Iowa Code agency 351, ch. 4 - CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES
- Division I - ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (Rule 351-4.1 to 351-4.6)
- Division II - REPORTING AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REQUIREMENTS (Rule 351-4.7 to 351-4.37)
- Division III - POLITICAL MATERIAL-ATTRIBUTION STATEMENTS (Rule 351-4.38 to 351-4.43)
- Division IV - CORPORATE POLITICAL ACTIVITY (Rule 351-4.44 to 351-4.52)
- Division V - INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS (Rule 351-4.53)
- Division VI - COMMITTEE DISSOLUTION (Rule 351-4.54 to 351-4.57)
- Division VII - CIVIL PENALTIES FOR LATE REPORTS (Rule 351-4.58 to 351-4.62)
Notes
[Prior to 9/9/87, Campaign Finance Disclosure[190] Ch 4]
[Prior to 3/30/94, Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission[121] Ch 4]
Chapter rescission date pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.7: 1/1/28
[Filed 10/17/95, Notice 8/25/75-published 11/3/75, effective under emergency provision 11/21/75]
[Filed 10/28/75, Notice 8/25/75-published 11/17/75, effective 12/22/75]
[Filed 11/26/75, Notice 8/25/75-published 12/15/75, effective 2/1/76]
[Amendment filed without notice 11/26/75-published 12/15/75]
[Filed emergency 2/11/76-published 3/8/76, effective 2/11/76]
[Filed 2/19/76, Notice 11/17/75-published 3/8/76, effective 4/12/76]
[Filed 4/1/76, Notice 11/17/75-published 4/19/76, effective 5/24/76]
[Filed 6/4/76-published 6/28/76, effective 8/2/76]
[Filed emergency 7/14/76-published 8/9/76, effective 7/14/76]
[Filed 1/7/77, Notice 12/1/76-published 1/26/77, effective 3/2/77]
[Filed 4/30/79, Notice 3/21/79-published
5/30/79, effective 7/4/79]
[Filed 8/29/80, Notice 5/28/80-published 9/17/80, effective 10/22/80]
[Filed 11/6/81, Notice 9/3/81-published 11/25/81, effective 1/1/82]
[Filed 11/4/83, Notice 8/3/83-published 11/23/83, effective 1/1/84]
[Filed 5/16/86, Notice 3/12/86-published 6/4/86, effective 9/3/86]
[Filed 8/21/87, Notice 6/17/87-published 9/9/87, effective 10/14/87]
[Filed 4/26/89, Notice 2/22/89-published 5/17/89, effective 6/21/89]
[Filed 4/23/92, Notice 2/19/92-published 5/13/92, effective 6/17/92]
[Filed 11/17/92, Notice 9/16/92-published 12/9/92, effective 1/13/93]
[Filed emergency 1/15/93-published 2/3/93, effective 1/15/93]
[Filed 9/23/93, Notice 4/28/93-published 10/13/93, effective 11/17/93]
[Filed 3/11/94, Notice 1/5/94-published 3/30/94, effective 5/4/94]
[Filed emergency 6/16/94-published 7/6/94, effective 6/16/94]
[Filed 7/29/94, Notice 5/25/94-published 8/17/94, effective 9/21/94]
[Filed 12/16/94, Notice 8/17/94-published
1/4/95, effective 2/8/95]
[Filed 7/28/95, Notice 5/24/95-published 8/16/95, effective 9/20/95]
[Filed 7/28/95, Notice 6/21/95-published
8/16/95, effective 9/20/95]
[Filed 10/6/95, Notice 7/19/95-published 10/25/95, effective 11/29/95]
[Filed 7/12/96, Notice 4/24/96-published
7/31/96, effective 9/4/96]
[Filed 10/18/96, Notice 8/28/96-published 11/6/96, effective 12/11/96]
[Filed 12/24/96, Notice 11/6/96-published 1/15/97, effective 2/19/97]
[Filed 6/13/97, Notice 5/7/97-published 7/2/97, effective 8/6/97]
[Filed 5/15/98, Notice 3/11/98-published 6/3/98,
effective 7/8/98]
[Filed 7/10/98, Notice 6/3/98-published 7/29/98, effective 9/2/98]
[Filed 3/3/99, Notice 1/13/99-published 3/24/99, effective 4/28/99]
[Filed emergency 6/9/99-published 6/30/99, effective 6/9/99]
[Filed 6/21/02, Notice 5/15/02-published
7/10/02, effective 8/14/02]
[Filed 8/1/02, Notice 6/12/02-published 8/21/02,
effective 9/25/02]
[Filed 8/1/02, Notice 6/26/02-published 8/21/02, effective 9/25/02]
[Filed 8/30/02, Notice 7/10/02-published 9/18/02, effective 10/23/02]
[Filed 11/1/02, Notice 8/21/02-published
11/27/02, effective 1/1/03]
[Filed 11/1/02, Notice 9/4/02-published
11/27/02, effective 1/1/03]
[Filed 4/23/03, Notice 3/5/03-published 5/14/03, effective 7/1/03]
[Filed 8/28/03, Notice 7/9/03-published 9/17/03,
effective 10/22/03]
[Filed 8/28/03, Notice 7/23/03-published 9/17/03, effective 10/22/03]
[Filed 10/9/03, Notice 8/20/03-published
10/29/03, effective 12/3/03]
[Filed 11/6/03, Notice 10/1/03-published
11/26/03, effective 12/31/03]
[Filed 1/14/04, Notice 11/26/03-published
2/4/04, effective 3/10/04]
[Filed 2/6/04, Notice 12/24/03-published 3/3/04,
effective 4/7/04]
[Filed 4/23/04, Notice 3/3/04-published 5/12/04,
effective 6/16/04]
[Filed without Notice 4/29/04-published 5/26/04, effective 7/1/04]
[Filed without Notice 5/3/04-published 5/26/04, effective 7/1/04]
[Filed without Notice 5/4/04-published 5/26/04, effective 7/1/04]
[Filed 6/24/04, Notice 5/12/04-published
7/21/04, effective 8/25/04]
[Filed 8/26/04, Notice 7/21/04-published 9/15/04, effective 10/20/04]
[Filed 10/22/04, Notice 9/15/04-published 11/10/04, effective 12/15/04]
[Filed 1/28/05, Notice 11/10/04-published
2/16/05, effective 3/23/05]
[Filed 1/28/05, Notice 12/22/04-published 2/16/05, effective 3/23/05]
[Filed 5/23/05, Notice 3/16/05-published
6/22/05, effective 7/27/05]
[Filed without Notice 5/24/05-published 6/22/05,
effective 7/27/05]
[Filed 8/17/05, Notice 5/11/05-published 9/14/05, effective 10/19/05]
[Filed 12/2/05, Notice 9/14/05-published 12/21/05, effective 1/25/06]
[Filed 12/2/05, Notice 10/26/05-published 12/21/05, effective 1/25/06]
[Filed 2/8/06, Notice 12/21/05-published 3/1/06,
effective 4/5/06]
[Filed 7/13/06, Notice 4/26/06-published 8/2/06,
effective 9/6/06]
[Filed 9/25/06, Notice 8/2/06-published
10/25/06, effective 11/29/06]
[Filed 3/7/07, Notice 1/17/07-published 3/28/07, effective 5/2/07]
[Filed without Notice 7/11/07-published 8/1/07,
effective 9/5/07]
[Filed without Notice 7/12/07-published 8/1/07,
effective 9/5/07]
[Filed 4/2/08, Notice 2/13/08-published 4/23/08, effective 5/28/08]
[Filed 9/2/08, Notice 6/18/08-published 9/24/08, effective 10/29/08]
[Filed without Notice 9/5/08-published 9/24/08,
effective 10/29/08]
[Filed without Notice 11/11/08-published
12/3/08, effective 1/7/09]
[Filed 12/8/08, Notice 9/24/08-published
12/31/08, effective 2/4/09]
[Filed ARC 7646B (Notice ARC 7377B, IAB 12/3/08), IAB 3/25/09, effective 4/29/09]
[Filed ARC 7647B (Notice ARC 7373B, IAB 12/3/08), IAB 3/25/09, effective 4/29/09]
[Filed ARC 7648B (Notice ARC 7380B, IAB 12/3/08), IAB 3/25/09, effective 4/29/09]
[Filed ARC 7645B (Notice ARC 7455B, IAB 12/31/08), IAB 3/25/09, effective 4/29/09]
[Filed Without Notice ARC 7800B, IAB 6/3/09, effective 7/8/09]
[Filed Without Notice ARC 7801B, IAB 6/3/09, effective 7/8/09]
[Filed ARC 7866B (Notice ARC 7705B, IAB 4/8/09), IAB 6/17/09, effective 7/22/09]
[Filed ARC 7995B (Notice ARC 7806B, IAB 6/3/09), IAB 7/29/09, effective 9/2/09]
[Filed ARC 7994B (Notice ARC 7807B, IAB 6/3/09), IAB 7/29/09, effective 9/2/09]
[Filed ARC 7992B (Notice ARC 7809B, IAB 6/3/09), IAB 7/29/09, effective 9/2/09]
[Filed ARC 7998B (Notice ARC 7803B, IAB 6/3/09), IAB 7/29/09, effective 9/2/09]
[Filed ARC 7996B (Notice ARC 7805B, IAB 6/3/09), IAB 7/29/09, effective 9/2/09]
[Filed ARC 8286B (Notice ARC 7999B, IAB 7/29/09), IAB 11/18/09, effective 12/23/09]
[Filed Without Notice ARC 8290B, IAB 11/18/09, effective 12/23/09]
[Filed Without Notice ARC 8289B, IAB 11/18/09, effective 12/23/09]
[Filed Emergency ARC 8826B, IAB 6/2/10, effective 5/17/10]
[Filed Without Notice ARC 8787B, IAB 6/2/10, effective 7/7/10]
[Filed Without Notice ARC 8788B, IAB 6/2/10, effective 7/7/10]
[Filed ARC 9031B (Notice ARC 8795B, IAB 6/2/10), IAB 8/25/10, effective 9/29/10]
[Filed ARC 9216B (Notice ARC 9041B, IAB 9/8/10), IAB 11/3/10, effective 12/8/10]
[Filed ARC 1390C (Notice ARC 1020C, IAB 9/18/13), IAB 4/2/14, effective 5/7/14]
[Filed ARC 5525C (Notice ARC 5236C, IAB 10/21/20), IAB 3/24/21, effective 4/28/21]
Two or more ARCs
Effective date of rule 4.16 delayed by the Administrative Rules Review Committee 45 days after convening of the next General Assembly pursuant to & ยง 17A.8(9).
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
- Rule 351-4.1 - Requirement to file statement of organization (DR-1)-persons subject to requirements; financial thresholds; where to file; when due
- Rule 351-4.2 - Information required: committee name
- Rule 351-4.3 - Information required: committee purpose; party affiliation
- Rule 351-4.4 - Information required: officers; committee information; signatures
- Rule 351-4.5 - Segregation and timely deposit of funds; information required: identification of financial institution, account name; notice to treasurer
- Rule 351-4.6 - Amendments to statement of organization; requirement for new statement of organization for new office sought
- Rule 351-4.7 - Disclosure reporting required; information on initial report; minimum filing if no activity
- Rule 351-4.8 - Disclosure reporting required-where reports filed
- Rule 351-4.9 - Campaign disclosure report due dates
- Rule 351-4.10 - Time of filing
- Rule 351-4.11 - Voluntary registration-Form DR-SFA
- Rule 351-4.12 - Exception from reporting requirement-reports due within five days of one another
- Rule 351-4.13 - Report forms-summary page (DR-2) and supporting schedules
- Rule 351-4.14 - Schedule A - Monetary Receipts
- Rule 351-4.15 - Schedule B - Monetary Expenditures
- Rule 351-4.16 - Schedule D - Incurred Indebtedness
- Rule 351-4.17 - Schedule E - In-kind Contributions
- Rule 351-4.18 - Schedule F - Loans Received and Repaid
- Rule 351-4.19 - Schedule G - Breakdown of Monetary Expenditures by Consultants
- Rule 351-4.20 - Schedule H - Campaign Property
- Rule 351-4.21 - Filing of reconciled bank statement
- Rule 351-4.22 - Verification of reports; incomplete reports
- Rule 351-4.23 - Amendment-statements, disclosure reports and notices
- Rule 351-4.24 - Reporting of state party building fund transactions
- Rule 351-4.25 - Legitimate expenditures of campaign funds
- Rule 351-4.26 - Transfers between candidates
- Rule 351-4.27 - Filing of independent expenditure statement
- Rule 351-4.28 - Prohibition on contributions and independent expenditures by foreign nationals
- Rule 351-4.29 - Contributions by minors
- Rule 351-4.30 - Funds from unknown source prohibited; subsequent identification of source; notice to contributors
- Rule 351-4.31 - Information required for a trust to avoid a contribution in the name of another person
- Rule 351-4.32 - Contributions from political committees not organized in Iowa
- Rule 351-4.33 - Reporting of earmarked contributions
- Rule 351-4.34 - Copies of reports filed by 527 Committees
- Rule 351-4.35 - Permanent organizations forming temporary political committees; one-time contributor filing Form DR-OTC
- Rule 351-4.36 - Cash transactions
- Rule 351-4.37 - Record keeping
- Rule 351-4.38 - Political attribution statement-contents
- Rule 351-4.39 - Specific items exempted from or subject to attribution statement requirement; multiple pages
- Rule 351-4.40 - Newspaper or magazine
- Rule 351-4.41 - Apparent violations; remedial action
- Rule 351-4.42 - Rescinded
- Rule 351-4.43 - Rescinded
- Rule 351-4.44 - Prohibited corporate activity
- Rule 351-4.45 - Corporate-sponsored political committee
- Rule 351-4.46 - Rescinded
- Rule 351-4.47 - Permitted activity-reimbursement required
- Rule 351-4.48 - Sham newspapers subject to campaign laws
- Rule 351-4.49 - Individual property
- Rule 351-4.50 - Rescinded
- Rule 351-4.51 - Candidate debate-media organization; debate structure; debate funding; contribution reporting inapplicable
- Rule 351-4.52 - Corporate involvement with political committee funds
- Rule 351-4.53 - Express advocacy; in-kind contributions; independent expenditures- definitions
- Rule 351-4.54 - Committee dissolution; disposition of property; resolution of loans or debts
- Rule 351-4.55 - Statement of dissolution; final report; final bank statement
- Rule 351-4.56 - Rescinded
- Rule 351-4.57 - Rescinded
- Rule 351-4.58 - Late-filed campaign disclosure reports
- Rule 351-4.59 - Routine civil penalty assessment for late-filed disclosure reports
- Rule 351-4.60 - Requests for waiver of penalties
- Rule 351-4.61 - Contested case challenge
- Rule 351-4.62 - Payment of penalty