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Iowa Code § 10A.601 (2026)

Employment appeal board — created — duties

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1. A full-time employment appeal board is created within the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to hear and decide contested cases under section 70A.28, chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapters 20, 80, 88, 91C, 96, and 97B. In addition, the employment appeal board has those powers and responsibilities assigned to it by chapter 20.

2. The employment appeal board is composed of three members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, to six-year staggered terms beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19. One member shall be qualified by experience and affiliation to represent employers, one member shall be qualified by experience and affiliation to represent employees, and one member shall represent the general public. No more than two members shall be members of the same political party. A vacancy in membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member of the appeal board may be removed by the governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The members of the employment appeal board shall receive an annual salary as set by the governor.

3. The members of the appeal board shall select a chairperson and vice chairperson from their membership. The appeal board may meet as often as necessary. Meetings shall be set by a majority of the appeal board or upon the call of the chairperson, or in the chairperson’s \n Tue Dec 09 22:33:57 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 10A (156, 6) 37 DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING, §10A.601\n\nabsence, upon the call of the vice chairperson. The employment appeal board, subject to the approval of the director, may appoint personnel necessary for carrying out its functions and duties.

4. The appeal board may on its own motion affirm, modify, or set aside a decision of an administrative law judge on the basis of the evidence previously submitted in the contested case, or direct the taking of additional evidence, or may permit any of the parties to the decision to initiate further appeals before the appeal board. The appeal board shall permit further appeal by any of the parties interested in a decision of an administrative law judge and by the representative whose decision has been overruled or modified by the administrative law judge. The appeal board shall review the case pursuant to rules adopted by the appeal board. The appeal board shall promptly notify the interested parties of its findings and decision.

5. The appeal board may order testimony to be taken by deposition, and may compel persons to appear and testify and to produce books, papers, and documents in the same manner as witnesses may be deposed and compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the district court. In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the chairperson of the appeal board and any duly authorized representative designated by the appeal board, may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas. Persons deposed or compelled to testify or produce documentary evidence shall be allowed the same fees and traveling expenses as allowed witnesses in the district court.

6. The appeal board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish the manner in which contested cases are to be presented, reports are to be required from the parties, and hearings and appeals are to be conducted. The appeal board shall keep a full and complete record of all proceedings in connection with a contested case. All testimony at a hearing shall be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless the contested case is further appealed. The appeal board shall retain the record for at least sixty days following the final date for appeal of a contested case. A decision of the appeal board is final agency action and an appeal of the decision shall be made directly to the district court. Any party to a contested case may appeal the decision to the district court.

7. An application for rehearing before the appeal board shall be filed pursuant to section 17A.16, unless otherwise provided in section 70A.28, chapter 8A, subchapter IV, or chapter 20, 80, 88, 91C, 96, or 97B. A petition for judicial review of a decision of the appeal board shall be filed pursuant to section 17A.19. The appeal board may be represented in any such judicial review by an attorney who is a regular salaried employee of the appeal board or who has been designated by the appeal board for that purpose, or at the appeal board’s request, by the attorney general. Notwithstanding the petitioner’s residency requirement in section 17A.19, subsection 2, a petition for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the petitioner was last employed or resides, provided that if the petitioner does not reside in this state, the action shall be brought in the district court of Polk county, Iowa, and any other party to the proceeding before the appeal board shall be named in the petition. Notwithstanding the thirty-day requirement in section 17A.19, subsection 6, the appeal board shall, within sixty days after filing of the petition for judicial review or within a longer period of time allowed by the court, transmit to the reviewing court the original or a certified copy of the entire records of a contested case. The appeal board may also certify to the court, questions of law involved in any decision by the appeal board. Petitions for judicial review and the questions so certified shall be given precedence over all other civil cases except cases arising under the workers’ compensation law of this state. No bond shall be required for entering an appeal from any final order, judgment, or decree of the district court to the supreme court. 86 Acts, ch 1245, §515; 88 Acts, ch 1025, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1162, §10; 88 Acts, ch 1109, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §129; 2004 Acts, ch 1107, §1, 30; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1435; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §84; 2025 Acts, ch 92, §1 Referred to in §20.3, 80.15, 88.3, 88.9, 91C.8, 96.1A, 96.6, 97B.27, 357A.21 Confirmation, see §2.32 Subsections 1 and 7 amended\n\nTue Dec 09 22:33:57 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 10A (156, 6) §10A.701, DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING 38\n\n 10A.602 through 10A.700 Reserved.\n\n SUBCHAPTER VII HEALTH FACILITIES Referred to in §249K.2\n\n PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS \n 10A.701 Definitions. Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1442. \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2026 · leading case: Sioux City Brick & Tile Co. v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 449 N.W.2d 634 (Iowa 1989).
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Sioux City Brick & Tile Co. v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 449 N.W.2d 634 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 12× “See Iowa Code § 10A.601(1). Decisions of the EAB are made subject to judicial review by properly filing a petition for judicial review pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.”
Larry R. Hedlund v. State of Iowa K. Brian London, Comm'r of the Iowa Dep't of Pub. Saf., Individually Charis M. Paulson, Dir., Div. of Crim. Investigation, Individually Gerard F. Meyers, Assistant Dir., Div. of Crim. Investigation, Individually & Terry E. Branstad, Individually, 875 N.W.2d 720 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 2× “twelve months’ service, a peace officer of [DPS], who was appointed after having passed the examinations, is not subject to; dismissal, suspension, disciplinary demotion, or other disciplinary action resulting in the loss of pay unless charges have been filed with the department…”
Worthington v. Kenkel, 684 N.W.2d 228 (Iowa 2004). · cites it 2× “of the department, who was appointed after having passed the [statutorily mandated physical and mental] examinations, is not subject to dismissal, suspension, disciplinary demotion, or other disciplinary action resulting in the loss of pay unless charges have been filed with the…”
Sharp v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 492 N.W.2d 668 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 10A.601(7). Under section 17A.”
Kent v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 498 N.W.2d 687 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 10A.601 and 96.6. In addition, Iowa Code section 96.”
Crescent Chevrolet v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 429 N.W.2d 148 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 96.6 (2) (1981). In addition, the appeal board, in order to comply with its statutory duty “to hear and decide contested cases under chapter[ ] .”
Theodore Patrick Wright v. State of Iowa & Dep't of Pub. Saf. (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 10A.601. 7 for the claimed wrong.”
Vicki Jean Caldwell v. Iowa Workforce Dev. & Emp. Appeal Bd. (Iowa Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “As for the opposing position, this case involves the unusual presentation of two appellees—EAB’s attorney filed a brief, as authorized by Iowa Code section 10A.601(7), and the Attorney General filed a brief purportedly on behalf of IWD.”
— Iowa Code § 10A.601(1) — 2 cases
Sioux City Brick & Tile Co. v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 449 N.W.2d 634 (Iowa 1989). “See Iowa Code § 10A.601(1). Decisions of the EAB are made subject to judicial review by properly filing a petition for judicial review pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.”
Crescent Chevrolet v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 429 N.W.2d 148 (Iowa 1988). “” Iowa Code § 96.6 (2) (1981). In addition, the appeal board, in order to comply with its statutory duty “to hear and decide contested cases under chapter[ ] .”
— Iowa Code § 10A.601(4) — 2 cases
Sioux City Brick & Tile Co. v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 449 N.W.2d 634 (Iowa 1989). “See Iowa Code § 10A.601(1). Decisions of the EAB are made subject to judicial review by properly filing a petition for judicial review pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.”
Crescent Chevrolet v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 429 N.W.2d 148 (Iowa 1988). “” Iowa Code § 96.6 (2) (1981). In addition, the appeal board, in order to comply with its statutory duty “to hear and decide contested cases under chapter[ ] .”
— Iowa Code § 10A.601(7) — 3 cases
Sioux City Brick & Tile Co. v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 449 N.W.2d 634 (Iowa 1989). “See Iowa Code § 10A.601(1). Decisions of the EAB are made subject to judicial review by properly filing a petition for judicial review pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.”
Sharp v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 492 N.W.2d 668 (Iowa 1992). “Iowa Code § 10A.601(7). Under section 17A.”
Vicki Jean Caldwell v. Iowa Workforce Dev. & Emp. Appeal Bd. (Iowa Ct. App. 2026). “As for the opposing position, this case involves the unusual presentation of two appellees—EAB’s attorney filed a brief, as authorized by Iowa Code section 10A.601(7), and the Attorney General filed a brief purportedly on behalf of IWD.”
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