{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-661.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 661.2","heading":"Discretion — exercise of.","body":"Where discretion is left to the inferior tribunal or person, the mandamus can only compel it to act, but cannot control such discretion.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 661 - MANDAMUS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/661.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"1dcdf7ffc1db35801d91d5d18536d7c5cc8775cca967c90d78dcda2b129a857e","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-661.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-661.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}