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      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_c1",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Anchor: Iowa Code chapter 414 City Zoning",
      "summary": "Iowa's official statute site is the Iowa Code on legis.iowa.gov; city zoning powers are in Title IX, Chapter 414 \"City Zoning\".",
      "body": "Iowa's official statute site is the Iowa Code on legis.iowa.gov; city zoning powers are in Title IX, Chapter 414 \"City Zoning\".\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 414 - CITY ZONING”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=414&year=2026",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026)",
      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 414 - CITY ZONING",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "anchor: Iowa Code chapter 414 City Zoning",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "IA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_c2",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Iowa: (c) home-based business definition 414.33",
      "summary": "Iowa Code 414.33(1)(b) defines a \"home-based business\" as any business making, providing or selling goods or services owned and operated by the owner or tenant of the residence.",
      "body": "Iowa Code 414.33(1)(b) defines a \"home-based business\" as any business making, providing or selling goods or services owned and operated by the owner or tenant of the residence.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026) actually says:\n\n““Home-based business” means any business for the manufacture, provision, or sale of goods or services that is owned and operated by the owner or tenant of the residential property on which the business operates.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/414.33.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026)",
      "evidence_quote": "“Home-based business” means any business for the manufacture, provision, or sale of goods or services that is owned and operated by the owner or tenant of the residential property on which the business operates.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "(c) home-based business definition 414.33",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "IA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_c3",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Iowa: (c) home-based business is a permitted use",
      "summary": "Iowa Code 414.33(2) makes use of a residence for a home-based business a permitted use (subject to deed restrictions, covenants and common-interest-community documents).",
      "body": "Iowa Code 414.33(2) makes use of a residence for a home-based business a permitted use (subject to deed restrictions, covenants and common-interest-community documents).\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026) actually says:\n\n“The use of a residential property for a home-based business is a permitted use.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/414.33.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026)",
      "evidence_quote": "The use of a residential property for a home-based business is a permitted use.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "(c) home-based business is a permitted use",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "IA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_c4",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Iowa: (c) cities may restrict pornography production at home",
      "summary": "Iowa Code 414.33(4)(c) expressly lets cities limit or prohibit a home-based business for creating or selling pornography or operating any other adult-oriented business, so home adult-content production is NOT protected by the state home-business rule.",
      "body": "Iowa Code 414.33(4)(c) expressly lets cities limit or prohibit a home-based business for creating or selling pornography or operating any other adult-oriented business, so home adult-content production is NOT protected by the state home-business rule.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026) actually says:\n\n“creating or selling pornography, providing nude or topless dancing, or operating any other adult-oriented business.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/414.33.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026)",
      "evidence_quote": "creating or selling pornography, providing nude or topless dancing, or operating any other adult-oriented business.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "(c) cities may restrict pornography production at home",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "IA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_c5",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Iowa: (c) no permit for no-impact home business",
      "summary": "Iowa Code 414.33(3) bars cities from requiring any permit or license for a no-impact home-based business (but 414.33(4)(c) carves out adult-oriented uses).",
      "body": "Iowa Code 414.33(3) bars cities from requiring any permit or license for a no-impact home-based business (but 414.33(4)(c) carves out adult-oriented uses).\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026) actually says:\n\n“A city shall not prohibit a no-impact home-based business or otherwise require a person to apply, register, or obtain any permit, license, variance, or other type of prior approval from the city to operate a no-impact home-based business.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/414.33.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026)",
      "evidence_quote": "A city shall not prohibit a no-impact home-based business or otherwise require a person to apply, register, or obtain any permit, license, variance, or other type of prior approval from the city to operate a no-impact home-based business.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "(c) no permit for no-impact home business",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "IA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_c6",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Iowa: (c) short-term rental use for pornography",
      "summary": "Iowa Code 414.1 allows cities to limit or prohibit use of property, including short-term rentals, to sell pornography or obscenity or operate an adult-oriented entertainment establishment.",
      "body": "Iowa Code 414.1 allows cities to limit or prohibit use of property, including short-term rentals, to sell pornography or obscenity or operate an adult-oriented entertainment establishment.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026) actually says:\n\n“Limitation or prohibition of use of property to house sex offenders; to manufacture, exhibit, distribute, or sell illegal drugs, liquor, pornography, or obscenity;”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/414.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026)",
      "evidence_quote": "Limitation or prohibition of use of property to house sex offenders; to manufacture, exhibit, distribute, or sell illegal drugs, liquor, pornography, or obscenity;",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "(c) short-term rental use for pornography",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "IA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_c7",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Iowa: (a) state term: \"place of business\" (728.1(6))",
      "summary": "Iowa does not define \"sexually oriented business\"; its obscenity chapter uses \"place of business\", defined in 728.1(6) by reference to sales/use-tax permit premises or establishments open to the public, which a private residence producing online content does not obviously meet.",
      "body": "Iowa does not define \"sexually oriented business\"; its obscenity chapter uses \"place of business\", defined in 728.1(6) by reference to sales/use-tax permit premises or establishments open to the public, which a private residence producing online content does not obviously meet.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026) actually says:\n\n““Place of business” means the premises of a business required to obtain a sales or use tax permit pursuant to chapter 423,”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/728.1.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa Legislature (Iowa Code 2026)",
      "evidence_quote": "“Place of business” means the premises of a business required to obtain a sales or use tax permit pursuant to chapter 423,",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "(a) state term: \"place of business\" (728.1(6))",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "IA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r345_iowa_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_iowa_345_q1",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Iowa: (d) municipal codes of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport",
      "summary": "The Iowa Legislature website provides listings for Iowa Code sections related to city zoning, which governs municipal codes for cities like Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport.",
      "body": "The Iowa Legislature website provides listings for Iowa Code sections related to city zoning, which governs municipal codes for cities like Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport.\n\nWhat Iowa (official) actually says:\n\n“Iowa Code - 2026 Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Back to Title Listing Chapter 414 - CITY ZONING | Back to Chapter Listing”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=414&year=2026",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Iowa (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "Iowa Code - 2026 Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Back to Title Listing Chapter 414 - CITY ZONING | Back to Chapter Listing",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "345-iowa-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "Iowa",
      "topic": "(d) municipal codes of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Iowa",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ia"
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        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
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        "explicitness": "any"
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}