57.2 - CERTIFICATE WITHHELD.
57.2 CERTIFICATE WITHHELD.
If notice of a contest of the election of an officer is filed
before the certificate of election is delivered to the incumbent, or
notice of a contest of the declared result of an election on a public
measure is filed before a duplicate of the abstract of votes upon the
measure and of the county board's declaration is certified pursuant
to section 50.27, the certificate or duplicate abstract and
declaration shall be withheld until the determination of the contest.
If the certificate of election or duplicate abstract and declaration
have been issued, the commissioner shall send the persons or
political subdivisions affected by the notice of contest a statement
advising them that the election is being contested and that the
certificate or duplicate abstract and declaration are not valid until
the election contest is resolved. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 367; R60, § 597; C73, § 713; C97, § 1219; C24, 27, 31, 35,
39, § 982; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
57.2]