Iowa § 468.506 Eligibility of trustees

Iowa Statutes

§ 468.506 — Eligibility of trustees

Iowa § 468.506

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 468LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS

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Iowa Code § 468.506 (2026).

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Each trustee shall be a citizen of the United States not less than eighteen years of age, and one of the following:

1.The bona fide owner of agricultural land in the election district for which the trustee is elected, and a resident of the county in which that district is located or of a county which is contiguous to or corners on that county.

2.Thebonafideownerofnonagriculturallandintheelectiondistrictforwhichthetrustee is elected, and a resident of that district. This subsection applies only when the election district is wholly within the corporate limits of a city.

3.An individual who has a legal or equitable interest in an entity that holds an interest in agricultural land located in the election district for which the trustee is elected, including as a bona fide owner. In addition

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Each trustee shall be a citizen of the United States not less than eighteen years of age, and
one of the following:
1. The bona fide owner of agricultural land in the election district for which the trustee is
elected, and a resident of the county in which that district is located or of a county which is
contiguous to or corners on that county.
2. Thebonafideownerofnonagriculturallandintheelectiondistrictforwhichthetrustee

is elected, and a resident of that district. This subsection applies only when the election
district is wholly within the corporate limits of a city.
3. An individual who has a legal or equitable interest in an entity that holds an interest in
agricultural land located in the election district for which the trustee is elected, including as
a bona fide owner. In addition, all of the following must apply:
a. The entity must be a general partnership formed under section 486A.202 or a person
who holds the agricultural land under chapter 9H as a family farm corporation, authorized
corporation, family farm limited liability company, authorized limited liability company,
family farm limited partnership, limited partnership, family farm unincorporated nonprofit
association, authorized unincorporated nonprofit association, family trust, or authorized
trust.
b. The individual must hold the legal or equitable interest in the entity described in
paragraph “a” as a partner in the general partnership, shareholder in the corporation,
member in the limited liability company, general or limited partner in the limited partnership,
member in the unincorporated nonprofit association, or beneficiary in the trust.
c. The individual must be a resident of the county in which the election district is located
or of a county that is contiguous to or corners on that county.
4. a. A bona fide owner of benefited land in a drainage or levee district in which
eighty-five percent of its acreage is situated within the corporate limits of a city and has been
under the control of a city under subchapter II, part 3.
b. (1) Fornonagriculturalland,ifthebonafideownerisabusinesscorporationorganized
and existing under chapter 490 or 491, or a partnership, a stockholder or officer authorized
by the corporation or a general partner may be elected as a trustee of the district.
(2) For agricultural land, if the bona fide owner is an entity described in subsection 3,
paragraph “a”, an individual holding a legal or equitable interest in that entity may be elected
as trustee.