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Iowa Code § 669.4 (2026)

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1. The district court of the state of Iowa for the district in which the plaintiff is resident or in which the act or omission complained of occurred, or where the act or omission occurred\n\nTue Dec 09 21:57:34 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 669 (37, 0) 3 STATE TORT CLAIMS, §669.6\n\noutside of Iowa and the plaintiff is a nonresident, the Polk county district court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render judgment on any suit or claim as defined in this chapter. However, the laws and rules of civil procedure of this state on change of place of trial apply to such suits. 2. The state shall be liable in respect to such claims to the same claimants, in the same manner, and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances, except that the state shall not be liable for interest prior to judgment or for punitive damages. Costs shall be allowed in all courts to the successful claimant to the same extent as if the state were a private litigant. 3. The immunity of the state from suit and liability is waived to the extent provided in this chapter. 4. A suit is commenced under this chapter by serving the attorney general or the attorney general’s duly authorized delegate in charge of the tort claims division by service of an original notice. The state shall have thirty days within which to enter its general or special appearance. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §25A.4; 82 Acts, ch 1055, §1, 2] C93, §669.4 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §106; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §114

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 46 cases (12 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: Christopher J. Godfrey v. State of Iowa Terry Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually & in His Off. Capacity Kimberly Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually & in Her Off. Capacity Jeffrey Boeyink, Chief of Staff to the Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually & in His Off. Capacity Brenna Findley, Legal Couns. to the Governor of The, 898 N.W.2d 844 (Iowa 2017).

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Christopher J. Godfrey v. State of Iowa Terry Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually & in His Off. Capacity Kimberly Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually & in Her Off. Capacity Jeffrey Boeyink, Chief of Staff to the Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually & in His Off. Capacity Brenna Findley, Legal Couns. to the Governor of The, 898 N.W.2d 844 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 14× “Iowa Code § 669.4 ; see also Young v. City of Des Moines, 262 N.”

Est. of David Paul McFarlin by Its Pers. Rep., Jamie Laass Jamie Laass, Individually & Jamie Laass, as Parent & Next Friend of S.L. v. State of Iowa, 881 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 10× “79, § 4; accord Iowa Code § 669.4 . Notably, the common law public- duty doctrine is not among the express exceptions to the waiver of immunity.”

Griffen v. State, 767 N.W.2d 633 (Iowa 2009). · cites it 16× “” Iowa Code § 669.4 . The chapter includes a list of exceptions.”

Pamela Sue Hook v. Tito Trevino, Individually, & Tito Trevino D/B/A Trevino Law Offices, 839 N.W.2d 434 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 669.4 (emphasis added). Trevino and Hook each offer a date to serve as the trigger for interest.”

Dickerson v. Mertz, 547 N.W.2d 208 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 6× “Iowa Code section 669.4 waives the state’s sovereign immunity from tort claims but sections 669.”

Gregory Baldwin v. City of Estherville, Iowa Matt Reineke, Individually & in His Off. Capacity as an Officer of the Estherville Police Dep't & Matt Hellickson, Individually & in His Off. Capacity as an Officer of the Estherville Police Dep't, 915 N.W.2d 259 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 2× “§§ 669.4(2), .14(2), (5), (8), (9); id. § 670.”

Terri Rivera v. Woodward Resource Ctr. & State of Iowa, 830 N.W.2d 724 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 669.4 ; see also 1965 Iowa Acts ch.”

Matthew Jahnke v. Deere & Co., Richard Czarnecki, & Bernhard Haas, 912 N.W.2d 136 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 669.4 . In contrast, the ICRA lacks similar *143 language indicating an extraterritorial reach.”

Paula Segura & Ricardo Segura v. State of Iowa, 889 N.W.2d 215 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “§ 669.4 (“The immunity of the state from suit and liability is waived to the extent provided in this chapter.”

Casey Mcgill Ginger L. Mcgill Ashlea D. Mcgill & Casey Mcgill, As Parent & Next Best Friend Of Amanda R. Mcgill, Alicia C. Mcgill, & Allison C. Mcgill, Minors Vs. Ben Fish, Thomas Vine, Mark Newton, Robert Selby, & Steven Shaffer, 790 N.W.2d 113 (Iowa 2010). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 669.4 . As a condition to waiving its immunity, the legislature established an administrative procedure for litigants to follow prior to commencing an action in the district court.”

Kaitlyn Johnson v. Humboldt Cnty., Iowa, 913 N.W.2d 256 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 3× “” Iowa Code § 669.4 . Thus, in making the state liable for negligence as if the state was a private actor, the ITCA abrogates sovereign immunity, with some express exceptions codified in section 669.”

Vania Minor, Individually & as Mother, Nat. Guardian & Next Best Friend of D.A. v. State of Iowa, Becky Grabe, Individually & Cleo Hester, Individually, 819 N.W.2d 383 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “2d 544, 545 (Iowa 1986); see also Iowa Code § 669.4 . While the ITCA does not create a cause of action, it “recognizes and provides a remedy for a cause of action already existing which would have otherwise been without remedy because of common law immunity.”

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— Iowa Code § 669.4(1) — 2 cases

Krystal Wagner, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Shane Jensen v. State of Iowa & William L. Spece a/k/a Bill L. Spece (Iowa 2020).

Barrett v. Schwab (N.D. Iowa 2019).

— Iowa Code § 669.4(2) — 6 cases

Gregory Baldwin v. City of Estherville, Iowa Matt Reineke, Individually & in His Off. Capacity as an Officer of the Estherville Police Dep't & Matt Hellickson, Individually & in His Off. Capacity as an Officer of the Estherville Police Dep't, 915 N.W.2d 259 (Iowa 2018). “§§ 669.4(2), .14(2), (5), (8), (9); id. § 670.”

Krystal Wagner, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Shane Jensen v. State of Iowa & William L. Spece a/k/a Bill L. Spece (Iowa 2020).

Cory Burnett v. Phillip Smith & State of Iowa (Iowa 2023).

Terrace Hill Soc'y Found. v. Terrace Hill Comm'n & Kristin Hurd, in her Off. capacity as Chairperson of the Terrace Hill Comm'n (Iowa 2024).

— Iowa Code § 669.4(3) — 2 cases

Eugene Sikora v. State of Iowa & Dr. Beth Skinner, in her Off. capacity as Dir. of the Iowa Dep't of Corr. (Iowa 2025).

Krystal Wagner, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Shane Jensen v. State of Iowa & William L. Spece a/k/a Bill L. Spece (Iowa 2020).

— Iowa Code § 669.4(4) — 2 cases

Mills v. Iowa Bd. of Regents, 770 F. Supp. 2d 986 (S.D. Iowa 2011).

Beverly Henry v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2026).

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