{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-468.337","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 468.337","heading":"Initiation without petition.","body":"When the board of supervisors determines on its own action to proceed to the establishment of a highway drainage district, it shall do so by the adoption of a resolution of necessity to be placed upon its records, in which it shall describe in a general way the portion of any highway or highways to be included in such district, together with the description of abutting or adjacent land and railroad rights-of-way to be included in such district and made subject to assessment for such improvement.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS","Subchapter II - JURISDICTIONS","Part 4 - HIGHWAY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/468.337.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"06e288398ff20512480bf63d127b0d864ad8dab6b4040dd7689ffd7bbc765921","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-468.336","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-468.338"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}