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Iowa Code § 274.1 (2026)

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Each school district shall continue a body politic as a school corporation, unless changed as provided by law, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all school matters over the territory therein contained. [C51, §1108; R60, §2022, 2026; C73, §1713, 1716; C97, §2743; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4123; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.1] Right to bid under execution sale, §569.2

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Cited in 17 cases, 1955–2019 · leading case: Hawkeye Foodservice Distrib., Inc. v. Iowa Educators Corp., 812 N.W.2d 600 (Iowa 2012).
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Hawkeye Foodservice Distrib., Inc. v. Iowa Educators Corp., 812 N.W.2d 600 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 274.1 . Therefore, like a school district, an AEA has only those powers expressly granted or necessarily implied by law.”
Burlington Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Pub. Emp. Relations Bd., 268 N.W.2d 517 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 4× “To buttress this assertion, the board cites §§ 274.1 and 279.8, The Code, 1975. Section 274.”
Ne. Cmty. Educ. Ass'n v. Ne. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 402 N.W.2d 765 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 4× “The parties are Northeast Community School District, a school corporation and a public employer, see Iowa Code §§ 274.1 and 20.3(1) (1983); Superintendent Marvin Boyer, an employee of Northeast Community School District, see § 279.”
Graham v. Cent. Cmty. Sch. Dist. of Decatur, 608 F. Supp. 531 (S.D. Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “Defendant Central Community School District of Decatur County is a duly constituted body politic as a school corporation, with powers and jurisdiction pursuant to Iowa Code § 274.1 (1985). The school district has a population of about 4,000 people, about 2,000 of whom live in…”
Lakota Consol. Indep. Sch. v. Buffalo Ctr./Rake Cmty. Schs., 334 N.W.2d 704 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 2× “For the same reasons that we have held no valid claim has been stated for injunctive or declaratory relief against all defendants other than the defendant school district, we also hold that those defendants are not the subject of a valid claim for money damages under the…”
Webb v. Lake Mills Cmty. Sch. Dist., 344 F. Supp. 791 (N.D. Iowa 1972). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code Section 274.1 provides: “Each school district shall continue a body politic as a school corporation, unless changed as provided by law, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction in…”
Ne. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Easton Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist., 857 N.W.2d 488 (Iowa 2014). “§ 274.1 (“Each school district shall continue a body politic as a school corporation, unless changed as provided by law, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law.”
City of Bloomfield v. Davis Cnty. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 119 N.W.2d 909 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 2× “*905 Section 274.1, Codes, 1958, 1962, provides each school district shall “exercise all the powers granted by law, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all school matters over the territory therein contained.”
Sioux City Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Iowa Dep't of Educ., 659 N.W.2d 563 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 3× “Iowa Code section 274.1 supports this conclusion stating, “[e]ach school district .”
Bd. of Directors of Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Green, 147 N.W.2d 854 (Iowa 1967). “In so doing they are permitted to formulate rules for their own government and that of all pupils.”
Howell Sch. Bd. Dist. No. 9 v. Hubbartt, 70 N.W.2d 531 (Iowa 1955). · cites it 2× “” The powers of a school district are set forth in section 274.1, 1954 Code, and are as follows: “Each school district now existing shall continue a body politic as a school corporation, unless hereafter changed as provided by law, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property,…”
Bunger Ex Rel. Bunger v. Iowa High Sch. Athletic Ass'n, 197 N.W.2d 555 (Iowa 1972). “Code, 1971, § 274.1, § 274.7 (“The affairs of each school corporation shall be conducted by a board of directors”), § 279.”
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