{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-59.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 59.5","heading":"Statement and depositions — notice.","body":"The secretary shall deliver the unopened papers described in section 59.4 to the presiding officer of the house in which the contest is to be tried, on or before the second day of the session, regular or special, of the general assembly next after taking the depositions. The presiding officer shall immediately give notice to that officer’s house that such papers are in the officer’s possession.","path":["Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)","Chapter 59 - CONTESTING ELECTIONS FOR SEATS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/59.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:01Z","sha256":"c3c77e20177fa6fc5c5c80cbbd1bc464caa0c0e4863d58145ce5c2e6fe2aa769","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-59.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-59.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}