State of Iowa Code for Removing Public Officials

66.1A  REMOVAL BY COURT.          Any appointive or elective officer, except such as may be removed       only by impeachment, holding any public office in the state or in any       division or municipality thereof, may be removed from office by the       district court for any of the following reasons:          1.  For willful or habitual neglect or refusal to perform the       duties of the office.          2.  For willful misconduct or maladministration in office.          3.  For corruption.          4.  For extortion.          5.  Upon conviction of a felony.          6.  For intoxication, or upon conviction of being intoxicated.          7.  Upon conviction of violating the provisions of chapter 68A.      

         Section History: Early Form

         [S13, § 1258-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1091; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 66.1] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         C2001, §66.1A
         Referred to in § 185.9
         Impeachable officers, Iowa Constitution, Art. III, § 20

66.2 JURISDICTION.

         The jurisdiction of the proceeding provided for in this chapter
      shall be as follows:
         1.  As to state officers whose offices are located at the seat of
      government, the district court of Polk county.
         2.  As to state officers whose duties are confined to a district
      within the state, the district court of any county within such
      district.
         3.  As to county, municipal, or other officers, the district court
      of the county in which such officers' duties are to be performed.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1092; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
      75, 77, 79, 81, § 66.2]

66.3 WHO MAY FILE PETITION.

         The petition for removal may be filed:
         1.  By the attorney general in all cases.
         2.  As to state officers, by not fewer than twenty-five electors
      of the state.
         3.  As to any other officer, by five registered voters of the
      district, county, or municipality where the duties of the office are
      to be performed.
         4.  As to district officers, by the county attorney of any county
      in the district.
         5.  As to all county and municipal officers, by the county
      attorney of the county where the duties of the office are to be
      performed.