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Iowa Code § 335.18 (2026)

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Any person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment under the provisions of this chapter, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the county, may present to a court of record a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such decision is illegal, in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of the illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358A.18] C93, §335.18 Referred to in §329.12, 335.19, 335.22

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Paul J. Burroughs v. City Of Davenport Zoning Bd. Of Adjustment, 912 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 2018).
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Paul J. Burroughs v. City Of Davenport Zoning Bd. Of Adjustment, 912 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 2× “at 320 ; see also Iowa Code § 335.18 (2015) (similarly requiring the petition to be presented to the court “within thirty days after the filing of the decision of the board”).”
Kay v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, 504 F.3d 803 (9th Cir. 2007). “Code § 36-7-4-1003 (30 days); Iowa Code § 335.18 (30 days); Kan. Stat. Ann.”
Holding v. Franklin Cnty. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 565 N.W.2d 318 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 335.18 (emphasis added). Because the board's resolutions are public records, Iowa Code chapter 22 (public right to examine public records) is implicated.”
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Dallas Cnty., 675 N.W.2d 544 (Iowa 2004). “Iowa Code § 335.18 . Once such petition is presented, “the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review such decision of the board of adjustment and shall prescribe therein the time within which a return thereto must be made.”
Ackman v. Bd. of Adj. for Black Hawk Cty., 596 N.W.2d 96 (Iowa 1999). “See Iowa Code § 335.18 (allowing persons aggrieved by board of adjustment ruling to challenge alleged illegality in the decision).”
Ackman v. Bd. of Adjustment, 596 N.W.2d 96 (Iowa 1999). “See Iowa Code § 335.18 (allowing persons aggrieved by board of adjustment ruling to challenge alleged illegality in the decision).”
IA Coal Mining Co. v. Monroe Cnty., 257 F.3d 846 (8th Cir. 2001). · cites it 3× “The County Board of Supervisors denied the request and Iowa Coal filed a state-court action against the County for certiorari review and declaratory judgment, under Iowa Code § 335.18 , 3 claiming that Ordinance No.”
1000 Friends of Iowa v. Polk Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 19 N.W.3d 290 (Iowa 2025). · cites it 8× “Soon after, a nonprofit entity named 1000 Friends of Iowa and five individual landowners claiming to live near the Geisler farm sued the board to challenge the rezoning decision under Iowa Code § 335.18 (2023). 1000 Friends of Iowa bills itself as a “statewide, membership-based…”
John Barton Goplerud v. Dallas Cnty., No. 18-0784 (Iowa Ct. App. June 19, 2019). · cites it 6× “Therefore, Plaintiffs are authorized by Iowa Code § 335.18 [(2017)] to present the present Petition to the court.”
Steve Gustafson v. Bd. of Adjustment of Buena Vista Cnty., No. 17-1665 (Iowa Ct. App. Sept. 12, 2018). “Iowa Code § 335.18 . “We review the record to determine whether the trial court applied the correct legal standards and whether its decision is supported by substantial evidence.”
Kay v. Rancho Palos Verdes, No. 05-56149 (9th Cir. Sept. 21, 2007). “Code § 36-7-4-1003 (30 days); Iowa Code § 335.18 (30 days); Kan. Stat. Ann.”
Bontrager Auto Serv., Inc. Skay Auto. Serv., Inc. Brian K. Decoster Rogers Rental, LLC Marlys Breese The Breese Co. Inc. Gregg R. Redlin Eugene F. Fisher Erin K. Fisher Edward I. Schmucker K & G Michael A. Mcniel, Todd Davis, Carmen Davis, Sand Road Investors Keith L. Miller Debra S. Miller Paul M. Kennedy, Jr. Mary Frances Kennedy William B. Kron, Jr. & Derrold M. Foster, Appel, No. 22 / 05–1064 (Iowa Mar. 7, 2008). “) Although one could argue based on a reading of the court’s entire discussion of this issue that the court reweighed the evidence, we need not determine whether the trial court found the facts anew, as this question does not affect our ultimate resolution of this appeal.”
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