{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-27b.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 27B.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1. “Local entity” means the governing body of a city or county. “Local entity” includes an officer or employee of a local entity or a division, department, or other body that is part of a local entity, including but not limited to a sheriff, police department, city attorney, or county attorney.\n2. “Policy” includes a rule, procedure, regulation, order, ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, whether formal and written or informal and unwritten.","path":["Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)","Chapter 27B - ENFORCEMENT OF STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL LAWS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/27B.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:00Z","sha256":"98f4864304a0581fbd4ae6fbdc5af760ddf0476dd47985eb09c9fe56b8206d6a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-27a.11","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-27b.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}