Iowa Code § 27B.1

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Local entity” means the governing body of a city or county. “Local entity” includes an officer or employee of a local entity or a division, department, or other body that is part of a local entity, including but not limited to a sheriff, police department, city attorney, or county attorney.

(2) “Policy” includes a rule, procedure, regulation, order, ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, whether formal and written or informal and unwritten.

2021 Acts, ch 183, §30, 38; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §17

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