Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 468.500 (2026)

Trustees authorized

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

1. a. In the manner provided in this subchapter, any drainage or levee district in which the original construction has been completed and paid for by bond issue or otherwise, may be placed under the control and management of a board of trustees to be elected by the persons owning land in the district that has been assessed for benefits.

b. A drainage or levee district under the control of a city council as provided in subchapter II, part 3, may be placed under the control and management of a board of trustees by the city council following the procedures provided in subchapter II, part 2, for the county board of supervisors.

2. An overlying drainage or levee district that controls and manages improvements and rights-of-way surrendered by a board of supervisors or board of trustees of a contained district, in accordance with sections 468.256 through 468.259, shall continue to be controlled and managed by a board of trustees as provided in subchapter II, part 3. [SS15, §1989-a52a, -a61; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7674; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.1] 83 Acts, ch 163, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2 CS89, §468.500 2013 Acts, ch 86, §2, 6; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §107, 108\n\n PART 2 TRUSTEES — GENERAL PROVISIONS Referred to in §468.539 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: Sedore v. Trs. of Streeby Drainage, 525 N.W.2d 432 (Iowa Ct. App. 1994).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Sedore v. Trs. of Streeby Drainage, 525 N.W.2d 432 (Iowa Ct. App. 1994). “A hearing was held and the trial court, on its own motion, found the District could not be sued. Plaintiff appeals contending the District can be sued on this claim.”

Cook v. McNeal, 602 N.W.2d 353 (Iowa 1999). “See Iowa Code § 468.500 (authorizing landowners to elect trustees for “control and management” of the district).”

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 3× “2d 426, 428 (Iowa 1985)); see also Iowa Code § 468.500 . These trustees are “elected by the persons owning land in the district that has been assessed for benefits.”

William & Mary Goche, LLC, Global Assets, LLC, & Joseph Goche v. Kossuth Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors in their capacity as Trs. of Drainage Districts 4, 18, & 80, Roger Tjarks, Pam Wymore, Kyle Stecker, Jack Plathe, Gene Elssbecker, Galen Casey, Donnie Loss, Don McGregor, & Don Besch (Iowa 2024). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 468.500 (1)(a). According to the first amended petition, Goche owned land in drainage districts 4, 18, and 80.”

David Wyatt, Robert Swan, & Allen McGranahan v. Clay Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors & Clay Cnty. Drainage Dist. No. 37 (Iowa Ct. App. 2021). “” Iowa Code § 468.500 (1)(a). Some persons signed as individuals, but others signed in their representative capacity.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.