Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 573.5 (2026)
Amount of bond
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Said bond shall run to the public corporation. The amount thereof shall be fixed, and the bond approved, by the official board or officer empowered to let the contract, in an amount not less than seventy-five percent of the contract price, and sufficient to comply with all requirements of said contract and to insure the fulfillment of every condition, expressly or impliedly embraced in said bond; except that in contracts where no part of the contract price is paid until after the completion of the public improvement the amount of said bond may be fixed at not less than twenty-five percent of the contract price. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10303; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573.5]
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cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2009–2024 · leading case: Star Equip., Ltd. v. State of Iowa, Iowa Dep't of Transp., 843 N.W.2d 446 (Iowa 2014).
Star Equip., Ltd. v. State of Iowa, Iowa Dep't of Transp., 843 N.W.2d 446 (Iowa 2014). “Iowa Code section 573.5 (2011) states that the amount of the bond must be “sufficient to comply with all requirements of [the] contract and to insure the fulfillment of every condition, expressly or impliedly embraced in [the] bond.”
Accurate Controls, Inc. v. Cerro Gordo Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 627 F. Supp. 2d 976 (N.D. Iowa 2009). “Iowa Code § 573.5 (“Said bond shall run to the public corporation.”
Smith v. Iowa Ass'n of Cmty. Coll. Trs. (Iowa Ct. App. 2024). “” Iowa Code § 573.5 . As a final note, we return to the district court ruling.”
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