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Section 364.22B – Collection of judgment debt.

364.22B Collection of judgment debt. 1. As used in this section, “judgment debt” means any criminal penalty, any personal judgment for a civil penalty, or any personal or in rem judgment for the costs of abating a nuisance or other violation, owing to a city in any proceeding brought as a municipal infraction under section […]

Section 364.23 – Energy-efficient lighting required.

364.23 Energy-efficient lighting required. All city-owned exterior flood lighting, including but not limited to street and security lighting but not including era or period lighting which has a minimum efficiency rating of fifty-eight lumens per watt and not including stadium or ball park lighting, shall be replaced, when worn-out, exclusively with high pressure sodium lighting […]

Section 364.12A – Condemnation of residential buildings — public purpose.

364.12A Condemnation of residential buildings — public purpose. For the purposes of section 6A.4, subsection 6, a city may condemn a residential building found to be a public nuisance and take title to the property for the public purpose of disposing of the property under section 364.7 by conveying the property to a private individual […]

Section 364.13 – Installments.

364.13 Installments. If any amount assessed against property under section 364.12 will exceed five hundred dollars, a city may permit the assessment to be paid in up to ten annual installments, in the same manner and with the same interest rates provided for assessments against benefited property under chapter 384, subchapter IV. [C24, 27, 31, […]

Section 364.13A – Special assessments — lien and precedence.

364.13A Special assessments — lien and precedence. A special assessment levied pursuant to section 364.11 or 364.12, including all interest, is a lien against the benefited property from the date of filing the schedule of assessments until the assessment is paid. Special assessments have equal precedence with ordinary taxes and are not divested by judicial […]

Section 364.13B – Special assessments — procedures for levy.

364.13B Special assessments — procedures for levy. The procedures for making and levying a special assessment pursuant to this chapter and for an appeal of the assessment are the same procedures as provided in sections 384.59 through 384.67 and sections 384.72 through 384.75. 83 Acts, ch 90, §20

Section 364.14 – Personal injuries.

364.14 Personal injuries. When action is brought against a city for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by its negligence, the city may notify in writing any person by whose negligence it claims the injury was caused. The notice shall state the pendency of the action, the name of the plaintiff, the name and […]

Section 364.1 – Scope.

364.1 Scope. A city may, except as expressly limited by the Constitution of the State of Iowa, and if not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, exercise any power and perform any function it deems appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, privileges, and property of the city or of its residents, and […]

Section 364.15 – Changing grade of streets.

364.15 Changing grade of streets. 1. If a city has established the grade of a street or alley, and any person has made improvements on lots abutting the street or alley according to the established grade, and afterward the grade is altered in a manner to damage, injure, or diminish the value of the improved […]

Section 364.2 – Vesting of power — franchises.

364.2 Vesting of power — franchises. 1. A power of a city is vested in the city council except as otherwise provided by a state law. 2. The enumeration of a specific power of a city does not limit or restrict the general grant of home rule power conferred by the Constitution of the State […]