# Iowa Code § 85.23: Notice of injury failure to give

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIII_C85_S85.23

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 85.23
- **Heading:** Notice of injury failure to give
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.23

## Text

Unless the employer or the employer’s representative shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of an injury received within ninety days from the date of the occurrence of the injury, or unless the employee or someone on the employee’s behalf or a dependent or someone on the dependent’s behalf shall give notice thereof to the employer within ninety days from the date of the occurrence of the injury, no compensation shall be allowed. For the purposes of this section, “date of the occurrence of the injury” means the date that the employee knew or should have known that the injury was work-related.

[S13, §2477-m8; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1383; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.23]2017 Acts, ch 23, §3, 24

## 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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