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2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 359A - FENCES › Section 359A.24 - Certification of decree.

359A.24 Certification of decree.
Upon the final determination of said appeal the clerk of the district court shall certify to the recorder of deeds the fact that a judgment has been entered upon such appeal, with the book and page of such judgment, and the recorder shall thereupon enter on the recorder’s record a notation that a judgment on appeal has been entered and that the same may be found in the office of the clerk of the district court, in the book and page designated in said certificate.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1852; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.24]
C93, §359A.24
Referred to in §331.602, 602.8102(28)
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 359A - FENCES › Section 359A.25 - Record kept — fees of clerk.

359A.25 Record kept — fees of clerk.
The township clerk shall enter all matters herein required to be made of record in the clerk’s record book, and shall receive ten cents for each one hundred words in entering of record and making certified copies of the matters herein provided for, and twenty-five cents additional for the clerk’s certificate thereto when required, and shall also receive the costs of recording in the office of the recorder of deeds of any instrument required to be so recorded.
[C97, §2370; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1853; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.25]
C93, §359A.25
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.1 - Election.

360.1 Election.
1. The trustees, on a petition of a majority of the resident freeholders of any civil township, shall request the county commissioner of elections to submit the question of building or acquiring by purchase, or acquiring by a lease with purchase option, a public hall to the electors thereof. The county commissioner shall conduct the election pursuant to the applicable provisions of chapters 39 through 53 and certify the result to the trustees.
2. The form of the proposition shall be:
Shall the proposition to levy a tax of ............ cents per thousand dollars of assessed value for the erection of a public hall be adopted?
3. Notice of the election shall be given as provided by chapter 49.
[C97, §567; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5574; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.1]
2011 Acts, ch 25, §34; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §234
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.2 - Tax.

360.2 Tax.
If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the tax, the trustees shall certify such fact to the board of supervisors, and they shall thereupon levy a tax not to exceed the rate voted and not to exceed twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed value each year for a period not exceeding five years on the taxable property of the township, except that such five-year limitation shall not apply in case of a public hall acquired by a lease with a purchase option. When such tax is collected by the treasurer, it shall be paid to the township clerk; but said clerk shall not receive to exceed one percent for handling said money.
[C97, §568; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5575; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.3 - Transfer of funds.

360.3 Transfer of funds.
When there are funds under the control of a township clerk, raised under this chapter which are not desired for the purposes for which they were raised, the trustees may, by majority vote, order that the full amount of the funds in the account established for that purpose be transferred to the general fund of a school district or districts pro rata in which the funds were raised. The transfer of funds shall be made by the township clerk upon order of the trustees, and the clerk shall dissolve the account from which the transfer is made.
[S13, §592-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5576; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.3]
83 Acts, ch 185, §33, 62; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2016 Acts, ch 1015, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.4 - Location.

360.4 Location.
Any public hall built under the provisions of this chapter shall be located by the township trustees so as to accommodate the greatest number of the resident taxpayers, and for such purpose the trustees may purchase land not to exceed in value five hundred dollars. They shall also have the power to join with the city authorities of any city within their borders and build and equip said building as a public hall or as a memorial building as provided in section 37.21 under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon.
[C97, §569; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5577; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.4]
Referred to in §360.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.5 - Construction.

360.5 Construction.
The township trustees or in case of joint ownership, in conjunction with the city authorities shall have charge of the building of such hall, shall receive bids, and shall let the building of the same to the lowest responsible bidder, and the township clerk shall pay out of the funds collected, only on the order of the trustees of said township for the township’s share of the cost thereof.
[C97, §570; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5578; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.6 - Custodian.

360.6 Custodian.
The township clerk, under the direction of the trustees, shall be the custodian of the building, and the use thereof may be permitted by the township trustees to citizens of the township for any lawful purpose; and, for the purposes of this chapter, the township clerk is hereby clothed with all the powers and duties of a constable of the township, to maintain order within and about the premises, protect the property, and enforce orders of the township trustees with respect thereto. In case of joint ownership by the township and city, the duties herein enumerated shall devolve jointly upon the township trustees and the city authorities or they may purchase a building already built with the same limitations as in said section 360.4. A copy of this section shall be at all times kept posted in a conspicuous place in said hall.
[C97, §571; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5579; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.7 - Bond.

360.7 Bond.
When a tax is voted as provided in this chapter, the township clerk shall, before drawing any of said tax from the treasury of the county, execute a bond, with penalty double the amount of said tax, which bond shall be approved by the board of supervisors.
[C97, §572; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.7]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS › Section 360.8 - Tax for repairs.

360.8 Tax for repairs.
The trustees of any township where such building has been erected or acquired by purchase, lease with purchase option, or by gift are hereby authorized to certify to the board of supervisors that a tax of not exceeding in any one year, thirteen and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value, on the taxable property of the township, should be levied, to be used in keeping such building in repair, to furnish same with necessary furniture, and provide for the care thereof. Provided, that in counties with a population of seventeen thousand to seventeen thousand two hundred fifty, census 1960, where such buildings are of brick construction with at least one hundred thousand cubic feet of space, such tax may be twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on the taxable property. When such certificate is filed in the auditor’s office, the board of supervisors shall levy such tax.
[C97, §573; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5581; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 362.1 - Citation.

362.1 Citation.
This chapter and chapters 364, 368, 372, 376, 380, 384, 388 and 392 may be cited as the “City Code of Iowa”.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 362.3 - Publication of notices.

362.3 Publication of notices.
1. Unless otherwise provided by state law:
a. If notice of an election, hearing, or other official action is required by the city code, the notice must be published at least once, not less than four nor more than twenty days before the date of the election, hearing, or other action.
b. A publication required by the city code must be in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the city. However, if the city has a population of two hundred or less, or in the case of ordinances and amendments to be published in a city in which no newspaper is published, a publication may be made by posting in three public places in the city which have been permanently designated by ordinance.
2. In the case of notices of elections, a city with a population of two hundred or less meets the publication requirement of this section by posting notices of elections in three public places which have been designated by ordinance.
[R60, §1133; C73, §492; C97, §686, 687; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5720, 5721, 5721-a1; C39, §5720, 5721, 5721.1; C46, 50, §366.7 – 366.9; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.3]
93 Acts, ch 143, §48; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §50; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Referred to in §26.12, 26.15, 37.4, 330.18, 336.13, 336.16, 364.2, 364.7, 364.12, 368.2, 368.3, 368.15, 368.20, 372.4, 372.9, 372.13, 376.5, 380.7, 380.8, 380.10, 384.12, 384.22, 384.25, 384.37, 384.38, 384.40, 384.50, 384.60, 384.83, 386.3, 392.7, 403.9, 404.2, 404B.2, 404B.3, 414.3, 414.4, 427B.1, 427B.20, 427B.26
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 362.4 - Petition of eligible electors.

362.4 Petition of eligible electors.
1. If a petition of the voters is authorized by the city code, the petition is valid if signed by eligible electors of the city equal in number to ten percent of the persons who voted at the last preceding regular city election, but not less than ten persons, unless otherwise provided by state law. The petition shall include the signatures of the petitioners, a statement of their place of residence, and the date on which they signed the petition.
2. The petition shall be examined before it is accepted for filing. If the petition appears valid on its face it shall be accepted for filing. If it lacks the required number of signatures it shall be returned to the petitioner.
3. Petitions which have been accepted for filing are valid unless written objections are filed with the city clerk within five working days after the petition is received. The objection process in section 44.8 shall be followed.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.4]
89 Acts, ch 136, §70; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §51; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Referred to in §28E.17, 37.2, 43.112, 44.8, 330.17, 364.2, 364.4, 368.3, 372.4, 372.6, 372.11, 372.13, 376.2, 384.7, 384.12, 384.24A, 384.26, 388.2, 389.2, 392.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 362.6 - Conflict of interest.

362.6 Conflict of interest.
A measure voted upon is not invalid by reason of conflict of interest in an officer of a city, unless the vote of the officer was decisive to passage of the measure. If a specific majority or unanimous vote of a municipal body is required by statute, the majority or vote must be computed on the basis of the number of officers not disqualified by reason of conflict of interest. However, a majority of all members is required for a quorum. For the purposes of this section, the statement of an officer that the officer declines to vote by reason of conflict of interest is conclusive and must be entered of record.
[C71, 73, §368A.25; C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 362.7 - Prior measures valid.

362.7 Prior measures valid.
A valid measure adopted by a city prior to July 1, 1975, remains valid unless the measure is irreconcilable with the city code.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.7]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 362.9 - Application of city code.

362.9 Application of city code.
The provisions of this chapter and chapters 364, 368, 372, 376, 380, 384, 388 and 392 are applicable to all cities.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 362.10 - Police officers and fire fighters.

362.10 Police officers and fire fighters.
The maximum age for a police officer, marshal, or fire fighter employed for police duty or the duty of fighting fires is sixty-five years of age. This section shall not apply to volunteer fire fighters.
[C35, §6326-f6; C39, §6326.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §411.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §410.6, 411.6; C81, §362.10]
98 Acts, ch 1183, §113
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.1 - Scope.

364.1 Scope.
A city may, except as expressly limited by the Constitution of the State of Iowa, and if not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, exercise any power and perform any function it deems appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, privileges, and property of the city or of its residents, and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare, comfort, and convenience of its residents. This grant of home rule powers does not include the power to enact private or civil law governing civil relationships, except as incident to an exercise of an independent city power.
[C51, §664; R60, §1047, 1056, 1057, 1071 – 1073, 1095; C73, §454 – 456, 482, 524; C97, §680, 695, 947; C13, §695; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5714, 5738, 6720; C46, 50, §366.1, 368.2, 420.31; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.1, 368.2, 420.31; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.1]
2006 Acts, ch 1010, §95
Municipal home rule, Iowa Constitution, Art. III, §38A
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.5 - Joint action — Iowa league of cities — penalty.

364.5 Joint action — Iowa league of cities — penalty.
1. A city or a board established to administer a city utility, in the exercise of any of its powers, may act jointly with any public or private agency as provided in chapter 28E.
2. The financial condition and the transactions of the Iowa league of cities shall be audited as provided in section 11.6.
3. It is unlawful for the Iowa league of cities to provide any form of aid to a political party or to the campaign of a candidate for political or public office. Any person violating or being an accessory to a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
4. A city may enter into an agreement with the federal government acting through any of its authorized agencies, and may carry out provisions of the agreement as necessary to meet federal requirements to obtain the funds or cooperation of the federal government or its agencies for the planning, construction, rehabilitation, or extension of a public improvement.
[S13, §694-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5684; C46, 50, §363.62; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.43; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.5]
89 Acts, ch 264, §8; 95 Acts, ch 3, §4; 2011 Acts, ch 75, §40; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.6 - Procedure.

364.6 Procedure.
A city shall substantially comply with a procedure established by a state law for exercising a city power. If a procedure is not established by state law, a city may determine its own procedure for exercising the power.
[C66, 71, 73, §368.2; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.7 - Disposal of property.

364.7 Disposal of property.
A city may not dispose of an interest in real property by sale, lease for a term of more than three years, or gift, except in accordance with the following procedure:
1. The council shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall publish notice as provided in section 362.3, of the resolution and of a date, time and place of a public hearing on the proposal.
2. After the public hearing, the council may make a final determination on the proposal by resolution.
3. A city may not dispose of real property by gift except to a governmental body for a public purpose.
[C73, §470; C97, §883, 1001; S13, §1056-a47; C24, 27, §6205, 6206, 6580, 6602, 6738, 6739; C31, 35, §6205, 6206, 6580, 6602, 6679-c1, 6738, 6739; C39, §6205, 6206, 6580, 6602, 6679.1, 6738, 6739; C46, 50, §390.6, 403.11, 403.12, 416.108, 416.131, 419.66, 420.49, 420.50; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §368.35, 368.39, 390.6; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.7]
2007 Acts, ch 54, §33
Referred to in §174.15, 306.42, 364.12A, 446.19A
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.8 - Overpasses or underpasses.

364.8 Overpasses or underpasses.
A city may by ordinance require a railway company operating railway tracks on or across a city street to construct or reconstruct, and maintain, an overpass or underpass to permit the street to pass over or under the tracks, and may establish specifications for the construction or reconstruction of such an overpass or underpass, subject to the following:
1. The requirement may not be enforced until the Iowa state department of transportation approves the specifications for a construction or reconstruction, after examination and a determination that the overpass or underpass is necessary for public safety and convenience.
2. The council shall hold a hearing on the matter and shall give not less than twenty days’ notice of the hearing to the railway companies involved, served in the same manner as an original notice.
3. A city may not require overpasses or underpasses of the same railway company to be constructed closer than on every fourth parallel street, nor require a company to construct or contribute to the construction of more than one overpass or underpass each year, nor require the construction of approaches longer than a total of eight hundred feet for a single overpass or underpass.
4. A city which requires construction or reconstruction of an overpass or underpass shall provide for appraisal and assessment of resulting damage to private property, and shall pay the damages assessed, all as provided in chapter 6B.
5. A city shall pay one half of all required maintenance costs, and may allocate costs between railway companies whose tracks are to be crossed by an overpass or underpass.
6. A city may enforce a requirement made as provided in this section by an action in mandamus, to be conducted and enforced as provided in section 327C.16 for actions brought by the state department of transportation. If the city prevails in the mandamus action, in addition to other remedies it may cause the required construction, reconstruction, or maintenance work to be done, and have judgment for the cost of the work against the companies.
[C97, §770 – 774; S13, §771, 773, 774; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5910 – 5913, 5916 – 5920, 5923 – 5925; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §387.1 – 387.4, 387.7 – 387.11, 387.14 – 387.16; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.9 - Flood control — railway tracks.

364.9 Flood control — railway tracks.
A city may require a railway company to provide necessary structures, temporary and permanent, to carry its tracks during and after construction of a diverted channel for flood control purposes, subject to the following:
1. The city shall give notice to the railway company, served in the same manner as an original notice, stating:
a. The nature of the flood control project.
b. The place where the diverted channel will cross the company’s right-of-way.
c. The specifications for construction of the diverted channel across the company’s right-of-way.
d. Details of the city’s requirement for the company to provide the necessary structures where the diverted channel crosses the right-of-way, including a designated period of time for construction, and a requirement that the construction be in a manner which does not interfere with the construction of the diverted channel or the free flow of water.
2. If the company does not comply with the requirement, the city may provide the necessary structures, and the railway is liable for the cost of the construction, in addition to its liability for assessment for special benefits as other property is assessed. The cost of the construction may be collected by the city from the company by court action.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6093 – 6095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §395.15 – 395.17; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.11 - Street construction by railways.

364.11 Street construction by railways.
1. All railway companies shall construct and repair all street improvements between the rails of their tracks, and one foot outside, at their own expense, unless by ordinance the railway is required to improve other portions of the street, and in that case the railway shall construct and repair the improvement of that part of the street specified by the ordinance, and the improvement or repair must be of the material and character ordered by the city, and must be done at the time the remainder of the improvement is constructed or repaired.
2. When an improvement is made, the company shall lay rail as required by the council, and shall then keep up to grade that part of the improvement they are required to construct or maintain.
3. If a railway fails or refuses to comply with the order of the council to construct or repair an improvement, the work may be done by the city and the expense shall then be assessed upon the property of the railway company, for collection in the same manner as a property tax. A tax assessed under this section shall also be a debt due from the railway, and may be collected in an action at law in the same manner as other debts.
[R60, §1068; C73, §478; C97, §834, 840; C13, §791-i; SS15, §840-r; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6052 – 6055; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.79 – 391.82; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.11]
2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Referred to in §364.13A, 445.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.12A - Condemnation of residential buildings — public purpose.

364.12A Condemnation of residential buildings — public purpose.
For the purposes of section 6A.4, subsection 6, a city may condemn a residential building found to be a public nuisance and take title to the property for the public purpose of disposing of the property under section 364.7 by conveying the property to a private individual for rehabilitation or for demolition and construction of housing.
96 Acts, ch 1204, §26
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.13 - Installments.

364.13 Installments.
If any amount assessed against property under section 364.12 will exceed five hundred dollars, a city may permit the assessment to be paid in up to ten annual installments, in the same manner and with the same interest rates provided for assessments against benefited property under chapter 384, subchapter IV.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5784 – 5786; C46, 50, §368.53 – 368.55; C54, 58, §368.26; C62, 66, §368.26, 389.38; C71, 73, §368.3, 368.26, 389.38; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.13]
2012 Acts, ch 1138, §100; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.13A - Special assessments — lien and precedence.

364.13A Special assessments — lien and precedence.
A special assessment levied pursuant to section 364.11 or 364.12, including all interest, is a lien against the benefited property from the date of filing the schedule of assessments until the assessment is paid. Special assessments have equal precedence with ordinary taxes and are not divested by judicial sale.
83 Acts, ch 90, §20; 92 Acts, ch 1016, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.13B - Special assessments — procedures for levy.

364.13B Special assessments — procedures for levy.
The procedures for making and levying a special assessment pursuant to this chapter and for an appeal of the assessment are the same procedures as provided in sections 384.59 through 384.67 and sections 384.72 through 384.75.
83 Acts, ch 90, §20
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.14 - Personal injuries.

364.14 Personal injuries.
When action is brought against a city for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by its negligence, the city may notify in writing any person by whose negligence it claims the injury was caused. The notice shall state the pendency of the action, the name of the plaintiff, the name and location of the court where the action is pending, a brief statement of the alleged facts from which the cause arose, that the city believes that the person notified is liable to it for any judgment rendered against the city, and asking the person to appear and defend. A judgment obtained in the suit is conclusive in any action by the city against any person so notified, as to the existence of the defect or other cause of the injury or damage, as to the liability of the city to the plaintiff in the first named action, and as to the amount of the damage or injury. A city may maintain an action against the person notified to recover the amount of the judgment together with all the expenses incurred by the city in the suit.
[C97, §1053; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6735; C46, 50, §420.46; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §368.34, 420.46; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.14]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.15 - Changing grade of streets.

364.15 Changing grade of streets.
1. If a city has established the grade of a street or alley, and any person has made improvements on lots abutting the street or alley according to the established grade, and afterward the grade is altered in a manner to damage, injure, or diminish the value of the improved property, the city shall pay to the owner of the property the amount of such damage or injury.
2. If a city has opened a street or alley, and any person has made improvements on lots abutting the street or alley or uses such street or alley for ingress or egress, and afterward the street or alley is vacated causing damage or injury or loss of access, or diminishing the value of the improved property, the city shall pay to the owner of the property the amount of such damage or injury.
[C73, §469; C97, §785, 786; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5953, 5954; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §389.22, 389.23; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.15]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.16 - Municipal fire protection.

364.16 Municipal fire protection.
Each city shall provide for the protection of life and property against fire and may establish, house, equip, staff, uniform, and maintain a fire department. A city may establish fire limits and may, consistent with code standards promulgated by nationally recognized fire prevention agencies, regulate the storage, handling, use, and transportation of all flammables, combustibles, and explosives within the corporate limits and inspect for and abate fire hazards. A city may provide conditions upon which the fire department will answer calls outside the corporate limits or the territorial jurisdiction and boundary limits of this state. A city has the same governmental immunity outside its corporate limits when providing fire protection as when operating within the corporate limits. Fire fighters operating equipment on calls outside the corporate limits are entitled to the benefits of chapter 410 or 411 when otherwise qualified.
[R60, §1058, 1096; C73, §457, 525; C97, §711, 716; S13, §711; C24, 27, §5760, 5766; C31, 35, §5760, 5766; C39, §5760, 5766, 5766.1; C46, 50, §368.23, 368.29, 368.30; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §368.11; C77, 79, 81, §364.16]
92 Acts, ch 1163, §84
Referred to in §357B.8, 357J.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.18 - Federal aid.

364.18 Federal aid.
Subject to applicable state or federal regulations in effect at the time of the city action, a city may accept contributions, grants, or other financial assistance from the state or federal government. Upon a finding of public purpose, the city may disburse the assistance to any person to be used for economic development projects, including but not limited to the purchase or improvement of land and buildings for residential, commercial, or industrial use.
83 Acts, ch 48, §1, 3
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.19 - Contracts to provide services to tax-exempt property.

364.19 Contracts to provide services to tax-exempt property.
A city council or county board of supervisors may enter into a contract with a person whose property is totally or partially exempt from taxation under chapter 404, chapter 404B, section 427.1, or section 427B.1, for the city or county to provide specified services to that person including but not limited to police protection, fire protection, street maintenance, and waste collection. The contract shall terminate as of the date previously exempt property becomes subject to taxation.
84 Acts, ch 1232, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 100, §22, 30
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.20 - Motor vehicles required to operate on ethanol blended gasoline.

364.20 Motor vehicles required to operate on ethanol blended gasoline.
A motor vehicle purchased or used by a city to provide city services shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline as defined in section 214A.1. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly visible sticker which notifies the traveling public that the motor vehicle is being operated on ethanol blended gasoline. However, the sticker is not required to be affixed to an unmarked vehicle used for purposes of providing law enforcement or security.
91 Acts, ch 254, §22; 93 Acts, ch 26, §8; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §69
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.21 - Use of vacant school property.

364.21 Use of vacant school property.
A city shall not lease, purchase, or construct a building before considering the leasing of a vacant facility or building owned by a local public school corporation. The city may lease a facility or building owned by a local public school corporation with an option to purchase the facility or building in compliance with section 297.22. The lease shall provide that the public school corporation may terminate the lease if the corporation needs to use the facility or building for school purposes. The public school corporation shall notify the city at least thirty days before the termination of the lease.
[82 Acts, ch 1148, §4]
97 Acts, ch 184, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.22B - Collection of judgment debt.

364.22B Collection of judgment debt.
1. As used in this section, “judgment debt” means any criminal penalty, any personal judgment for a civil penalty, or any personal or in rem judgment for the costs of abating a nuisance or other violation, owing to a city in any proceeding brought as a municipal infraction under section 364.22, or in a civil nuisance proceeding under chapter 657, or in a criminal proceeding for a misdemeanor violation under a city ordinance.
2. Judgment debt owing to a city is deemed delinquent if it is not paid within thirty days after the date it is assessed. An amount which was ordered by the court to be paid on a date fixed in the future is deemed delinquent if it is not received by the clerk of court within thirty days after the fixed date set out in the court order. If an amount was ordered to be paid in installments and an installment is not received within thirty days after the date it is due, the entire amount of the judgment debt is deemed delinquent.
3. a. A city may contract with a private collection designee for the collection of a judgment debt sixty days after the judgment debt in a case is deemed delinquent pursuant to subsection 2.
b. The contract shall provide for a collection fee of up to twenty-five percent of the amount of the balance of the judgment debt in a case deemed delinquent. The collection fee shall be added to the amount of the judgment debt deemed delinquent. The amount of the judgment debt deemed delinquent and the collection fee shall be owed by and collected from the defendant. The collection fee shall be used to compensate the private collection designee.
2010 Acts, ch 1146, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.23 - Energy-efficient lighting required.

364.23 Energy-efficient lighting required.
All city-owned exterior flood lighting, including but not limited to street and security lighting but not including era or period lighting which has a minimum efficiency rating of fifty-eight lumens per watt and not including stadium or ball park lighting, shall be replaced, when worn-out, exclusively with high pressure sodium lighting or lighting with equivalent or better energy efficiency as approved in rules adopted by the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce. In lieu of the requirements established for replacement lighting under this section, stadium or ball park lighting shall be replaced, when worn-out, with the most energy-efficient lighting available at the time of replacement which may include metal halide, high-pressure sodium, or other light sources which may be developed.
89 Acts, ch 297, §6; 91 Acts, ch 253, §16; 92 Acts, ch 1233, §3
Referred to in §474.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.24 - Traffic light synchronization.

364.24 Traffic light synchronization.
All cities with more than three traffic lights within the corporate limits shall establish a traffic light synchronization program for energy efficiency in accordance with rules adopted by the state department of transportation pursuant to chapter 17A.
89 Acts, ch 297, §7; 91 Acts, ch 253, §15; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §111
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES › Section 364.25 - Retiree health care.

364.25 Retiree health care.
A city may provide health or medical insurance coverage or supplemental health or medical insurance coverage to retired employees of the city. A city providing health or medical insurance coverage pursuant to this section may establish such requirements or restrictions concerning the coverage provided as the city may adopt. If coverage is provided, the cost of the health or medical insurance coverage may be paid from moneys held in a trust and agency fund established pursuant to section 384.6, or out of an appropriation from the city general fund for this purpose.
2000 Acts, ch 1089, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.1 - Definitions.

368.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Adjoining” means having a common boundary for not less than fifty feet. Land areas may be adjoining although separated by a roadway or waterway.
2. “Annexation” means the addition of territory to a city.
3. “Board” means the city development board established in section 368.9.
4. “Boundary adjustment” means annexation, severance or consolidation.
5. “City development” means an incorporation, discontinuance or boundary adjustment.
6. “Committee” means the board members, and the local representatives appointed as provided in sections 368.14 and 368.14A, to hear and make a decision on a petition or plan for city development.
7. “Consolidation” means the combining of two or more cities into one city.
8. “Discontinuance” means termination of a city.
9. “Incorporation” means establishment of a new city.
10. “Island” means land which is not part of a city and which is completely surrounded by the corporate boundaries of one or more cities. However, a part of the boundary of an “island” may be contiguous with a boundary of the state, a river, or similar natural barrier which prevents service access from an adjoining area of land outside the boundaries of a city.
11. “Public land” means land owned by the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state.
12. “Public utility” means a public utility subject to regulation pursuant to chapter 476.
13. “Registered voter” means a person who is registered to vote pursuant to chapter 48A.
14. “Severance” means the deletion of territory from a city.
15. “Territory” means the land area or areas proposed to be incorporated, annexed, or severed, whether or not contiguous to all other areas proposed to be incorporated, annexed, or severed. Except as provided for by an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E, “territory” having a common boundary with the right-of-way of a secondary road extends to the center line of the road.
16. “Urbanized area” means any area of land within two miles of the boundaries of a city.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.1]
89 Acts, ch 98, §1; 89 Acts, ch 299, §1; 91 Acts, ch 187, §1; 91 Acts, ch 250, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1174, §1; 93 Acts, ch 152, §1 – 3; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §61; 2003 Acts, ch 148, §1, 9
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.2 - Name change.

368.2 Name change.
A city may change its name as follows:
1. The council shall propose the name change and shall notify the county commissioner of elections that the question shall be submitted at the next regular city election.
2. The county commissioner of elections shall publish notice, as provided in section 362.3, of the proposed new name, and of the fact that the question will be submitted at the next regular city election. The county commissioner of elections shall report the results of the balloting on the question to the mayor and the city council.
3. If a majority of those voting on the question approves the proposed new name, the city clerk shall enter the new name upon the city records and file certified copies of the proceedings, including the council’s proposal, proof of publication of notice, and certification of the election result, with the county recorder of each county which contains part of the city, and with the secretary of state. Upon proper filing the name change is complete and effective.
[C97, §628 – 630; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5619 – 5622; C46, 50, 54, §362.34 – 362.37; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.38 – 362.41; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.3 - Discontinuance — cemetery fund transfer.

368.3 Discontinuance — cemetery fund transfer.
1. A city is discontinued if, for a period of six years or more, it has held no city election and has caused no taxes to be levied. If the board receives knowledge of facts which cause an automatic discontinuance under this section, it shall make a determination that the city is discontinued, shall take control of the property of the discontinued city, and shall carry out all necessary procedures as if the city were discontinued under a petition or plan.
2. A city may also be discontinued in accordance with the following procedures. The council shall adopt a resolution of intent to discontinue and shall call a public hearing on the proposal to discontinue. Notice of the time and place of the public hearing and the proposed action shall be published as provided in section 362.3, except that at least ten days’ notice must be given. At the public hearing, the council shall receive oral and written comments regarding the proposal from any person. Thereafter, the council, at the same meeting or at a subsequent meeting, may pass a resolution of discontinuance or pass a resolution abandoning the proposal. If the council passes a resolution of discontinuance, a petition may be filed with the clerk in the manner provided in section 362.4, within thirty days following the effective date of the resolution, requesting that the question of discontinuance be submitted to the registered voters of the city. Upon receipt of a petition requesting an election, the council shall direct the county commissioner of elections to call a special election on the question of discontinuance or shall adopt a resolution abandoning the discontinuance. Notice of the election shall be given by publication as required in section 49.53. If a majority of those voting approve the discontinuance or if no petition for an election is filed, the clerk shall send a copy of the resolution of discontinuance and, if an election is held, the results of the election to the board. The board shall take control of the property of the discontinued city and shall supervise procedures necessary to carry out the discontinuance in accordance with section 368.21.
3. When a city is discontinued under this section or under sections 368.11 through 368.22, and that city owns a cemetery, the board shall determine if any perpetual care funds exist and provide for their transfer to a trustee named by a district court or to the county or other suitable governmental entity.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.18; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.3]
91 Acts, ch 188, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1006, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.4 - Annexing moratorium.

368.4 Annexing moratorium.
A city, following notice and hearing, may by resolution agree with another city or cities to refrain from annexing specifically described territory for a period not to exceed ten years and, following notice and hearing, may by resolution extend the agreement for subsequent periods not to exceed ten years each. Notice of a hearing shall be served by regular mail at least thirty days before the hearing on the city development board and on the board of supervisors of the county in which the territory is located and shall be published in an official county newspaper in each county containing a city conducting a hearing regarding the agreement, in an official county newspaper in any county within two miles of any such city, and in an official newspaper of each city conducting a hearing regarding the agreement. The notice shall include the time and place of the hearing, describe the territory subject to the proposed agreement, and the general terms of the agreement. After passage of a resolution by the cities approving the agreements, a copy of the agreement and a copy of any resolution extending an agreement shall be filed with the city development board within ten days of enactment. If such an agreement is in force, the board shall dismiss a petition or plan which violates the terms of the agreement.
[C66, 71, 73, §362.26(7, 8); C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.4]
2002 Acts, ch 1132, §4, 11; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §31; 2003 Acts, ch 148, §2, 9; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §42
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.5 - Annexing state and county property.

368.5 Annexing state and county property.
1. Territory owned by the state of Iowa may be annexed, but the attorney general must be served with notice of the hearing and a copy of the proposal.
2. Territory within the road right-of-way owned by a county may be annexed, but the county attorney of that county must be served with notice of the hearing and a copy of the proposal.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.34, 362.35; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.5]
89 Acts, ch 98, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.6 - Intent.

368.6 Intent.
It is the intent of the general assembly to provide an annexation approval procedure which gives due consideration to the wishes of the residents of territory to be annexed, and to the interests of the residents of all territories affected by an annexation. The general assembly presumes that a voluntary annexation of territory more closely reflects the wishes of the residents of territory to be annexed, and, therefore, intends that the annexation approval procedure include a presumption of validity for voluntary annexation approval.
91 Acts, ch 250, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.7A - Secondary road annexation.

368.7A Secondary road annexation.
1. The board of supervisors of each affected county shall notify the city development board of the existence of that portion of any secondary road which extends to the center line but has not become part of the city by annexation and has a common boundary with a city. The notification shall include a legal description and a map identifying the location of the secondary road. The city development board shall provide notice and an opportunity to be heard to each city in or next to which the secondary road is located. The city development board shall certify that the notification is correct and declare the road, or portion of the road extending to the center line, annexed to the city as of the date of certification. This section is not intended to interfere with or modify existing chapter 28E agreements on jurisdictional transfer of roads, or continuing negotiations between jurisdictions.
2. The remaining title and interest of a county in any secondary road or portion of the road which has been annexed by a city is transferred to the annexing city on July 1, 1993. The title and interest of a county in any secondary road which is annexed by a city after July 1, 1993, is transferred to the city upon the effective date of the annexation.
93 Acts, ch 152, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT › Section 368.8 - Voluntary severing of territory.

368.8 Voluntary severing of territory.
Any territory may be severed upon the unanimous consent of all owners of the territory and approval by resolution of the council of the city in which the territory is located. The council shall provide in the resolution for the equitable distribution of assets and equitable distribution and assumption of liabilities of the territory as between the city and the severed territory. The city clerk shall file a copy of the resolution, map, and a legal description of the territory involved with the county board of supervisors, secretary of state, and state department of transportation. The city clerk shall also record a copy of the map and resolution with the county recorder. The secretary of state shall not accept and acknowledge a copy of a map and resolution of severance which would create an island. The severance is completed upon acknowledgment by the secretary of state that the secretary of state has received the map and resolution.
[R60, §1048 – 1052; C73, §440 – 444; C97, §622 – 626; S13, §622; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5617; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.32; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.8]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §846; 92 Acts, ch 1174, §3; 93 Acts, ch 152, §6