Iowa Administrative Code

registration forms by Iowa Code section 48A.11 and rule 821—2.1(48A), registration forms used by voter registration agencies shall contain a code, to be devised by the registrar, indicating the type of agency. [ARC 7883B, IAB 7/1/09, effective 7/1/09]

mail voter registration form prescribed by the federal election commission, which shall be accepted in accordance with Iowa Code section 48A.12 and shall not be used by voter registration agencies.

driver services, department of transportation, may devise a system of collecting registration applications without using paper forms, in accordance with the following restrictions: 2.4(1) All information required to be disclosed on a voter registration form shall be collected by …

registration agencies contain no distinguishing characteristics that could be used to identify the agency from which the form came, all agency forms shall be ordered through the state registrar of voters. The registrar shall negotiate a contract for the procurement of the forms i…

cause the printing and production of voter registration applications. Applications so produced shall be identical in size, shape, weight and similar in color of paper, type size, and color of ink to those available from the registrar, except that the independently produced applic…

cost of production, from the state registrar of voters. Application forms for an individual’s personal use shall be available free of charge at the office of the registrar, all voter registration agencies, and the office of driver services, department of transportation. [ARC 7883…

2.8(1) No commissioner shall refuse to register or accept an application from an applicant unable to specify the correct ward, precinct, or school district for the applicant’s address. The commissioner shall make a determination of the correct political subdivisions from maps, le…

application from an applicant who fails or declines to reveal the applicant’s telephone number or political party affiliation.

from one or more voter registration records related to any individual or group of registered voters. Statistical data containing no personally identifiable information is not a “list.”

of voters shall remove a voter’s department of transportation-issued driver’s license number, nonoperator’s identification card number, voter identification number, or whole or partial social security number from a voter registration list prepared pursuant to Iowa Code section 48…

3.2(1) Requests. A request for a list of registered voters may be made in writing on a Specifications for Voter List form submitted to either a county commissioner or the state registrar. A commissioner or the registrar may accept a request for a list made via telephone provided …

contain all of the following information: 1. The name of the requester. 2. The address of the requester. 3. The telephone number of the requester. 4. A description of the records to be included in the list. 5. A description of the sequence of the records on the list. 6. A descrip…

telephone, the person taking the request shall gather and record on a Specifications for Voter List form all of the information specified in 3.3“1” through 3.3“9.” In addition, the taker of the request shall read the statement in 3.3“10” to the requester. The taker of the request…

submitted to a county commissioner may be honored by that commissioner, or may be forwarded to the registrar. However, a county commissioner shall adhere to a consistent policy regarding the provision of lists. If a commissioner provides a list to any requester, the commissioner …

by the registrar shall be honored in the order in which they are received, provided that the data necessary for compiling the list is available to the registrar. If provision of a list is delayed due to the absence of data, the registrar shall contact the list requester and expla…

shall be provided to a requester who has not paid for all previously requested and completed lists. Payment shall be made at the time the list is delivered, except that payment for lists ordered by political subdivisions of the state may be made within 60 days of delivery. A coun…

county commissioner or the registrar to disclose any information made confidential by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 or any other federal or state law.

construed to prohibit any person from viewing that person’s own voter registration record, including any confidential data associated with it.

5.1(1) Election registers shall contain at least the following information: a. Full name. b. Address. c. Date of birth. d. Registration status if it is “pending.” e. Political affiliation (for partisan primary elections only). 5.1(2) Other information may be included on the elect…

to use the statewide voter registration system maintained by the state registrar for voter registration and election management purposes. The statewide voter registration system shall enable the county commissioner to: 6.1(1) Create a file of all registered voters in the county. …

shall contain a space for a voter to provide a mailing address if it is different from the voter’s residential address. 7.1(1) Voter registration application received from registered voter with notice of change to residential address, no new mailing address provided. If a registe…

undeliverable. If a voter registration acknowledgment card or voter identification card issued pursuant to 2017 Iowa Acts, House File 516, section 18, is mailed to the mailing address listed on a voter’s registration record and the acknowledgment is returned to the county registr…

undeliverable. If a voter registration list maintenance notice is sent to the mailing address listed on a voter’s registration record and the notice is returned to the county registrar as undeliverable by the United States Post Office, the county registrar shall leave the voter’s…

for a registered voter. County registrars that participate in the annual NCOA process shall include mailing address maintenance as part of the voter list review. 7.4(1) NCOA match returns information indicating that the voter’s address is a mailing address and the voter has no ma…

household mail delivery. If the United States Post Office provides official notice to the county registrar of commencement or termination of household mail delivery in a particular jurisdiction or area over which the registrar has authority to register voters and maintain the vot…

voters in a paperless manner shall transmit a file of registration applications to the registrar on a daily basis. The file shall contain all voter registration applications collected by the agency during the previous working day. [ARC 2376C, IAB 2/3/16, effective 1/5/16]

821—8.1(48A) shall contain the following information: 1. The number of the county in which the applicant lives; 2. The applicant’s Iowa driver’s license number, if the applicant has one. If not, the applicant’s Iowa department of transportation-issued nonoperator’s identification…

file transfer, shall be decided upon and agreed to by the registrar and the agency submitting electronic voter registration data.

paperless voter registration transactions shall maintain an electronic “copy” of the document, including the applicant’s signature. The design of the system shall be such that no change to the document can be made and the document can be reproduced in hard copy when necessary.

changes accepted on paper documents by agencies shall be sent to the appropriate county commissioner by courier, U.S. mail, or other reliable carrier not later than the Friday of the week in which the document is received by the agency. Nothing in these rules shall be construed t…

9.1(1) The state registrar of voters shall annually offer to every county commissioner the opportunity to participate in the registrar’s submittal of voter registration records to a licensed vendor of the United States Postal Service for matching with national change of address (…

9.2(1) Commissioner to update county records. Each commissioner shall examine the data provided by the NCOA vendor and shall update the county’s registration records on the basis of that data in accordance with Iowa Code subsections 48A.27(4) and 48A.27(5). 9.2(2) The commissione…

9.3(1) After the county commissioners have processed NCOA records for each of the date ranges, the state registrar shall coordinate the printing and mailing of the required NCOA notifications. The state registrar shall notify the commissioners when the notifications have been mai…

including matching the records and the printing of and postage for the mailing. The fees charged to the counties shall reflect actual costs to the state registrar. These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code sections 48A.27(4) and 48A.28(2). [Filed 11/4/94, Notice 9/28/94—pub…

1.1(1) Mission. We power Iowa’s possibilities by connecting workers to opportunities and employers to workforce solutions. 1.1(2) Vision. To create, enable and sustain the most future ready workforce in the nation. 1.1(3) Overall organization. The chief executive officer of the d…

10.1(1) Mission. The labor market information division conducts research, develops labor market information, and provides information services in support of the department of workforce development’s mission. 10.1(2) Operation and administration. The division is under the directio…

administrator and is responsible for research and reporting functions of the unemployment compensation program in Iowa. The bureau is responsible for: 1. Calculating the financial impact of proposed changes to Iowa’s unemployment compensation system with regard to the unemploymen…

division administrator in planning, directing and coordinating the production of employment data for Iowa and the counties. The bureau is responsible for: 1. Collecting, analyzing and summarizing data and producing monthly employment and earnings estimates for Iowa, metropolitan …

department may require, and shall comply with the instructions printed upon any report forms issued by the department pertaining to the preparation and return of such reports. [ARC 8686C, IAB 12/25/24, effective 1/29/25]

at which workers are employed shall file a Multiple Worksite Report (BLS 3020) for each quarter, providing monthly employment for the three payroll periods that include the twelfth of each month and the amount of wages subject to the unemployment insurance law for each location w…

Verification Statement, BLS 3023VS or 3023VM, for the purpose of verifying the primary products or services of each physical worksite. [ARC 8686C, IAB 12/25/24, effective 1/29/25] These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 96. [Filed 2/20/97, Notice 1/15/97—published…

federally prepared and supplied forms that contain an office of management and budget (OMB) number and an approved expiration date. The department, which receives and uses in its normal operations such federal forms through a federally appointed special agent, is subject to all o…

administrative rule of the workforce development department[871] by writing a proper request, which is received by the Deputy Director of Workforce Development, 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. All requests for waiver of an administrative rule should be in writing …

2.2(1) The department should acknowledge a request upon receipt. Within 30 days after receipt of a request for waiver of an administrative rule, the agency verifies that the requester has provided a copy to anyone who is required to receive one by provision of law. The agency may…

2.3(1) The director of the workforce development department decides whether circumstances justify the granting of a waiver, given relevant facts. The requester assumes the burden of persuasion involving a request for waiver of an administrative rule. The requester must provide cl…

rule number and available to members of the public for inspection at Workforce Development Department, 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. Identifying information concerning individuals as unemployment benefit claimants and taxpayers and other identifying information may be…

unemployment insurance services division is to administer the provisions of the Iowa employment security law and related federal programs in accordance with pertinent laws, regulations, and policies. The division administers the payment of job insurance benefits to eligible indiv…

22.1(1) Each employing unit shall maintain, for a period of five years after the calendar year in which the remuneration to which they relate was paid or, if not paid, was due, records evidencing remuneration made by the employing unit and reportable to the department. 22.1(2) Su…

22.10(1) If a partnership alters its ownership structure and the Internal Revenue Service does not require the partnership to obtain a new federal identification number, the partnership has ten days to notify the department of the change. The department will subsequently update t…

22.11(1) An employer that has more than one establishment or business is considered to be one employing unit entitled to one account and a single experience rate. If an establishment or business owned by an employer is a separate legal entity in its own right (i.e., a subsidiary …