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2025 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 252 - SUPPORT OF THE POOR
Section 252.24 - County of residence liable — exception.

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IA Code § 252.24 (2025)
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252.24 County of residence liable — exception.

1. The county of residence, as defined in section 225C.61, shall be liable to the county granting assistance for all reasonable charges and expenses incurred in the assistance and care of a poor person.

2. When assistance is furnished by any governmental agency of the county, township, or city, the assistance shall be deemed to have been furnished by the county in which the agency is located and the agency furnishing the assistance shall certify the correctness of the costs of the assistance to the board of supervisors of that county and that county shall collect from the person’s county of residence. The amounts collected by the county where the agency is located shall be paid to the agency furnishing the assistance. This statute applies to services and supplies furnished as provided in section 139A.18.

3. This section shall apply to assistance or maintenance provided by a county through the county’s mental health and disability services system implemented under chapter 225C.

[C51, §815; R60, §1383; C73, §1358; C97, §2229; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5319; C39, §3828.096; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252.24]

92 Acts, ch 1212, §14; 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §44; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §125, 130; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §26

For future amendments to subsections 1 and 3, effective July 1, 2025, see 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §105, 137

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