2B.18 Iowa Code, Iowa administrative code, and Iowa court rules — custody and authentication.
1. The Iowa Code editor is the custodian of the official legal publications known as the Iowa Acts, Iowa Code, and Code Supplement for supplements to the Iowa Code for the years 1979 through 2011, and for any other supplements to the Iowa Code. The Iowa Code editor may attest to and authenticate any portion of such official legal publication for purposes of admitting a portion of the official legal publication in any court or office of any state, territory, or possession of the United States or in a foreign jurisdiction.
2. The administrative code editor is the custodian of the official legal publications known as the Iowa administrative bulletin and the Iowa administrative code. The administrative code editor may attest to and authenticate any portion of such official legal publication for purposes of admitting a portion of the official legal publication in any court or office of any state, territory, or possession of the United States or in a foreign jurisdiction.
3. The legislative services agency, upon direction by the Iowa supreme court and in accordance with the policies of the legislative council pursuant to section 2.42 and the legislative services agency pursuant to section 2A.1, shall provide a process to attest to and authenticate any portion of Iowa court rules.
2010 Acts, ch 1031, §50; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §50; 2019 Acts, ch 92, §18, 19
Referred to in §2B.35
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 2B - LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
Section 2B.1 - Iowa Code and administrative code editors.
Section 2B.5 - Duties of administrative code editor.
Section 2B.5A - Iowa administrative bulletin and Iowa administrative code.
Section 2B.5B - Iowa court rules.
Section 2B.6 - Duties of Iowa Code editor.
Section 2B.13 - Editorial powers and duties.
Section 2B.17 - Official legal publications — citations.
Section 2B.17A - Official legal publications — publication dates.
Section 2B.21 - Availability of parts of the Iowa Code and administrative code.
Section 2B.22 - Appropriation.
Section 2B.33 - Applicability.
Section 2B.34 - Legal material in official electronic record.
Section 2B.35 - Authentication of official electronic record.
Section 2B.36 - Effect of authentication.
Section 2B.37 - Preservation and security of legal material in official electronic record.
Section 2B.38 - Public access to legal material in official electronic record.
Section 2B.40 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.