{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-359.8","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 359.8","heading":"Division — effect.","body":"If the petition is signed by a majority of the registered voters of the township residing without the corporate limits of the city, the board of supervisors shall divide the township into two townships, as petitioned; but, except for election purposes, including the appointment of precinct election officials rendered necessary by the change, the division shall not take effect until the first day of January following the next general election which is not a Sunday or a legal holiday.","path":["Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)","Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS","Subchapter I - DIVISION, BOUNDARIES, AND CHANGE OF NAMES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/359.8.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:09Z","sha256":"1c7b33c7734ed3fe483c73e071443fc96e114fcb33a9523c226d4982eb97e80b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-359.7","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-359.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}