Iowa Code
Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION

Section 331.216 - Membership on appointive boards, committees, and commissions. - 331.216 Membership on appointive boards, committees, and commissions. Unless otherwise...

Section 331.231 - Alternative forms of county government. - 331.231 Alternative forms of county government. The alternative forms of...

Section 331.232 - Plan for an alternative form of government. - 331.232 Plan for an alternative form of government. 1. A...

Section 331.233 - Appointment of commission members. - 331.233 Appointment of commission members. 1. The members of a...

Section 331.233A - Appointment of commission members — city-county consolidation or community commonwealth. - 331.233A Appointment of commission members — city-county consolidation or community...

Section 331.234 - Organization and expenses. - 331.234 Organization and expenses. 1. Within thirty days after the...

Section 331.235 - Commission procedures and reports. - 331.235 Commission procedures and reports. 1. Within sixty days after...

Section 331.236 - Ballot requirements. - 331.236 Ballot requirements. 1. Unless otherwise provided, the question of...

Section 331.237 - Referendum — effective date. - 331.237 Referendum — effective date. 1. If a proposed charter...

Section 331.238 - Limitations to alternative forms of county government. - 331.238 Limitations to alternative forms of county government. 1. A...

Section 331.239 - Board-elected executive form. - 331.239 Board-elected executive form. The board-elected executive form consists of...

Section 331.240 - Duties of executive. - 331.240 Duties of executive. The executive shall: 1. Enforce laws,...

Section 331.241 - Board-manager form. - 331.241 Board-manager form. 1. The board-manager form consists of an...

Section 331.242 - Duties of manager. - 331.242 Duties of manager. The manager shall: 1. Enforce laws,...

Section 331.243 - Employees of board-manager government. - 331.243 Employees of board-manager government. 1. Employees appointed by the...

Section 331.244 - Amendment to county government. - 331.244 Amendment to county government. 1. An amendment to county...

Section 331.245 - Limitations on amendments to county government. - 331.245 Limitations on amendments to county government. 1. The electors...

Section 331.246 - Charter form of government. - 331.246 Charter form of government. The charter form of government...

Section 331.247 - City-county consolidated form. - 331.247 City-county consolidated form. 1. A commission appointed pursuant to...

Section 331.248 - Charter of consolidation. - 331.248 Charter of consolidation. 1. The charter commission proposing a...

Section 331.249 - Effect of consolidation. - 331.249 Effect of consolidation. 1. a. A city-county consolidated form...

Section 331.250 - General powers of consolidated local governments. - 331.250 General powers of consolidated local governments. The consolidation charter...

Section 331.251 - Rules, ordinances, and resolutions of consolidated government. - 331.251 Rules, ordinances, and resolutions of consolidated government. 1. Each...

Section 331.252 - Form of ballot — city-county consolidation. - 331.252 Form of ballot — city-county consolidation. 1. The question...

Section 331.253 - Requirements for multicounty government consolidation. - 331.253 Requirements for multicounty government consolidation. 1. Consolidation may be...

Section 331.254 - Charter of consolidation. - 331.254 Charter of consolidation. 1. When multicounty consolidation is recommended,...

Section 331.255 - Form of ballot — multicounty consolidation. - 331.255 Form of ballot — multicounty consolidation. 1. The question...

Section 331.256 - Joining existing multicounty consolidated government. - 331.256 Joining existing multicounty consolidated government. A county may join...

Section 331.257 - Recognition of change in boundaries by general assembly. - 331.257 Recognition of change in boundaries by general assembly. If...

Section 331.260 - Community commonwealth. - 331.260 Community commonwealth. 1. A county and one or more...

Section 331.261 - Charter — community commonwealth. - 331.261 Charter — community commonwealth. 1. The community commonwealth charter...

Section 331.262 - Adoption of charter — effect. - 331.262 Adoption of charter — effect. 1. a. As a...

Section 331.263 - Service delivery. - 331.263 Service delivery. 1. The governing body of the community...

Section 331.301 - General powers and limitations. - 331.301 General powers and limitations. 1. A county may, except...

Section 331.302 - County legislation. - 331.302 County legislation. 1. The board shall exercise a power...

Section 331.303 - General duties of the board. - 331.303 General duties of the board. The board shall: 1....

Section 331.304 - Procedural limitations on general county powers. - 331.304 Procedural limitations on general county powers. If a county...

Section 331.304A - Limitations on county legislation. - 331.304A Limitations on county legislation. 1. As used in this...

Section 331.305 - Publication of notices — electronic delivery authorization. - 331.305 Publication of notices — electronic delivery authorization. 1. Unless...

Section 331.306 - Petitions of eligible electors. - 331.306 Petitions of eligible electors. 1. If a petition of...

Section 331.307 - County infractions. - 331.307 County infractions. 1. A county infraction is a civil...

Section 331.308 - Neglected animals. - 331.308 Neglected animals. A county may rescue, provide maintenance, or...

Section 331.309 - Elections on public measures. - 331.309 Elections on public measures. Unless otherwise stated, the dates...

Section 331.321 - Appointments — removal. - 331.321 Appointments — removal. 1. The board shall appoint: a....

Section 331.322 - Duties relating to county and township officers. - 331.322 Duties relating to county and township officers. The board...

Section 331.323 - Powers relating to county officers — combining duties. - 331.323 Powers relating to county officers — combining duties. 1....

Section 331.324 - Duties and powers relating to county and township officers and employees. - 331.324 Duties and powers relating to county and township officers...

Section 331.325 - Control and maintenance of pioneer cemeteries — cemetery commission. - 331.325 Control and maintenance of pioneer cemeteries — cemetery commission....

Section 331.341 - Contracts. - 331.341 Contracts. 1. When the estimated total cost of a...

Section 331.342 - Conflicts of interest in public contracts. - 331.342 Conflicts of interest in public contracts. 1. As used...

Section 331.361 - County property. - 331.361 County property. 1. Counties bounded by a body of...

Section 331.362 - Roads and traffic. - 331.362 Roads and traffic. 1. A county has jurisdiction over...

Section 331.381 - Duties relating to services. - 331.381 Duties relating to services. The board shall: 1. Proceed...

Section 331.382 - Powers and limitations relating to services. - 331.382 Powers and limitations relating to services. 1. The board...

Section 331.383 - Duties and powers relating to elections. - 331.383 Duties and powers relating to elections. The board shall...

Section 331.384 - Abatement of public health and safety hazards — special assessments. - 331.384 Abatement of public health and safety hazards — special...

Section 331.385 - Powers and duties relating to emergency services. - 331.385 Powers and duties relating to emergency services. 1. A...

Section 331.388 - Definitions. - 331.388 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context...

Section 331.389 - Mental health and disability services regions — criteria. - 331.389 Mental health and disability services regions — criteria. 1....

Section 331.390 - Regional governance structure. - 331.390 Regional governance structure. 1. The counties comprising a mental...

Section 331.391 - Regional finances. - 331.391 Regional finances. 1. The funding under the control of...

Section 331.392 - Regional governance agreements. - 331.392 Regional governance agreements. 1. In addition to compliance with...

Section 331.393 - Regional service system management plan. - 331.393 Regional service system management plan. 1. The mental health...

Section 331.394 - County of residence — services to residents — service authorization appeals — disputes between counties or regions. - 331.394 County of residence — services to residents — service...

Section 331.395 - Financial eligibility requirements. - 331.395 Financial eligibility requirements. 1. A person must comply with...

Section 331.396 - Diagnosis — functional assessment. - 331.396 Diagnosis — functional assessment. 1. A person must comply...

Section 331.396A - Eligibility requirements — children’s behavioral health services. - 331.396A Eligibility requirements — children’s behavioral health services. A child...

Section 331.397 - Regional core services. - 331.397 Regional core services. 1. For the purposes of this...

Section 331.397A - Children’s behavioral health core services. - 331.397A Children’s behavioral health core services. 1. For the purposes...

Section 331.398 - Regional service system financing. - 331.398 Regional service system financing. 1. The financing of a...

Section 331.399 - Governmental body. - 331.399 Governmental body. Mental health and disability services regions formed...

Section 331.400 - Quarterly reports. - 331.400 Quarterly reports. Beginning with the fiscal year beginning July...

Section 331.401 - Duties relating to finances. - 331.401 Duties relating to finances. 1. The board shall: a....

Section 331.402 - Powers relating to finances — limitations. - 331.402 Powers relating to finances — limitations. 1. The payment...

Section 331.403 - Annual reports — financial report — urban renewal report. - 331.403 Annual reports — financial report — urban renewal report....

Section 331.421 - Definitions. - 331.421 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context...

Section 331.422 - County property tax levies. - 331.422 County property tax levies. Subject to this section and...

Section 331.423 - Basic levies — maximums. - 331.423 Basic levies — maximums. Annually, the board may certify...

Section 331.424 - Supplemental levies. - 331.424 Supplemental levies. To the extent that the basic levies...

Section 331.424A - County mental health and disabilities services fund. - 331.424A County mental health and disabilities services fund. 1. For...

Section 331.424B - Cemetery levy. - 331.424B Cemetery levy. The board may levy annually a tax...

Section 331.424C - Emergency services fund. - 331.424C Emergency services fund. A county that is providing fire...

Section 331.425 - Additions to levies — special levy election. - 331.425 Additions to levies — special levy election. The board...

Section 331.426 - Additions to basic levies. - 331.426 Additions to basic levies. If a county has unusual...

Section 331.427 - General fund. - 331.427 General fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided by state...

Section 331.428 - Rural services fund. - 331.428 Rural services fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided by...

Section 331.429 - Secondary road fund. - 331.429 Secondary road fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided by...

Section 331.430 - Debt service fund. - 331.430 Debt service fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided by...

Section 331.431 - Additional funds. - 331.431 Additional funds. A county may establish other funds in...

Section 331.432 - Interfund transfers. - 331.432 Interfund transfers. 1. It is unlawful to make permanent...

Section 331.433 - Estimates submitted by departments. - 331.433 Estimates submitted by departments. 1. On or before January...

Section 331.433A - Resolution establishing maximum property tax dollars — notice — hearing. - 331.433A Resolution establishing maximum property tax dollars — notice —...

Section 331.434 - County budget — notice and hearing — appropriations. - 331.434 County budget — notice and hearing — appropriations. Annually,...

Section 331.435 - Budget amendment. - 331.435 Budget amendment. 1. The board may amend the adopted...

Section 331.436 - Protest. - 331.436 Protest. Protests to the adopted budget must be made...

Section 331.437 - Expenditures exceeding appropriations. - 331.437 Expenditures exceeding appropriations. 1. It is unlawful for a...

Section 331.438 - County mental health, intellectual disability, and developmental disabilities services expenditures — joint state-county planning, implementing, and funding. - 331.438 County mental health, intellectual disability, and developmental disabilities services...

Section 331.439 - Eligibility for state payment. - 331.439 Eligibility for state payment. Repealed by its own terms;...

Section 331.440 - Mental health, intellectual disability, and developmental disabilities services — central point of coordination process — state case services. - 331.440 Mental health, intellectual disability, and developmental disabilities services —...

Section 331.440A - Adult mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services funding decategorization pilot project. - 331.440A Adult mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services...

Section 331.441 - Definitions. - 331.441 Definitions. 1. As used in this part, the use...

Section 331.442 - General county purpose bonds. - 331.442 General county purpose bonds. 1. A county which proposes...

Section 331.443 - Essential county purpose bonds. - 331.443 Essential county purpose bonds. 1. A county which proposes...

Section 331.443A - Restrictions on certain projects. - 331.443A Restrictions on certain projects. The term of any indebtedness...

Section 331.444 - Sale of bonds. - 331.444 Sale of bonds. 1. The board may sell general...

Section 331.445 - Categories for general obligation bonds. - 331.445 Categories for general obligation bonds. The board may issue...

Section 331.446 - Form and execution — negotiability. - 331.446 Form and execution — negotiability. 1. As provided by...

Section 331.447 - Taxes to pay bonds. - 331.447 Taxes to pay bonds. 1. Taxes for the payment...

Section 331.448 - Statute of limitation — powers — conflicts. - 331.448 Statute of limitation — powers — conflicts. 1. An...

Section 331.449 - Prior projects preserved. - 331.449 Prior projects preserved. Projects and proceedings for the issuance...

Section 331.461 - Definitions. - 331.461 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context...

Section 331.462 - County enterprises — combined county enterprises. - 331.462 County enterprises — combined county enterprises. 1. A county...

Section 331.463 - Procedure for financing. - 331.463 Procedure for financing. 1. a. The board may carry...

Section 331.464 - Revenue bonds. - 331.464 Revenue bonds. 1. The board may issue revenue bonds...

Section 331.465 - Rates for proprietary functions. - 331.465 Rates for proprietary functions. 1. The board may establish,...

Section 331.466 - Records — accounts — funds. - 331.466 Records — accounts — funds. 1. The governing body...

Section 331.467 - Pledge — payment — remedy. - 331.467 Pledge — payment — remedy. 1. The pledge of...

Section 331.468 - Funds — payments. - 331.468 Funds — payments. 1. If a county enterprise or...

Section 331.469 - Statute of limitation — powers — conflicts. - 331.469 Statute of limitation — powers — conflicts. 1. An...

Section 331.470 - Prior projects preserved. - 331.470 Prior projects preserved. Projects and proceedings for the issuance...

Section 331.471 - County enterprise commissions. - 331.471 County enterprise commissions. 1. As used in this section,...

Section 331.476 - Expenditures confined to receipts. - 331.476 Expenditures confined to receipts. Except as otherwise provided in...

Section 331.477 - Current debt authorized. - 331.477 Current debt authorized. A debt payable from resources which...

Section 331.478 - Noncurrent debt authorized. - 331.478 Noncurrent debt authorized. 1. A county may contract indebtedness...

Section 331.479 - Other noncurrent debt issuance. - 331.479 Other noncurrent debt issuance. Before the board may institute...

Section 331.485 - Definitions. - 331.485 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context...

Section 331.486 - Assessment of costs of public improvements. - 331.486 Assessment of costs of public improvements. A county may...

Section 331.487 - Special assessment bonds for public improvements. - 331.487 Special assessment bonds for public improvements. A county may...

Section 331.488 - Joint agreements for public improvements. - 331.488 Joint agreements for public improvements. An agreement entered into...

Section 331.489 - Rates and charges relating to public improvements. - 331.489 Rates and charges relating to public improvements. A county...

Section 331.490 - Cities subject to debt service tax levy — rates. - 331.490 Cities subject to debt service tax levy — rates....

Section 331.491 - Authority. - 331.491 Authority. The authority of a county or a city...

Section 331.501 - Office of county auditor. - 331.501 Office of county auditor. 1. The office of auditor...

Section 331.502 - General duties. - 331.502 General duties. The auditor shall: 1. Have general custody...

Section 331.503 - General powers. - 331.503 General powers. The auditor may: 1. Administer oaths and...

Section 331.504 - Duties as clerk to the board. - 331.504 Duties as clerk to the board. The auditor shall:...

Section 331.505 - Duties relating to elections. - 331.505 Duties relating to elections. The auditor shall: 1. Serve...

Section 331.506 - Issuance of warrants. - 331.506 Issuance of warrants. 1. a. Except as provided in...

Section 331.507 - Collection of money and fees. - 331.507 Collection of money and fees. 1. The auditor may...

Section 331.508 - Books and records. - 331.508 Books and records. The auditor shall keep the following...

Section 331.510 - Reports by the auditor. - 331.510 Reports by the auditor. The auditor shall make: 1....

Section 331.511 - Duties relating to platting. - 331.511 Duties relating to platting. The county auditor shall: 1....

Section 331.512 - Duties relating to taxation. - 331.512 Duties relating to taxation. The auditor shall: 1. Include...

Section 331.551 - Office of county treasurer. - 331.551 Office of county treasurer. 1. The office of treasurer...

Section 331.552 - General duties. - 331.552 General duties. The treasurer shall: 1. Receive all money...

Section 331.553 - General powers. - 331.553 General powers. The treasurer may: 1. Administer oaths and...

Section 331.554 - Duties relating to warrants. - 331.554 Duties relating to warrants. 1. Upon receipt of a...

Section 331.555 - Fund management. - 331.555 Fund management. 1. During each term of office, the...

Section 331.557 - Duties relating to vehicle registrations and certificates of title. - 331.557 Duties relating to vehicle registrations and certificates of title....

Section 331.557A - Duties relating to issuance of driver’s licenses. - 331.557A Duties relating to issuance of driver’s licenses. The treasurer...

Section 331.558 - Reports by the treasurer. - 331.558 Reports by the treasurer. The treasurer shall make: 1....

Section 331.559 - Duties relating to taxation. - 331.559 Duties relating to taxation. The treasurer shall: 1. Determine...

Section 331.601 - Office of county recorder. - 331.601 Office of county recorder. 1. The office of recorder...

Section 331.601A - Definitions. - 331.601A Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context...

Section 331.602 - General duties. - 331.602 General duties. The recorder shall: 1. Record all documents...

Section 331.603 - General powers. - 331.603 General powers. 1. The recorder may administer oaths and...

Section 331.604 - Recording and filing fees. - 331.604 Recording and filing fees. 1. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 331.605 - Other fees. - 331.605 Other fees. 1. The recorder shall collect: a. For...

Section 331.605A - Document management fee. - 331.605A Document management fee. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 27,...

Section 331.605B - Fees collected — audit. - 331.605B Fees collected — audit. 1. The recorder shall make...

Section 331.605C - Electronic transaction fee — audit. - 331.605C Electronic transaction fee — audit. Repealed by 2009 Acts,...

Section 331.606 - General filing requirements. - 331.606 General filing requirements. 1. In addition to other requirements...

Section 331.606A - Document content — personally identifiable information. - 331.606A Document content — personally identifiable information. 1. Definitions. a....

Section 331.606B - Document or document formatting standards. - 331.606B Document or document formatting standards. 1. Except as otherwise...

Section 331.607 - Books and records. - 331.607 Books and records. The recorder shall keep the following...

Section 331.608 - Military personnel records. - 331.608 Military personnel records. 1. The recorder shall maintain a...

Section 331.609 - Federal liens. - 331.609 Federal liens. 1. a. Notices of liens, certificates, and...

Section 331.610 - Abolition of office of recorder — identification of office — place of filing. - 331.610 Abolition of office of recorder — identification of office...

Section 331.611 - Vital statistics. - 331.611 Vital statistics. 1. The recorder shall be the county...

Section 331.651 - Office of county sheriff. - 331.651 Office of county sheriff. 1. The office of sheriff...

Section 331.652 - General powers of the sheriff. - 331.652 General powers of the sheriff. 1. The sheriff may...

Section 331.653 - General duties of the sheriff. - 331.653 General duties of the sheriff. The sheriff shall: 1....

Section 331.654 - Faithful discharge of duties — penalty for disobedience. - 331.654 Faithful discharge of duties — penalty for disobedience. 1....

Section 331.655 - Fees — mileage — expenses. - 331.655 Fees — mileage — expenses. 1. The sheriff shall...

Section 331.656 - Management of condemnation funds. - 331.656 Management of condemnation funds. 1. A sheriff receiving funds...

Section 331.657 - Standard uniforms. - 331.657 Standard uniforms. 1. The sheriff and the full-time deputy...

Section 331.658 - Care of prisoners. - 331.658 Care of prisoners. 1. The sheriff shall provide board...

Section 331.659 - Prohibited actions. - 331.659 Prohibited actions. 1. a. Except for a civil claim...

Section 331.660 - Appropriation — Indian settlement officer. - 331.660 Appropriation — Indian settlement officer. Repealed by 2009 Acts,...

Section 331.661 - Multicounty office. - 331.661 Multicounty office. 1. Two or more county boards of...

Section 331.751 - Office of county attorney. - 331.751 Office of county attorney. 1. The office of county...

Section 331.752 - Full-time or part-time attorney. - 331.752 Full-time or part-time attorney. 1. The board may provide...

Section 331.753 - Multicounty office. - 331.753 Multicounty office. 1. If two or more counties agree,...

Section 331.754 - Absence or disqualification of county attorney and assistants. - 331.754 Absence or disqualification of county attorney and assistants. 1....

Section 331.755 - Prohibited actions. - 331.755 Prohibited actions. A county attorney shall not: 1. Accept...

Section 331.756 - Duties of the county attorney. - 331.756 Duties of the county attorney. The county attorney shall:...

Section 331.757 - Temporary and full-time assistants. - 331.757 Temporary and full-time assistants. 1. The county attorney may...

Section 331.758 - General powers. - 331.758 General powers. The county attorney may: 1. Administer oaths...

Section 331.759 - Appointment of private legal counsel. - 331.759 Appointment of private legal counsel. At any stage of...

Section 331.801 - County medical examiner — appointment, qualifications, and assistance. - 331.801 County medical examiner — appointment, qualifications, and assistance. 1....

Section 331.802 - Deaths — reported and investigated. - 331.802 Deaths — reported and investigated. 1. A person’s death...

Section 331.803 - Examination certificate — fee. - 331.803 Examination certificate — fee. Upon application and payment of...

Section 331.804 - Disposition of body and other property. - 331.804 Disposition of body and other property. 1. After an...

Section 331.805 - Prohibited actions — cremation permit — penalties. - 331.805 Prohibited actions — cremation permit — penalties. 1. When...

Section 331.901 - General duties of county officers. - 331.901 General duties of county officers. 1. Except as otherwise...

Section 331.902 - Collection and disposition of fees. - 331.902 Collection and disposition of fees. 1. Unless otherwise specifically...

Section 331.903 - Appointment of deputies, assistants, and clerks. - 331.903 Appointment of deputies, assistants, and clerks. 1. The auditor,...

Section 331.904 - Salaries of deputies, assistants, and clerks. - 331.904 Salaries of deputies, assistants, and clerks. 1. a. The...

Section 331.905 - County compensation board. - 331.905 County compensation board. 1. There is created in each...

Section 331.907 - Compensation schedule — preparation and adoption. - 331.907 Compensation schedule — preparation and adoption. 1. The annual...

Section 331.908 - Motor vehicles required to operate on ethanol blended gasoline. - 331.908 Motor vehicles required to operate on ethanol blended gasoline....

Section 331.909 - Multidisciplinary community services teams. - 331.909 Multidisciplinary community services teams. 1. A county or multicounty...

Section 331.910 - Interstate contracts for mental health and substance-related disorder treatment. - 331.910 Interstate contracts for mental health and substance-related disorder treatment....

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Iowa Code Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION

Iowa Code
Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION