2016 Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 73A - PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS
Section 73A.20 - Bid bonds.
73A.20
Bid bonds.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Code, any contracting authority may authorize the use of bid bonds executed by corporations authorized to contract as surety in Iowa and on a form prescribed by the contracting authority, in lieu of certified or cashiers checks or any other form of security otherwise required of a bidder to accompany a bid on a public improvement project. The full amount of the bid bond shall be forfeited to the contracting authority in liquidation of damages sustained in the event that the bidder fails to execute the contract as provided in the specifications or by law in the same manner and amount as other forms of authorized security.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §23.20]
C93, §73A.20
Referred to in §468.35
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