Iowa Code § 66.26
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Appointive state officers.
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Any appointive state officer may also be removed from office by a majority vote of the executive council for any of the following causes:
(1) Habitual or willful neglect of duty.
(2) Any disability preventing a proper discharge of the duties of the office.
(3) Gross partiality.
(4) Oppression.
(5) Extortion.
(6) Corruption.
(7) Willful misconduct or maladministration in office.
(8) Conviction of felony.
(9) A failure to produce and fully account for all public funds and property in the officer’s hands at any inspection or settlement.
(10) Becoming ineligible to hold the office.
[S13, §1258-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1114; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §66.26]
(1) Habitual or willful neglect of duty.
(2) Any disability preventing a proper discharge of the duties of the office.
(3) Gross partiality.
(4) Oppression.
(5) Extortion.
(6) Corruption.
(7) Willful misconduct or maladministration in office.
(8) Conviction of felony.
(9) A failure to produce and fully account for all public funds and property in the officer’s hands at any inspection or settlement.
(10) Becoming ineligible to hold the office.
[S13, §1258-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1114; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §66.26]
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