Iowa § 400.14 Civil service status of chiefs

Iowa Statutes

§ 400.14 — Civil service status of chiefs

Iowa § 400.14

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 400CIVIL SERVICE

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Iowa Code § 400.14 (2026).

Text

A police officer under civil service may be appointed chief of police and a fire fighter under
civil service may be appointed chief of the fire department without losing civil service status,
and shall retain, while holding the office of chief, the same civil service rights that the officer
or fire fighter may have had immediately previous to appointment as chief, but nothing in
this section shall be deemed to extend to such individual any civil service right upon which
the individual may retain the position of chief.

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A police officer under civil service may be appointed chief of police and a fire fighter under
civil service may be appointed chief of the fire department without losing civil service status,
and shall retain, while holding the office of chief, the same civil service rights that the officer
or fire fighter may have had immediately previous to appointment as chief, but nothing in
this section shall be deemed to extend to such individual any civil service right upon which
the individual may retain the position of chief.