This chapter does not apply to several listed categories of entities and individuals, with some exceptions and scope limits.
This chapter, except for sections 535B.3, 535B.11, 535B.12, and 535B.13, does not apply to any of the following: 1. A bank, bank holding company, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union organized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States, or a subsidiary owned or controlled by such a bank, bank holding company, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. 2. A loan company licensed under chapter 536 or 536A, except when acting as a closing agent. 3. An insurance company or a subsidiary or affiliate of an insurance company organized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States, and subject to regulation by the commissioner of insurance. 4. Mortgage lenders or mortgage bankers maintaining an office in this state whose principal business in this state is conducted with or through mortgage lenders or mortgage bankers otherwise exempt under this section and which maintain a place of business in this state. 5. An individual who is employed by a person otherwise exempt under this section, or who, by contract, operates exclusively on behalf of a person otherwise exempt under this section to the extent that the individual is acting within the scope of the individual’s employment or exclusive contract with the exempt person and is acting within the scope of the exempt person’s charter, license, authority, approval, or certificate. 6. A real estate broker licensed under chapter 543B while engaged in practice as a real estate broker. 7. A nonprofit organization qualifying for tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code as defined in section 422.3 which offers housing services to low and moderate income families. 8. An attorney licensed to practice law in this state or the attorney’s employees or agents acting under the attorney’s direction, in a transaction where the conduct of the attorney is regulated by the Iowa supreme court in its capacity as disciplinary authority over attorneys. 9. An officer or employee of the federal government, any state government, or a political subdivision of the state acting in an official capacity. 10. A qualified intermediary or an exchange accommodation titleholder facilitating an exchange under section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code whose role in the transaction is limited to acting in such a capacity. 88 Acts, ch 1146, §2; 89 Acts, ch 83, §76; 89 Acts, ch 133, §4, 5; 96 Acts, ch 1056, §21; 2005 Acts, ch 83, §4, 10; 2008 Acts, ch 1160, §15; 2010 Acts, ch 1111, §2, 13 Referred to in §535B.2A, 535B.3, 535B.23, 558.70