Iowa Code § 400.21
If the appeal be taken by the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended, notice thereof, signed by the appellant and specifying the ruling appealed from, shall be filed with the clerk of the commission; if by the person making such removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension, such notice shall also be served upon the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended.
See Code editor’s note on simple harmonization Section amended
[SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5705; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.21; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.21] 2017 Acts, ch 2, §60, 64; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §52