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Iowa Code § 622.46 (2026)
Officer to give copies of records
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Every officer having the custody of a public record or writing shall furnish any person, upon demand and payment of the legal fees therefor, a certified copy thereof. [C51, §2433; R60, §4051; C73, §3706; C97, §4638; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11299; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.46] Referred to in §22.2, 321.11, 622.51\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:22 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 622 (63, 3) 13 EVIDENCE, §622.53
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cases, 1967–2014 · leading case: Linder v. Eckard, 152 N.W.2d 833 (Iowa 1967).
Linder v. Eckard, 152 N.W.2d 833 (Iowa 1967). “Appellants requested certified copies of these reports under the provisions of section 622.46 of the code. Their request was refused, and this action was started to compel appellees to produce copies of the reports for appellants.”
Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. v. Osmundson, 248 N.W.2d 493 (Iowa 1976). “This provision also expressly preserves the right to obtain certified copies of public records assured in § 622.46, The Code, which provides: “Every officer having the custody of a public record or writing shall furnish any person upon demand and payment of legal fees therefore,…”
United States v. Story Cnty. ex rel. Bd. of Supervisors, 28 F. Supp. 3d 861 (S.D. Iowa 2014). “All rights under this section are in addition to the right to obtain a certified copy of a public record under section 622.46. 2. A government body shall not prevent the examination or copying of a public record by contracting with a nongovernment body to perform any of its…”
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