Iowa Statutes
§ 661.9 — Petition
Iowa § 661.9
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 661.9 (2026).
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The plaintiff in such action shall state the plaintiff’s claim, and shall also state facts
sufficient to constitute a cause for such claim, and shall also set forth that the plaintiff, if a
private individual, is personally interested therein, and that the plaintiff sustains and may
sustain damage by the nonperformance of such duty, and that performance thereof has been
demanded by the plaintiff, and refused or neglected, and shall pray an order of mandamus
commanding the defendant to fulfill such duty.
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Legislative History
[R60, §3762; C73, §3378; C97, §4346; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12448; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §661.9]
Nearby Sections
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§ 661.1
Definition§ 661.10
Other pleadings§ 661.12
Injunction may issue — joinder§ 661.13
Peremptory order§ 661.14
Form of order — return§ 661.15
Performance by another — costs§ 661.16
Temporary orders§ 661.17
Appeal by state§ 661.2
Discretion — exercise of§ 661.3
Nature of action§ 661.4
Order issued§ 661.5
Auxiliary remedy§ 661.6
“Enforceable duty” defined§ 661.8
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