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 \n
Notes of Decisions
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, 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.”
Matthew Jahnke v. Deere & Co., 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 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 v. Ben Fish, 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., 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 v. State of Iowa, 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.”
Iowa Code § 669.4(1): 2 cases
Iowa Code § 669.4(2): 6 cases
Iowa Code § 669.4(3): 2 cases
Iowa Code § 669.4(4): 2 cases
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