Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 252.27 (2026)

Form of assistance — condition

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1. The board of supervisors shall determine the form of the assistance. However, legal aid shall be only in civil matters and provided only through a legal aid program approved by the board of supervisors. The amount of assistance issued shall be determined by standards of assistance established by the board of supervisors. They may require any able-bodied person to work on public programs or projects at the prevailing local rate per hour in payment for and as a condition of granting assistance. The labor shall be performed under the direction of the officers having charge of the public programs or projects. Subject to section 142.1, assistance may consist of the burial of nonresident indigent transients and the payment of the reasonable cost of burial, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.

2. The board shall record its proceedings relating to the provision of assistance to specific persons under this chapter. A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the board may appeal the decision as if it were a contested case before an agency and as if the person had exhausted administrative remedies in accordance with the procedures and standards in section 17A.19, subsections 2 through 12, except section 17A.19, subsection 10, paragraphs “b” and “g”, and section 17A.20. [C73, §1361; C97, §2230; S13, §2230; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5322; C39, §3828.099; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §252.27; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1039] 92 Acts, ch 1212, §17; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §38, 46; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §54; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §54 \n 252.28 through 252.32 Reserved. \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1963–1992 · leading case: Jones v. Madison Cnty., 492 N.W.2d 690 (Iowa 1992).

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Jones v. Madison Cnty., 492 N.W.2d 690 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 252.27 ; Iowa Code §§ 17A.19(7), 17A.”

Collins v. Hoke, 705 F.2d 959 (8th Cir. 1983). · cites it 3× “On September 11, 1981, the district court ruled that the County’s offer of facility placement violated Iowa Code § 252.27 (1981), that the $1,000.”

Polk Cnty. v. Steinbach, 374 N.W.2d 250 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “Steinbach received rent vouchers of $75 each for two separate two week periods.”

Daniels v. Woodbury Cnty., 742 F.2d 1128 (8th Cir. 1984). “Iowa Code § 252.27 (Supp.1983) states that the amount of benefits is to be determined by the boards of supervisors of each individual county.”

Bascom v. Perry, 357 F. Supp. 431 (N.D. Iowa 1973). “For example § 252.27 provides in part: “Form of relief — condition.”

Elgar v. State Bd. of Soc. Welfare, 122 N.W.2d 355 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 2× “” It cannot be doubted that if the county had not paid the hospital the charges of decedents’ respective last sicknesses, the hospital could file claim therefor which would have priority over the State’s second-class claim. We see no compelling reason why the county’s claim…”

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