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2025 Iowa Code
Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION
Section 331.659 - Prohibited actions.

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IA Code § 331.659 (2025)
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331.659 Prohibited actions.

1. a. Except for a civil claim for reimbursement under section 356.7, a sheriff or a deputy sheriff shall not:

(1) Appear in any court as an attorney or legal counsel for another party.

(2) Make or prepare a writing, document or process to commence a legal action or proceeding.

(3) Use a writing, document or process prepared by the sheriff or deputy sheriff in a legal action or proceeding.

b. The document, writing, or process prepared or made by a sheriff or a deputy sheriff in violation of this subsection is void.

2. A sheriff or a deputy sheriff shall not be the purchaser, directly or indirectly, of property which is being sold by the sheriff or deputy sheriff under process of law. A purchase made in violation of this subsection is void.

[C51, §175, 176; R60, §388, 389; C73, §342, 343; C97, §546, 547; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5251, 5252; C46, 50, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §343.3, 343.4; S81, §331.659; 81 Acts, ch 117, §658]

2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §59, 64

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