1. A person making a contribution in excess of twenty-five dollars shall provide the person’s name and address to the candidate or committee receiving the contribution.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 68A.502

  • Candidate: means any individual who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to a public office and shall also include any judge standing for retention in a judicial election. See Iowa Code 68A.102
  • Committee: includes a political committee and a candidate's committee. See Iowa Code 68A.102
  • Contribution: means :
     (1) A gift, loan, advance, deposit, rebate, refund, or transfer of money or a gift in kind. See Iowa Code 68A.102
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Person: means , without limitation, any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, labor union, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 68A.102
 2. A person shall not make a contribution or expenditure in the name of another person, and a person shall not knowingly accept a contribution or expenditure made by one person in the name of another.
 3. For the purpose of this section, an illegal contribution or expenditure is any of the following:

 a. A contribution or expenditure made by one person which is ultimately reimbursed by another person who has not been identified as the ultimate source or recipient of the funds.
 b. A contribution or expenditure made using a fictitious name. A name is fictitious in the case of an individual if the name does not include the individual’s legal surname at the time of the contribution or expenditure.
 c. A contribution or expenditure made by a person who borrowed the money from another person if the original source of said money is not disclosed.
 4. Any candidate or committee receiving funds, the original source of which was a loan, shall be required to list the lender as a contributor. No candidate or committee shall knowingly receive funds from a contributor who has borrowed the money without listing the original source of said money.