39.12 Failure to vacate.
An elected official who has been elected to another elective office to which section 39.11 applies shall choose only one office in which to serve unless otherwise permitted pursuant to section 39.11, subsection 2. The official shall resign from all but one of the offices to which section 39.11 applies before the beginning of the term of the office to which the person was most recently elected unless otherwise permitted pursuant to section 39.11, subsection 2. Failure to submit the required resignation will result in a vacancy in the first elective office to which the person was elected.
93 Acts, ch 143, §5; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §4, 54
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Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS
Section 39.1 - General election.
Section 39.2 - Special elections.
Section 39.4 - Proclamation concerning revision of Constitution.
Section 39.5 - Elections authorized.
Section 39.6 - Notice of special election.
Section 39.7 - Time of choosing officer.
Section 39.8 - Term of office.
Section 39.9 - State officers — term.
Section 39.10 - United States senators.
Section 39.11 - More than one office prohibited.
Section 39.12 - Failure to vacate.
Section 39.13 - Conference boards — appointment — limitations.
Section 39.15 - State senators.
Section 39.16 - Representatives.
Section 39.17 - County officers.
Section 39.18 - Board of supervisors.
Section 39.20 - City officers.
Section 39.21 - Nonpartisan offices.
Section 39.22 - Township officers.
Section 39.24 - School officers.
Section 39.25 - Gender not a disqualification.
Section 39.26 - Candidate qualifications.