§ Iowa Code § 50.41Certificate of election

50.41 Certificate of election.
1. 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
........................
2. If the governor is absent, the certificate of the election of the secretary of state shall
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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.
[C51, §288, 306; R60, §522, 540; C73, §652, 657, 663; C97, §1165; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §880;