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Terms Used In Iowa Code 669.3

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
669.3 Adjustment and settlement of claims.
1. The attorney general, on behalf of the state of Iowa, shall consider, ascertain, adjust,
compromise, settle, determine, and allow any claim that is subject to this chapter.
2. A claim made under this chapter shall be filed with the director of the department of management, who shall acknowledge receipt on behalf of the state.
3. The state appeal board shall adopt rules and procedures for the handling, processing, and investigation of claims, in accordance with chapter 17A.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §25A.3] C93, §669.3
2003 Acts, ch 44, §114; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §105
Referred to in §669.2, 669.15