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Iowa Code § 362.3 (2026)

Publication of notices

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1. Unless otherwise provided by state law:

a. If notice of an election, hearing, or other official action is required by the city code, the notice must be published at least once, not less than four nor more than twenty days before the date of the election, hearing, or other action.

b. A publication required by the city code must be in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the city. However, if the city has a population of two hundred or less, or in the case of ordinances and amendments to be published in a city in which no newspaper is published, a publication may be made by posting in three public places in the city which have been permanently designated by ordinance.

2. In the case of notices of elections, a city with a population of two hundred or less meets the publication requirement of this section by posting notices of elections in three public places which have been designated by ordinance. [R60, §1133; C73, §492; C97, §686, 687; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5720, 5721, 5721-a1; C39, §5720, 5721, 5721.1; C46, 50, §366.7 – 366.9; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.3] 93 Acts, ch 143, §48; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §50; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180 Referred to in §24.2A, 26.12, 26.15, 37.4, 103A.12, 330.18, 336.13, 336.16, 364.2, 364.7, 364.12, 368.2, 368.3, 368.15, 368.20, 372.4, 372.9, 372.13, 376.5, 380.7, 380.8, 380.10, 384.12, 384.16, 384.22, 384.25, 384.26, 384.37, 384.38, 384.40, 384.50, 384.60, 384.83, 386.3, 392.7, 400.1, 403.9, 404.2, 404B.2, 404B.3, 414.3, 414.4, 427B.1, 427B.26, 476.84 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1963–2021 · leading case: Residential & Agric. Advisory Comm., LLC, an Iowa Ltd. Liab. Co. Matt Mescher Allan R. Demmer Catherine Demmer Wayne Ameskamp Sharon Ameskamp Vernon Boge Donald Boge Mary Ann Rubly John R. Rubly Dolores Thier Larry Thier Gary Burkle Cindy Burkle Wayne Vorwald Linda Vorwald Jeff Pape Gerald Wolf & Joanne Wolf v. Dyersville City Council, Mayor Jame, 888 N.W.2d 24 (Iowa 2016).
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Residential & Agric. Advisory Comm., LLC, an Iowa Ltd. Liab. Co. Matt Mescher Allan R. Demmer Catherine Demmer Wayne Ameskamp Sharon Ameskamp Vernon Boge Donald Boge Mary Ann Rubly John R. Rubly Dolores Thier Larry Thier Gary Burkle Cindy Burkle Wayne Vorwald Linda Vorwald Jeff Pape Gerald Wolf & Joanne Wolf v. Dyersville City Council, Mayor Jame, 888 N.W.2d 24 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 2× “§ 362.3. The council must hold a public hearing during which community members are offered the opportunity to offer opinions regarding the proposed zoning or rezoning.”
Kragnes v. City of Des Moines, 714 N.W.2d 632 (Iowa 2006). · cites it 2× “Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published as provided in section 362.3. The franchise may be granted, amended, extended, or renewed only by an ordinance, but no exclusive franchise shall be granted, amended, extended, or renewed.”
Lisa Kragnes v. City of Des Moines, Iowa, 810 N.W.2d 492 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “The revenue purpose statement shall be published as provided in section 362.3. Iowa Code § 364.2 (4)(f) (Supp.”
Kunkle Water & Elec., Inc. v. City of Prescott, 347 N.W.2d 648 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “96 provided: When the estimated total cost of a public improvement exceeds the sum of ten thousand dollars, the governing body shall advertise for sealed bids for the proposed improvement by publishing a notice to bidders as provided in section 362.3. The statutory limitation…”
Fults v. City of Coralville, 666 N.W.2d 548 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 2× “de provisions state, in part, Before the council may institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds for an essential corporate purpose, a notice of the proposed action, including a statement of the amount and purposes of the bonds, and the time and place of the meeting at which…”
Dunphy v. City Council of City of Creston, 256 N.W.2d 913 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 2× “Notice of the hearing must be published as provided in section 362.3. At the hearing any interested person may appear and file objections to the proposed plans, specifications, contract, or estimated cost of the improvement.”
Paula Dawn McIntosh v. City of Riverdale & Sonya Paddock, 922 N.W.2d 104 (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 66× “On April 5, McIntosh filed a petition for a writ of certiorari alleging (1) Riverdale violated Iowa Code section 362.3 and Riverdale Municipal Code section 18.”
Palmer v. Evans, 124 N.W.2d 856 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 4× “" In section 362.3 Professor Scott continues: "The first attempt by statute in England to restrict the creation of trusts for charitable purposes, and not merely to restrict the taking or holding of land by corporations, was by the enactment of the Georgian Statute of Mortmain.”
Grove v. City of Des Moines, 280 N.W.2d 378 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 2× “Before the governing body institutes proceedings for the issuance of revenue bonds, it shall fix a time and place of meeting at which it proposes to take action and give notice by publication in the manner directed in section 362.3. The notice must include a statement of the…”
Riley v. City of Hartley, 565 N.W.2d 344 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 3× “The council shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall publish notice as provided in section 362.3, of the resolution and of a date, time and place of a public hearing on a proposal.”
Green v. City of Cascade, 231 N.W.2d 882 (Iowa 1975). “efore the council may institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds for an essential corporate purpose, a notice of the proposed action, including a statement of the amount and purposes of the bonds, and the time and place of the meeting at which the council proposes to take…”
Renda v. Polk Cnty., 319 N.W.2d 250 (Iowa 1982). “However, the Ward court was analyzing the proper governmental powers of counties, not an issue of procedural requirements. Ward cannot be extended far enough to justify juxtaposing Code sections from two different titles.”
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