Iowa Code
Chapter 68A - CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Section 68A.401 - Reports filed with board.

68A.401 Reports filed with board.
1. All statements and reports required to be filed under this chapter shall be filed with the board as provided in this section and section 68A.402, subsection 1. The board shall post on its internet site all statements and reports filed under this chapter. For purposes of this section, the term “statement” does not include a bank statement.
a. A state statutory political committee, a county statutory political committee, a political committee, and a candidate’s committee shall file all statements and reports in an electronic format by 4:30 p.m. of the day the filing is due and according to rules adopted by the board.
b. If the board determines that a violation of this subsection has occurred, the board may impose any of the remedies or penalties provided for under section 68B.32D, except that the board shall not refer any complaint or supporting information of a violation of this section to the attorney general or any county attorney for prosecution.
2. The board shall retain filed statements and reports for at least five years from the date of the election in which the committee is involved, or at least five years from the certified date of dissolution of the committee, whichever date is later.
3. The candidate of a candidate’s committee, or the chairperson of any other committee, is responsible for filing statements and reports under this chapter. The board shall send notice to a committee that has failed to file a disclosure report at the time required under section 68A.402. A candidate of a candidate’s committee, or the chairperson of any other committee, may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to file a disclosure report required under section 68A.402.
4. Political committees expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates for both federal office and any elected office created by law or the Constitution of the State of Iowa shall file statements and reports with the board in addition to any federal reports required to be filed with the board. However, a political committee that is registered and filing full disclosure reports of all financial activities with the federal election commission may file verified statements as provided in section 68A.201A.
[S13, §1137-a1, -a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §974, 975; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §56.3, 56.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §56.4; 81 Acts, ch 35, §4]
87 Acts, ch 112, §4; 93 Acts, ch 163, §33; 95 Acts, ch 198, §4; 99 Acts, ch 136, §3, 17; 2002 Acts, ch 1073, §3, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 40, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §28
CS2003, §68A.401
2007 Acts, ch 14, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 80, §1, 2, 5; 2009 Acts, ch 8, §1, 2; 2010 Acts, ch 1024, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §17; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §53, 158; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257; 2015 Acts, ch 54, §7, 8; 2018 Acts, ch 1059, §2

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES

Chapter 68A - CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Section 68A.101 - Citation and administration.

Section 68A.102 - Definitions.

Section 68A.103 - Applicability to federal candidates.

Section 68A.104 - Certain accounts by officeholders prohibited.

Section 68A.201 - Organization statement.

Section 68A.201A - Contributions from federal and out-of-state committees or organizations.

Section 68A.202 - Candidate’s committee.

Section 68A.203 - Committee treasurer and chairperson — duties.

Section 68A.301 - Campaign funds.

Section 68A.302 - Uses of campaign funds.

Section 68A.303 - Transfer of campaign funds.

Section 68A.304 - Campaign property.

Section 68A.401 - Reports filed with board.

Section 68A.401A - Reporting of contributions and expenditures relating to issue advocacy.

Section 68A.402 - Disclosure report due dates — permanent organization temporarily engaging in political activity required to file reports.

Section 68A.402A - Information disclosed on reports.

Section 68A.402B - Committee dissolution — inactivity — reports.

Section 68A.403 - Reports preserved.

Section 68A.404 - Independent expenditures.

Section 68A.405 - Attribution statement on published material.

Section 68A.405A - Self-promotion with taxpayer funds prohibited.

Section 68A.406 - Campaign signs — yard signs.

Section 68A.501 - Funds from unknown source — escheat.

Section 68A.502 - Contribution sources — identification — illegal contributions or expenditures — loans.

Section 68A.503 - Financial institution, insurance company, and corporation contributions — sham newspapers.

Section 68A.504 - Prohibiting contributions during the legislative session.

Section 68A.505 - Use of public moneys for political purposes.

Section 68A.506 - Use of false caller identification for campaign purposes prohibited.

Section 68A.601 - Checkoff — income tax.

Section 68A.602 - Fund created.

Section 68A.603 - Rules promulgated.

Section 68A.604 - Funds.

Section 68A.605 - Distribution of campaign fund — restrictions on use.

Section 68A.606 - Funds — campaign expenses only.

Section 68A.607 - Reversion of funds.

Section 68A.608 - Income tax form — checkoff space.

Section 68A.609

Section 68A.701 - Penalty.