Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 229.40 (2026)

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Proceedings under this chapter are subject to rules prescribed by the supreme court under section 602.4201. [C79, 81, §229.40] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10053, 10201 Rules adopted by the supreme court are published in the compilation “Iowa Court Rules”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1970–1976 · leading case: Stamus v. Leonhardt, 414 F. Supp. 439 (S.D. Iowa 1976).

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Stamus v. Leonhardt, 414 F. Supp. 439 (S.D. Iowa 1976). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 229.40 . The information also had to include where the subject could be located within the county and his or her address, if known.”

Hickey v. Dist. Court of Kossuth Cnty., 174 N.W.2d 406 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 2× “Section 229.40 of the Code now provides: “The term ‘mentái illness’ as used in this chapter includes every type of mental disease or mental disorder.”

Monson v. Hospitalization Com'n for Polk Cnty., Iowa, 338 F. Supp. 1315 (S.D. Iowa 1972). · cites it 3× “It also is argued, on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds, that the term "mental illness”, as defined by § 229.40, is so incomplete and indefinite as to be susceptible of an arbitrary exercise of governmental power violating established constitutional concepts.”

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