Iowa § 67.7 - 67.7 Salary pending charge.
Full text of Iowa Iowa Code § 67.7 — 67.7 Salary pending charge., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 67.7. 67.7 Salary pending charge.
An order of the governor suspending an impeachable state officer from the exercise of the office shall, from the date of said order, automatically suspend the further payment to said officer of all official salary or compensation, except as herein provided. If articles of impeachment are duly voted against said officer during the general assembly first convening after said order, and the accused is convicted thereon, all right to said suspended salary or compensation shall be deemed forfeited by said officer. If said articles are not so voted, or if the said officer be acquitted on duly voted articles, the said suspended salary or compensation shall be forthwith paid to said officer, unless an indictment or its equivalent, growing out of the officer’s misconduct while in office, is then pending against the said officer, in which case said salary or compensation shall be paid to said officer only on the officer’s acquittal or the dismissal of the charges. [C35, §1124-e1; C39, §1124.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §67.7] Wed Dec 10 22:27:05 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 67.7 (16, 0)
Source: official Iowa text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 67.7 ("67.7 Salary pending charge.") 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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