# Iowa Code § 364.1: Scope

> Iowa · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.1

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 364.1
- **Heading:** Scope
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 364 / Section 364.1

## Text

A city may, except as expressly limited by the Constitution of the State of Iowa, and if not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, exercise any power and perform any function it deems appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, privileges, and property of the city or of its residents, and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare, comfort, and convenience of its residents. This grant of home rule powers does not include the power to enact private or civil law governing civil relationships, except as incident to an exercise of an independent city power, or to enact private or civil law which violates section 675.4.

[C51, §664; R60, §1047, 1056, 1057, 1071 – 1073, 1095; C73, §454 – 456, 482, 524; C97, §680, 695, 947; C13, §695; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5714, 5738, 6720; C46, 50, §366.1, 368.2, 420.31; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.1, 368.2, 420.31; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.1]2006 Acts, ch 1010, §95; 2024 Acts, ch 1003, §2, 7, 8

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 364.1 Scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.2 Vesting of power — franchises.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.3 Limitation of powers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.4 Property and services outside of city — lease-purchase — insurance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.5 Joint action — Iowa league of cities — penalty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.6 Procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.7 Disposal of property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.8 Overpasses or underpasses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.9 Flood control — railway tracks.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.11 Street construction by railways.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.12 Responsibility for public places.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.12A Condemnation of residential buildings — public purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.12A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.13 Installments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.13.md)
- [Iowa Code § 364.13A Special assessments — lien and precedence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C364_S364.13A.md)

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