Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 468.6 (2026)

Number of petitioners required

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Two or more owners of lands named in the petition described in section 468.8, may file in the office of the county auditor a petition for the establishment of a levee or drainage district, including a district which involves only the straightening of a creek or river. If the district described in the petition is a subdistrict, one or more owners of land affected by the proposed improvement may petition for such district. [S13, §1989-a2, -a23; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7427, 7428; C46, §455.7, 455.8; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.7] 89 Acts, ch 126, §2 CS89, §468.6

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2026 · 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 § 468.6 . The affairs of the drainage district are then managed by the county board of supervisors in a representative capacity.”

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). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 468.6 . The board of supervisors then appoints an engineer who must survey the land to be contained in the proposed district and file a report with the board proposing a plan for the district.”

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 § 468.6 . The affairs of the drainage district are then managed by the county board of supervisors in a representative capacity.”

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 § 468.6 . The affairs of the drainage district are then managed by the county board of supervisors in a representative capacity.”

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). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 468.6 and .8. The county board of supervisors then must, at its next session, examine and find the filed petition “sufficient in form and substance.”

State of Iowa, ex rel. Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Honey Creek Drainage Dist. No. 6 Bd. of Trs., Rober (Iowa 2026). “§§ 468.6–.8, initial establishment of districts, id.”

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