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Iowa Code § 66.1 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1. 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1

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Cited in 5 cases, 1951–1982 · leading case: State v. Callaway, 268 N.W.2d 841 (Iowa 1978).
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State v. Callaway, 268 N.W.2d 841 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 4× “Callaway from office as sheriff of Hardin County on the ground of willful misconduct or maladministration in office under § 66.1(2), The Code. The sole question on defendant’s appeal is whether the State carried its burden of proof.”
State v. Bartz, 224 N.W.2d 632 (Iowa 1974). · cites it 3× “7 at 624 — 625; Black’s Law Dictionary, Revised 4th Ed.”
Ferguson v. Brick, 82 N.W.2d 849 (Iowa 1957). “The above is the only statutory provision for removal of public officials by a popular vote, see sections 66.1 and 66.29, Code, 1954, and first appeared in chapter 48, Acts of the Thirty-second General Assembly.”
State ex rel. Doyle v. Benda, 319 N.W.2d 264 (Iowa 1982). “” See § 66.1(2), The Code. They also assert trial court erred in failing to award the special assistant county attorney “fees for legal services rendered by other personnel employed by the special assistant county attorney, particularly the law clerk.”
Hild v. Polk Cnty., 49 N.W.2d 206 (Iowa 1951). · cites it 2× “The State had commenced the action under section 66.1. The case was at issue upon the arrival of the return date, and if the plaintiff therein was content to dawdle and allow the case to drag along for over two years without a hearing thereon, and is thereby liable *1361 in a…”
— Iowa Code § 66.1(2) — 2 cases
State v. Callaway, 268 N.W.2d 841 (Iowa 1978). “Callaway from office as sheriff of Hardin County on the ground of willful misconduct or maladministration in office under § 66.1(2), The Code. The sole question on defendant’s appeal is whether the State carried its burden of proof.”
State ex rel. Doyle v. Benda, 319 N.W.2d 264 (Iowa 1982). “” See § 66.1(2), The Code. They also assert trial court erred in failing to award the special assistant county attorney “fees for legal services rendered by other personnel employed by the special assistant county attorney, particularly the law clerk.”
— Iowa Code § 66.1(3) — 1 case
State v. Bartz, 224 N.W.2d 632 (Iowa 1974). “7 at 624 — 625; Black’s Law Dictionary, Revised 4th Ed.”
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