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Iowa Code § 357A.1 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “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.

2. “Board” means the board of directors of a district, and “director” means a member of such board of directors.

3. “Department” means the department of natural resources.

4. “District” means a rural water district incorporated and organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

5. “Member” means an owner of real property which is located within a district, the tenant of the real property, or another person acting for the owner with the owner’s written consent.

6. “Participating member” means a member who has subscribed to and paid the established fee for at least one benefit unit in a district, in the manner provided by this chapter.

7. “Rural water association” or “association” means a rural water association organized and incorporated as a cooperative association under chapter 499 or as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 504.

8. “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. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.1; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §62, 96] 91 Acts, ch 134, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1086, §1 Referred to in §16.151 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2021 · leading case: Rural Water Sys. 1 v. City of Sioux Ctr., 202 F.3d 1035 (8th Cir. 2000).

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Rural Water Sys. 1 v. City of Sioux Ctr., 202 F.3d 1035 (8th Cir. 2000). “1 defines “district” for the purposes of chapter 357A as “a rural water district incorporated and organized pursuant to the provision of this chapter” Iowa Code § 357A.1 (1991) (emphasis added).”

Xenia Rural Water Dist. v. City of Johnston (Iowa 2021). · cites it 2× “” See Iowa Code § 357A.1 (defining other terms, but not “existing service area” or “service area”).”

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