Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 400.16 (2026)

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All appointive officers and employees of cities shall be selected with reference to their qualifications and fitness and for the good of the public service, and without reference to their political faith or party allegiance. [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5700; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.16; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.16]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2007 · leading case: Sioux City Police Officers' Ass'n v. City of Sioux City, 495 N.W.2d 687 (Iowa 1993).

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Sioux City Police Officers' Ass'n v. City of Sioux City, 495 N.W.2d 687 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code section 400.16 provides: “All appointed officers and employees of the City shall be selected with reference to their qualifications and fitness for the good of the public service, and without reference to their political faith or party allegiance.”

Bryan v. City of Des Moines, 261 N.W.2d 685 (Iowa 1978). “See §§ 400.16, 400.17, The Code. However, those limitations are not involved here.”

Michael Joseph Berent, Michael Steven Romp, Jeff Wayne Thorne, Paul Bryson Ingram, Nichelle Aline Thompson, Rodney Edward Sullivan, Sara Lillis Epstein, Sara Crane Swisher, Bette Jayne Mayes, Caroline M. Dieterle, Matt Blizek, Mori Constantino, Amanda Coyne, Lolly Eggers, Ellen Haywood, Jon Klinkowitz, Karen Kubby, Bob Thompson, James Walters, Roberta Till Retz & Jennie Louise Embree (Iowa 2007). “§ 400.16. The retention proposal in this case arguably conflicts with the spirit if not the letter of Iowa Code sections 372.”

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