Iowa Code § 100A.1 - Definitions

1. “Authorized agencies” means: a. The state fire marshal. b. The commissioner of public safety. c. The county attorney responsible for prosecutions in the county where a fire occurs. d. The attorney general. e. The federal bureau of investigation or other federal agency requesting information on a fire loss. f. The United States attorney’s office when authorized or charged with investigation of a fire or prosecution for arson. g. The fire chief of the city in which the fire occurs. h. The police chief of the city in which the fire occurs. i. The sheriff of the county in which the fire occurs. j. The fraud bureau within the insurance division of the department of insurance and financial services. 2. “Insurance company” includes, but is not limited to, the Iowa FAIR plan and its member insurance companies. 3. “Relevant information” means information having any tendency to make the existence of a fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the information. [C81, §100A.1] 86 Acts, ch 1051, §1; 93 Acts, ch 100, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1023, §3; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2719