# Iowa — Notary public commission term length by US state — how many years a commission lasts before it must be renewed, quoted from the state's own statute

For Iowa, commission term is issue a commission as a notary public to an applicant for a term of three years; statute is Iowa Code § 9B.21, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Iowa _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Commission term:** issue a commission as a notary public to an applicant for a term of three years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Iowa Code § 9B.21 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> On compliance with this section, the secretary of state shall issue a commission as a notary public to an applicant for a term of three years. The term of a notarial officer who is a resident of a state bordering Iowa and whose place of work or business is in Iowa is one year.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statute

> Iowa Code 2026, Section 9B.21

## Source

- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/9B.21.pdf

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2028-09-01.
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