Iowa
What Iowa law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | Iowa Code § 562A.12 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing takes an Iowa wage claim, published in English and Spanish, and it will go as far as filing a lawsuit on your behalf to collect. It must be less than a year — 365 days — since the wages were due. On overtime it refers you out: its own page says to contact the federal Wage and Hour Office, which enforces overtime law.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division takes the complaint, and Iowa keeps its debt collection rules inside the Iowa Consumer Credit Code rather than in a standalone collection act. Filing costs nothing and the office mediates; it does not appear in court for you.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days rather than 180, and the Iowa Office of Civil Rights is the reason: the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) turns on whether a state agency has authority over the same conduct, and here one does. Its own deadline is the same 300 days, counted from the discriminatory practice. Both clocks end on the same day, and filing with either office is free.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | Iowa Code § 614.1(2) |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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