1. A township shall not dispose of an interest in personal property, or an interest in real property, by sale, lease, or gift, except in accordance with the following procedure:

 a. The board of trustees shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall publish notice of the resolution and of a date, time, and place of a public hearing on the proposal. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the township or in the largest city in the township. The notice shall be published no less than ten days and no more than twenty days before the hearing.
 b. After the public hearing, the trustees may make a final determination on the proposal by resolution.
 c. A township shall not dispose of real property by gift except to a governmental body for a public purpose.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 359.52

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governmental body: means the United States of America or an agency thereof, a state, a political subdivision of a state, a school corporation, a public authority, a public district, or any other public body. See Iowa Code 362.2
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. This section does not apply to the sale by a township of subdivisions or lots within a cemetery.
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