This text of Iowa § 718C.7 (Civil immunity for and indemnification of local government officials, employees, and contractors) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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1.Exceptasprovidedbysubsection4,alocalgovernmentofficial,employee,orcontractor
is immune from liability for damages arising from a cause of action under state law resulting
from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce this chapter during
the course and scope of the official’s, employee’s, or contractor’s office, employment, or
contractual performance for or service on behalf of the local government.
2.Subject to subsection 3 and except as provided by subsection 4, a local government
shall indemnify an official, employee, or contractor of the local government for damages
arising from a cause of action under federal law resulting from an action taken by the official,
employee, or contractor to enforce this chapter during the course and scope of
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1. Exceptasprovidedbysubsection4,alocalgovernmentofficial,employee,orcontractor
is immune from liability for damages arising from a cause of action under state law resulting
from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce this chapter during
the course and scope of the official’s, employee’s, or contractor’s office, employment, or
contractual performance for or service on behalf of the local government.
2. Subject to subsection 3 and except as provided by subsection 4, a local government
shall indemnify an official, employee, or contractor of the local government for damages
arising from a cause of action under federal law resulting from an action taken by the official,
employee, or contractor to enforce this chapter during the course and scope of the official’s,
employee’s, or contractor’s office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on
behalf of the local government.
3. Indemnification payments made under subsection 2 by a local government shall not
exceed the following:
a. One hundred thousand dollars to any one person or three hundred thousand dollars
for any single occurrence in the case of personal injury or death.
b. Ten thousand dollars for a single occurrence of property damage.
4. Subsections 1 and 2 do not apply if the court or jury determines that the local
government official, employee, or contractor acted in bad faith, with conscious indifference,
or with recklessness.
5. A local government shall indemnify an official, employee, or contractor of the local
government for reasonable attorney fees incurred in defense of a criminal prosecution
against the official, employee, or contractor for an action taken by the official, employee, or
contractor to enforce this chapter during the course and scope of the official’s, employee’s,
or contractor’s office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of
the local government.
6. Thissectionshallnotbeconstruedtowaiveanystatutorylimitsondamagesunderstate
law.