# Iowa Code § 331.201: Board membership — qualifications — term

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## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 331.201
- **Heading:** Board membership — qualifications — term
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.201

## Text

(1) The board shall consist of three members unless the membership is increased to five as provided in section 331.203.

(2) A supervisor must be a registered voter of the county or supervisor district of the county which the supervisor represents.

(3) The office of supervisor is an elective office except that if a vacancy occurs on the board, a successor may be appointed to the unexpired term as provided in section 69.14A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, if the population of the county is less than one hundred twenty-five thousand based on the most recent federal decennial census and if the county does not include the main campus of an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.

(4) The term of office of a supervisor is four years unless a change in the supervisor district representation plan or in the number of supervisors on the board requires the election of one or two supervisors for an initial term of two years.

[R60, §303; C73, §294, 299; C97, §410; SS15, §410; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5106; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §331.1; S81, §331.201; 81 Acts, ch 117, §200]94 Acts, ch 1169, §64; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §832025 Acts, ch 15, §7, 9

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 331.101 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.101.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.190 County of residence dispute resolution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.190.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.201 Board membership — qualifications — term.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.201.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.203 Membership increased — vote.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.203.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.204 Membership reduced — vote — new members.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.204.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.205 Petition and vote in certain counties — exception.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.205.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.206 Supervisor districts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.206.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.207 Special election — supervisor districts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.207.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.208 Plan “one” terms of office.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.208.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.209 Plan “two” terms of office.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.209.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.210 Plan “three”.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.210.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.210A Temporary county redistricting commission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.210A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.211 Organization of the board.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.211.md)
- [Iowa Code § 331.212 Quorum — majority vote required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C331_S331.212.md)

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