawsuits Brought or Defended or Joint Powers/Actions
Acts, see Legislation, Ordinances, Resolutions
Administrative Agencies, see also Boards & Commissions
Generally | 362.2(1); ch 392
Contracts reviewable by council | 392.3
Defined | 362.2(1)
Hearing to discontinue | 392.7
Gender Balance | 69.1A
Procedures | ch 17A
Provisions for establishment, powers
Hospital board of trustees | 392.6
Library board of trustees | 392.5
Park boards, other agencies | ch 392
Administrative Procedures
Generally | ch 17A
Agency rule making | ch 17A
Non inclusion of cities under the Iowa Administrative
Procedures Act | 17A.2(1)
Request for review of rules | 17A.7
Resolution of agency contested cases | ch 17A
Administrators, see also City Managers
Appointment | 372.13(4)
Assistants, civil service exception | 400.6
Civil service law exception | 400.6
Affirmation, see Oath (or Affirmation) of Office
Age
Civil service employees, generally | 400.17
Discrimination | ch 216
IPERS retirement | 97A, 97B.1A, .42
Mandatory retirement | 97B.46
Police & fire, mandatory maximum | 362.10; 400.17
Agenda, see also Open Meetings
Posting requirements | 21.3
Agreements, see Contracts or Joint Powers/Actions
Aid
Federal | 364.18
State | ch 405A
Agriculture
Hearing to condemn agricultural property | 6B.2A
Local government seed regulation | 199.1,.13A
Airports
Generally | ch 330
Aviation authorities | ch 330A
Commission, joint commission
Annual Report | 330.22
Election | 330.17; .18
Powers | 330.21
Restrictions | 330.23
Federal aid | 328.14, .15, .16; 330.13
Zoning | ch 329
Air Quality
Local control programs | 455B.144, .145
Regulations, city powers, assistance to city | 455B.131, .134
Variances | 455B.143
Alcoholic Beverages
Generally | ch 123
Beer & liquor control fund | 123.53
City powers | 123.30, .33
Chemical test at arrests | 123.46
Consumption in public places & streets | 123.46
Licenses & permits
Appeals or judicial review of approval, disapproval, suspension or revocation | 123.32
Granted only by state | 123.37
Handlers, city may not license | 123.37
Sunday sales fees | 123.36, .134, .150
Suspension & revocation of license or permit | 123.39, .50
Nuisance bars | 123.49
Obscenity in taverns, city may prohibit | 728.5, .8
Open container in motor vehicle | 123.28
Ordinances | 123.39
Persons under legal age | 123.47, .47B
Refunds | 123.38
Seasonal sales | 123.34
Security employee training | 123.32(4)
Violations & penalties | 123.49; .50
Alcohol Vapor Machines
Prohibition | 123.49
All-terrain Vehicles
Accident reports required | 321I.11
Highway use | 321.234A; 321I.10
Liability for routes, etc. | 321I.23
Operation on railroad right of way | 321I.14
Regulation & enforcement by cities | 321I
Amana Villages
Population formula for road use tax monies | 312.8
Provisions for law enforcement | 28E.29
Ambulance Service
Cities, acquisition & bond issues | 384.24, .36
Counties | 347.14
Emergency Response District | 357J
Township contracts with cities | ch 28E; 359.42
Township Levy | 359.43
Traffic laws, exemption | 321.231
Amendments, see Ordinances
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) see Disabilities
Animal Feeding Operations
Construction & distance requirements | 455b.173(12)
Investigation of complaints | 459.601
Manure control & management | ch 455J
Odor mitigation for livestock operations | 266.41
Animals, see also Abandonment
Abuse prohibited | chs 717, 717B
Deer depredation | 481C.2A
Dogs, licensing, immunization, etc | ch 351
Odor mitigation for livestock operations | 266.41
Pet awards regulated | 717E
Pounds | ch 162; 351.37
Prohibited contest events | 717D.1-.6
Rabies vaccination, quarantine | 351.33, .39, .40
Trespassing or stray livestock | ch 169C
Urban deer control | 461C.1-.8
Wild animal ownership | 717F
Annexation & Severance
Generally | ch 368
City precincts | 49.5, .8(2)
Compensation to Rural water district | 357A.21
Failure to provide municipal services | 368.25
Filing with the Secretary of State | 9.2; 368.20(2)
Involuntary | ch 368, div. III
Moratorium between cities | 368.4
Notification to public utility | 368.24
Protected farmland | 368.26
Record of | 9.2
Sanitary districts compensated | 358.30
Secondary roads | 368.7A
Severance | 368.8
Solid waste collection services | 455B.306A
State and county property | 368.5
Transition of taxes | 368.11
Voluntary or involuntary | 368.7, .8.11, .13, .20,.23
Annual Financial Report
Generally | 384.22
Publication | 362.3
Apartments, see also Building Code, Housing or Zoning
Fire safety rules | 100.35
Landlord Tenant Act | ch 562
Smoke detectors | 100.18
Appeal Board, see State Appeal Board
Appeals
Administrative procedure, judicial review proceedings | 17A.20
Arbitration disputes | 679A.17
Budget hearing | 24.29
Civil cases, Appellate Court | ch 625A
Criminal cases, District Court | ch 814
Small claims | 631.13
Appointment of City Officers
Assessors | 441.6
Attorney | 372.13(4)
Clerk | 372.13(3)
Manager | 372.4, .6, .7, .13(4)
Removal | 372.15
Treasurer | 372.5, .8, .13(4)
Arbitration
Generally | ch 20
Fire department vs. city | 679B.15
Mayoral request to governor in private labor disputes | 679B.1
Arrest
Generally | ch 804
Citations in lieu of | ch 805
Arson
Generally | ch 712
Investigations | ch 100A
Art Galleries
Property tax exemption | 427.1(2
Assessment & Valuation of Property, see also Special Assessments or Taxes
Generally | ch 441
Assessment & taxation
Electric transmission lines | ch 437
Mobile homes, tax credit | ch 435
Pipeline companies | ch 438
Telegraph & telephone companies | ch 433
Board of review, composition | 441.31
City assessors, provision by state law & by ordinance | 441.1
Conference board, composition & voting | 441.2
Equalization orders | 421.17; 441.26,.47,.49
Exemptions | ch 427
Office space provided to city assessors | 331.322(5)
Property taxes | chs 425-449
Assessors, see City Assessors
Attorneys, see City Attorneys
Auditors
Civil service exemption | 400.6
Audits
Generally | 11.6-.21
Environmental audits | ch 455K
Irregularities | 11.53 Payment for | 11.20
Requests for | 11.6
Required | 11.6
State auditor powers | 11.19
State auditor reports | 11.14
Automobiles, see City-owned Vehicles or Motor Vehicles
Aviation, see also Airports
Authorities
Generally | ch 330A
Bonds & notes, private sales, & prices | 330A.9