{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-63.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 63.1","heading":"Time.","body":"Each officer, elective or appointive, before entering upon the officer’s duties, shall qualify by taking the prescribed oath and by giving, when required, a bond, which qualification shall be perfected, unless otherwise specified, after being certified as elected but not later than noon of the first day which is not a Sunday or a legal holiday in January of the first year of the term for which the officer was elected. “Legal holiday” means those days provided in section 1C.1.","path":["Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)","Chapter 63 - TIME AND MANNER OF QUALIFYING"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/63.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:01Z","sha256":"a7d86895285acc5d0d2d4acd1cd3e4cf3e273dfd5d1295e902c4af13b918181a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-62.25","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-63.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}