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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

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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 v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 890 N.W.2d 50 (Iowa 2017).
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Bd. of Water Works Trs. of the City of Des Moines v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 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, 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 v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, No. 16–0076 (Iowa Jan. 27, 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 v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, No. 16–0076 (Iowa Jan. 27, 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 v. Humboldt Cnty. Drainage Dist. 126, No. 13-0929 (Iowa Ct. App. Aug. 13, 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., 33 N.W.3d 605 (Iowa 2026). “§§ 468.6–.8, initial establishment of districts, id.”
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