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Iowa Code § 661.1 (2026)

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The action of mandamus is one brought to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do or not to do an act, the performance or omission of which the law enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station. [R60, §3761; C73, §3373; C97, §4341; S13, §4341; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12440; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §661.1]

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Cited in 36 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1950–2025 · leading case: Koenigs v. Mitchell Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 659 N.W.2d 589 (Iowa 2003).
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Koenigs v. Mitchell Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 659 N.W.2d 589 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 661.1 (action in mandamus is one brought to command the performance of an act, the performance or omission of which the law enjoins as a duty); Hicks v.”
Hicks v. Franklin Cnty. Auditor, 514 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 3× “2d 639, 644 (Iowa 1974); Iowa Code § 661.1 . Where the duty is discretionary, however, “mandamus will lie only if it is shown defendant acted arbitrarily or capriciously in denying the request.”
Chicago Cent. & Pac. R.R. Co. v. Calhoun Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, Acting as Tr. for the Drainage Dist. No. 86, 816 N.W.2d 367 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 661.1 . 4 . Wise refers to various sections of chapter 455 of the Iowa Code.”
Morrison-Knudsen Co. v. State Tax Comm'n, 44 N.W.2d 449 (Iowa 1950). · cites it 4× “See Code section 661.1, I.C.A.; Commercial National Bank of Council Bluffs v.”
McBride v. City of Sioux City, 444 N.W.2d 85 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 2× “2d 69, 71-72 (1946); Iowa Code § 661.1 (mandamus proper action to compel inferior tribunal, board, or corporation to perform a duty).”
Dwyer v. Clerk of Dist. Court for Scott Cnty., 404 N.W.2d 167 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 4× “Mandamus is a special action under Iowa Code chapter 661 "brought to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do .”
State Ex Rel. Clark v. Johnson, 904 P.2d 11 (N.M. 1995). “2d 348 (1947) (same); Iowa Code § 661.1 (1995) (defining mandamus as either mandatory or prohibitory).”
In RE the Det. of Harold Johnson, Harold Johnson, 805 N.W.2d 750 (Iowa 2011). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 661.1 . The Iowa rules of civil procedure provide additional appropriate remedies.”
Graham v. Baker, 447 N.W.2d 397 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 2× “Generally, mandamus may issue to compel a person, board, corporation, officer, or inferior court to perform a duty that arises by operation of law. 55 C.J.S. Mandamus § 1 (1948).”
Reed v. Gaylord, 216 N.W.2d 327 (Iowa 1974). · cites it 2× “Section 661.1, The Code, defines mandamus: “The action of mandamus is one brought to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do or not to do an act, the performance or omission of which the law enjoins as a duty resulting from an office,…”
Virginia Manor, Inc. v. City of Sioux City, 261 N.W.2d 510 (Iowa 1978). “The remedy VMI selected was a logical choice under the statutory definition of mandamus contained in § 661.1, The Code: “The action of mandamus is one brought to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do or not to do an act, the…”
Stafford v. Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist., 298 N.W.2d 307 (Iowa 1980). “A mandamus action is a special proceeding authorized by chapter 661, The Code. It is an action “to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do or not to do an act, the performance or omission of which the law enjoins as a duty resulting…”
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