Iowa § 468.28 Dismissal on remonstrance

Iowa Statutes

§ 468.28 — Dismissal on remonstrance

Iowa § 468.28

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 468LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS

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Iowa Code § 468.28 (2026).

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If, at or before the time set for final hearing as to the establishment of a proposed levee,
drainage, or improvement district, except a subdrainage district, a remonstrance signed
by a majority of the landowners in the district has been filed with the county auditor, or

auditors, in case the district extends into more than one county, and the remonstrants in the
aggregate own seventy percent or more of the lands to be assessed for benefits or taxed for
said improvements and are remonstrating against the establishment of the levee, drainage,
or improvement district, setting forth the reasons therefor, the board or boards as the case
may be, shall assess to the petitioners and their sureties or apportion the costs among them
as the board or boards may deem just or as the parties may agree 

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If, at or before the time set for final hearing as to the establishment of a proposed levee,
drainage, or improvement district, except a subdrainage district, a remonstrance signed
by a majority of the landowners in the district has been filed with the county auditor, or

auditors, in case the district extends into more than one county, and the remonstrants in the
aggregate own seventy percent or more of the lands to be assessed for benefits or taxed for
said improvements and are remonstrating against the establishment of the levee, drainage,
or improvement district, setting forth the reasons therefor, the board or boards as the case
may be, shall assess to the petitioners and their sureties or apportion the costs among them
as the board or boards may deem just or as the parties may agree upon. When all such costs
have been paid, the board or boards of supervisors shall dismiss said proceedings and cause
to be filed with the county auditor all surveys, plats, reports, and records in relation to the
proposed district.

Philip Naeve, Marilynne J. Naeve, Kyndra Naeve Walton, Camille Naeve Urban, Naeve Farm, Inc., and the Philip & Marilynne Naeve Trust v. Humboldt County Drainage District 126, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and Its Members, Harley Hett, Jerry Haverly, Harlan Hansen, John M. Christianson and Carl Mattes

(Court of Appeals of Iowa, 2014)