359.20 Clerk to keep record.
1. The township clerk shall keep a record of all the proceedings and orders of the trustees, and of all acts done by the township clerk, including the filing of certificates of official oaths having been taken before other officers, and perform such other acts as may be required by law.
2. Township records and documents, or accurate reproductions, shall be kept by the township clerk for at least five years except that:
a. Resolutions, board proceedings, records and documents, or accurate reproductions, relating to the issuance of public bonds or obligations shall be kept for at least eleven years following the final maturity of the bonds or obligations. Thereafter, such records, documents, and reproductions may be destroyed, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
b. Resolutions, board proceedings, records, and documents, or accurate reproductions, relating to real property transactions shall be maintained permanently.
[C51, §223, 226, 227; R60, §445, 448, 449; C73, §392, 395, 396; C97, §576; S13, §576; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5546; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.20]
2000 Acts, ch 1117, §23
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.