If the board shall find that such improvement will materially benefit said lands, will be
conducive to the public health, convenience, welfare, benefit, or utility, and that the law
has been complied with as to form and substance of the petition, the service of notice, and
the survey and report of the engineer, and that said improvement should be made, then if
any claims for damages shall have been filed, further proceedings shall be continued to
an adjourned, regular, or special session, the date of which shall be fixed at the time of
adjournment, and of which all interested parties shall take notice, and the auditor shall
appoint three appraisers to assess damages, one of whom shall be an engineer, and two
freeholders of the county who shall not be interested in nor related to any person interested
in the proposed improvement, and the said appraisers shall take and subscribe an oath to
examine the said premises, ascertain and impartially assess all damages according to their
best judgment, skill, and ability.
[S13, §1989-a5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§455.30]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.24
Referred to in §468.22, 468.210
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Notes of Decisions
Peterson v. Bd. of Trs. of Drainage Dist. No. 5, 625 N.W.2d 707 (Iowa 2001).
· cites it 2× “The board of trustees, acting pursuant to section 468.24, appointed an appraisal committee for purposes of determining damages to the surrounding landowners as a consequence of the drainage improvement.”
Peterson v. Bd. of Trust. Drain. DT. No. 5, 625 N.W.2d 707 (Iowa 2001).
· cites it 2× “The board of trustees, acting pursuant to section 468.24, appointed an appraisal committee for purposes of determining damages to the surrounding landowners as a consequence of the drainage improvement.”
Abbas v. Franklin Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, No. 23-0958 (Iowa Ct. App. May 22, 2024).
· cites it 2× “Pursuant to Iowa Code section 468.24 (2019), the Board appointed three appraisers (one engineer and two disinterested landowners) to assess the plaintiffs’ damages.”
Philip Naeve v. Humboldt Cnty. Drainage Dist. 126, No. 13-0929 (Iowa Ct. App. Aug. 13, 2014).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 468.24 provides once the board votes to establish the district, it shall appoint three commissioners to assess benefits and classify the lands affected by the improvement.”
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