# Iowa Code § 85.2: Public employees chapter compulsory

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.2

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 85.2
- **Heading:** Public employees chapter compulsory
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.2

## Text

Where the state, county, municipal corporation, school corporation, area education agency, or city under any form of government is the employer, the provisions of this chapter for the payment of compensation and amount thereof for an injury sustained by an employee of such employer shall be exclusive, compulsory, and obligatory upon both employer and employee, except as otherwise provided in section 85.1. For the purposes of this chapter, elected and appointed officials shall be employees.

[S13, §2477-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1362; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.2]

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 85.1 Inapplicability of chapter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.1A Proprietors, limited liability company members, limited liability partners, and partners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.1A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.2 Public employees chapter compulsory.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.3 Acceptance presumed — notice to nonresident employers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.16 Willful injury — intoxication.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.16.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.18 Contract to relieve not operative.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.18.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.20 Rights of employee exclusive.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.20.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.21 Payments concerning liability disputes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.21.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.22 Liability of others — subrogation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.22.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.23 Notice of injury failure to give.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.23.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.24 Form of notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.24.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.25 Service of notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.25.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.26 Limitation of actions — who may maintain action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.26.md)
- [Iowa Code § 85.27 Services — release of information — charges — payment — debt collection prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.27.md)

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