Constitution · Iowa

Iowa Const. art. VI, § 1

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Constitution of Iowa
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

Composition — training. The militia of this state shall be composed of all able-bodied male citizens, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such as are or may hereafter be exempt by the laws of the United States, or of this state, and shall be armed, equipped, and trained, as the general assembly may provide by law. Amended by Amendment 5 (1868)

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