In the construction of the statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the general assembly, or repugnant to the context of the statute:
Iowa Code § 4.1
Referred to in §9E.2, 28J.1, 43.49, 50.24, 50.46, 142C.2, 163.35, 203.1, 203C.1, 217.30, 222.2, 222.60, 226.8, 229.1, 235B.2, 235E.1, 256H.1, 347.9A, 362.2, 386.1, 421.9, 421.9A, 446.16, 455B.482, 480.1, 481B.1, 486A.101, 489.14102, 490.140, 502A.1, 508B.5, 514.1, 514E.1, 515.115, 515G.5, 523H.1, 524.103, 527.5, 533.405, 537A.10, 543E.3, 551A.1, 562A.8A, 562B.9A, 633.552, 686D.2, 714.15, 714E.1, 715.3, 716A.1, 904.108
Similar provision on population, §9F.6
Definition of "special state agents", §80.23