{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-368.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 368.5","heading":"Annexing state and county property.","body":"1. Territory owned by the state of Iowa may be annexed, but the attorney general must be served with notice of the hearing and a copy of the proposal.\n2. Territory within the road right-of-way owned by a county may be annexed, but the county attorney of that county must be served with notice of the hearing and a copy of the proposal.","path":["Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)","Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT","Subchapter II - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/368.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:09Z","sha256":"8bf1b61a02acade3b0678c7be7787f5d84b682440ab171768dc4cfde6a47df7b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-368.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-368.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}