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Iowa Code § 69.1 (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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cases, 1953–1999 · leading case: Welty v. McMahon, 316 N.W.2d 836 (Iowa 1982).
Welty v. McMahon, 316 N.W.2d 836 (Iowa 1982). “Section 69.1 provides in part: "every officer elected or appointed for a fixed term shall *839 hold office until his successor is elected and qualified, unless he resigns, or is removed or suspended, as provided by law.”
Westphal v. City of Council Bluffs, 275 N.W.2d 439 (Iowa 1979). “1(1), The Code, and that the ordinance, being in conflict with it, was not used until home rule became effective on July 1, 1975, which was after his last formal appointment.”
Walker v. Sears, 61 N.W.2d 729 (Iowa 1953). “Section 69.1, Iowa Code, 1950. The doctrine of de facto service in an official position is *267 too well established to require discussion here.”
Bailiff v. Adams Cnty. Conf. Bd., 54 F. Supp. 2d 923 (S.D. Iowa 1999). “Westphal , discussed above, leads this Court to find that plaintiff was a holdover appointee, as set forth in Iowa Code section 69.1. As a holdover appointee, plaintiff was not entitled to claim he was serving a six-year term as county assessor; therefore, he could not have had…”
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