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Iowa Code § 341A.7 (2026)

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1. The classified civil service positions covered by this chapter include persons actually serving as deputy sheriffs who are salaried pursuant to section 331.904, subsection 2, but do not include a chief deputy sheriff, two second deputy sheriffs in counties with a population of more than one hundred thousand, three second deputy sheriffs in counties with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand, and four second deputy sheriffs in counties with a population of more than two hundred thousand. However, a chief deputy\n\nTue Dec 09 22:14:39 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 341A (22, 0) §341A.7, CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS 4\n\nsheriff or second deputy sheriff who becomes a candidate for a partisan elective office for remuneration is subject to section 341A.18. A deputy sheriff serving with permanent rank under this chapter may be designated chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff and retain that rank during the period of service as chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff and shall, upon termination of the duties as chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff, revert to the permanent rank.

2. If the positions of two second deputy sheriffs of a county were exempt from classified civil service coverage under this chapter based on the 1980 decennial census, the two second deputy positions shall remain exempt from classified civil service coverage under this chapter. [C75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §341A.7; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1219] 90 Acts, ch 1119, §1; 91 Acts, ch 110, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1184, §68, 69 Referred to in §341A.9 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1989–2008 · leading case: Kucera v. Baldazo, 745 N.W.2d 481 (Iowa 2008).

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Kucera v. Baldazo, 745 N.W.2d 481 (Iowa 2008). · cites it 3× “§ 341A.7. The sheriff maintains, and the *485 district court concluded, chapter 341A constitutes the exclusive remedy for deputies employed in civil service positions who wish to challenge the termination of their employment.”

Norton v. Adair Cnty., 441 N.W.2d 347 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 341A.7, with certain exceptions, cloaks deputy sheriffs with civil service status.”

Sheriff Dennis Kucera & The Tama Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, Tama Cnty., Iowa Vs. Dino Baldazo & Teamsters Local 238 (Iowa 2008). · cites it 3× “5 Iowa Code chapter 341A prescribes a procedural framework for removing, suspending or demoting deputies who are classified as civil service employees: No person in the classified civil service who has been permanently appointed or inducted into civil service under 5Although…”

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