{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-622.48","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 622.48","heading":"Certificate as to loss of paper.","body":"The certificate of a public officer, that the public officer has made diligent and ineffectual search for a paper in the officer’s office, is of the same efficacy in all cases as if such officer had personally appeared and sworn to such facts.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 622 - EVIDENCE","Subchapter I - GENERAL PRINCIPLES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/622.48.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"7fae06f987323c9372f4d733b4a1c557cd1ecaefcf7faa71a63de0b9673c8551","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-622.47","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-622.49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}