Title IX, LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)

Any applicant may, within twenty days after the selection of official newspapers, appeal to the district court from the decision of the board of supervisors as to the selection of any or all newspapers so selected by filing in the office of the county auditor a bond for costs, in…

The auditor shall forthwith file with the clerk of the district court a transcript of all the proceedings before the board, together with all papers filed in connection with said matter. [SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5407; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §3…

An appeal under section 349.11 shall be triable de novo as an equitable action without formal pleadings at any time after the expiration of twenty days following the filing of the transcript as provided in section 349.12 . [SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5408; C46, 50, 54, 58…

After the selection by the board of supervisors of official newspapers, no publisher shall receive pay for publishing official proceedings until the contest is finally determined, insofar as the publisher is concerned. After determination of the contest, payment for publications …

If in any county the publishers of two or more newspapers, at least one of which by reason of its location and circulation is entitled to be selected as a county official newspaper, have entered into an agreement to publish the official proceedings or have united in a request to …

There shall be published in each of the official newspapers at the expense of the county during the ensuing year: 1. The proceedings of the board of supervisors, as furnished by the county auditor, excluding from the publication of those proceedings the canvass of the various ele…

The cost of official publications provided for in section 349.16 shall not exceed the fee provided in section 618.11 for the publication of legal notices. An official publication shall not be printed in type smaller than six point. [C73, §307; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, …

1. All proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or special meeting of a board of supervisors, including the schedule of bills allowed, shall be published immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. 2. The publication of the schedule of the bills allowed shall include a list …

Such selection shall be from newspapers published, and having the largest number of bona fide yearly subscribers, within the county. When counties are divided into two divisions for district court purposes, each division shall be regarded as a county. [C73, §307; C97, §441; SS15,…

The number of such newspapers to be selected shall be as follows: 1. In counties having a population of less than fifteen thousand, two such newspapers, or one, if there be but one published therein. 2. In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand, divided into two…

Any publisher who desires that the publisher’s newspaper be so selected may make written application therefor to the board of supervisors at any time prior to the making of the selection. If more applications are filed than there are newspapers to be selected, a contest shall exi…

In case of a contest, each applicant shall deposit with the county auditor, in a sealed envelope, a statement, verified by the applicant, showing the names of the applicant’s bona fide yearly subscribers living within the county and the place at which each such subscriber receive…

1. The county auditor shall, on the direction of the board while it is in session, open the envelopes which have been deposited as provided under section 349.5 . The board may receive other evidence of circulation. In counties in which two newspapers are to be selected, the two n…

The board of supervisors shall determine the bona fide yearly subscribers of a newspaper within the county, as follows: 1. Those subscribers listed by the publisher whose papers are delivered, by or for the publisher, by mail or otherwise, upon an order or subscription for same b…

When newspapers are, by equality of circulation, equally entitled to selection as an official newspaper, the board shall, in the presence of the contestants, determine the question by lot. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5403; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.8 ] 202…

No newspaper shall be selected as an official newspaper when it is made to appear that the verified list deposited by the applicant contains the names of persons who are not bona fide subscribers within the county and that such names were knowingly and willfully entered on such l…

The purposes of this chapter are to create a county conservation board; to authorize counties to acquire, develop, maintain, and make available to the inhabitants of the county, public museums, parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreational centers, county forests, and wil…

Sections 461A.35 through 461A.57 apply to all lands and waters under the control of a county conservation board, in the same manner as if the lands and waters were state parks, lands, or waters. As used in sections 461A.35 through 461A.57 , “natural resource commission” includes …

Notwithstanding the referendum specified in section 350.2 , the board of supervisors of any county in which a county conservation board has not been established as of January 1, 1989, shall create a county conservation board to become effective July 1, 1989. The membership of a c…

1. A county conservation board may establish an Iowa’s county beautification program to encourage the prevention and cleanup of litter in public areas of the county. The county conservation director shall prepare and implement the program which is designed to employ persons from …

1. Upon a petition to the board of supervisors which meets the requirements of section 331.306 , the board of supervisors shall submit to the voters at the next general election the question of whether a county conservation board shall be created as provided for in this chapter .…

1. Within thirty days after the appointment of members of the county conservation board, the board shall organize by selecting from its members a president and secretary and such other officers as are deemed necessary, who shall hold office for the calendar year in which elected …

The county conservation board shall have the custody, control, and management of all real and personal property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the county for public museums, parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, county forests, county wildlife areas, a…

1. The county conservation board may make, alter, amend, or repeal regulations for the protection, regulation, and control of all museums, parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other property under its control. The regulations shall not be contrary to, …

1. Upon request of the county conservation board, the board of supervisors shall establish a reserve for county conservation land acquisition and capital improvement projects. The board of supervisors may periodically credit an amount of money to the reserve. Moneys credited to t…

Any county conservation board may cooperate with the federal government or the state government or any department or agency thereof to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter . Any county conservation board may also cooperate with a private, not-for-profit organizat…

The governing body of any school district may grant the use of any buildings, grounds, or equipment of the district to any county conservation board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter whenever such use of the school buildings, grounds, or equipment for…

The natural resource commission and the department of education shall advise with and may assist any county or counties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter . [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.9 ] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1879 C93, §350.9

All dogs under six months of age, and all dogs over said age and wearing a collar with a valid rabies vaccination tag attached to the collar, shall be deemed property. Dogs not provided with a rabies vaccination tag shall not be deemed property. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5447; C46,…

It shall be lawful for any person, and the duty of all peace officers within their respective jurisdictions unless such jurisdiction shall have otherwise provided for the seizure and impoundment of dogs, to kill any dog for which a rabies vaccination tag is required, when the dog…

It shall be lawful for any person to kill a dog, wearing a collar with a rabies vaccination tag attached, when the dog is caught in the act of chasing, maiming, or killing any domestic animal or fowl, or when such dog is attacking or attempting to bite a person. [C73, §1485; C97,…

The owner of a dog shall be liable to an injured party for all damages done by the dog, when the dog is caught in the action of worrying, maiming, or killing a domestic animal, or the dog is attacking or attempting to bite a person, except when the party damaged is doing an unlaw…

A holding that one or more sections of this chapter are unconstitutional shall not be held to invalidate the remaining sections. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5451; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.29 ] 2019 Acts, ch 59, §107

Every owner of a dog shall obtain a rabies vaccination for such animal. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or have a dog in the person’s possession, six months of age or over, which has not been vaccinated against rabies. Dogs kept in kennels and not allowed to run at lar…

The rabies vaccination required by section 351.33 shall be an injection of antirabies vaccine approved by the state department of agriculture and land stewardship, and the frequency of revaccination necessary for approved vaccinations shall be as established by such department. T…

Local health and law enforcement officials shall enforce the provisions of sections 351.33 , 351.35 , this section , and sections 351.37 through 351.43 relating to vaccination and impoundment of dogs. Such public officials shall not be responsible for any accident or disease of a…

1. A dog shall be apprehended and impounded by a local board of health or law enforcement official if the dog is running at large and the dog is not wearing a valid rabies vaccination tag or a rabies vaccination certificate is not presented to the local board of health or law enf…

It shall be the duty of the owner of any dog, cat or other animal which has bitten or attacked a person or any person having knowledge of such bite or attack to report this act to a local health or law enforcement official. It shall be the duty of physicians and veterinarians to …

If a local board of health receives information that an animal has bitten a person or that a dog or animal is suspected of having rabies, the board shall order the owner to confine such animal in the manner it directs. If the owner fails to confine such animal in the manner direc…

If a local board of health believes rabies to be epidemic, or believes there is a threat of epidemic, in its jurisdiction, it may declare a quarantine in all or part of the area under its jurisdiction and such declaration shall be reported to the department of health and human se…

This chapter does not limit the power of any city or county to prohibit dogs and other animals from running at large, whether or not they have been vaccinated for rabies, and does not limit the power of any city or county to provide additional measures for the restriction of dogs…

Dogs that are under the control of the owner or handlers and which are in transit, or are to be exhibited shall be exempt from the vaccination provisions of these sections if they are within the state for less than thirty days. Dogs assigned to a research institution or a like fa…

Any person who violates or refuses to comply with the provisions of section 351.33 or sections 351.35 through 351.42 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.43 ] 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §123 ; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §87 Referred to in §351.36 , 351.42

1. A person commits the offense of tampering with a rabies vaccination tag if all of the following apply: a. The person knowingly removes, damages, or destroys a rabies vaccination tag as described in section 351.35 . b. The rabies vaccination tag is attached to a collar worn by …

1. A person commits the offense of tampering with an electronic handling device if all of the following apply: a. The person knowingly removes, disables, or destroys an electric device designed and used to maintain custody or control of the dog or modify the dog’s behavior. b. Th…

1. It is the intent of the general assembly and the policy of this state to provide for the orderly use and development of land and related natural resources in Iowa for residential, commercial, industrial, and recreational purposes, preserve private property rights, protect natu…