Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 468.14 (2026)

Notice of hearing

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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, 468.17, 468.17A, 468.45, 468.65, 468.126, 468.132, 468.134, 468.265

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2014 · leading case: Hicks v. Franklin Cnty. Auditor, 514 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 1994).

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Hicks v. Franklin Cnty. Auditor, 514 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 1994). “See Iowa Code §§ 468.14 -.18. Notice is required if the estimated costs of a repair or an improvement exceed a certain dollar amount or a percentage of the original cost of the improvements.”

Philip Naeve, Marilynne J. Naeve, Kyndra Naeve Walton, Camille Naeve Urban, Naeve Farm, Inc., & the Philip & Marilynne Naeve Trust v. Humboldt Cnty. Drainage Dist. 126, Humboldt Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Its Members, Harley Hett, Jerry Haverly, Harlan Hansen, John M. Christianson & Carl Mattes (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). “See Iowa Code § 468.14 . The board then must set a date for a public hearing on the petition to establish the district not less than forty days from the date of their approval of the engineer’s report.”

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