{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-400.26","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 400.26","heading":"Public trial.","body":"The trial of all appeals shall be public, and the parties may be represented by counsel or by the parties’ authorized collective bargaining representative. However, upon the request of the employee, the deliberations of the commission in a city with a population of less than two hundred thousand shall be held in closed session.","path":["Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)","Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/400.26.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:10Z","sha256":"243108aed8d08b3570880bfb581ea41eeb2e79e99facd5349f409b6f92b0e5ed","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-400.25","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-400.27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}