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Iowa Code § 368.22 (2026)

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1. a. A city or a resident or property owner in the territory or city involved may appeal a decision of the board or a committee, or the legality of an election, to the district court of a county which contains a portion of any city or territory involved.

b. Appeal must be filed within thirty days of the filing of a decision or the publication of notice of the result of an election.

c. Appeal of an approval of a petition or plan does not stay the election.

2. The judicial review provisions of this section and chapter 17A shall be the exclusive means by which a person or party who is aggrieved or adversely affected by agency action may seek judicial review of that agency action. The court’s review on appeal of a decision is limited to questions relating to jurisdiction, regularity of proceedings, and whether the decision appealed from is arbitrary, unreasonable, or without substantial supporting evidence. The court may reverse and remand a decision of the board or a committee, with appropriate directions.\n\nTue Dec 09 22:13:46 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 368 (31, 1) 13 CITY DEVELOPMENT, §368.25A\n\n 3. The following portions of section 17A.19 are not applicable to this chapter:

a. The part of subsection 2 which relates to where proceedings for judicial review shall be instituted.

b. Subsection 5.

c. Subsection 8.

d. Subsection 9.

e. Subsection 10.

f. Subsection 11. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.22] 98 Acts, ch 1202, §40, 46; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §150 Referred to in §368.3, 368.20 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: City of Des Moines v. City Dev. Bd. of the State, 633 N.W.2d 305 (Iowa 2001).
City of Des Moines v. City Dev. Bd. of the State, 633 N.W.2d 305 (Iowa 2001). · cites it 28× “§ 368.22. In particular, section 368.22 allows a city, resident, or property owner to “appeal a decision of the board or a committee .”
City of Waukee v. City Dev. Bd., 514 N.W.2d 83 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 14× “Iowa Code § 368.22 . We strictly construe statutes delineating a court’s appellate jurisdiction with regard to administrative appeals.”
Dunn v. City Dev. Bd. of Iowa, 623 N.W.2d 820 (Iowa 2001). · cites it 17× “To determine whether the appeal to the district court was proper, we look to the provisions of Iowa Code sections 368.22 and 17A.19. Under Iowa Code section 17A.”
Concerned Citizens of Se. Polk Sch. Dist. & Jessman Smith v. City Dev. Bd. of the State of Iowa, 872 N.W.2d 399 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 368.22 (2). For the foregoing reasons, I respectfully dissent.”
City of Waukee v. City Dev. Bd., 590 N.W.2d 712 (Iowa 1999). · cites it 6× “” Iowa Code § 368.22 . Section 368.22 limits our review to questions “relating to jurisdiction, regularity of proceedings, and whether the decision appealed from is arbitrary, unreasonable, or without substantial supporting evidence.”
Budde v. City Dev. Bd., 276 N.W.2d 846 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 6× “Chapter 368 governed the proceedings in this annexation case and the actions of the Board and Committee; however, we believe chapter 17A, the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act, prevailed over § 368.22 as the exclusive method of judicial review in this case.”
Neumeister v. City Dev. Bd., 291 N.W.2d 11 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 4× “Section 368.22, The Code 1975 (although later amended by 1978 Session, 67th G.”
Gorman v. City Dev. Bd., 565 N.W.2d 607 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 8× “See Iowa Code § 368.22 ; City of Waukee v. City Dev.”
Maghee v. State, 773 N.W.2d 228 (Iowa 2009). · cites it 2× “at 310 (citing Iowa Code § 368.22 (1997)). In concluding chapter 368 controlled, this court relied on the principle that, when two pertinent statutes cannot be harmonized, the court will apply the statute that *240 deals with the subject “in a more definite and minute way,” as…”
Dickinson Cnty. v. City Dev. Comm., 521 N.W.2d 466 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 6× “See Iowa Code § 368.22 . The district *468 court consolidated the petitions and later affirmed the committee’s decision.”
City of Des Moines v. City Dev. Bd., 335 N.W.2d 449 (Iowa Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 7× “Our scope of review is limited under Iowa Code §§ 368.22 and 17A.19-.20 (1979).”
Pruss v. Cedar Rapids/Hiawatha Annexation Special Local Comm., 687 N.W.2d 275 (Iowa 2004). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 368.22 . Iowa Code chapter 17A, the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act, generally limits review, with certain enumerated exceptions we need not discuss here.”
— Iowa Code § 368.22(1) — 1 case
— Iowa Code § 368.22(2) — 2 cases
Marek v. Johnson (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
— Iowa Code § 368.22(3) — 2 cases
Marek v. Johnson (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
— Iowa Code § 368.22(3)(a) — 1 case
Marek v. Johnson (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
— Iowa Code § 368.22(3)(e) — 2 cases
Marek v. Johnson (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
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