372.1  Forms of cities.
  1.  The forms of city government are:
  a.  Mayor-council, or mayor-council with appointed manager.
  b.  Commission.
  c.  Council-manager-at-large.
  d.  Council-manager-ward.
  e.  Home rule charter.
  f.  Special charter.
  g.  City-county consolidated form as provided in sections 331.247 through 331.252.
  h.  Community commonwealth as provided in sections 331.260 through 331.263.
  2.  A city when first incorporated has the mayor-council form. A city retains its form of government until it adopts a different form as provided in this subchapter.
  3.  A city shall adopt by ordinance a charter embodying its existing form of government, which must be one of the forms provided in this subchapter, and shall file a copy of its charter with the secretary of state, and maintain copies available for public inspection.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.1, 363.30; C75, 77, 79, 81, §372.1]
2004 Acts, ch 1066, §29, 31; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §113
Referred to in §372.2, 372.12
Subsection 3 amended