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Iowa Code § 1.12 (2026)

Jurisdiction of Indian settlement

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The state of Iowa hereby assumes jurisdiction over civil causes of actions between Indians or other persons or to which Indians or other persons are parties arising within the Sac and Fox Indian settlement in Tama county. The civil laws of this state shall obtain on the settlement and shall be enforced in the same manner as elsewhere throughout the state. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §1.12] Referred to in §1.13, 1.14

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1975–2019 · leading case: Inc. City of Denison v. Clabaugh, 306 N.W.2d 748 (Iowa 1981).
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Inc. City of Denison v. Clabaugh, 306 N.W.2d 748 (Iowa 1981). · cites it 44× “Section 1.12 of the ordinance allows nonconforming structures lawfully in existence on the effective date of the ordinance to continue unabated.”
Myron Dennis Behm, Burton J. Brooks, Bobby Lee Langston, David Leon Brodsky, Jeffrey R. Olson, & Geoff Tate Smith v. City of Cedar Rapids & Gatso USA, Inc., 922 N.W.2d 524 (Iowa 2019). · cites it 10× “The provision states, If the recipient of an Automated Traffic Citation does not either pay the fine by the due date stated in the citation or appeal the citation as provided herein, a municipal infraction citation may be filed by the Cedar Rapids Police Department 59 and a fine…”
State v. Lasley, 705 N.W.2d 481 (Iowa 2005). · cites it 12× “12 provides: The state of Iowa hereby assumes jurisdiction over civil causes of actions between Indians or other persons or to which Indians or other persons are parties arising within the Sac and Fox Indian settlement in Tama county.”
Meier v. Sac & Fox Indian Tribe, 476 N.W.2d 61 (Iowa 1991). · cites it 10× “Iowa accepted Congress’ invitation by passing Iowa Code section 1.12 in 1967: The state of Iowa hereby assumes jurisdiction over civil causes of actions between Indians or other persons or to which Indians or other persons are parties arising within the Sac and Fox Indian…”
State Ex Rel. Vega v. Medina, 549 N.W.2d 507 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 6× “Iowa is one of ten states which have chosen to do so and has adopted full Public Law 280 jurisdiction with the following language in Iowa Code section 1.12 (1985): The state of Iowa hereby assumes jurisdiction over civil causes of action between Indians or other persons or to…”
State v. James, 393 N.W.2d 465 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “9(b)(i), at 378 (1984); 1 Model Penal Code and Commentaries § 1.12(2)(a), comment, at 191 (1985); Fletcher, Rethinking Criminal Law, supra, 539-40; A.”
State v. Bear, 452 N.W.2d 430 (Iowa 1990). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 1.12 . We are dealing with a criminal offense and not a domestic relations matter, such as the dependency, neglect, delinquency, care or custody of minors.”
State v. Lass, 228 N.W.2d 758 (Iowa 1975). “On submission of presumptions for jury consideration ■ generally, see Model Penal Code, § 1.12(5) (A.L.I.1962); Comments on Model Penal Code, § 1.”
Bd. of Supervisors v. Chicago & North W. Transp. Co., 260 N.W.2d 813 (Iowa 1977). “In the first place the county could have applied for a corrective reopening of the case under § 1.12, Commerce Commission’s Rules of Practice, 1973 Departmental Rules.”
State ex rel. Dep't of Human Servs. ex rel. Whitebreast v. Whitebreast, 409 N.W.2d 460 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 2× “Iowa accepted full Public Law 280 jurisdiction, using language nearly identical to that found at 25 U.”
State, Dept. of Human Serv. v. Whitebreast, 409 N.W.2d 460 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 2× “Iowa accepted full Public Law 280 jurisdiction, using language nearly identical to that found at 25 U.”
Sac & Fox Tribe v. Licklider, 576 F.2d 145 (8th Cir. 1978). “See Iowa Code § 1.12 . II. The starting point for our analysis is the question of whether the land in Tama County presently occupied by the Tribe is a reservation.”
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— Iowa Code § 1.12(2) — 1 case
Inc. City of Denison v. Clabaugh, 306 N.W.2d 748 (Iowa 1981). “Section 1.12 of the ordinance allows nonconforming structures lawfully in existence on the effective date of the ordinance to continue unabated.”
— Iowa Code § 1.12(2)(a) — 1 case
State v. James, 393 N.W.2d 465 (Iowa 1986). “9(b)(i), at 378 (1984); 1 Model Penal Code and Commentaries § 1.12(2)(a), comment, at 191 (1985); Fletcher, Rethinking Criminal Law, supra, 539-40; A.”
— Iowa Code § 1.12(5) — 1 case
State v. Lass, 228 N.W.2d 758 (Iowa 1975). “On submission of presumptions for jury consideration ■ generally, see Model Penal Code, § 1.12(5) (A.L.I.1962); Comments on Model Penal Code, § 1.”
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