Iowa Code § 50.29
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Certificate of election.
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(1) When any person is thus declared elected, there shall be delivered to that person a certificate of election, under the official seal of the county, in substance as follows:STATE OF IOWA) County.)At an election held in said county on the day of (month), (year), (candidate’s name) was elected to the office of for the term of years from the day of (month), (year) [if elected to fill a vacancy, for the residue of the term ending on the day of (month), (year)], and until a successor is elected and qualified.,President of Board of Canvassers.Witness, ,County Commissioner of Elections(clerk).
(2) The certificate of election is presumptive evidence of the person’s election and qualification.
[C51, §277; R60, §511, 514; C73, §641; C97, §1155; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §868; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.29]87 Acts, ch 115, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §26
(2) The certificate of election is presumptive evidence of the person’s election and qualification.
[C51, §277; R60, §511, 514; C73, §641; C97, §1155; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §868; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.29]87 Acts, ch 115, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §26
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