1. A proposed or final decision or order in a contested case shall be in writing or stated in
the record. A proposed or final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law,
separately stated. Findings of fact, if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied
by a concise and explicit statement of underlying facts supporting the findings. The decision
shall include an explanation of why the relevant evidence in the record supports each material
finding of fact. If, in accordance with agency rules, a party submitted proposed findings of
fact, the decision shall include a ruling upon each proposed finding. Each conclusion of law
shall be supported by cited authority or by a reasoned opinion. Parties shall be promptly
notified of each proposed or final decision or order by the delivery to them of a copy of such
decision or order in the manner provided by section 17A.12, subsection 1.\n\nTue Dec 09 22:32:44 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 17A (50, 1)
21 IOWA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT, §17A.17\n\n 2. Except as expressly provided otherwise by another statute referring to this chapter by
name, any party may file an application for rehearing, stating the specific grounds for the
rehearing and the relief sought, within twenty days after the date of the issuance of any final
decision by the agency in a contested case. A copy of the application for rehearing shall be
timely mailed by the presiding agency to all parties of record not joining in the application.
An application for rehearing shall be deemed to have been denied unless the agency grants
the application within twenty days after its filing.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §17A.16]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §518; 88 Acts, ch 1100, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §18, 46
Referred to in §10A.601, 17A.9, 17A.19, 421.17, 508B.14, 515G.14
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Notes of Decisions
Cunningham v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 319 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa 1982).
· cites it 32× “Petitioner then filed a petition for rehearing under section 17A.16, The Code 1979. The notice failure occurred at this point.”
Julie K. Burton v. Hilltop Care Ctr. & Iowa Long Term Care Risk Mgmt. Ass'n, 813 N.W.2d 250 (Iowa 2012).
· cites it 8× “Section 17A.16(1) requires that findings of fact and conclusions of law be stated separately and that factual findings, “if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of underlying facts supporting the findings.”
Cooper v. Kirkwood Cmty. Coll., 782 N.W.2d 160 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 22× “19 sets the time requirements for filing a petition for judicial review: If a party files an application under section 17A.16, subsection 2, for rehearing with the agency, the petition for judicial review must be filed within thirty days after that application has been denied or…”
Kehde v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 318 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa 1982).
· cites it 11× “2d 153 (Iowa 1979), this court rejected the contention that a claimant in a chapter 96 contested case proceeding had not exhausted her administrative remedies by seeking a rehearing before the appeal board under section 17A.”
Ellis v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 285 N.W.2d 153 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 6× “Before reaching the merits the Department contends, as it did in district court, that Ellis did not exhaust her administrative remedies within the Department by seeking a rehearing before the appeal board under section 17A.16, The Code 1979: 2. Any party may file an application…”
Ward v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., 304 N.W.2d 236 (Iowa 1981).
· cites it 4× “We have previously pointed out the crucial importance of the following requirement of section 17A.16(1): A proposed or final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law, separately stated.”
Bridgestone/Firestone v. Accordino, 561 N.W.2d 60 (Iowa 1997).
· cites it 6× “Findings of fact, if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of underlying facts supporting the findings- Each conclusion of law shall be supported by cited authority or by a reasoned opinion.”
City of Hampton v. Iowa Civil Rights Comm'n, 554 N.W.2d 532 (Iowa 1996).
· cites it 4× “In February 1994, the district court remanded the matter to the commission so that it could make findings of fact and conclusions of law as required by Iowa Code section 17A.16(1) (1993). The commission, concluding that the order from the district court was a general remand,…”
Dodd v. Fleetguard, Inc., 759 N.W.2d 133 (Iowa Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 6× “Even though the arbitration decision only has one heading for “FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW,” we are able to clearly discern the line between the findings of fact, which end on one page, and the conclusions of law, which begin on the very next page.”
— Iowa Code § 17A.16(1) — 30 cases
Ward v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., 304 N.W.2d 236 (Iowa 1981).
“We have previously pointed out the crucial importance of the following requirement of section 17A.16(1): A proposed or final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law, separately stated.”
Bridgestone/Firestone v. Accordino, 561 N.W.2d 60 (Iowa 1997).
“Findings of fact, if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of underlying facts supporting the findings- Each conclusion of law shall be supported by cited authority or by a reasoned opinion.”
— Iowa Code § 17A.16(2) — 25 cases
Cunningham v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 319 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa 1982).
“Petitioner then filed a petition for rehearing under section 17A.16, The Code 1979. The notice failure occurred at this point.”
Cooper v. Kirkwood Cmty. Coll., 782 N.W.2d 160 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010).
“19 sets the time requirements for filing a petition for judicial review: If a party files an application under section 17A.16, subsection 2, for rehearing with the agency, the petition for judicial review must be filed within thirty days after that application has been denied or…”
Kehde v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 318 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa 1982).
“2d 153 (Iowa 1979), this court rejected the contention that a claimant in a chapter 96 contested case proceeding had not exhausted her administrative remedies by seeking a rehearing before the appeal board under section 17A.”
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