{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-661.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 661.1","heading":"Definition.","body":"The action of mandamus is one brought to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do or not to do an act, the performance or omission of which the law enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 661 - MANDAMUS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/661.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"505e98d9b2446b38985ca0006d1efcde744a2797bca309d35174d319c782ca5c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-660.11","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-661.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}