Title I, STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)

The general assembly finds that individuals attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, or human trafficking frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants …

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Address” means a residential street address, school address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the individual’s application to be a program participant under this chapter . 2. “Applicant” means a…

1. Application. The secretary shall certify an eligible person as a program participant if the secretary receives an application containing all of the following information: a. The full legal name of the eligible person. b. A statement by the applicant that the applicant has good…

1. The secretary may cancel a program participant’s certification under any of the following circumstances: a. The program participant’s legal name or contact information changes, unless the program participant provides the secretary with prior written notice of the name change o…

1. When a program participant presents the program participant’s designated address to any person, that designated address shall be accepted as the address of the program participant. The person shall not require the program participant to submit any other address that could be u…

1. a. A program participant who is an eligible elector may register to vote with the state commissioner of elections, pursuant to section 48A.8, subsection 1 . The name, address, and telephone number of a program participant shall not be listed in the statewide voter registration…

1. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in section 9E.8 , information collected, created, or maintained by the secretary related to applicants, eligible persons, and program participants is confidential unless otherwise ordered by a court or released by the lawful …

1. If a program participant’s address is protected under section 9E.5 , a person shall not be compelled to disclose the program participant’s address during discovery or during a proceeding before a court or other tribunal unless the court or other tribunal finds all of the follo…

The secretary of state is authorized, so far as practicable, to cooperate with the census bureau of the United States in the gathering, compilation, and publication of census statistics. [S13, §177-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 424; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2…

The secretary of state shall, whenever a general census is taken by the federal government, procure from the supervisor of such census, or other proper federal official, a copy of such part of said census as gives the population of the state of Iowa by counties, by townships, and…

When certified by the secretary of state the census shall be in full force and effect throughout the state. [S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 426; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.3 ; 81 Acts, ch 29, §1 ] C93, §9F.3 2021 Acts, ch 142, §31

The legislative services agency may publish the federal census report in each copy of the Iowa official register as provided in section 2A.5 . [S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 427; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.4 ] C93, §9F.4 98 Acts, ch 1119, §25 ; 98 …

The certified census records in the office of the secretary of state shall be competent evidence of all matters therein contained. [S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 428; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.5 ] C93, §9F.5 2003 Acts, ch 35, §25, 49

Whenever the population of any county, township or city is referred to in any law of this state, it shall be determined by the last preceding certified federal census unless otherwise provided. Whenever a special federal census is taken by any city, the mayor and council shall ce…

The books and records of the land office shall be so kept as to show and preserve an accurate chain of title from the general government to the purchaser of each smallest subdivision of land; to preserve a permanent record, in books suitably indexed, of all correspondence with an…

Whenever the governor is satisfied by proper record evidence that any tract of land which may have been deeded by virtue of any donation or sale to the state is not the land intended to have been described, and that an error has been committed in making out the transfers, in orde…

In cases where lands have been granted to the state of Iowa by Act of Congress, and certified lists of lands inuring under the grant have been made to the state by the commissioner of the general land office, as required by Act of Congress, and such lands have been granted, by Ac…

The secretary of state is hereby authorized upon the application of any person claiming title under the trust deeds executed by the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company, to secure its construction bonds, to any lands included in the list of lands certified to the state of Iowa, b…

The secretary of state is hereby authorized to issue patents for lands, the legal title to which is vested in the state university of Iowa, in cases wherein it is shown to the satisfaction of the governor and attorney general that such lands have been in fact sold by the authorit…

The patents thus issued shall inure to the benefit of the original purchaser and the original purchaser’s grantees only, and a clause to this effect shall be inserted in the patent. [C97, §84; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 101; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §10.14 ] C…

Separate tract books shall be kept for the university lands, the saline lands, the half-million acre grant, the sixteenth sections, the swamplands, and such other lands as the state now owns or may hereafter own, so that each description of state lands shall be kept separate from…

Said tract books shall be ruled in a manner similar to those used in the United States land offices, so as to record each tract by its smallest legal subdivisions, its section, township, and range, to whom sold, and when, the price per acre, to whom patented, and when. [R60, §93;…

The land office shall be kept open during business hours. The documents and records in the land office shall be subject to inspection by parties having an interest in the documents and records. Certified copies of a document or record in the land office, signed by the secretary, …

Patents for lands shall issue from the land office, shall be signed by the governor and recorded by the secretary; and each patent shall contain therein a marginal certificate of the book and page on which it is recorded, which certificate shall be signed by the secretary, and al…

1. Patents shall not be issued for any lands belonging to the state, except upon the certificate of the person or officer specially charged with the custody of the patents, setting forth the appraised value per acre, the name of the person to whom sold, the date of sale, the pric…

The secretary of state is authorized and required to correct all clerical errors of the secretary’s office in name of grantee and description of tract of land conveyed by the state, found upon the records of such office. The secretary shall attach an official certificate to each …

The secretary of state shall receive and safely keep in the secretary’s office, as public records, any field notes, maps, records, or other papers relating to the public survey of this state, whenever turned over to the state in pursuance of law; the United States at all times to…

Whenever the governor is satisfied by the commissioner of the general land office that the title to any lands which may have been certified to the state under any of the several grants is inferior to the rights of any valid interfering pre-emptor or claimant, the governor is auth…

For the purposes of this chapter : 1. “Actively engaged in farming” means that a natural person who is a shareholder and an officer, director or employee of the corporation or who is a member or manager of the limited liability company either: a. Inspects the production activitie…

The courts of this state may prevent and restrain violations of this chapter through the issuance of an injunction. The attorney general or a county attorney shall institute suits on behalf of the state to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter . 2003 Acts, ch 115, §12, …

1. A corporation, limited liability company, trust, or unincorporated nonprofit association, other than a family farm corporation, authorized farm corporation, family farm limited liability company, authorized limited liability company, family trust, authorized trust, revocable t…

1. An authorized farm corporation, authorized limited liability company, or authorized trust shall not, on or after July 1, 1987, a limited partnership other than a family farm limited partnership shall not, on or after July 1, 1988, and an authorized unincorporated nonprofit ass…

For the purpose of this chapter : 1. “Agricultural land” means land suitable for use in farming. 2. “Farming” means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the raising of poultry, the production of eggs, the production of milk, the production of fruit or…

1. If the secretary of state finds that a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or other fiduciary thereof, has acquired or holds title to or interest in agricultural land in this state in violation of this chapter or has failed to timely …

If the court finds that the land in question has been acquired in violation of this chapter or that the land has not been converted to the purpose other than farming within five years as provided for in this chapter , the court shall declare the land escheated to the state. When …

A civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five percent of the county’s assessed value of the subject agricultural land for the previous year shall be imposed, for each offense, upon a nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or other fiduciary …

A nonresident alien, foreign business or foreign government may acquire, by grant, purchase, devise or descent, real property, except agricultural land or any interest in agricultural land in this state, and may own, hold, devise or alienate the real property, and shall incur the…

1. A nonresident alien, foreign business or foreign government, or an agent, trustee or fiduciary thereof, shall not purchase or otherwise acquire agricultural land in this state. A nonresident alien, foreign business or foreign government, or an agent, trustee or fiduciary there…

Development of the agricultural land which is not subject to the restrictions of section 9I.3, subsections 1 and 2 , because the land or interest in the land was acquired for an immediate or pending use other than farming, shall convert the land to the purpose other than farming,…

A nonresident alien, foreign business or foreign government, or an agent, trustee or fiduciary thereof, which acquires agricultural land or an interest in agricultural land, by devise or descent after January 1, 1980, shall divest itself of all right, title and interest in the la…

A person or business which purchases or otherwise acquires agricultural land in this state except by devise or descent, after January 1, 1980, and whose status changes so that it becomes a foreign business or nonresident alien subject to this chapter , shall divest itself of all …

A nonresident alien, foreign business, or foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or fiduciary thereof, which owns an interest in agricultural land within this state on or after January 1, 1980, shall register the agricultural land with the secretary of state. The registration …

Lessees of agricultural land under section 9I.3, subsection 3 , paragraph “d” , subparagraph (3), for research or experimental purposes, shall file a report with the secretary of state on or before March 31 of each year on forms adopted pursuant to chapter 17A and supplied by the…

As used in this chapter and in chapter 10B , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Actively engaged in farming” means that a natural person, including a shareholder or an officer, director, or employee of a corporation, or a member or manager of a limited liability company, …

1. Notwithstanding section 9H.4 , a farmers cooperative limited liability company may hold agricultural land in this state if it meets all of the following conditions: a. The farmers cooperative limited liability company does not hold an interest in agricultural land of more than…

A person violating the landholding restrictions in section 10.3 , 10.5 , 10.7 , or 10.10 shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars and shall divest itself of any land held in violation of the section within one year after judgment is entered ordering…