Conflicts between general and special statutes
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of A.M., Minor Child. Heather Thomas, Subpoenaed Witness (2014)
Most recently applied in Cheryl Albaugh v. The Reserve (June 2019)
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §4.7]
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, they shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both. If the conflict between the provisions is irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision.
Intent of general assembly that §7E.6 govern compensation of members of boards, committees, commissions, or councils except for certain provisions enacted subsequent to July 1, 1986; see §7E.6(1) and (7)
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.