§ 85.1 Inapplicability of chapter
§ 85.1A Proprietors, limited liability company members, limited liability partners, and partners
§ 85.2 Public employees — chapter compulsory
§ 85.3 Acceptance presumed — notice to nonresident employers
§ 85.16 Willful injury — intoxication
§ 85.18 Contract to relieve not operative
§ 85.20 Rights of employee exclusive
§ 85.21 Payments concerning liability disputes
§ 85.22 Liability of others — subrogation
§ 85.23 Notice of injury — failure to give
§ 85.24 Form of notice
§ 85.25 Service of notice
§ 85.26 Limitation of actions — who may maintain action
§ 85.27 Services — release of information — charges — payment — debt collection prohibited
§ 85.28 Burial expense
§ 85.29 Liability in case of no dependents
§ 85.30 Maturity date and interest
§ 85.31 Death cases — dependents
§ 85.32 When compensation begins
§ 85.33 Temporary total and temporary partial disability
§ 85.34 Permanent disabilities
§ 85.35 Settlements
§ 85.36 Basis of computation
§ 85.37 Compensation schedule
§ 85.38 Reduction of obligations of employer
§ 85.39 Examination of injured employees
§ 85.40 Statement of earnings
§ 85.41 Refusal to furnish statement
§ 85.42 Conclusively presumed dependent
§ 85.43 Payment to spouse
§ 85.44 Payment to actual dependents
§ 85.45 Commutation
§ 85.47 Basis of commutation
§ 85.48 Partial commutation
§ 85.49 Trustees for minors and dependents
§ 85.50 Report of trustee
§ 85.51 Alien dependents in foreign country
§ 85.52 Consular officer as trustee
§ 85.53 Notice to consular officer
§ 85.54 Contracts to avoid compensation
§ 85.55 Franchisor-franchisee relationship
§ 85.56 Employees in interstate commerce
§ 85.59 Benefits for inmates and offenders
§ 85.60 Injuries while in work-based learning opportunity, employment training, or evaluation
§ 85.61 Definitions
§ 85.62 Inmates of county jail
§ 85.63 Title of Act
§ 85.64 Limitation of benefits
§ 85.65 Payments to second injury fund
§ 85.65A Payments to second injury fund — surcharge on employers
§ 85.66 Second injury fund — creation — custodian
§ 85.67 Administration of fund — special counsel — payment of award
§ 85.67A Administration of fund — permanent prosthetic devices
§ 85.68 Actions — collection of payments — subrogation
§ 85.69 Federal contributions
§ 85.70 Additional payment for attendance — rehabilitation and training — new career vocational training and education program
§ 85.71 Injury outside of state
§ 85.72 Claims for benefits made outside of state — restrictions — credit
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Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 85 - Workers' Compensation

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • road: include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" "common road" and "state road". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • week: means seven consecutive days. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1