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Iowa Code § 4.4 (2026)

Presumption of enactment

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In enacting a statute, it is presumed that: 1. Compliance with the Constitutions of the state and of the United States is intended. 2. The entire statute is intended to be effective. 3. A just and reasonable result is intended. 4. A result feasible of execution is intended. 5. Public interest is favored over any private interest. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §4.4]

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Cited in 142 cases (28 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Deanna Jo Ramirez-Trujillo v. Quality Egg, L.L.C., Wright Cnty. Egg Div., & Selective Ins. Co. of Am., 878 N.W.2d 759 (Iowa 2016).
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Deanna Jo Ramirez-Trujillo v. Quality Egg, L.L.C., Wright Cnty. Egg Div., & Selective Ins. Co. of Am., 878 N.W.2d 759 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 8× “2d at 231 ; see Iowa Code § 4.4 (2). We also avoid construing statutory provisions in a manner that will lead to absurd results.”
Amended September 30, 2015 Iowa Ins. Inst., Iowa Def. Couns. Ass'n, Iowa Self-insurers' Ass'n, Prop. Cas. Insurers Ass'n of Am., Nat'l Ass'n of Mut. Ins. Companies, & Iowa Ass'n of Bus. & Indus. v. Core Grp. of the Iowa Ass'n for Just. Christopher J. Godfrey, Workers' Comp. Comm'r, Div. of..., 867 N.W.2d 58 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 4× “2d 874, 882 (Iowa 2015); see also Iowa Code § 4.4 (2) (setting forth the presumption that “[t]he entire statute is intended to be effective”).”
State of Iowa v. Iowa Dist. Court for Scott Cnty., 889 N.W.2d 467 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “so they effectuate just and reasonable results, not arbitrary ones”); see also Iowa Code § 4.4 (3) (setting forth a presumption that “[i]n enacting a statute .”
Des Moines Flying Serv., Inc. v. Aerial Servs. Inc. Cedar Valley Aviation, LLC & Kirk P. Fisher, 880 N.W.2d 212 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code §§ 4.4 , .7; id. § 554.1104. The interpretation sought by DMFS would effectively invalidate the implied warranty of merchantability for the majority of consumer and commercial transactions involving product failure.”
Tim Neal v. Annett Holdings, Inc., 814 N.W.2d 512 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 4.4 (2) (setting forth a presumption that the entire statute is intended to be effective).”
Gary N. Porter & Lori Porter v. Richard L. Harden & Janice Harden, 891 N.W.2d 420 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “provides for the care and feeding of livestock on the land”— provides needed background and suggests that the focus should be on how the land is being used overall, not necessarily on whether a single animal qualifying as “livestock” is grazing on it.”
State of Iowa v. Lloyd Aschbrenner, 926 N.W.2d 240 (Iowa 2019). · cites it 2× “2d 58, 75 (Iowa 2015); see also Iowa Code § 4.4 (3) (“In enacting a statute, .”
State of Iowa v. John Robert Hoyman, 863 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 4.4 (3) (“In enacting a statute it is presumed that .”
Star Equip., Ltd. v. State of Iowa, Iowa Dep't of Transp., 843 N.W.2d 446 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 2× “2d 518 , 14 524 (Iowa 2013); see also Iowa Code § 4.4 (2) (“In enacting a statute, it is presumed that .”
Blake James Jacobs v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., Motor Veh. Div., 887 N.W.2d 590 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 2× “2d 874, 882 (Iowa 2015); see also Iowa Code § 4.4 (2) (setting forth the *597 presumption that “[t]he entire statute is intended to be effective”).”
State of Iowa v. Arzel Jones, 817 N.W.2d 11 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 4.4 (1) (2007) (stating that “[i]n enacting a statute, it is presumed that .”
State of Iowa v. Betty Ann Nall, 894 N.W.2d 514 (Iowa 2017). “2d 266, 275 (Iowa 2014); see also Iowa Code § 4.4 (2) (setting forth the presumption that an entire statute is intended to be effective); State v.”
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— Iowa Code § 4.4(1) — 1 case
In the Matter of the Guardianship & Conservatorship of Stuart Kennedy (Involuntary) Stuart Kennedy v. Maria Kennedy, 845 N.W.2d 707 (Iowa 2014).
— Iowa Code § 4.4(2) — 1 case
Robert Teig v. Patrick Loeffler, Ashley Vanorney, Dale Todd, Brad Hart, Ann Poe, Tyler Olson & Scott Olson (Iowa 2025).
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