Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 160 - State Apiarist

• Apiary: means a place where one or more bee colonies are maintained. See Iowa Code 160.1A
• Bee: means a honeybee belonging to the genus apis. See Iowa Code 160.1A
• City: means a municipal corporation, but not including a county, township, school district, or any special-purpose district or authority. See Iowa Code 172D.1
• Colony: means a queen bee and more than one worker bee located on beeswax combs and enclosed in a container. See Iowa Code 160.1A
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the department of environmental quality in a reference to a time before July 1, 1983, the department of water, air and waste management in a reference to a time on or after July 1, 1983, and through June 30, 1986, and the department of natural resources on or after July 1, 1986, and includes any officer or agency within that department. See Iowa Code 172D.1
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Landowner: means a person who holds an interest in land, including a titleholder or tenant. See Iowa Code 169C.1
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Nuisance: means and includes public or private nuisance as defined either by statute or by the common law. See Iowa Code 172D.1
• Owner: shall mean the person holding record title to real estate to include both legal and equitable interests under recorded real estate contracts. See Iowa Code 172D.1
• Package: means a shipping cage exclusively containing adult bees, without beeswax combs. See Iowa Code 160.1A
• person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1