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IA Code § 359.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.24 - Clerk and trustees abolished.

359.24 Clerk and trustees abolished.   Where a city constitutes one or more civil townships the boundary lines of which coincide throughout with the boundary lines of the city, the offices of township clerk and trustee are abolished.  [C97, §560; S13, §560; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5553; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.24]  Referred to in §359.27
IA Code § 359.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.25 - Clerk and council to act.

359.25 Clerk and council to act.   The duties required by law of the township clerk in such cities shall be performed by the city clerk, and those required of the board of trustees shall be performed by the city council.  [C97, §561; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5554; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.25]  Referred to in §359.27
IA Code § 359.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.26 - Transfer of funds.

359.26 Transfer of funds.   The moneys and assets belonging to such civil township shall become the moneys and assets of the city in which said civil township is situated, and the township clerks shall turn such moneys and assets over to the city treasurer or clerk, to be disbursed by the city in the same manner and for the same purposes as required by law for the disposition of township funds, and such cities shall assume all liabilities of a civil township to which the provisions of this section apply.  [C97, §562; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5555; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.26]  Referred to in §359.27
IA Code § 359.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.27 - Payment of funds.

359.27 Payment of funds.   County treasurers are hereby authorized to pay over to the treasurers or clerks of cities which come under the provisions of sections 359.24, 359.25 and 359.26 all funds which would otherwise be paid over to the township clerks of such townships.  [C97, §563; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5556; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.27]
IA Code § 359.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.28 - Condemnation.

359.28 Condemnation.   The township trustees are hereby empowered to condemn, or purchase and pay for out of the general fund, or the specific fund voted for such purpose, and enter upon and take, any lands within the territorial limits of such township for the use of cemeteries, a community center or juvenile playgrounds, in the same manner as is now provided for cities. However, the board of supervisors or a cemetery commission appointed by the board of supervisors shall control and maintain pioneer cemeteries as defined in section 331.325.  [C97, §585; S13, §585; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5558; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.28]  96 Acts, ch 1182, §3  Referred to in §331.325  Procedure, chapter 6B
IA Code § 359.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.29 - Gifts and donations.

359.29 Gifts and donations.   Civil townships are hereby authorized and empowered to receive by gift, devise, or bequest, money or property for the purpose of establishing and maintaining libraries, township halls, cemeteries, or for any other public purpose. All such gifts, devises, or bequests shall be effectual only when accepted by resolution of the board of trustees of such township.  [S13, §585; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5559; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.29]  Referred to in §331.325, 359.30  Township halls, chapter 360  Gifts to governmental bodies, see §565.6
IA Code § 359.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.30 - Cemetery and park tax.

359.30 Cemetery and park tax.   Township trustees shall, at the regular meeting in November, levy a tax sufficient to pay for any lands so condemned or purchased, or for the necessary improvement and maintenance of cemeteries thus established, and for the necessary improvement and the maintenance of public parks acquired by gift, devise, or bequest under section 359.29, or for the maintenance and improvement of cemeteries so established in adjoining townships, if the trustees deem such action advisable.  [C97, §586; SS15, §586; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5560; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.30]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §197  Referred to in §331.325, 331.402, 359.34, 359.37  Section amended
IA Code § 359.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.31 - Power and control.

359.31 Power and control.   Township trustees shall control any such cemeteries, or appoint trustees for the same, or sell the same to any private corporation for cemetery purposes.  [C97, §586; SS15, §586; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5561; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.31]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §198  Referred to in §331.325  Section amended
IA Code § 359.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.32 - Sale of lots — gifts.

359.32 Sale of lots — gifts.   Township trustees shall have authority to provide for the sale of lots or portions thereof, in any cemetery under their control, and make rules in regard thereto. Township trustees may provide for perpetual upkeep by the establishment of a perpetual upkeep fund from the proceeds of sale of lots, and may accept gifts, devise, or bequest, made to them for that purpose.  [C39, §5561.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.32]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §199  Referred to in §331.325  Section amended
IA Code § 359.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.33 - Tax for nonowned cemetery.

359.33 Tax for nonowned cemetery.   Township trustees may levy a tax not to exceed six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property to improve and maintain any cemetery not owned by the township, provided the cemetery is devoted to general public use.  [C97, §586; SS15, §586; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5562; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.33]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §200  Referred to in §331.325, 331.402, 359.34  Section amended
IA Code § 359.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.34 - Scope of levy.

359.34 Scope of levy.   The levy authorized in sections 359.30 and 359.33 may be extended to property within the limits of any city so far as same is situated within the township, unless such city is already maintaining a cemetery, or has levied a tax in support thereof. The said tax may be so expended for the support and maintenance of any such cemetery after the same has been abandoned and is no longer used for the purpose of interring the dead.  [SS15, §586; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5563; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.34]  Referred to in §331.325
IA Code § 359.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.35 - Cemetery funds — use.

359.35 Cemetery funds — use.   Cemetery tax funds of a township may be used for the maintenance and support of cemeteries in adjoining counties and townships and in cities, if such cemeteries are utilized for burial purposes by the people of the township and, when any such cemetery has been so utilized for more than twenty-five years and has been maintained by township funds, the township trustees of the township where the cemetery is located shall continue to improve and maintain the same.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5564; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.35]  Referred to in §331.325
IA Code § 359.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.36 - Joint boards.

359.36 Joint boards.   A city council and the trustees of a township may join in the common purpose of improving, maintaining, and supporting a township cemetery. In such case the two official bodies shall constitute a joint cemetery board and shall have equal voting power.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5565; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.36]  Referred to in §331.325
IA Code § 359.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.37 - Regulations.

359.37 Regulations.   1. The trustees, board of directors, or other officers having the custody and control of any cemetery in this state, shall have power, subject to the bylaws and regulations of such cemetery, to do all of the following:   a. To enclose, improve, and adorn the ground of such cemetery.   b. To construct avenues in the cemetery.   c. To erect proper buildings for the use of the cemetery.   d. To prescribe rules for the improving or adorning the lots in the cemetery or for the erection of monuments or other memorials of the dead upon the lots.   e. To prohibit any use, division, improvement, or adornment of a lot which the trustees, directors, or officers may deem improper.   2. The trustees, after such land has been advertised for sealed bids by the trustees, shall have authority to sell and dispose of any lands or parcels of lands previously dedicated for cemetery purposes and which are no longer necessary for such purposes, for the reason that no burials are being made in the cemetery. However, any portion of the cemetery in which burials have been made shall be kept and maintained by the trustees. The proceeds from such sales shall be deposited in the tax fund established in accordance with section 359.30, to be used for the purposes of that fund.  [C97, §587; SS15, §587; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5566; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.37]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §201  Referred to in §331.325  Section amended
IA Code § 359.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.38 - Watchpersons appointed.

359.38 Watchpersons appointed.   Such trustees, directors, or other officers may appoint as many day and night watchpersons of their grounds as they may think expedient, and such watchpersons, and also all their sextons, superintendents, gardeners, and agents, stationed upon or near said grounds are hereby authorized to take and subscribe to an oath of office as provided in section 63.10.  [C97, §589; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5567; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.38]  Referred to in §331.325
IA Code § 359.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.39 - Ex officio police officers.

359.39 Ex officio police officers.   Upon the taking of such oath, such watchpersons, sextons, superintendents, gardeners, and agents shall have and exercise all powers of police officers within and adjacent to the cemetery grounds and each shall have power to arrest any and all persons engaged in violating the laws of this state, and to bring such person so offending before any judicial magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.  [C97, §589; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5568; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.39]  Referred to in §331.325
IA Code § 359.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.40 - Cemeteries — plats — records.

359.40 Cemeteries — plats — records.   Where there is located in any township one or more cemeteries, the owner of the same, or any party owning an interest therein, may cause the same to be surveyed, platted, and laid out into subdivisions and lots, numbering the same by progressive numbers, giving the length and breadth, also the location with reference to known or permanent monuments to be made. The plat shall accurately describe all the subdivisions of the tract of land used, or designed to be used as a cemetery, and shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder, and filed with and recorded by the township clerk, and preserved by the township clerk among the records of the office.  [C97, §583; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5569; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.40]  Referred to in §331.325
IA Code § 359.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.41 - Conveyance of lots.

359.41 Conveyance of lots. Repealed by  2005 Acts, ch 128, §73  .
IA Code § 359.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.42 - Township fire protection service, emergency warning system, and emergency medical service.

359.42 Township fire protection service, emergency warning system, and emergency medical service.   Except as otherwise provided in section 331.385, the trustees of each township shall provide fire protection service for the township, exclusive of any part of the township within a benefited fire district and may provide emergency medical service. The trustees may purchase, own, rent, or maintain fire protection service or emergency medical service apparatus or equipment or both kinds of apparatus or equipment and provide housing for the equipment. The trustees of a township which is located within a county having a population of three hundred thousand or more may also establish and maintain an emergency warning system within the township. The trustees may contract with a public or private agency under chapter 28E for the purpose of providing any service or system required or authorized under this section.  [C31, 35, §5570-c1; C39, §5570.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §359.42; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1076]  84 Acts, ch 1008, §1; 85 Acts, ch 205, §1; 95 Acts, ch 123, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1146, §5  Referred to in §331.385, 357B.5, 357J.17, 359.17, 359.43
IA Code § 359.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.43 - Tax levy — supplemental levy — districts.

359.43 Tax levy — supplemental levy — districts.   1. The township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding forty and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the township, excluding property within a benefited fire district or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of exercising the powers and duties specified in section 359.42. However, in a township having a fire protection service or emergency medical service agreement or both service agreements with a special charter city having a paid fire department, the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding fifty-four cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the taxable property for the services authorized or required under section 359.42 and in a township which is located within a county having a population of three hundred thousand or more, the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding sixty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property for the services authorized or required under section 359.42.   2. If the levy authorized under subsection 1 is insufficient to provide the services authorized or required under section 359.42, the township trustees may levy an additional annual tax not exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the township, excluding any property within the corporate limits of a city, to provide the services.   3. The township trustees may divide the township into tax districts for the purpose of providing the services authorized or required under section 359.42 and may levy a different tax rate in each district, but the tax levied in a tax district for the authorized or required services shall not exceed the tax levy limitations for that township as provided in this section.   4. Of the levies authorized under subsections 1 and 2, the township trustees may credit to a reserve account annually an amount not to exceed thirty cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the taxable property in the township for the purchase or replacement of supplies and equipment required to carry out the services specified under section 359.42. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest earned on moneys credited to the reserve account shall be credited to the reserve account.   5. Township taxes collected and disbursed by the county shall be apportioned by the clerk and paid into the separate accounts of the tax districts no later than May 31 and November 30 of each year.  [C31, 35, §5570-c2; C39, §5570.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.43; 82 Acts, ch 1114, §1]  84 Acts, ch 1008, §2; 85 Acts, ch 205, §2; 89 Acts, ch 149, §1; 95 Acts, ch 123, §2; 95 Acts, ch 158, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §25  Referred to in §331.385, 331.424C, 357J.17, 359.45
IA Code § 359.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.45 - Anticipatory bonds.

359.45 Anticipatory bonds.   Townships may anticipate the collection of taxes authorized by section 359.43 and for such purposes may direct the county board of supervisors to issue bonds under sections 331.441 to 331.449 relating to essential county purpose bonds except that the bonds are payable only from tax levies on property subject to the levy under section 359.43.  [C39, §5570.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §359.45; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1077]  Referred to in §331.385, 357J.17
IA Code § 359.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.46 - Compensation of township trustees.

359.46 Compensation of township trustees.   1. A township trustee while engaged in official business shall be compensated at an hourly rate established by the county board of supervisors. However, the county board of supervisors may establish a minimum daily pay rate for the time spent by a township trustee attending a scheduled meeting of township trustees. The compensation shall be paid by the county except:   a. When the trustee is assessing damages done by trespassing animals, payment of the compensation shall be made in the same manner as other costs in such cases.   b. When the trustee is acting as a fence viewer or in a case where provision is made for payment from a source other than the general fund of the county.   2. In cases where their fees or compensation are not paid by the county, the trustees shall be paid by the party requiring their services. The trustees shall attach to the report of their proceedings a statement specifying their services, directing who shall pay the fees or compensation, and specifying the amount to be paid by each party. A party who makes advance payment for the services of the trustees may take legal action to recover the amount of the payment from the party who is directed to pay by the trustees unless the party entitled to recovery under this subsection is paid within ten days after a demand for reimbursement is made.  [C51, §2548; R60, §4156; C73, §3808; C97, §590; S13, §590; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5571; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.46]  83 Acts, ch 123, §168, 169, 209  Referred to in §331.322
IA Code § 359.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.47 - Compensation of township clerk.

359.47 Compensation of township clerk.   A township clerk while engaged in official business shall be compensated at the same rate as the pay rate of a township trustee of the same township.  [C51, §2548; R60, §909, 911; C73, §3809; C97, §591; S13, §591; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5572; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.47]  Referred to in §331.322
IA Code § 359.50 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.50 - Budget amendment.

359.50 Budget amendment.   1. A township budget as finally adopted for the following fiscal year becomes effective July 1. A township budget for the current fiscal year may be amended for any of the following purposes:   a. To permit the expenditure of unexpended, unencumbered cash balances on hand at the end of the preceding fiscal year which had not been anticipated in the budget.   b. To permit the expenditure of amounts anticipated to be available from sources other than property taxation, and which had not been anticipated in the budget.   2. A budget amendment must be prepared and adopted by May 31 of the current fiscal year.  2000 Acts, ch 1117, §27
IA Code § 359.51 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.51 - Separate accounts.

359.51 Separate accounts.   A township shall keep separate accounts corresponding to the items in the township’s adopted or amended budget. A township shall keep accounts which provide an accurate and detailed statement of all public funds collected, received, or expended for any township purpose, by any township officer, employee, or other person, and which show the receipt, use, and disposition of all township property.  2000 Acts, ch 1117, §28
IA Code § 359.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS|Section 359.52 - Disposal of property.

359.52 Disposal of property.   1. A township shall not dispose of an interest in personal property, or an interest in real property, by sale, lease, or gift, except in accordance with the following procedure:   a. The board of trustees shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall publish notice of the resolution and of a date, time, and place of a public hearing on the proposal. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the township or in the largest city in the township. The notice shall be published no less than ten days and no more than twenty days before the hearing.   b. After the public hearing, the trustees may make a final determination on the proposal by resolution.   c. A township shall not dispose of real property by gift except to a governmental body for a public purpose.   2. This section does not apply to the sale by a township of subdivisions or lots within a cemetery.  2000 Acts, ch 1117, §29; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
IA Code § 359A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359A - FENCES|Section 359A.1 - Definitions.

359A.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.  2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
IA Code § 359A.1A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 359A - FENCES|Section 359A.1A - Partition fences.

359A.1A Partition fences.   The respective owners of adjoining tracts of land shall upon written request of either owner be compelled to erect and maintain partition fences, or contribute thereto, and keep the same in good repair throughout the year.  [C51, §895, 900, 901; R60, §1526, 1531, 1532; C73, §1489, 1494, 1495; C97, §2355; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1829; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.1]  C93, §359A.1  C2001, §359A.1A