{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-53.12","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 53.12","heading":"Duty of commissioner.","body":"The commissioner shall enclose the absentee ballot in an unsealed envelope, to be furnished by the commissioner, which envelope shall bear upon its face the words “county commissioner of elections”, the address of the commissioner’s office, and the same serial number appearing on the unsealed envelope shall be affixed to the application.","path":["Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)","Chapter 53 - ABSENT VOTERS","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/53.12.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:01Z","sha256":"206f0f92d7ef45fcc110712833ab6f924108c449a272f15590bed0d04938a3e2","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-53.11","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-53.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}