{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-1a.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 1A.1","heading":"Seal — device — motto.","body":"The secretary of state be, and is, hereby authorized to procure a seal which shall be the great seal of the state of Iowa, two inches in diameter, upon which shall be engraved the following device, surrounded by the words, “The Great Seal of the State of Iowa” — a sheaf and field of standing wheat, with a sickle and other farming utensils, on the left side near the bottom; a lead furnace and pile of pig lead on the right side; the citizen soldier, with a plow in his rear, supporting the American flag and liberty cap with his right hand, and his gun with his left, in the center and near the bottom; the Mississippi river in the rear of the whole, with the steamer Iowa under way; an eagle near the upper edge, holding in his beak a scroll, with the following inscription upon it: Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.","path":["Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)","Chapter 1A - GREAT SEAL OF IOWA"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/1A.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:39:59Z","sha256":"fa9ab6b6c8f444c7a845dceb32215834cec986428c73b586c1554849fa4214c6","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-1.18","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-1b.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}