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Code · Iowa · Chapter 72 — Duties Relating To Public Contracts

72.3 Divulging contents of sealed bids.

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No public officer or deputy thereof, if any, shall directly or indirectly or in any manner whatsoever, at any other time or in any other manner than as provided by law, open any sealed bid or convey or divulge to any person any part of the contents of a sealed bid, on any proposed contract concerning which a sealed bid is required or permitted by law.
[S13, §1279-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1170; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §72.3]
Referred to in §8A.311, 72.4
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