Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 468.43 (2026)

Public highways and state-owned lands

✓ current as of July 2026

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1. When any public highway or other public land extends into or through a levee or drainage district, the commissioners to assess benefits shall ascertain and return in their report the amount of benefits and the apportionment of costs and expenses to such highway or other public land, and the board of supervisors shall assess the same against such highway and land.

2. Such assessments against primary highways and other state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the state department of transportation shall be paid by the state department from the primary road fund on due certification of the amount by the county treasurer to the department, and against all secondary roads and other county owned lands under the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors, from county funds.

3. When state-owned land under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources is situated within a levee or drainage district, the commissioners assessing benefits shall ascertain and return in their report the amount of benefits and the apportionment of costs and expenses to the land, and the board of supervisors shall assess the amount against the land. In estimating benefits to land which is a state-owned lake or state-owned wetland, the commissioners shall ascertain benefits as provided in section 468.40.

4. The assessments against lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural\n\nTue Dec 09 22:08:55 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 468 (83, 1) 21 LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS, §468.46\n\nresources shall be paid as an expense from the appropriations addressed in section 7D.29, if authorized by the executive council upon certification of the amount by the county treasurer. [S13, §1989-a19, -a26; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7470; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.50] 83 Acts, ch 123, §183, 209; 85 Acts, ch 267, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1008, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2 CS89, §468.43 97 Acts, ch 194, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 59, §3, 4; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §36, 158 Referred to in §331.429, 468.8, 468.13, 468.65, 468.184 \n

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2026–2026 · leading case: State of Iowa, ex rel. Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6 Bd. of Trs., Robert D. Hansen, Mason J. Hansen, & Richard J. Hansen in their capacities as members of the Bd. of Trs. of Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6, Pigeon Creek Drainage Dist. No. 2 (Iowa 2026).

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State of Iowa, ex rel. Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6 Bd. of Trs., Robert D. Hansen, Mason J. Hansen, & Richard J. Hansen in their capacities as members of the Bd. of Trs. of Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6, Pigeon Creek Drainage Dist. No. 2 (Iowa 2026). · cites it 8× “These assessments are expressly authorized by Iowa Code section 468.43(1), which provides: When any public highway .”

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State of Iowa, ex rel. Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6 Bd. of Trs., Robert D. Hansen, Mason J. Hansen, & Richard J. Hansen in their capacities as members of the Bd. of Trs. of Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6, Pigeon Creek Drainage Dist. No. 2 (Iowa 2026). “These assessments are expressly authorized by Iowa Code section 468.43(1), which provides: When any public highway .”

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