Constitution · Iowa

Iowa Const. art. VII, § 4

Constitution
Constitution of Iowa
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

War debts. In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the state may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the state in war; but the money arising from the debts so contracted shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.

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