This text of Iowa § 718C.8 (Civil immunity for and indemnification of state 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.Except as provided by subsection 4, an elected or appointed state official, or a state
employee or contractor, 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 state.
2.Except as provided by subsection 4, the state shall indemnify an elected or appointed
state official or a state employee or contractor 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 of
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1. Except as provided by subsection 4, an elected or appointed state official, or a state
employee or contractor, 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 state.
2. Except as provided by subsection 4, the state shall indemnify an elected or appointed
state official or a state employee or contractor 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 state.
3. Notwithstanding any other law, an indemnification payment made under subsection 2
is not subject to an indemnification limit under the laws of this state.
4. Subsections 1 and 2 do not apply if the court or jury determines that the state official,
employee, or contractor acted in bad faith, with conscious indifference, or with recklessness.
5. The state shall indemnify a state official, employee, or contractor for reasonable
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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 state.
6. A state official, employee, or contractor who may be entitled to indemnification under
subsection 2 is entitled to representation by the attorney general in an action in connection
with which the official, employee, or contractor may be entitled to that indemnification.
7. Thissectionshallnotbeconstruedtowaiveanystatutorylimitsondamagesunderstate
law.