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Iowa Code § 730.1 (2026)

Statements regarding discharge

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If any person, agent, company, or corporation, after having discharged any employee from service, shall prevent or attempt to prevent, by word or writing of any kind, such discharged employee from obtaining employment with any other person, company, or corporation, except by furnishing in writing on request a truthful statement as to the cause of the person’s discharge, such person, agent, company, or corporation shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor and shall be liable for all damages sustained by any such person. [C97, §5027; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13253; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §736.1; C79, 81, §730.1] Referred to in §730.2

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2022 · leading case: Talen v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 703 N.W.2d 395 (Iowa 2005).
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Talen v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 703 N.W.2d 395 (Iowa 2005). · cites it 2× “In May 1997 Pearson filed a request for permission to amend his petition to add claims based on slander, tortious interference with a prospective business relationship, and violation of Iowa Code section 730.1 (1995) (prohibiting employers from preventing discharged employees…”
Glenn v. Diabetes Treatment Centers of Am., Inc., 116 F. Supp. 2d 1098 (S.D. Iowa 2000). · cites it 9× “(DTCA): (1) violation of the Iowa blacklisting law, Iowa Code § 730.1 et seq.; (2) violation of the Iowa Competition Law, Iowa Code § 558.”
Loparex, LLC v. MPI Release Tech., LLC, 964 N.E.2d 806 (Ind. 2012). “Code § 22-5-3-l(a), -1(b); see also Iowa Code Ann. § 730.1 (2003); Kan. Stat.”
Swanson v. Oldenburger (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 15× “As for his blacklisting claims, Swanson contends the court erred by determining that section 730.1 cannot be the basis for a civil lawsuit against Oldenburger as an individual and that Oldenburger’s acts did not create liability for the county.”
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