Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 64.18 (2026)

Beneficiary of bond

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All bonds of public officers shall run to the state, and be for the use and benefit of any corporation, public or private, or person injured or sustaining loss, with a right of action in the name of the state for its or the corporation’s or person’s use. [C51, §325; R60, §555; C73, §677; C97, §1188; S13, §1188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1072; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §64.18] \n 64.19 Approval of bonds. Bonds shall be approved:

1. By the governor, in case of state and district officers, elective or appointive.

2. By the board of supervisors, in case of county officers, township clerks, and assessors.

3. By a judge of the district court for the county in question, in case of members of the board of supervisors.

4. By the township clerk, in case of other township officers.

5. By the council, or as provided by ordinance in case of city officers.

6. By the state court administrator in case of district court clerks and first deputy clerks. [C51, §330; R60, §560; C73, §680; C97, §1188; S13, §1182-a, 1188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1073; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §64.19] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10030, 10201; 93 Acts, ch 70, §3 Referred to in §64.3 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1948–2026 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Switzer v. Overturff, 33 N.W.2d 405 (Iowa 1948).

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State Ex Rel. Switzer v. Overturff, 33 N.W.2d 405 (Iowa 1948). · cites it 4× “” “All bonds of public officers shall * * * be for the use and benefit of any corporation, public or private, or person injured or sustaining loss * * Section 64.18. See, also, section 65.2. III.”

Eugene Sikora v. State of Iowa & Dr. Beth Skinner, in her Off. capacity as Dir. of the Iowa Dep't of Corr. (Iowa 2025). · cites it 10× “We mention four of them: (1) his constitutional tort theory, (2) his idea that immunity can’t extend to claims against individual officers, (3) his trespass on the case theory, and (4) his theory that section 64.18 permits a way around the ITCA.”

Victoria Abrahamson, Hana Schroeder, Jody Schroeder, Terry Schroeder, Samantha Johnson, Bre Ahna Boggess f/k/a Bre Ahna Payne, Rebecca Bates, Tawni Hanson, Darby Jones, Hunter Miner, & the State of Iowa, ex rel. v. Benjamin Scheevel, individually & in his Off. capacity as Officer for the Estherville Police Dep't, Brent Shatto, individually & in his Off. capacity as Chief of the Estherville Police Dep't, City of Estherville, Iowa (Iowa 2026). · cites it 5× “6 for improper dissemination, request, and receipt of criminal history or intelligence data; (2) a common law invasion of privacy of claim based on violations of chapter 692; (3) a common law conspiracy claim based on violations of chapter 692; and (4) an action on the bond…”

Close v. City of Bellevue Iowa (N.D. Iowa 2024). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs state that defendants’ “bonds should be forfeited for the use and benefit of Plaintiffs” under Iowa Code Section 64.18. (Id., at 20–21). Defendants challenge plaintiffs’ claim for action on the bond on multiple grounds.”

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