Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 174 · 21 active provisions
For the purposes of this chapter: 1. “Association” means the association of Iowa fairs. 2. “Fair” means an organization which is incorporated under the laws of this state, including as a county or district fair or as an agricultural society, for the purpose of conducting a fair event, if all of the following apply: a.…
1. A fair may annually conduct a fair event to further interest in agriculture and to encourage the improvement of agricultural commodities and products, livestock, articles of domestic industry, implements, and other mechanical devices. It may offer and award such premiums as will induce general competition. 2. In add…
An ordinance or resolution of a county or city shall not in any way impair the authority of a fair. The fair shall have sole and exclusive control over and management of a fair event and fairgrounds.
The management of a fair may grant a written permit to a person determined proper by the management, to sell fruit, provisions, and other articles not prohibited by law, under such regulations as the management may prescribe.
The management of a fair may order the removal of any obstruction to a fair event or on the fairgrounds, including but not limited to shows, swings, booths, tents, or vehicles.
Any person owning, occupying, or using any such obstruction who shall refuse or fail to remove the same when ordered to do so by the management shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
A fair shall annually publish in one newspaper of the county a financial statement of receipts and disbursements for the current year.
The association of Iowa fairs, or a fair, shall have the power to join a local government risk pool as provided in section 670.7.
An eligible fair which is a member of the association of Iowa fairs as provided in the association’s bylaws and which conducts a fair event shall be entitled to receive state aid as provided in this chapter. The moneys paid as state aid must be used exclusively for capital expenditures relating to the acquisition of la…
1. Any moneys appropriated for state aid shall be paid to the office of treasurer of state for allocation to the association of Iowa fairs. The association shall distribute the moneys to eligible fairs pursuant to this chapter. 2. a. The association shall maintain a list of each fair in a county which is a member of th…
1. The association of Iowa fairs shall pay a fair the amount due in state aid, less one thousand dollars, as provided in this chapter. The association must certify to the treasurer that the fair is eligible under this chapter to receive the amount to be paid to the fair by the association. The association shall pay the…
The board of supervisors of the county in which a fair is located may appropriate moneys to be used for purchasing fairgrounds, constructing or restoring facilities on the fairgrounds, aiding 4-H club work, and paying agricultural and livestock premiums in connection with the fair event.
1. The board of supervisors of a county which has acquired real estate for fairgrounds and which has a fair using the fairgrounds may appropriate moneys to be used for any of the following: a. The erection and repair of buildings or other permanent improvements on the fairgrounds. b. The payment of debts contracted in…
1. Title to land purchased or received for purposes of conducting a fair event shall be taken in the name of the county or a fair. However, the board of supervisors shall place the land under the control and management of a fair. The fair may act as agent for the county in the erection of buildings and maintenance of t…
The right of a fair to the control and management of its fairgrounds may be terminated by the board of supervisors whenever well-conducted fair events are not annually held on the fairgrounds.
1. The governing body of a fair may issue bonds payable from revenue generated by the operations of the fair event and the use or rental of the real and personal property owned or leased by the fair. The governing body of a fair shall comply with all of the following procedures in issuing such bonds: a. A fair may inst…
A fair shall not receive an appropriation from a county under this chapter until the fair submits a financial statement to the county board of supervisors. The statement shall show all expenditures of moneys appropriated to the fair from the county in the previous year. The financial statement submitted to the board of…
A person shall not knowingly enter or cause to be entered any horse of any age or sex under an assumed name, or out of its proper class, to compete for any purse, prize, premium, stake, or sweepstake offered or given by any person in the state, or drive any such horse under an assumed name, or out of its proper class,…
Any person convicted of a violation of section 174.20 shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice.
The name of any horse for the purpose of entry for competition in any contest of speed shall not be changed after having once contested for a prize, purse, premium, stake, or sweepstake, except as provided by the code of printed rules of the fair or association under which the contest is advertised to be conducted, unl…
The class to which a horse belongs for the purpose of an entry in any contest of speed, as provided by the printed rules of the fair or association under which such contest is to be made, shall be determined by the public record of said horse in any such former contest.