359.14 Changing name — petition — notice.
1. Eligible electors of a township wishing to change its name may petition the board of supervisors.
2. If it appears to the board that a majority of the eligible electors of the township are in favor of the change, the board shall cause notices, attested by the auditor, to be posted in three of the most public places of the township, for at least thirty days before the next regular session of the board.
3. The notice shall state all of the following:
a. That a petition has been presented to the board by the eligible electors of the township, seeking a change of the name of the township.
b. The name sought in the petition.
c. That, unless those interested in the change of name appear at the next regular session of the board and show cause why the name shall not be changed, there will be an order made granting the change.
[C73, §412; C97, §580; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5540; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.14]
90 Acts, ch 1168, §45; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §50
Referred to in §359.15
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Section 359.2 - Division authorized.
Section 359.3 - Boundaries conterminous with city.
Section 359.5 - Divisions where city included.
Section 359.6 - Petition — remonstrance.
Section 359.8 - Division — effect.
Section 359.9 - Restoration to former township.
Section 359.10 - New township — first election.
Section 359.11 - Officers to be elected.
Section 359.12 - Order for election.
Section 359.13 - Service and return.
Section 359.14 - Changing name — petition — notice.
Section 359.15 - Hearing — order.
Section 359.16 - Petition dismissed.
Section 359.17 - Trustees — duties — meetings.
Section 359.18 - County attorney as counsel.
Section 359.19 - Employment of counsel.
Section 359.20 - Clerk to keep record.
Section 359.21 - Receipt and custody of funds.
Section 359.23 - Receipts and expenditures — annual statement.
Section 359.24 - Clerk and trustees abolished.
Section 359.25 - Clerk and council to act.
Section 359.26 - Transfer of funds.
Section 359.27 - Payment of funds.
Section 359.28 - Condemnation.
Section 359.29 - Gifts and donations.
Section 359.30 - Cemetery and park tax.
Section 359.31 - Power and control.
Section 359.32 - Sale of lots — gifts.
Section 359.33 - Tax for nonowned cemetery.
Section 359.34 - Scope of levy.
Section 359.35 - Cemetery funds — use.
Section 359.36 - Joint boards.
Section 359.38 - Watchpersons appointed.
Section 359.39 - Ex officio police officers.
Section 359.40 - Cemeteries — plats — records.
Section 359.41 - Conveyance of lots.
Section 359.43 - Tax levy — supplemental levy — districts.
Section 359.45 - Anticipatory bonds.
Section 359.46 - Compensation of township trustees.
Section 359.47 - Compensation of township clerk.
Section 359.49 - Township budget.
Section 359.50 - Budget amendment.