Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 89A · 20 active provisions
As used in this chapter, except as otherwise expressly provided: 1. “Alteration” means any change made to an existing conveyance, other than the repair or replacement of damaged, worn, or broken parts necessary for normal maintenance. 2. “Conveyance” means an elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, lift, or incli…
This chapter shall be known as the “Iowa State Elevator Code”.
1. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any of the following: a. Any conveyance installed in any single private dwelling residence. b. Material hoists subject to regulation under 875 IAC 26.1 and 29 C.F.R. §1926.552. c. Lifts subject to regulation under chapter 88. d. Material lift elevators existing in th…
1. The safety board may adopt rules governing maintenance, construction, alteration, and installation of conveyances, and the inspection and testing of new and existing installations as necessary to provide for the public safety, and to protect the public welfare. 2. The safety board shall adopt, amend, or repeal rules…
The director shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The director shall employ personnel for the administration of this chapter pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
The owner of every existing conveyance, whether or not dormant, shall register the conveyance with the director, giving type, contract load and speed, name of manufacturer, its location, and the purpose for which it is used, and other information the director may require. Registration shall be made in a format required…
All new and existing conveyances, except dormant conveyances, shall be tested and inspected in accordance with the following schedule: 1. Every new or altered conveyance shall be inspected and tested before the operating permit is issued. 2. Every existing conveyance registered with the director shall be inspected with…
The owner shall submit to the director detailed plans, specifications, and other information the director may require for each conveyance to be altered, together with an application for an alteration permit, in a format required by the director. Repairs or replacements necessary for normal maintenance are not alteratio…
1. The installation or relocation of a conveyance shall not begin until an installation permit has been issued by the director. 2. An application for an installation permit shall be submitted in a format determined by the director. 3. a. If the application or any accompanying materials indicates a failure to comply wit…
1. Operating permits shall be issued by the director to the owner of every conveyance when the inspection report indicates compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter. However, a permit shall not be issued if the fees required by this chapter have not been paid. Permits shall be issued within thirty days…
1. If an inspection report indicates a failure to comply with applicable rules, or with the detailed plans and specifications approved by the director, the director may, upon giving notice, order the owner of a conveyance to make the changes necessary for compliance. 2. If the owner does not make the changes necessary…
The safety board, pursuant to rule, may grant exceptions and variances from the requirements of rules adopted for any conveyance. Exceptions or variations shall be reasonably related to the age of the conveyance, and may be conditioned upon a repair or modification of the conveyance deemed necessary by the safety board…
Every owner of a conveyance subject to regulation by this chapter shall grant access to that conveyance to the director and personnel of the department. Inspections shall be permitted at reasonable times, with or without prior notice.
1. An elevator safety board is created within the department to formulate definitions and rules for the safe and proper installation, repair, maintenance, alteration, use, and operation of conveyances in this state. 2. The safety board is composed of nine members, one of whom shall be the director or the director’s des…
Every conveyance shall be maintained by the owner in a safe operating condition and in conformity with the rules adopted by the safety board.
A city or other governmental subdivision shall not make or maintain any ordinance, bylaw, or resolution providing for the licensing of special inspectors. An ordinance or resolution relating to the inspection, construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, or operation of conveyances within the limits of the city…
The department shall cause prosecution for the violation of the provisions of this chapter to be instituted by the attorney general in the county in which the violation occurred.
1. Any owner who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor, unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. 2. Any person who bribes or attempts to bribe an inspector shall be subject to criminal proceedings under section 722.1.
If upon notice and hearing the director determines that an owner has operated a conveyance after an order of the director that suspends, revokes, or refuses to issue an operating permit for the conveyance has become final under section 89A.10, subsection 2, the director may assess a civil penalty against the owner in a…
All fees collected by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be remitted to the treasurer of state, to be deposited in the licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.