661.1 Definition.
The action of mandamus is one brought to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do or not to do an act, the performance or omission of which the law enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.
[R60, §3761; C73, §3373; C97, §4341; S13, §4341; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12440; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §661.1]
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Section 661.2 - Discretion — exercise of.
Section 661.3 - Nature of action.
Section 661.5 - Auxiliary remedy.
Section 661.6 - “Enforceable duty” defined.
Section 661.7 - Other plain, speedy and adequate remedy.
Section 661.8 - When order granted.
Section 661.10 - Other pleadings.
Section 661.12 - Injunction may issue — joinder.
Section 661.13 - Peremptory order.
Section 661.14 - Form of order — return.
Section 661.15 - Performance by another — costs.