Any officer, who knowingly misstates a material fact in any of the certificates mentioned in this chapter or chapter 9B, shall be liable for all damages caused thereby, and shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
Iowa Code § 558.40
Liability of officer
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. West (1986)
Most recently applied in Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Eric Jonathon Palmer (January 2013)
[C51, §1224; R60, §2232; C73, §1964; C97, §2955; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10104; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.40] 2004 Acts, ch 1052, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 105…
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