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Iowa Code § 414.15 (2026)

Petition for certiorari

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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 municipality, 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. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6466; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §414.15] Referred to in §329.12, 414.19

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Cited in 21 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: Paul J. Burroughs, Kenneth Burroughs, Terri Spinner, David Spinner, Sean Harvey, & Ty Harvey v. The City Of Davenport Zoning Bd. Of Adjustment, The City Of Davenport, Iowa, An Iowa Mun. Corp., & MZ Annie-Ru Daycare Ctr., An Iowa Ltd. Liab. Co., 912 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 2018).
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Paul J. Burroughs, Kenneth Burroughs, Terri Spinner, David Spinner, Sean Harvey, & Ty Harvey v. The City Of Davenport Zoning Bd. Of Adjustment, The City Of Davenport, Iowa, An Iowa Mun. Corp., & MZ Annie-Ru Daycare Ctr., An Iowa Ltd. Liab. Co., 912 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 27× “” Iowa Code § 414.15 (2015). We conclude that the thirty-day period is triggered when the board posts the decision on its public website.”
City of Johnston v. Christenson, 718 N.W.2d 290 (Iowa 2006). · cites it 3× “Iowa Code § 414.15 (2001). As a general rule of law, “a party [who] has a statutory right of appeal from a decision of an administrative agency, .”
James Hunter v. Page Cnty., Iowa, 102 F.4th 853 (8th Cir. 2024). “See Iowa Code § 414.15 (affording persons aggrieved by board of adjustment decisions 30 days to petition for judicial review in state court).”
Molo Oil Co. v. the City of Dubuque, 692 N.W.2d 686 (Iowa 2005). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 414.15 . Another provision of the general zoning ordinance allows a person to seek a variance to the PUD ordinance from the board of adjustment.”
Bontrager Auto Serv., Inc. v. Iowa City Bd. of Adjustment, 748 N.W.2d 483 (Iowa 2008). “Iowa Code § 414.15 (stating petition must “specify! ] the grounds of the illegality” of the board’s decision).”
Baker v. Bd. of Adj., City of Johnston, 671 N.W.2d 405 (Iowa 2003). “Iowa Code § 414.15 . Once the 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.”
Riley v. Boxa, 542 N.W.2d 519 (Iowa 1996). “” Iowa Code § 414.15 . Riley urges the use of the word “may” rather than “shall” in section 414.”
United States Cellular Corp. v. Bd. of Adjustment, 589 N.W.2d 712 (Iowa 1999). “See Iowa Code § 414.15 (1995) (allowing persons aggrieved by a decision of the board of adjustment to challenge the decision in the district court by filing a petition pointing out the illegality in the board’s decision).”
Shors v. Johnson, 581 N.W.2d 648 (Iowa 1998). “See Iowa Code § 414.15 .) We must decide whether an appeal to the board of adjustment is an adequate remedy and whether section 414.”
James W. Palensky & Teresa A. Scheib-Palensky, as Trs. of the Palensky 1998 Trust dated February 25, 1998 v. Story Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “Iowa Code § 414.15 (2017). A petitioner has thirty days from the date a board decision is filed, or from the date a party has actual knowledge or is chargeable with knowledge of a board decision to petition for writ of certiorari.”
Craig F. Graziano v. Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Des Moines (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 414.15 (2015). Just over a month later, on February 5, 2016, Graziano filed an “application for stay of the [b]oard’s decision,” under either Iowa Code section 414.”
Ebiza, Inc. v. City of Davenport, 434 F. Supp. 2d 710 (S.D. Iowa 2006). · cites it 3× “See Iowa Code § 414.15 (permitting a person “aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment .”
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