Iowa § 309.41 - 309.41 Optional advertisement and letting.
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§ 309.41. 309.41 Optional advertisement and letting.
1. Contracts not embraced within the provisions of section 309.40 or 309.40A shall be either advertised and let at a public letting or, where the cost does not exceed the county engineer’s estimate, let through informal bid procedure by contacting at least three qualified bidders prior to letting the contract. The informal bids received together with a statement setting forth the reasons for use of the informal procedure and bid acceptance shall be entered in the minutes of the board of supervisors meeting at which such action was taken. 2. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the board of supervisors from purchasing material and using county equipment and regularly employed county road personnel on a project within their capability as determined by the county engineer. [C24, 27, §4648; C31, 35, §4644-c43; C39, §4644.41; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.41] 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §41; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §66; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §66 Referred to in §331.341 Thu Dec 11 19:35:08 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 309.41 (23, 0)
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Section 309.41 ("309.41 Optional advertisement and letting.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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