Iowa Code 357A.16 – Detaching real property from district
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If it becomes apparent that any real property included within a district cannot economically or adequately be served by the facilities of the district, the owners of the real property may file with the auditor a petition to the supervisors requesting that the real property be detached from the district. The petition shall:
1. Describe by section, or fraction thereof, and by township and range, the real property which it is proposed to detach from the district.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 357A.16
- Auditor: means the county auditor of a county in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized. See Iowa Code 357A.1
- District: means a rural water district incorporated and organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Iowa Code 357A.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: include lands, tenements, hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Supervisors: means the board of supervisors of a county, or the board of supervisors of an adjacent county, in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized. See Iowa Code 357A.1
2. State that the real property cannot economically or adequately be served by the facilities of the district, and that it is not feasible for the district to enlarge or extend its facilities so as to economically and adequately serve the real property.
3. Be signed by the owners of all the real property which it is desired to detach from the district.