Constitution · Iowa

Iowa Const. art. I, § 14

Constitution
Constitution of Iowa
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

Military. The military shall be subordinate to the civil power. No standing army shall be kept up by the state in time of peace; and in time of war, no appropriation for a standing army shall be for a longer time than two years.

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