252.24 - COUNTY OF SETTLEMENT LIABLE.
252.24 COUNTY OF SETTLEMENT LIABLE.
The county where the settlement is shall be liable to the county
granting assistance for all reasonable charges and expenses incurred
in the assistance and care of a poor person.
When assistance is furnished by any governmental agency of the
county, township, or city, the assistance shall be deemed to have
been furnished by the county in which the agency is located and the
agency furnishing the assistance shall certify the correctness of the
costs of the assistance to the board of supervisors of that county
and that county shall collect from the county of the person's
settlement. The amounts collected by the county where the agency is
located shall be paid to the agency furnishing the assistance. This
statute applies to services and supplies furnished as provided in
section 139A.18. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 815; R60, § 1383; C73, § 1358; C97, § 2229; C24, 27, 31,
35, § 5319; C39, § 3828.096; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75,
77, 79, 81, § 252.24] Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1212, § 14; 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §44