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Chapter 709

Annexation; Detachment

709.01Annexation and detachment of territory 709.011Clerk to notify board of elections of vacancies in office and change in municipal boundaries 709.012Reduction in firefighting force resulting from annexation of township territory 709.013Multiple annexation petitions concerning same territory 709.014Fee schedule for annexation costs 709.015Substantial compliance with procedural requirements is sufficient to grant jurisdiction 709.02Petition for annexation by owners of contiguous real estate 709.021Special procedure where owners unanimously request annexation 709.022Petition where owners unanimously request annexation 709.023Special annexation procedure where land is not excluded from township 709.024Special annexation procedure for purpose of undertaking significant economic development project 709.03Petition presented to board of county commissioners - proceedings 709.031Report on accuracy of legal description - verification of signatures 709.032Annexation hearing 709.033Commissioners' resolution granting or denying annexation 709.04Accepting or rejecting annexation by ordinance or resolution 709.05Proceedings when municipality rejects 709.06Proceedings when municipality accepts 709.07Appeal from resolution granting or denying petition 709.10Effective date of annexation and rights of inhabitants 709.11Territory situated in more than one county 709.12Apportioning of indebtedness of annexed territory - division of funds 709.13Annexation of territory upon action by inhabitants generally 709.14Preliminary action by legislative authority 709.15Petition to board of county commissioners 709.16Petition by municipal corporation for annexation 709.19Compensating township for lost tax revenue 709.191Annual payments to compensate for lost tax revenue 709.192Annexation agreements 709.20Rights when annexation complete 709.21Errors not fatal to proceedings 709.22Annexation of territory of one municipal corporation to a contiguous municipal corporation 709.23Arrangement of conditions of annexation 709.24Petition for annexation - appointment of commission 709.25Ordinance or petition - procedure 709.26Designation of commissioners for negotiation 709.27Procedure on failure of legislative authority to designate commissioners 709.28Conditions of annexation 709.29Submission of question of annexation to a vote - procedure 709.30Assent to annexation - election 709.31Election results certified 709.32Clerk of municipal corporation to certify transcripts 709.33Effective date of annexation 709.34Government of the municipal corporations 709.37Adjustment of boundaries of adjoining municipal corporations by mutual consent 709.38Petition for detachment of lands and attachment to contiguous township - may form new township 709.39Petition to submit question of detachment of territory - election 709.40Apportionment of property, funds, and indebtedness 709.41Petition for detachment of farm land 709.42Hearing - decision 709.43Merger defined 709.44Territory that may be merged 709.45Petition for merger 709.451Merger in lieu of petition 709.452Submission of question of merger to voters 709.46Disapproval or approval of merger 709.461Collaborative formulation of merger conditions - unincorporated areas 709.462Vote on merger conditions - agreement by majority of subdivision members - term of commission 709.47Procedure after disapproval or approval 709.48No petitions for annexation after merger defeated 709.50Removal of area