Iowa constitution

Section 1 - All men and women are, by nature, free and equal,...

Section 1a - The right of the people to keep and bear arms...

Section 2 - All political power is inherent in the people. Government is...

Section 3 - The general assembly shall make no law respecting an establishment...

Section 4 - No religious test shall be required as a qualification for...

Section 6 - All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform...

Section 7 - Every person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on...

Section 8 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 9 - The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate; but...

Section 10 - In all criminal prosecutions, and in cases involving the life,...

Section 11 - The grand jury may consist of any number of members...

Section 12 - No person shall after acquittal, be tried for the same...

Section 13 - The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, or...

Section 14 - The military shall be subordinate to the civil power. No...

Section 15 - No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in...

Section 16 - Treason against the state shall consist only in levying war...

Section 17 - Excessive bail shall not be required; excessive fines shall not...

Section 18 - The general assembly, however, may pass laws permitting the owners...

Section 19 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil...

Section 20 - The people have the right freely to assemble together to...

Section 21 - No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law...

Section 22 - Foreigners who are, or may hereafter become residents of this...

Section 23 - There shall be no slavery in this state; nor shall...

Section 24 - No lease or grant of agricultural lands, reserving any rent,...

Section 25 - This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair...

Section 1 - Every citizen of the United States of the age of...

Section 2 - Electors shall, in all cases except treason, felony, or breach...

Section 3 - No elector shall be obliged to perform military duty on...

Section 4 - No person in the military, naval, or marine service of...

Section 5 - A person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote or a person...

Section 6 - All elections by the people shall be by ballot.

Section 7 - The general election for state, district, county and township officers...

Section 1 - The legislative authority of this state shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The general assembly shall meet in session on the second...

Section 3 - The members of the house of representatives shall be chosen...

Section 4 - No person shall be a member of the house of...

Section 5 - Senators shall be chosen for the term of four years,...

Section 6 - The number of senators shall total not more than one-half...

Section 7 - Each house shall choose its own officers, and judge of...

Section 8 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to...

Section 9 - Each house shall sit upon its own adjournments, keep a...

Section 10 - Every member of the general assembly shall have the liberty...

Section 11 - Senators and representatives, in all cases, except treason, felony, or...

Section 12 - When vacancies occur in either house, the governor or the...

Section 13 - The doors of each house shall be open, except on...

Section 14 - Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn...

Section 15 - Bills may originate in either house, and may be amended,...

Section 16 - The governor may approve appropriation bills in whole or in...

Section 17 - No bill shall be passed unless by the assent of...

Section 18 - An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the...

Section 19 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power of...

Section 20 - The governor, judges of the supreme and district courts, and...

Section 21 - No senator or representative shall, during the time for which...

Section 22 - No person holding any lucrative office under the United States,...

Section 23 - No person who may hereafter be a collector or holder...

Section 24 - No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in...

Section 25 - Each member of the general assembly shall receive such compensation...

Section 26 - An act of the general assembly passed at a regular...

Section 27 - No divorce shall be granted by the general assembly.

Section 29 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly...

Section 30 - In all the cases above enumerated, and in all other...

Section 31 - No extra compensation shall be made to any officer, public...

Section 32 - Members of the general assembly shall, before they enter upon...

Section 34 - The senate shall be composed of not more than fifty...

Section 35 - The general assembly shall in 1971 and in each year...

Section 36 - Upon verified application by any qualified elector, the supreme court...

Section 37 - When a congressional district is composed of two or more...

Section 38 - In all elections by the general assembly, the members thereof...

Section 38a - The rule or proposition of law that a municipal corporation...

Section 39 - In establishing senatorial and representative districts, the state shall be...

Section 39a - The proposition or rule of law that a county or...

Section 40 - The general assembly may nullify an adopted administrative rule of...

Section 1 - The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested...

Section 2 - The governor and the lieutenant governor shall be elected by...

Section 3 - The electors shall designate their selections for governor and lieutenant...

Section 4 - The nominees for governor and lieutenant governor jointly having the...

Section 5 - Contested elections for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor...

Section 6 - No person shall be eligible to the office of governor,...

Section 7 - The governor shall be commander in chief of the militia,...

Section 8 - He shall transact all executive business with the officers of...

Section 9 - He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.

Section 10 - When any office shall, from any cause, become vacant, and...

Section 11 - He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly by...

Section 12 - He shall communicate, by message, to the general assembly, at...

Section 13 - In case of disagreement between the two houses with respect...

Section 14 - No persons shall, while holding any office under the authority...

Section 15 - The official terms of the governor and lieutenant governor shall...

Section 16 - The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and...

Section 17 - In case of the death, impeachment, resignation, removal from office,...

Section 18 - The lieutenant governor shall have the duties provided by law...

Section 19 - If there be a vacancy in the office of the...

Section 20 - There shall be a seal of this state, which shall...

Section 21 - All grants and commissions shall be in the name and...

Section 22 - A secretary of state, an auditor of state and a...

Section 1 - The judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court,...

Section 2 - The supreme court shall consist of three judges, two of...

Section 4 - The supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction only in cases...

Section 6 - The district court shall be a court of law and...

Section 7 - The judges of the supreme and district courts shall be...

Section 8 - The style of all process shall be, "The State of...

Section 10 - At any regular session of the general assembly the state...

Section 12 - The general assembly shall provide, by law, for the election...

Section 14 - It shall be the duty of the general assembly to...

Section 15 - Vacancies in the supreme court and district court shall be...

Section 16 - Due consideration shall be given to area representation in the...

Section 17 - Members of all courts shall have such tenure in office...

Section 18 - Judges of the supreme court and district court shall receive...

Section 19 - In addition to the legislative power of impeachment of judges...

Section 1 - The militia of this state shall be composed of all...

Section 2 - No person or persons conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall...

Section 3 - All commissioned officers of the militia, (staff officers excepted,) shall...

Section 1 - The credit of the state shall not, in any manner,...

Section 2 - The state may contract debts to supply casual deficits or...

Section 3 - All losses to the permanent, school, or university fund of...

Section 4 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts,...

Section 5 - Except the debts herein before specified in this article, no...

Section 6 - The legislature may, at any time, after the approval of...

Section 7 - Every law which imposes, continues, or revives a tax, shall...

Section 8 - All motor vehicle registration fees and all licenses and excise...

Section 9 - All revenue derived from state license fees for hunting, fishing,...

Section 10 - No revenue shall be credited to the fund until the...

Section 1 - No corporation shall be created by special laws; but the...

Section 2 - The property of all corporations for pecuniary profit, shall be...

Section 3 - The state shall not become a stockholder in any corporation,...

Section 4 - No political or municipal corporation shall become a stockholder in...

Section 5 - No act of the general assembly, authorizing or creating corporations...

Section 6 - Subject to the provisions of the foregoing section, the general...

Section 7 - If a state bank be established, it shall be founded...

Section 8 - If a general banking law shall be enacted, it shall...

Section 9 - Every stockholder in a banking corporation or institution shall be...

Section 10 - In case of the insolvency of any banking institution, the...

Section 11 - The suspension of specie payments by banking institutions shall never...

Section 12 - Subject to the provisions of this article, the general assembly...

Section 1 - The educational and school funds and lands shall be under...

Section 2 - The university lands, and the proceeds thereof, and all monies...

Section 3 - The general assembly shall encourage, by all suitable means, the...

Section 5 - The general assembly shall take measures for the protection, improvement,...

Section 6 - The financial agents of the school funds shall be the...

Section 15 - The general assembly shall have power to abolish or reorganize...

Section 1 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed...

Section 2 - If two or more amendments shall be submitted at the...

Section 3 - At the general election to be held in the year...

Section 1 - The jurisdiction of justices of the peace shall extend to...

Section 2 - No new county shall be hereafter created containing less than...

Section 3 - No county, or other political or municipal corporation shall be...

Section 4 - The boundaries of the state may be enlarged, with the...

Section 5 - Every person elected or appointed to any office, shall, before...

Section 6 - In all cases of elections to fill vacancies in office...

Section 7 - The general assembly shall not locate any of the public...

Section 8 - The seat of government is hereby permanently established, as now...

Section 1 - This constitution shall be the supreme law of the state,...

Section 2 - All laws now in force and not inconsistent with this...