Terms Used In Iowa Code 357.33

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, company, association or joint stock association, trust, or other legal entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof, but does not include a governmental body. See Iowa Code 362.2
 Any person aggrieved may appeal from any final action of the board of supervisors in relation to any matter involving the person’s rights to the district court of the county in which the district is located. The procedure in such appeals shall be governed by the provisions of sections 468.84 through 468.98 provided that whenever in those sections the words “drainage district” occur, the words “benefited water district” shall be substituted.