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Resources and Links
Summary of Law: The law itself is made up of the written legal code as passed by the Iowa legislature, and the cases decided by the Iowa Court of Appeals and the Iowa Supreme Court. The written legal code is called statutory law, while the Court rulings are called caselaw. Both the statutory law and the caselaw constitute what is collectively referred to as “Iowa law.”
The following are Links to Agencies and Resources:
www.iowabar.org -Iowa State Bar Association
www.iowa.gov -State of Iowa Official Website
www.judicial.state.ia.us -Iowa Judicial Website
www.sos.state.ia.us - Iowa Secretary of State
www.state.ia.us/tax - Iowa Dept. of Revenue
www.irs.gov -Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html -Iowa Code
The following are selected provisions of the Iowa Code (with brief keynotes):
321J OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED (OWI) (escalating penalties for each offense)
490A LIMITED LIABILITY CO. (LLC) (most flexible entity but maybe not the best choice)
489 LIMITED LIABILITY CO. (LLC) (new LLC code - effective January 1, 2009)
537 CONSUMER CREDIT CODE (key issue is whether a “consumer credit transaction”)
562A UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW (strict notice provisions,
procedure for eviction, landlord access to rental, retention of deposits)
572 MECHANIC'S LIEN(procedure for filing, time limits for foreclosure, possible attorney fees)
631 SMALL CLAIMS (jurisdictional amount is $5,000.00, simplified procedures)
633 & 633A IOWA PROBATE CODE AND IOWA TRUST CODE, respectively
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