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Iowa Code § 23.1 (2026)

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This chapter may be cited as the “Iowa Public Information Board Act”. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an alternative means by which to secure compliance with and enforcement of the requirements of chapters 21 and 22 through the provision by the Iowa public information board to all interested parties of an efficient, informal, and cost-effective process for resolving disputes. 2012 Acts, ch 1115, §4, 17

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1961–2023 · leading case: Graham v. Worthington, 146 N.W.2d 626 (Iowa 1966).
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Graham v. Worthington, 146 N.W.2d 626 (Iowa 1966). · cites it 2× “, State Comptroller of the State of Iowa, in their official capacities and also collectively and individually as the "State Appeal Board" as defined in Section 23.1 of the Code of Iowa, and Lawrence F.”
Town of Mechanicsville v. State Appeal Bd., 111 N.W.2d 317 (Iowa 1961). · cites it 2× “Section 23.1 provides: “The words ‘public improvement’ as used in this chapter shall mean any building or other construction work to be paid for in whole or in part by the use of funds of any municipality.”
Sampson v. City of Cedar Falls, 231 N.W.2d 609 (Iowa 1975). “3 requires a hearing and notice thereof in accordance with §§ 23.1 to 23.11 of the Code, which deal with public contracts for improvements costing $5000 or more.”
Harrington Trucking, Inc. v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., 526 N.W.2d 528 (Iowa 1995). “§ 23.1. The definition of a minointy business enterprise (MBE) means a small business concern which is owned and controlled by one or more minorities or women.”
Adam Klein v. Iowa Pub. Info. Bd. & Burlington Police Dep't & Iowa Dep't of Pub. Saf., Div. of Crim. Investigations (Iowa 2021). · cites it 3× “Iowa Code § 23.1 . 2. Election of remedies and preference given to Board complaints over district court actions.”
Polk Cnty. Assessor Randy Ripperger v. Iowa Pub. Info. Bd. (Iowa 2021). · cites it 2× ““The purpose of [chapter 23] is to provide an alternative means by which to secure compliance with and enforcement of the requirements of chapters 21 and 22 through the provision by the [Board] to all interested parties of an efficient, informal, and cost-effective process for…”
Polly Carver-Kimm v. Kim Reynolds, Pat Garrett, & State of Iowa & Gerd Clabaugh, Sarah Reisetter, & Susan Dixon (Iowa 2023). “§ 23.1. Pursuant to chapter 23, a person denied access to government records can file a complaint with the public information board.”
Polly Carver-Kimm v. Kim Reynolds, Pat Garrett, & State of Iowa & Gerd Clabaugh, Sarah Reisetter, & Susan Dixon (Iowa 2023). “§ 23.1. Pursuant to chapter 23, a person denied access to government records can file a complaint with the public information board.”
Polly Carver-Kimm v. Kim Reynolds, Pat Garrett, & State of Iowa & Gerd Clabaugh, Sarah Reisetter, & Susan Dixon (Iowa 2023). “§ 23.1. Pursuant to chapter 23, a person denied access to government records can file a complaint with the public information board.”
West Harrison Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Iowa State Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 347 N.W.2d 684 (Iowa Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× ““Public improvement” is defined in section 23.1 as “a building or other construction work to be paid for in whole or in part by the use of funds of any municipality.”
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