Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 331.201 (2026)

Board membership — qualifications — term

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1. The board shall consist of three members unless the membership is increased to five as provided in section 331.203.

2. A supervisor must be a registered voter of the county or supervisor district of the county which the supervisor represents.

3. The office of supervisor is an elective office except that if a vacancy occurs on the board, a successor may be appointed to the unexpired term as provided in section 69.14A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, if the population of the county is less than one hundred twenty-five thousand based on the most recent federal decennial census and if the county does not include the main campus of an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.

4. The term of office of a supervisor is four years unless a change in the supervisor district representation plan or in the number of supervisors on the board requires the election of one or two supervisors for an initial term of two years. [R60, §303; C73, §294, 299; C97, §410; SS15, §410; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5106; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §331.1; S81, §331.201; 81 Acts, ch 117, §200] 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §83; 2025 Acts, ch 15, §7, 9 Referred to in §331.238, 331.248, 331.261 Subsection 3 amended \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1994–2016 · leading case: Peg Hutchison, Dan Johnson, Russ Nichols, Shawn Ripperger, Leigh Ann Swain, & Shelly Vander Tuig v. Douglas Shull, Steve Wilson, Dean Yordi, the Bd. of Supervisors for Warren Cnty., Iowa, & Warren Cnty., Iowa, 878 N.W.2d 221 (Iowa 2016).

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Peg Hutchison, Dan Johnson, Russ Nichols, Shawn Ripperger, Leigh Ann Swain, & Shelly Vander Tuig v. Douglas Shull, Steve Wilson, Dean Yordi, the Bd. of Supervisors for Warren Cnty., Iowa, & Warren Cnty., Iowa, 878 N.W.2d 221 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 331.201 . At all times relevant to this appeal, the Warren County Board of Supervisors was comprised of board members Douglas Shull, Steve Wilson, and Dean Yordi.”

Polk Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors v. Polk Commonwealth Charter Comm'n, 522 N.W.2d 783 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 8× “An elective legislative body established in the manner provided for county boards of supervisors under sections 331.201 through 331.216 and section 331.”

Amended June 28, 2016 Peg Hutchison, Dan Johnson, Russ Nichols, Shawn Ripperger, Leigh Ann Swain, & Shelly Vander Tuig v. Douglas Shull, Steve Wilson, Dean Yordi, the Bd. of Supervisors for Warren Cnty., Iowa, & Warren Cnty., Iowa (Iowa 2016). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 331.201 . At all times relevant to this appeal, the Warren County Board of Supervisors was comprised of board members Douglas Shull, Steve Wilson, and Dean Yordi.”

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