372.1 - FORMS OF CITIES. - Iowa Statutes

372.1 FORMS OF CITIES. The forms of city government are: 1. Mayor-council, or mayor-council with appointed manager. 2. Commission. 3. Council-manager-at-large. 4. Council-manager-ward. 5. Home rule charter. 6. Special charter. 7. City-county consolidated form as provided in sections 331.247 through 331.252. 8. Community commonwealth as provided in sections 331.260 through 331.263. A city when first incorporated has the mayor-council form. A city retains its form of government until it adopts a different form as provided in this division. Within thirty days of the date that this section becomes effective, a city shall adopt by ordinance a charter embodying its existing form of government, which must be one of the forms provided in this division, and shall file a copy of its charter with the secretary of state, and maintain copies available for public inspection.          Section History: Early Form [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 363.1, 363.30; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 372.1]          Section History: Recent Form 2004 Acts, ch 1066, §29, 31 Referred to in § 372.2, 372.12