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2B.17 Citations---official statutes.

1. The permanent and official printed versions of the Iowa Codes and Code Supplements published subsequent to the adjournment of the 1982 regular session of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly shall be known and may be cited as "Iowa Code chapter (or section) $DTL2@", or "Iowa Code Supplement chapter (or section) $DTL2@", inserting the appropriate chapter or section number. If the year of edition is needed, it may be inserted before or after the words "Iowa Code" or "Iowa Code Supplement". In Iowa publications, the word "Iowa" may be omitted if the meaning is clear.

2. The session laws of each general assembly shall be known as "Acts of the $DTL2@ General Assembly, $DTL2@ Session, Chapter (or File No.) $DTL2@, Section $DTL2@" (inserting the appropriate numbers) and shall be cited as "$DTL2@ Iowa Acts, chapter $DTL2@, section $DTL2@" (inserting the appropriate year, chapter, and section number).

3. The official printed versions of the Iowa Code, Code Supplement, and session laws published under authority of the state are the only authoritative publications of the statutes of this state. No other publications of the statutes of the state shall be cited in the courts or in the reports or rules of the courts.

4. The Iowa administrative code and the Iowa administrative bulletin shall be cited as provided in section 17A.6.

5. The printed version of the Iowa administrative code is the permanent publication of administrative rules in this state and the Iowa administrative bulletin and the Iowa administrative code published pursuant to chapter 17A are the official publications of the administrative rules of this state, and are the only authoritative publications of the administrative rules of this state. Other publications of the administrative rules of this state shall not be cited in the courts or in the reports or rules of the courts.

Section History: Early form

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 172; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 14.17; 82 Acts, ch 1061, § 5]

Section History: Recent form

91 Acts, ch 258, §14 ~IC93, § 2B.17 ~I96 Acts, ch 1099, §3, 4


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