IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
4.13 - GENERAL SAVINGS PROVISION.
4.13 GENERAL SAVINGS PROVISION.
1. The reenactment, revision, amendment, or repeal of a statute
does not affect any of the following:
a. The prior operation of the statute or any prior action
taken under the statute.
b. Any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation, or
liability previously acquired, accrued, accorded, or incurred under
the statute.
c. Any violation of the statute or penalty, forfeiture, or
punishment incurred in respect to the statute, prior to the amendment
or repeal.
d. Any investigation, proceeding, or remedy in respect of any
privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment;
and the investigation, proceeding, or remedy may be instituted,
continued, or enforced, and the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment
imposed, as if the statute had not been repealed or amended.
2. If the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for any offense is
reduced by a reenactment, revision, or amendment of a statute, the
penalty, forfeiture, or punishment if not already imposed shall be
imposed according to the statute as amended. Section History: Early Form
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 4.13] Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1031, §6