50.41 - CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.
50.41 CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.
Each person declared elected by the state board of canvassers
shall receive a certificate, signed by the governor or, in the
governor's absence, by the secretary of state, with the seal of state
affixed, attested by the other canvassers, to be in substance as
follows:
STATE OF IOWA:
To ........ (candidate's name): It is hereby certified that, at
an election held on the .... day of ...... you were elected to the
office of ...... of Iowa, for the term of ... years, from the ....
day of ...... (or if to fill a vacancy, for the residue of the term,
ending on the .... day of ......).
Given at the seat of government this .... day of ......
If the governor is absent, the certificate of the election of the
secretary of state shall be signed by the auditor. The certificate
to members of the legislature shall describe, by the number, the
district from which the member is elected. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 288, 306; R60, § 522, 540; C73, § 652, 657, 663; C97, §
1165; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 880; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.41] Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 115, §10; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §10