§ 341A.7 — Classifications

Iowa § 341A.7

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 341A: CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS

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1. The classified civil service positions covered by this chapter include persons actually
serving as deputy sheriffs who are salaried pursuant to section 331.904, subsection 2,
but do not include a chief deputy sheriff, two second deputy sheriffs in counties with a
population of more than one hundred thousand, three second deputy sheriffs in counties
with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand, and four second deputy sheriffs
in counties with a population of more than two hundred thousand. However, a chief deputy
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sheriff or second deputy sheriff who becomes a candidate for a partisan elective office for
remuneration is subject to section 341A.18. A deputy sheriff serving with permanent rank
under this chapter may be designated chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff and
retain that rank during the period of service as chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff
and shall, upon termination of the duties as chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff,
revert to the permanent rank.
2. If the positions of two second deputy sheriffs of a county were exempt from classified
civil service coverage under this chapter based on the 1980 decennial census, the two second
deputypositionsshallremainexemptfromclassifiedcivilservicecoverageunderthischapter.

Legislative History

[C75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §341A.7; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1219]