Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 91B.1 (2026)

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1. An employee, as defined in section 91A.2, shall have access to and shall be permitted to obtain a copy of the employee’s personnel file maintained by the employee’s employer, as defined in section 91A.2, including but not limited to performance evaluations, disciplinary records, and other information concerning employer-employee relations.

2. However, an employee’s access to a personnel file is subject to all of the following:

a. The employer and employee shall agree on the time the employee may have access to the employee’s personnel file, and a representative of the employer may be present.

b. An employee shall not have access to employment references written for the employee.

c. An employer may charge a reasonable fee for each page of a copy made by the employer for an employee of an item in the employee’s personnel file. For purposes of this paragraph, “reasonable fee” means an amount equivalent to an amount charged per page for copies made by a commercial copying business. 90 Acts, ch 1033, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1022, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2012–2018 · leading case: Dunn v. Dubuque Glass Co., 870 F. Supp. 2d 654 (N.D. Iowa 2012).

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Dunn v. Dubuque Glass Co., 870 F. Supp. 2d 654 (N.D. Iowa 2012). · cites it 10× “Iowa Code section 91B.1 states that “[a]n employee, as defined in section 91A.”

Cornell v. Jim Hawk Truck Trailer, Inc., 298 F.R.D. 403 (N.D. Iowa 2014). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 91B.1. She may elect to do so in lieu of having Unity Point Health respond to the Hawk Defendants’ subpoena.”

Dzanic v. Deerfield Ret. Cmty. (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “2 Because substantial evidence supports a finding that Deerfield did not breach the settlement agreement with Dzanic because it provided Dzanic her full and complete personnel file, we decline to address Dzanic’s other claim that the district court erred in interpreting Iowa…”

— Iowa Code § 91B.1(1) — 1 case

Dunn v. Dubuque Glass Co., 870 F. Supp. 2d 654 (N.D. Iowa 2012). “Iowa Code section 91B.1 states that “[a]n employee, as defined in section 91A.”

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