Iowa § 368.20 - 368.20 Procedure after approval.

§ 368.20. 368.20 Procedure after approval.

1. After the county commissioner of elections has certified the results to the board, the board shall: a. Serve and publish notice of the result as provided in section 362.3. b. File with the secretary of state and the clerk of each city incorporated or involved in a boundary adjustment, and record with the recorder of each county which contains a portion of any city or territory involved, copies of the proceedings including the original petition or plan and any amendments, the order of the board approving the petition or plan, proofs of service and publication of required notices, certification of the election result, and any other material deemed by the board to be of primary importance to the proceedings. 2. Upon proper filing and expiration of time for appeal, the incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary adjustment is complete. However, if an appeal to any of the proceedings is pending, completion does not occur until the appeal is decided, unless a subsequent date is provided in the proposal. The board shall also file with the state department of transportation a copy of the map and legal land description of each completed incorporation or corporate boundary adjustment completed under sections 368.11 through 368.22 or approved annexation within an urbanized area. [R60, §1044, 1053, 1054; C73, §432, 445, 446, 452; C97, §267, 603, 608, 612; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5596, 5603, 5606, 5618; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.9, 362.16, 362.20, 362.33; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.20] 89 Acts, ch 22, §1; 93 Acts, ch 152, §12; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §149 Referred to in §368.3, 368.7 Fri Dec 12 20:10:11 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 368.20 (21, 0)