Iowa Code § 359.43 (2026)

1. The township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding forty and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the township, excluding property within a benefited fire district or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of exercising the powers and duties specified in section 359.42. However, in a township having a fire protection service or emergency medical service agreement or both service agreements with a special charter city having a paid fire department, the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding fifty-four cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the taxable property for the services authorized or required under section 359.42 and in a township which is located within a county having a population of three hundred thousand or more, the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding sixty-seven and one-half\n\nTue Dec 09 22:14:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 359 (34, 0) §359.43, TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS 10\n\ncents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property for the services authorized or required under section 359.42.

2. If the levy authorized under subsection 1 is insufficient to provide the services authorized or required under section 359.42, the township trustees may levy an additional annual tax not exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the township, excluding any property within the corporate limits of a city, to provide the services.

3. The township trustees may divide the township into tax districts for the purpose of providing the services authorized or required under section 359.42 and may levy a different tax rate in each district, but the tax levied in a tax district for the authorized or required services shall not exceed the tax levy limitations for that township as provided in this section. 4. Of the levies authorized under subsections 1 and 2, the township trustees may credit to a reserve account annually an amount not to exceed thirty cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the taxable property in the township for the purchase or replacement of supplies and equipment required to carry out the services specified under section 359.42. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest earned on moneys credited to the reserve account shall be credited to the reserve account.

5. Township taxes collected and disbursed by the county shall be apportioned by the clerk and paid into the separate accounts of the tax districts no later than May 31 and November 30 of each year. [C31, 35, §5570-c2; C39, §5570.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.43; 82 Acts, ch 1114, §1] 84 Acts, ch 1008, §2; 85 Acts, ch 205, §2; 89 Acts, ch 149, §1; 95 Acts, ch 123, §2; 95 Acts, ch 158, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §25 Referred to in §331.385, 331.424C, 357J.17, 359.45\n\n 359.44 Reserved. \n