Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 400.22 (2026)

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Within fourteen calendar days from the service of the notice of appeal, the person or body making the ruling appealed from shall file with the body to which the appeal is taken a written specification of the charges and grounds upon which the ruling was based. If the charges are not filed, the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended may present the matter to the body to whom the appeal is to be taken by affidavit, setting forth the facts, and the body to whom the appeal is to be taken shall immediately enter an order reinstating the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended for want of prosecution. [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5706; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.22; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.22] 86 Acts, ch 1138, §8; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §61, 64 Referred to in §400.18, 400.22A

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1984–1995 · leading case: Mahaffey v. Civil Serv. Com'n of City, 350 N.W.2d 184 (Iowa 1984).
Mahaffey v. Civil Serv. Com'n of City, 350 N.W.2d 184 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 4× “Both parties ask us to consider the extent to which acts of misconduct not identified in the specification of charges required by section 400.22 may be considered in determining the proper punishment for violations which are specified and established.”
Johnson v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of the City of Clinton, 352 N.W.2d 252 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “Section 400.22 requires the entity that made the discharge to file a written specification of the charges and grounds upon which the decision was based.”
City of Des Moines v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 540 N.W.2d 52 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 400.22 . The City also filed a motion to dismiss Smith’s appeal, contending the commission lacked jurisdiction over the matter.”
Kjos v. City of Sioux City, 346 N.W.2d 25 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “Issues are formulated in civil service cases pursuant to Iowa *28 Code section 400.22 (1983) and are carried into district court by de novo review provided for in section 400.”
Benson v. Fort Dodge Police Pension Bd. of Trs., 374 N.W.2d 392 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “The district court properly determined that the commission, in seeking to uphold the discharge, was limited to the grounds specified in the notice of charges required by Iowa Code section 400.22 (1983). Mahaffey v. Civil Service Commission, 350 N.”
City of Bettendorf v. Kelling, 465 N.W.2d 299 (Iowa Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 18× “Under section 400.22, within fourteen days of an appeal before the commission, the City must file a written specification of the charges and grounds for its action.”
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