Iowa § 358.26 - 358.26 Annexation.
Full text of Iowa Iowa Code § 358.26 — 358.26 Annexation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 358.26. 358.26 Annexation.
1. In a county which has more than seven thousand five hundred acres of natural lakes, 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. 98 Acts, ch 1139, §2 Referred to in §358.27, 358.28, 358.29 Fri Dec 12 20:08:10 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 358.26 (22, 0)
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Section 358.26 ("358.26 Annexation.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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