2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 50 - CANVASS OF VOTES
50.41 - CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.

        50.41  CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.
         Each person declared elected by the state board of canvassers
      shall receive a certificate, signed by the governor or, in the
      governor's absence, by the secretary of state, with the seal of state
      affixed, attested by the other canvassers, to be in substance as
      follows:
               STATE OF IOWA:

         To ........ (candidate's name):  It is hereby certified that, at
      an election held on the .... day of ...... you were elected to the
      office of ...... of Iowa, for the term of ...  years, from the ....
      day of ...... (or if to fill a vacancy, for the residue of the term,
      ending on the .... day of ......).

         Given at the seat of government this .... day of ......

         If the governor is absent, the certificate of the election of the
      secretary of state shall be signed by the auditor.  The certificate
      to members of the legislature shall describe, by the number, the
      district from which the member is elected.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C51, § 288, 306; R60, § 522, 540; C73, § 652, 657, 663; C97, §
      1165; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 880; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
      73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.41] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         87 Acts, ch 115, §10; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §10