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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 | 8.51384.2
   Funds | ch 384, div. I
   Public utilities & enterprises | 384.2.85388.4 .5476.9
   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 | 97A97B.1A.42
   Mandatory retirement | 97B.46
   Police & fire, mandatory maximum  | 362.10400.17

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 | 328.14.15.16330.13
      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 | 321.234A321I.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 28E359.42
   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 717717B
   Deer depredation | 481C.2A
   Dogs, licensing, immunization, etc | ch 351
   Odor mitigation for livestock operations | 266.41 
   Pet awards regulated | 717E
   Pounds | ch 162351.37
   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 | 9.2368.20(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 | 421.17441.26,.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

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