100A.1 - DEFINITIONS.



        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 commerce.
         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.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C81, § 100A.1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1051, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 100, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1023, §3