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<div class="bbWrapper">What is the clause # in the Iowa Code that pertains to Attorney*Client privilege be broken (violated)? thank you</div>
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What is the clause # in the Iowa Code that pertains to Attorney*Client privilege be broken (violated)? thank you
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<a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/04-28-2017.32.pdf" target="_blank" class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legis.iowa.gov%2Fdocs%2FACO%2FCourtRulesChapter%2F04-28-2017.32.pdf&hash=a30de721dab78a4aef9ce4780176c62f" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/04-28-2017.32.pdf</a></div>
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<div class="bbWrapper">The attorney-client privilege is a rule of evidence, not an ethical rule, and the link cited in the prior response contains only incidental references to the attorney-client privilege. Rule 5.502 of the <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/06-30-2014.5.pdf" target="_blank" class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legis.iowa.gov%2Fdocs%2FACO%2FCourtRulesChapter%2F06-30-2014.5.pdf&hash=2f3843df972b8559dc2db7db1db536c0" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Iowa Rules of Evidence</a> discusses the attorney-client privilege</div>
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The attorney-client privilege is a rule of evidence, not an ethical rule, and the link cited in the prior response contains only incidental references to the attorney-client privilege. Rule 5.502 of the <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/06-30-2014.5.pdf" target="_blank" class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legis.iowa.gov%2Fdocs%2FACO%2FCourtRulesChapter%2F06-30-2014.5.pdf&hash=2f3843df972b8559dc2db7db1db536c0" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Iowa Rules of Evidence</a> discusses the attorney-client privilege
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">While correct, justblue did link the Iowa attorney Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC), and Rule 32:1.6 does cover the attorney's duty of confidentiality to his/her client. The two rules are different in scope and the consequences of a violation by the attorney of either rule are different as well. I mention this because most in the public, and perhaps the OP, don't understand the various rules of attorney-client confidentiality and in my experience when a non-lawyer uses the phrase "attorney-client privilege" they more often really are referring to the duty of confidentiality. </span></div>