670.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. “Governing body” means the council of a city, county board of supervisors, board of township trustees, local school board, and other boards and commissions exercising quasi-legislative, quasi-executive, and quasi-judicial power over territory comprising a municipality.
2. “Municipality” means city, county, township, school district, a chapter 28E entity as provided in section 670.4, subsection 1, paragraph “p”, and any other unit of local government except soil and water conservation districts as defined in section 161A.3, subsection 6.
3. “Officer” includes but is not limited to the members of the governing body.
4. “Tort” means every civil wrong which results in wrongful death or injury to person or injury to property or injury to personal or property rights and includes but is not restricted to actions based upon negligence; error or omission; nuisance; breach of duty, whether statutory or other duty or denial or impairment of any right under any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613A.1]
86 Acts, ch 1172, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1238, §61; 87 Acts, ch 23, §57; 89 Acts, ch 83, §82
C93, §670.1
2015 Acts, ch 132, §48, 51
Referred to in §29C.9, 87.4, 321.424, 321.433
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 670 - TORT LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS
Section 670.2 - Liability imposed.
Section 670.3 - Actual knowledge of defect as defense.
Section 670.4 - Claims exempted.
Section 670.4A - Qualified immunity.
Section 670.5 - Limitation of actions.
Section 670.6 - Death — claim presented by another.
Section 670.8 - Officers and employees defended.
Section 670.9 - Compromise and settlement.
Section 670.10 - Tax to pay judgment or settlement.
Section 670.11 - Claims not retrospective.
Section 670.12 - Officers and employees — personal liability.