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Iowa Constitution, Article IV

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Article IV, Executive Department

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All articles190 Art. I26 Art. II7 Art. III42 Art. IV22 Art. V19 Art. VI3 Art. VII10 Art. VIII12 Art. IX22 Art. X3 Art. XI8 Art. XII16

22 provisions·Filtered byArt. IV✕

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 1 Governor
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The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled the governor of the state of Iowa.
Iowa Const. art. IV, § 2 Election and Term
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The governor and the lieutenant governor shall be elected by the qualified electors at the time and place of voting for members of the general assembly. Each of them shall hold office for four years from the time of installation in office and until a successor is elected and qual…
Iowa Const. art. IV, § 3 Governor and Lieutenant Governor Elected Jointly--Returns of Elections
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The electors shall designate their selections for governor and lieutenant governor as if these two offices were one and the same. The names of nominees for the governor and the lieutenant governor shall be grouped together in a set on the ballot according to which nominee for gov…
Iowa Const. art. IV, § 4 Election by General Assembly in Case of Tie--Succession by Lieutenant Governor
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The nominees for governor and lieutenant governor jointly having the highest number of votes cast for them shall be declared duly elected. If two or more sets of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor have an equal and the highest number of votes for the offices jointly, t…

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Iowa Const. art. IV, § 5 Contested Elections

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Contested elections for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall be determined by the general assembly as prescribed by law.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 6 Eligibility

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No person shall be eligible to the office of governor, or lieutenant governor, who shall not have been a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the state, two years next preceding the election, and attained the age of thirty years at the time of said election.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 7 Commander in Chief

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The governor shall be commander in chief of the militia, the army, and navy of this state.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 8 Duties of Governor

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He shall transact all executive business with the officers of government, civil and military, and may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 9 Execution of Laws

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He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 10 Vacancies

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When any office shall, from any cause, become vacant, and no mode is provided by the constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, the governor shall have power to fill such vacancy, by granting a commission, which shall expire at the end of the next session of the general asse…

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 11 Convening General Assembly

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He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly by proclamation, and shall state to both houses, when assembled, the purpose for which they shall have been convened.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 12 Message

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He shall communicate, by message, to the general assembly, at every regular session, the condition of the state, and recommend such matters as he shall deem expedient.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 13 Adjournments

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In case of disagreement between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, the governor shall have power to adjourn the general assembly to such time as he may think proper; but no such adjournment shall be beyond the time fixed for the regular meeting of the next ge…

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 14 Disqualification

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No persons shall, while holding any office under the authority of the United States, or this state, execute the office of governor, or lieutenant governor, except as hereinafter expressly provided.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 15 Terms--Compensation

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The official terms of the governor and lieutenant governor shall commence on the Tuesday after the second Monday of January next after their election and shall continue until their successors are elected and qualify. The governor and lieutenant governor shall be paid compensation…

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 16 Pardons--Reprieves--Commutations

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The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offences except treason and cases of impeachment, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law. Upon conviction for treason, he shall have power to suspend the execution…

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 17 Lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect to become or act as governor or governor-elect.

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If there is a temporary disability of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall act as governor until the disability is removed, or the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office. In case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of the governor, the lieutenant g…

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 18 Duties of Lieutenant Governor

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The lieutenant governor shall have the duties provided by law and those duties of the governor assigned to the lieutenant governor by the governor.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 19 Succession to Office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor

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If there be a vacancy in the office of the governor and the lieutenant governor shall by reason of death, impeachment, resignation, removal from office, or other disability become incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of governor, the president of the senate…

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 20 Seal of State

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There shall be a seal of this state, which shall be kept by the governor, and used by him officially, and shall be called the Great Seal of the State of Iowa. See chapter 1A of the Code for a description of the great seal of Iowa.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 21 Grants and Commissions

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All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the people of the state of Iowa, sealed with the great seal of the state, signed by the governor, and countersigned by the secretary of state.

Iowa Const. art. IV, § 22 Secretary--Auditor--Treasurer

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A secretary of state, an auditor of state and a treasurer of state shall be elected by the qualified electors at the same time that the governor is elected and for a four-year term commencing on the first day of January next after their election, and they shall perform such dutie…