42-2901 Corporate Powers of Drainage Districts
42-2902 Appropriation of Water Available for Irrigation Purposes
42-2903 Appropriation of Irrigation Waters — Assessments for Expenses
42-2904 Municipality May Act as Drainage District
42-2905 Petition for Organization
42-2906 Petition — Bond — Condition for Withdrawal of Names
42-2907 Action On Petition — Notice of Hearing
42-2908 Hearing — Objections — Findings
42-2909 Decree
42-2910 Appointment of Drainage Commissioners — Qualification — Bond — Oath — Organization of Board
42-2911 Officers — Meetings
42-2912 Vacancies
42-2913 Compensation
42-2914 Examination of Lands — Report of Commissioners — Apportionment and Reapportionment of Benefits and Damages
42-2915 Assessment of Benefits Against High Lands
42-2916 Duties of Engineers and Surveyors — Preliminary Survey
42-2917 Changes in Original Plans
42-2918 Alteration of Boundaries
42-2919 Report of Intention to Do Work — Notice of Hearing On Confirmation
42-2920 Objections
42-2921 Hearing On Confirmation
42-2922 Findings and Decree
42-2923 Supplemental Report
42-2924 Appeals
42-2925 Procedure On Dismissal of Proceedings
42-2926 Procedure for Payment of Damages Awarded — Determination of Conflicting Claims
42-2927 Lands of State and Its Subdivisions
42-2928 Lands of State and Its Subdivisions — Assessment
42-2929 Subsequent Assessment of Public Lands
42-2930 Additional Levy — Notice
42-2931 Additional Construction Work and Assessments
42-2932 Fees for Service of Process
42-2933 District Court May Enforce Chapter
42-2934 Assessments — When Incontestable
42-2935 Assessment Roll
42-2936 Assessments Entered as Tax Liens — Installments
42-2937 Assessment to Pay Judgment of Dismissal
42-2938 Construction and Maintenance of Drainage Works — Executive Powers of Commissioners
42-2939 General Powers of District
42-2940 Construction of Works — Contracts
42-2941 Contractors’ Bonds
42-2942 Commencement and Progress of Work
42-2943 Change of Plans — Procedure in District Court
42-2944 Payments to Contractors
42-2945 Connections by Private Drains — Costs
42-2946 Connection of District With Lower District — Costs
42-2947 Use of Natural Watercourses and Previously Constructed Works
42-2948 Construction of Dikes Along Public Roads
42-2949 Payments of Claims — Option for Deposit and Disbursement of Funds — Issuance of Checks or Warrants — Investment of Funds
42-2950 Warrants — Payment — Interest
42-2951 Legalization of Warrants Issued Under Former Act
42-2952 Bonds Authorized
42-2953 Funding Bonds
42-2954 Form of Bonds — Interest — Maturities
42-2955 Exchange of Bonds for Warrants
42-2956 Levy for Sinking Fund
42-2957 Calling of Bonds
42-2958 Levy for Interest
42-2959 Registration of Bonds
42-2960 Maintenance of System — District Not to Be Operated for Profit
42-2961 Apportionment of Cost of Maintenance
42-2962 Levy of and Limitation On Assessments
42-2963 Validation of Warrants Heretofore Issued
42-2964 Interpretation of Law
42-2965 Payment of Assessments
42-2966 Interested Persons — Right of Examination
42-2967 Interested Persons — Right to Demand Statement Showing Amount of Lien and Total Payments — Form
42-2968 Right of Action by Interested Persons for Accounting
42-2969 Access to Records by Interested Persons for Preparation of Action for Trial
42-2970 Method of Procedure in Actions by Interested Persons
42-2971 Payment of Annual or Delinquent Assessments or Unpaid Liens With Bonds, Matured Interest Coupons, Warrants or Cash
42-2972 Release of Lands From Further Liability Upon Full Payment
42-2973 Form of Release and Discharge
42-2974 Filing and Recording of Release and Discharge — Effect
42-2975 Cancellation of Bonds and Warrants Upon Delivery
42-2976 Payment of Bonds After Default
42-2977 Pro Rata Payment of Interest and Bonds
42-2978 Redemption of Lands From Lien for Unpaid Assessments
42-2979 Sale of Personal Property — Procedure
42-2979A Trade-In or Exchange of District Property
42-2980 Dissolution of Drainage District
42-2981 Certain Public and Private Lands Liable for Costs and Expense of Drainage — Collection of Drainage Charges
42-2982 Consolidation of Districts

Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 42 > Chapter 29 - Drainage Districts

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  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
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  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Municipality: means a city incorporated under section 50-102, Idaho Code, a county, or the state of Idaho acting through a department or institution. See Idaho Code 42-202B
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
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  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.