69.3 Possession of office.
When a vacancy occurs in a public office, possession shall be taken of the office room, books, papers, and all things pertaining to the office, to be held until the qualification of a successor, as follows:
1. Of the office of the county auditor, by the county treasurer.
2. Of the county treasurer, by the county auditor.
3. Of any of the state officers, by the governor, or, in the absence or inability of the governor at the time of the occurrence, as follows:
a. Of the secretary of state, by the treasurer of state.
b. Of the auditor of state, by the secretary of state.
c. Of the treasurer of state, by the secretary of state and auditor of state, who shall make an inventory of the money and warrants in the office, sign the inventory, and transmit it to the governor, and the secretary of state shall take the keys of the safe and desks, after depositing the books, papers, money, and warrants in them, and the auditor of state shall take the key to the office room.
[C51, §444; R60, §671; C73, §788; C97, §1267; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1147; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §69.3]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10034; 86 Acts, ch 1237, §3
Referred to in §331.502
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 69 - VACANCIES — REMOVAL — TERMS
Section 69.2 - What constitutes vacancy — hearing — appeal.
Section 69.3 - Possession of office.
Section 69.5 - Vacancy in general assembly.
Section 69.6 - Vacancy in state boards.
Section 69.7 - Duty of officer receiving resignation.
Section 69.8 - Vacancies — how filled.
Section 69.9 - Person removed not eligible.
Section 69.11 - Tenure of vacancy appointee.
Section 69.12 - Officers elected to fill vacancies — tenure.
Section 69.13 - Vacancies — senator in Congress and elective state officers.
Section 69.14 - Special election to fill vacancies.
Section 69.14A - Filling vacancy of elected county officer.
Section 69.15 - Board members — nonattendance — vacancy.
Section 69.16 - Appointive boards — political affiliation.
Section 69.16A - Gender balance.
Section 69.16C - Minority representation.
Section 69.16D - Boards and commissions — criteria for establishing.
Section 69.16E - Young adult representation.
Section 69.17 - Employees as members — voting.
Section 69.18 - Salary of acting appointees.
Section 69.19 - Terms of appointments confirmed by the senate.