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Iowa Code § 468.1 (2026)

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The board of supervisors of any county shall have jurisdiction, power, and authority at any regular, special, or adjourned session, to establish a drainage district or districts, and to locate and establish levees, and cause to be constructed as hereinafter provided any levee, ditch, drain, or watercourse, or settling basins in connection therewith, or to straighten, widen, deepen, or change any natural watercourse, in such county, whenever the same will be of public utility or conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare. [C73, §1207; C97, §1939; S13, §1989-a1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7421; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.1] 89 Acts, ch 126, §2 CS89, §468.1

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: Bd. of Water Works Trs. of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, as Tr. of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, & Calhoun Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. of Drainage Districts 2 & 51 & Buena Vista Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. of Drainage Districts 19, 890 N.W.2d 50 (Iowa 2017).

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Bd. of Water Works Trs. of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, as Tr. of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, & Calhoun Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. of Drainage Districts 2 & 51 & Buena Vista Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. of Drainage Districts 19, 890 N.W.2d 50 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 468.1 . 48 Iowa Code section 468.”

Hardin Cnty. Drainage Dist. 55, Div. 3, Lateral 10 v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 826 N.W.2d 507 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 3× “2d 431, 435 (Iowa 1994) (citing Iowa Code § 468.1 ). Once a drainage improvement has been installed, it will eventually need to be repaired.”

Hicks v. Franklin Cnty. Auditor, 514 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 468.1 . The legislature has declared that “drainage of surface waters from agricultural lands and all other lands or the protection of such lands from overflow shall be presumed to be a public benefit.”

Chicago & North W. Transp. Co. v. Webster Cnty. Bd. of Supervisorsors, 880 F. Supp. 1290 (N.D. Iowa 1995). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 468.1 . Iowa Code § 468.109 provides for the appropriate notice from the board requiring construction of drainage system improvements that cross railroad rights-of-way: Whenever the board of supervisors shall have established any levee, or drainage district, or…”

Chicago Cent. & Pac. R.R. Co. v. Calhoun Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, Acting as Tr. for the Drainage Dist. No. 86, 816 N.W.2d 367 (Iowa 2012). “§ 468.1. The following passage provides a general overview of drainage districts in Iowa: A drainage district is an area of land, set out by legal proceedings, which is subject to assessment for drainage improvements within the area.”

Chicago & North W. Transp. Co. v. Webster Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 71 F.3d 265 (8th Cir. 1995). “Iowa Code § 468.1 (1990). If a drainage district ditch crosses a railroad’s right-of-way, the board can direct the railroad to construct, at the railroad’s expense, necessary improvements to its roadbed.”

Bd. of Water Works Trs. of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, as Tr. of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, & Calhoun Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. of Drainage Districts 2 & 51 & Buena Vista Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. of Drainage Districts 19 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 468.1 . 48 Iowa Code section 468.”

Amended April 11, 2017 Bd. of Water Works Trs. of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, as Tr. of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, & Calhoun Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. of Drainage Districts 2 & 51 & Buena Vista Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors as Jt. Trs. (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 468.1 . 48 Iowa Code section 468.”

Marabelle Ann 'Le' Abbas; Marabelle Abbas Trust; Matthew Abbas; Harland Duane Abbas Trust; Patricia F. Hanson; Patricia Hanson; Ten-K Farms, Inc; Bruce C. Reid; Lynette Meyer & Roy & Neva Stover Trust v. Franklin Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, Mike Nolte, Gary McVicker, & Chris Vanness as Trs. of Drainage Dist. No. 28 (Iowa 2025). · cites it 2× “2 (1989))); see also Iowa Code § 468.1 (2017) (authorizing a county board of supervisors “to establish a drainage district or districts .”

State of Iowa, ex rel. Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6 Bd. of Trs., Rober (Iowa 2026). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 468.1 . And, at least initially, those boards of supervisors manage the districts.”

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