Iowa § 358.26 Annexation

Iowa Statutes

§ 358.26 — Annexation

Iowa § 358.26

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 358SANITARY DISTRICTS

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Iowa Code § 358.26 (2026).

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1.Inacountywhichhasmorethanseventhousandfivehundredacresofnaturallakes,the board of trustees may, or upon request of property owners representing twenty-five percent of the valuation of the property to be annexed shall, file a petition in the office of county auditor of the county in which the property to be annexed or the major part of the property is located, requesting that there be submitted to the voters of the existing district and the area to be annexed the question whether the territory proposed to be annexed should be annexed to the sanitary district. The property to be annexed must be located within the watershed of a natural lake or navigable water as defined in section 462A.2 in the existing district. The board of supervisors of the county in which the property to be annexed o

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1. Inacountywhichhasmorethanseventhousandfivehundredacresofnaturallakes,the
board of trustees may, or upon request of property owners representing twenty-five percent
of the valuation of the property to be annexed shall, file a petition in the office of county
auditor of the county in which the property to be annexed or the major part of the property is
located, requesting that there be submitted to the voters of the existing district and the area
to be annexed the question whether the territory proposed to be annexed should be annexed
to the sanitary district. The property to be annexed must be located within the watershed of
a natural lake or navigable water as defined in section 462A.2 in the existing district. The
board of supervisors of the county in which the property to be annexed or the major part of
the property is located shall have jurisdiction of the proceedings on the petition.
2. The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county in which the
property to be annexed or the major part of the property is located and shall include the
following:
a. An intelligible description of the property to be annexed to the sanitary district.
b. A statement that the public health, comfort, convenience, or welfare will be promoted
by the annexation of the property.

c. The signatures of the president and the clerk of the board of trustees.