2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 59 - CONTESTING ELECTIONS FOR SEATS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
59.1 - STATEMENT SERVED.

        59.1  STATEMENT SERVED.
         The contestant for a seat in either branch of the general assembly
      shall, prior to twenty days before the first day of the next session,
      serve on the incumbent in the manner provided by the rules of civil
      procedure for service of an original notice a statement of notice of
      contest which shall allege a fact or facts, believed true by the
      contestant which, if true, would alter the outcome of the election.
         A copy of the statement of notice of contest shall be filed with
      the secretary of state within five days of service of the notice upon
      the incumbent.  The secretary of state shall notify the presiding
      officer of the house in which the contest will be tried.
         A special election for a seat in either house of the general
      assembly may be contested.  The contestant shall serve notice on the
      incumbent in the manner described in this section not later than
      twenty days after the state canvass of votes for the election.  A
      copy of the notice shall also be filed with the presiding officer of
      the house in which the contest is to be tried, if the general
      assembly is in session.  If the general assembly is not in session, a
      copy of the notice shall be filed with the secretary of state.  The
      secretary of state shall notify the presiding officer of the house in
      which the contest will be tried.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C51, § 381; R60, § 611; C73, § 731; C97, § 1233; C24, 27, 31, 35,
      39, § 994; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
      59.1; 81 Acts, ch 34, § 42] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         93 Acts, ch 143, §37; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 75