2025 Statutes Index

Construction, ownership, operation, 66.0422

Regulation, 66.0420

Tobacco products sales license, 134.65

Town law forms, 35.20

Transportation of pupils in hazardous areas, reimburse school districts, 60.23 (12)

Truancy ordinances, 60.23 (22), 118.163

Unclaimed and abandoned property, held by town, disposal, 66.0139

See also Unclaimed Property

Uniform government, IV, 23

Urban green space, aids for acquisition of, 23.09 (19)

Urban homestead program, 66.1013

Urban renewal law, 66.1107, 66.1331 to 66.1337

Utility districts, creation and alteration, 60.23 (2), 66.0827

Vaping devices, retail, 134.65

Veterans’ graves, care, 45.85

Waste, garbage and rubbish removal, 66.0405

See also Waste Management

Water, drinking, see Public Utilities—4. Municipal Utilities; Water, Drinking

Water pollution prevention and abatement:

Financial assistance, 281.51 to 281.72

Water pollution and conservation ordinances, 92.11

Water supplies and wastewater systems, private; on-site municipal or county remediation or loans for failed or contaminated; special assessments or charges, 66.0626

Waters, navigable:

See also Waterways

Resource projects, cooperation with federal government, 66.0315

Water safety patrols, state aid, 30.79

Weapons, local regulation, 66.0409

Wharves and piers, orders to remove, 30.13 (5m)

Wind energy systems, see Solar and wind energy systems, under this subhead

towns_2. actions and claims against 2. Actions and Claims Against

Adverse possession against, 893.29

Highways, ice and snow accumulations, liability 893.83

Judgment against town, how collected, 66.0117

Officers and employees, actions against:

Costs, 814.24, 895.35

Damages, costs; liability for, 895.46

Notice of claim, limitation of damages, 893.80

Orders, action on:

Demand, 66.0121

Filing of order in court required, 67.26

Powers, sue and be sued, 60.01

Procedure, 60.44, 893.80

Service of summons on, 801.11 (4)

Recreational activities liability, immunity, 895.52

Statutes of limitations:

Generally, 893.80

Adverse possession, 893.29

Clerk, constable; action against, 893.70

Contracts, limitation on actions attacking, 893.75

Governmental decisions generally, challenges, 893.73

Highway orders, contest, 893.73

Municipal obligations, contests, 893.77

Payments on contracts, bonds and other obligations, 893.61

Special assessment contest, 893.72

towns_3. board 3. Board

Audits and reports, finances and operations, 60.43, 66.0605

Chairperson:

Generally, 60.24

Animals doing damage, appraisers, fee, 172.51

County highway committee, 83.015

Emergency powers, 323.14 (4) (b)

Fire warden, 26.13

Forest fires, 26.14

Forfeitures, duty to collect, 778.11

Highway emergency, duty, 83.09

Lost goods, appraisal, 170.08

Police powers, 26.97

Strays, appraisal, fees, charges, 170.03, 170.04

Sue on official bonds, 19.015

Weeds, notice to destroy, 66.0407

City powers, housing and redevelopment, 66.1341

Emergency government, 323.14

Declaration of emergency, 323.11

Head of emergency management, 323.15

Liability for workers, volunteers, 323.41, 323.42

Officers, interim succession to office, 323.54

Temporary location during emergency, 323.52

Workers compensation responsibility for employees, volunteers, 323.40, 323.42

Financial statement, annual, 60.41

Highways:

See also Towns—7. Highways

Duties and powers, 82.03

Local roads inventory, 86.302

Town line, maintenance charges, 82.21

Intergovernmental cooperation, 60.23 (1), 66.0301

Licenses and permits; appeal rights generally, see Administrative Procedure—4. Municipal

Meetings, 60.20 (3)

For detailed analysis, see Open Meetings

Open to public, 19.81 to 19.98