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IA Code § 468.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.11 - Survey.

468.11 Survey.   1. The engineer shall examine the lands described in the petition and any other lands which would be benefited by said improvement or necessary in carrying out the purposes of the petition.   2. The engineer shall locate and survey such ditches, drains, levees, settling basins, pumping stations, and other improvements as will be necessary, practicable, and feasible in carrying out the purposes of the petition and which will be of public benefit or utility, or conducive to public health, convenience, or welfare.  [S13, §1989-a2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7437; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.17]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.11  2019 Acts, ch 59, §150  Referred to in §468.13, 468.22, 468.27, 468.339
IA Code § 468.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.12 - Report.

468.12 Report.   1. The engineer shall make full written report to the county auditor, setting forth:   a. The starting point, route, and terminus of each ditch, drain, and levee and the character and location of all other improvements.   b. A plat and profile, showing all ditches, drains, levees, settling basins, and other improvements, the course, length, and depth of each ditch, the length, size, and depth of each drain, and the length, width, and height of each levee, through each tract of land, and the particular descriptions and acreage of the land required from each forty-acre tract or fraction thereof as right-of-way, or for settling basin or basins, together with the congressional or other description of each tract and the names of the owners thereof as shown by the transfer books in the office of the auditor. Said plat shall describe the width of the right-of-way to be taken from each forty-acre tract or fraction thereof.   c. The boundary of the proposed district, including therein by color or other designation other lands that will be benefited or otherwise affected by the proposed improvements, together with the location, size, and elevation of all lakes, ponds, and deep depressions therein.   d. Plans for the most practicable and economic place and method for passing machinery, equipment, and material required in the construction of said improvements across any highways, railroads, and other utilities within the proposed district.   e. The probable cost of the proposed improvements, together with such other facts and recommendations as the engineer shall deem material.   2. Where the proposed district contemplates as its object flood control or soil conservance the engineer shall include in the report data describing any soil conservance or flood control improvements, the nature of the improvements, and other data as prescribed by the department of natural resources.  [S13, §1989-a2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7438; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.18; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §70, 96]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.12  2011 Acts, ch 25, §143  Referred to in §468.13, 468.22, 468.27, 468.339
IA Code § 468.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.13 - Procedure on report — classification.

468.13 Procedure on report — classification.   1. Upon the filing of the report of the engineer recommending the establishment of the levee or drainage district, the board shall at its first regular, adjourned, or special meeting examine and consider the same, and, if the plan is not approved the board may employ the same engineer or another disinterested engineer to report another plan or make additional examination and surveys and file an additional report covering such matters as the board may direct. Additional surveys and reports must be made in accordance with the provisions of sections 468.11 and 468.12. At any time prior to the final adoption of the plans they may be amended, and as finally adopted by the board shall be conclusive unless the action of the board in finally adopting them shall be appealed from as provided in this subchapter.   2. If the petition or other landowners requested a classification of the district prior to establishment, the board shall order a classification as provided by sections 468.38 through 468.44 after they have approved the report of the engineer as a tentative plan. The notice of hearing provided by section 468.14 shall also include the requirements of the notice of hearing provided in section 468.45 as to this classification, and the hearing on the petition provided in section 468.21 shall also include the matters to be heard as provided in section 468.46.   3. If the board establishes the district as provided in section 468.22, the classification which is finally approved at the hearing by the board shall remain the basis of all future assessments for the purposes of said district as provided in section 468.49. The landowners shall have the same right of appeal from this classification as they would have if the petition had not requested a classification prior to establishment and the classification had been made after establishment.  [S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7439; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.19]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.13  2016 Acts, ch 1011, §81; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §132
IA Code § 468.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.14 - Notice of hearing.

468.14 Notice of hearing.   When any plan and report of the engineer has been approved by the board, such approval shall be entered of record in its proceedings as a tentative plan only for the establishment of said improvement. Thereupon it shall enter an order fixing a date for the hearing upon the petition not less than forty days from the date of the order of approval, and directing the auditor immediately to cause notice to be given to the owner of each tract of land or lot within the proposed levee or drainage district as shown by the transfer books of the auditor’s office, including railway companies having right-of-way in the proposed district and to all lienholders or encumbrancers of any land within the proposed district without naming them, and also to all other persons whom it may concern, and without naming individuals all actual occupants of the land in the proposed district, of the pendency and prayer of the said petition, the favorable report thereon by the engineer, and that such report may be amended before final action, the approval thereof by the board as a tentative plan, and the day and the hour set for hearing on said petition and report, and that all claims for damages except claims for land required for right-of-way, and all objections to the establishment of said district for any reason must be made in writing and filed in the office of the auditor at or before the time set for such hearing.  [S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7440; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.20]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.14  Referred to in §468.13, 468.15, 468.65, 468.126, 468.132, 468.134, 468.265
IA Code § 468.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.15 - Service by publication — copy mailed — proof.

468.15 Service by publication — copy mailed — proof.   The notice provided in section 468.14 shall be served by publication as provided in section 331.305 before the hearing except that the notice shall be published at least twenty days before the hearing date. Proof of the service shall be made by affidavit of the publisher. Copy of the notice shall also be sent by ordinary mail to each person and to the clerk or recorder of each city named in the notice at that person’s last known mailing address unless there is on file an affidavit of the auditor, or of a person designated by the board to make the necessary investigation, stating that no mailing address is known and that diligent inquiry has been made to ascertain it. The copy of notice shall be mailed not less than twenty days before the day set for hearing and proof of the service shall be by affidavit of the auditor. Proofs of service required by this section shall be on file at the time the hearing begins.  [S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7441; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.21]  87 Acts, ch 43, §14; 88 Acts, ch 1035, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.15  Referred to in §468.20, 468.48, 468.65, 468.74, 468.126, 468.132, 468.134, 468.207, 468.265, 468.284, 468.602
IA Code § 468.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.16 - Service on agent.

468.16 Service on agent.   1. If any person, corporation, or company owning or having interest in any land or other property affected by any proposed improvement under this chapter files an instrument in writing with the auditor designating the name and post office address of the agent of the person, corporation, or company upon whom service of notice of the proceeding shall be made, the auditor shall, not less than twenty days prior to the date set for hearing upon the petition, send a copy of the notice by certified mail addressed to the agent so designated. Proof of service shall be made by affidavit of the auditor filed in the proceeding at or before the date of the hearing upon the petition, and such service shall be in lieu of all other service of notice to such persons, corporations, or companies.   2. This designation when filed shall be in force for a period of five years thereafter and shall apply to all proceedings under this chapter during such period. The person, company, or corporation making such designation shall have the right to change the agent appointed in the designation or to amend the designation in any other particular.  [S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7442; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.22]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.16  2019 Acts, ch 59, §151  Referred to in §468.20, 468.48, 468.65, 468.126, 468.132, 468.134, 468.207, 468.257, 468.265
IA Code § 468.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.17 - Personal service.

468.17 Personal service.   In lieu of publication, personal service of said notice may be made upon any owner of land in the proposed district, or upon any lienholder or other person interested in the proposed improvement, in the manner and for the time required for service of original notices in the district court. Proof of such service shall be on file with the auditor on the date of said hearing.  [S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7443; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.23]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.17  Referred to in §468.20, 468.65, 468.126, 468.132, 468.134, 468.207, 468.265  Time and manner of service,  R.C.P. 1.302 – 1.315
IA Code § 468.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.18 - Waiver of notice.

468.18 Waiver of notice.   No service of notice shall be required upon any person who shall file with the auditor a statement in writing, signed by the person, waiving notice, or who enters an appearance in the proceedings. The filing of a claim for damages or objections to the establishment of said district or other pleading shall be deemed an appearance.  [S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7444; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.24]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.18  Referred to in §468.20, 468.65, 468.126, 468.132, 468.134, 468.207, 468.265
IA Code § 468.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.19 - Waiver of objections and damages.

468.19 Waiver of objections and damages.   Any person, company, or corporation failing to file any claim for damages or objections to the establishment of the district at or before the time fixed for said hearing, except claims for land required for right-of-way, or for settling basins, shall be held to have waived all objections and claims for damages.  [S13, §1989-a4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7445; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.25]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.19  Referred to in §468.207
IA Code § 468.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.20 - Adjournment for service — jurisdiction retained.

468.20 Adjournment for service — jurisdiction retained.   If at the date set for hearing, it appears that any person entitled to notice has not been properly served with notice, the board may postpone the hearing and set another time for the same not less than thirty days from the original hearing date. Notice of hearing shall be served on such omitted parties in the manner provided in sections 468.15 through 468.18. By fixing a new date for hearing and adjourning the proceeding to the new date, the board shall not lose jurisdiction of the subject matter of the proceeding nor of any parties already served with notice.  [S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7446; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.26]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.20  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §251  Referred to in §468.207  Section amended
IA Code § 468.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.21 - Hearing of petition — dismissal.

468.21 Hearing of petition — dismissal.   The petition may be amended at any time before final action on the petition. At the time set for hearing on the petition, the board shall hear and determine the sufficiency of the petition in form and substance and all objections filed against the establishment of such district, and the board may view the premises included in the said district. If the board finds that the construction of the proposed improvement will not materially benefit said lands or would not be for the public benefit or utility nor conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare, or that the cost thereof is excessive, the board shall dismiss the proceedings.  [S13, §1989-a5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7447; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.27]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.21  2013 Acts, ch 90, §140  Referred to in §468.13
IA Code § 468.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.22 - Establishment — further investigation.

468.22 Establishment — further investigation.   1. a. If the board shall find that such petition complies with the requirements of law in form and substance, and that such improvement would be conducive to the public health, convenience, welfare, benefit, or utility, and that the cost thereof is not excessive, and no claim shall have been filed for damages, the board may locate and establish the said district in accordance with the recommendation of the engineer and the report and plans on file.   b. The board may refuse to establish the proposed district if it deem best, or it may direct the engineer or another one employed for that purpose to make further examinations, surveys, plats, profiles, and reports for the modification of said plans, or for new plans in accordance with sections 468.11 and 468.12, and continue further hearing to a fixed date. All parties over whom the board then has jurisdiction shall take notice of such further hearing; but any new parties rendered necessary by any modification or change of plans shall be served with notice in the same manner as for the original establishment of a district.   2. The county auditor shall appoint three appraisers as provided for in section 468.24 to assess the value of the right-of-way required for open ditches or other improvements.  [S13, §1989-a5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7448; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.28]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.22  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §252  Referred to in §468.13  Section amended
IA Code § 468.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.23 - Settling basins — purchase or lease of lands.

468.23 Settling basins — purchase or lease of lands.   If a settling basin or basins are provided as a part of a drainage improvement, the board of supervisors may buy or lease the necessary lands in lieu of condemning said lands. The board may by purchase acquire the necessary lands required for right-of-way for open ditches or other improvements in lieu of condemning said lands.  [C27, 31, 35, §7448-a1; C39, §7448.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.29]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.23
IA Code § 468.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.24 - Appraisers.

468.24 Appraisers.   If the board shall find that such improvement will materially benefit said lands, will be conducive to the public health, convenience, welfare, benefit, or utility, and that the law has been complied with as to form and substance of the petition, the service of notice, and the survey and report of the engineer, and that said improvement should be made, then if any claims for damages shall have been filed, further proceedings shall be continued to an adjourned, regular, or special session, the date of which shall be fixed at the time of adjournment, and of which all interested parties shall take notice, and the auditor shall appoint three appraisers to assess damages, one of whom shall be an engineer, and two freeholders of the county who shall not be interested in nor related to any person interested in the proposed improvement, and the said appraisers shall take and subscribe an oath to examine the said premises, ascertain and impartially assess all damages according to their best judgment, skill, and ability.  [S13, §1989-a5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.30]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.24  Referred to in §468.22, 468.210
IA Code § 468.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.25 - Assessment — report — adjournment — other appraisers.

468.25 Assessment — report — adjournment — other appraisers.   The appraisers appointed to assess damages shall view the premises and determine and fix the amount of damages to which each claimant is entitled, and shall place a separate valuation upon the acreage of each owner taken for right-of-way for open ditches or for settling basins, as shown by plat of engineer, and shall, at least five days before the date fixed by the board to hear and determine the same, file with the county auditor reports in writing, showing the amount of damage sustained by each claimant. Should the report not be filed in time, or should any good cause for delay exist, the board may postpone the time of final action on the subject, and, if necessary, the auditor may appoint other appraisers.  [S13, §1989-a6; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7450; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.31]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.25
IA Code § 468.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.26 - Award by board.

468.26 Award by board.   At the time fixed for hearing and after the filing of the report of the appraisers, the board shall examine said report, and may hear evidence thereon, both for and against each claim for damages and compensation, and shall determine the amount of damages and compensation due each claimant, and may affirm, increase, or diminish the amount awarded by the appraisers.  [S13, §1989-a6; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7451; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.32]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.26  Referred to in §468.210
IA Code § 468.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.27 - Dismissal or establishment — permanent easement.

468.27 Dismissal or establishment — permanent easement.   1. The board shall at the meeting, or at an adjourned session of the meeting, consider the costs of construction of the improvement as shown by the reports of the engineer and the amount of damages and compensation awarded to all claimants. If, in the board’s opinion, the costs of construction and amount of damages awarded create a greater burden than should justly be borne by the lands benefited by the improvement, the board shall then dismiss the petition and assess the costs and expenses to the petitioners and their sureties. However, if the board finds that the cost and expense is not a greater burden than should be justly borne by the land benefited by the improvement, then the board shall finally and permanently locate and establish the district and improvement.   2. Following the establishment of the district, the drainage district is deemed to have acquired by permanent easement all rights-of-way for drainage district ditches, tile lines, settling basins and other improvements, unless the rights-of-way are acquired by fee simple, in the dimensions shown on the survey and report made in compliance with sections 468.11 and 468.12 or as shown on the permanent survey, plat, and profile, if one is made. Upon the establishment of the district, the petitioners shall file with the county auditor the survey and report or permanent survey, plat, and profile, as set forth in sections 468.172 and 468.173. This filing constitutes constructive notice to all persons of the rights conferred by this section. The permanent easement includes the right of ingress and egress across adjoining land and the right of access for maintenance, repair, improvement, and inspection. The owner or lessee shall be reimbursed for any crop damages incurred in the maintenance, repair, improvement, and inspection except within the right-of-way of the drainage district.  [S13, §1989-a6; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7452; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.33]  85 Acts, ch 163, §1; 87 Acts, ch 42, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.27  91 Acts, ch 80, §1; 91 Acts, ch 191, §121; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §96; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §152
IA Code § 468.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.28 - Dismissal on remonstrance.

468.28 Dismissal on remonstrance.   If, at or before the time set for final hearing as to the establishment of a proposed levee, drainage, or improvement district, except subdrainage district, there shall have been filed with the county auditor, or auditors, in case the district extends into more than one county, a remonstrance signed by a majority of the landowners in the district, and these remonstrants must in the aggregate own seventy percent or more of the lands to be assessed for benefits or taxed for said improvements, remonstrating against the establishment of said 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 said 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.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7453; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.34]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.28  Referred to in §468.119