661.9 Petition.
The plaintiff in such action shall state the plaintiff’s claim, and shall also state facts sufficient to constitute a cause for such claim, and shall also set forth that the plaintiff, if a private individual, is personally interested therein, and that the plaintiff sustains and may sustain damage by the nonperformance of such duty, and that performance thereof has been demanded by the plaintiff, and refused or neglected, and shall pray an order of mandamus commanding the defendant to fulfill such duty.
[R60, §3762; C73, §3378; C97, §4346; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12448; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §661.9]
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.