§ 468.533 — Petition — canvass

Iowa § 468.533

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 468: LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS

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1. A petition requesting that a district placed under the management of trustees be placed
back under the management of a board or boards of supervisors, that is signed by a majority
of persons, including corporations, owning land within the district assessed for benefits and
who in the aggregate own more than one-half the acreage of such lands, may be filed in the
office of the auditor and, if the district is situated in more than one county, then a duplicate
shall be filed in the office of the auditor of each county.
2. The trustees shall fix a date not less than ten nor more than thirty days from the date
the petition is filed for the canvass of such petition, and the trustees and auditor or auditors
shall canvass the petition and certify and record in the drainage record the result.

Legislative History

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7710; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.37]