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Iowa Code § 622.11 (2026)

Public officers

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A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to the public officer in official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure. [C51, §2395; R60, §3987; C73, §3644; C97, §4609; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11264; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.11] Referred to in §462A.7

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1966–2023 · leading case: Mitchell v. City of Cedar Rapids, 926 N.W.2d 222 (Iowa 2019).
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Mitchell v. City of Cedar Rapids, 926 N.W.2d 222 (Iowa 2019). · cites it 14× “11, which provides, "A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to the public officer in official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.”
State v. Iowa Dist. Court for Iowa Cnty., 356 N.W.2d 523 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 21× “Qualified Privilege Under Iowa Code Section 622.11. The State asserts that Iowa Code section 622.”
Shannon by Shannon v. Hansen, 469 N.W.2d 412 (Iowa 1991). · cites it 4× “Statements made by witnesses to peace officers investigating a motor vehicle accident to enable the officers to make their reports are not made in “official confidence” for the purpose of section 622.11. Because the disclosure of witness statements is authorized under section…”
Metro. Transfer Station, Inc. v. Design Structures, Inc., 328 N.W.2d 532 (Iowa Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “9 (1981) (husband-wife); Iowa Code § 622.11 (1981) (public officer).”
Woodbury Cnty. Attorney v. Iowa Dist. Court for Woodbury Cnty., 448 N.W.2d 20 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 4× “The county attorney’s resistance urged the information sought was protected by a qualified privilege as to communications made in official confidence under the provisions of Iowa Code section 622.11 (1987). Straud’s reply, among other things, asserted that he had standing and…”
Hawk Eye v. Jackson, 521 N.W.2d 750 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 2× “) Section 622.11 reads: A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to the public offi- *753 eer in official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.”
Nizzi v. Laverty Sprayers, Inc., 143 N.W.2d 312 (Iowa 1966). · cites it 2× “Code section 622.11 provides: “Public officers.”
Billy Dean Carter, Bill G. Carter, & the Est. of Shirley D. Carter, by & through Bill G. Carter v. Jason Carter (Iowa 2021). · cites it 28× “We must answer the question of whether Jason can use Iowa Code section 622.11 (2017) to prohibit the state from voluntarily disclosing portions of the DCI file.”
Carter v. Carter (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 6× “2 See Iowa Code § 622.11 (“A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to the public officer in official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.”
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