Fisher v. SEDGWICK IN AND FOR STORY COUNTY

CARTER, Justice.

This original certiorari action challenges the authority of a district associate judge to issue an administrative search warrant in aid of an inspection to be conducted under a city housing code. The question presented differs somewhat from that which was before this court in Commissioner of Labor v. Sulhoff, 360 N.W.2d 722 (Iowa 1985) because different statutes, which were not involved in Sulhoff, are involved in the present case.

Pursuant to Iowa Code section 364.17, the City of Ames adopted a housing code and has developed a program of annual inspection as provided in…