# Iowa Code § 730.2: Blacklisting employees — treble damages

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C730_S730.2

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 730.2
- **Heading:** Blacklisting employees — treble damages
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 730 / Section 730.2

## Text

If any railway company or other company, partnership, or corporation shall authorize or allow any of its or their agents to blacklist any discharged employee, or attempt by word or writing or any other means whatever to prevent such discharged employee, or any employee who may have voluntarily left said company’s service, from obtaining employment with any other person or company, except as provided for in section 730.1, such company or partnership shall be liable in treble damages to such employee so prevented from obtaining employment.

[C97, §5028; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13254; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §736.2; C79, 81, §730.2]2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 730.1 Statements regarding discharge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C730_S730.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 730.2 Blacklisting employees — treble damages.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C730_S730.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 730.3 False charges concerning honesty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C730_S730.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 730.4 Polygraph examination prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C730_S730.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 730.5 Private sector drug-free workplaces.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C730_S730.5.md)

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