Terms Used In Iowa Code 443.11

  • 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.
 The appeal provided for in section 443.8 shall be taken within ten days from the time of the final action of the assessor or auditor, by a written notice to that effect to the assessor or auditor, and served as an original notice. The court on appeal shall hear and determine the rights of the parties in the same manner as appeals from the board of review, as prescribed in sections 441.38 and 441.43.