Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 553.10 (2026)

Investigation enforcement

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If a person objects or otherwise fails to obey a written demand or court order issued under section 553.9, the attorney general may file in the district court of the county in which the person resides or maintains a principal place of business within this state an application for an order to enforce the demand or order. Notice of hearing and a copy of the application shall be served upon the person, who may appear in opposition to the application. If the court finds that the demand or order is proper, that there is reasonable cause to believe there has been a violation of this chapter, and that the information sought or document or object demanded is relevant to the violation, it shall order the person to comply with the demand or order, subject to such modification as the court may prescribe. Upon motion by the person and for good cause shown, the court may make any further order in the proceedings which justice requires to protect the person from unreasonable annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, burden, or expense. [C77, 79, 81, §553.10] Referred to in §553.11

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1982–1992 · leading case: Ida Cnty. Courier & the Reminder v. Attorney Gen..

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Ida Cnty. Courier & the Reminder v. Attorney Gen. (Iowa 1982). · cites it 29× “This appeal asks us to determine whether the hearing provided for in section 553.10, The Code 1979, is an evidentiary hearing with the right to cross-examine.”

Ida Cnty. Courier, Etc. v. Atty. Gen. (Iowa 1982). · cites it 29× “This appeal asks us to determine whether the hearing provided for in section 553.10, The Code 1979, is an evidentiary hearing with the right to cross-examine.”

State v. Kelley (Iowa 1984). · cites it 6× “As a final point, we find no merit in respondent’s claim that the investigative powers conferred by rule 5(6) should be analogized to those powers conferred upon the Attorney General by Iowa Code section 553.10 and limited accordingly. The statute referred to is part of the Iowa…”

In Re Allen (Bankr. D. Iowa 1992). “§ 227(2), states: The rule in Subsection (2) states a preference for an interpretation that merely imposes a duty on the obligee to do the act and does not make the doing of the act a condition of the obligor’s duty.”

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