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
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.