384.50 Notice of hearing.
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1. The clerk shall publish notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing once each week for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided by section 362.3.
2. The notice must be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
Notice is given that there is now on file for public inspection in
the office of the clerk of ...................., Iowa, a proposed resolution
of necessity, an estimate of cost, and a plat and schedule showing
the amounts proposed to be assessed against each lot and the
valuation of each lot within a district approved by the council of
...................., Iowa, for a .................... improvement of the type(s)
and in the location(s) as follows:
The council will meet at ........ o’clock ........m., on ....................
(date), at the ...................., at which time the owners of property
subject to assessment for the proposed improvement or any other
person having an interest in the matter may appear and be heard
for or against the making of the improvement, the boundaries of
the district, the cost, the assessment against any lot, or the final
adoption of a resolution of necessity. A property owner will be
deemed to have waived all objections unless at the time of hearing
the property owner has filed objections with the clerk.
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Clerk
3. Not less than fifteen days before the hearing, the clerk shall send a copy of the notice by mail to each property owner whose property is subject to assessment for the improvement at the address as shown by the records of the county auditor. If a property is shown to be in the name of more than one owner at the same mailing address, a single notice may be mailed addressed to all owners at that address. Failure to receive a mailed notice is not a defense to the special assessment.
[C97, §810, 823, 824, 965, 971; S13, §823, 840-a, 849-c, 965, 971; SS15, §810, 840-l, -r; C24, 27, §5997, 6026, 6029, 6083, 6092, 6901, 6914; C31, 35, §5997, 6026, 6029, 6083, 6092, 6610-c9, 6610-c10, 6901, 6914; C39, §5997, 6026, 6029, 6083, 6092, 6610.21, 6610.22, 6901, 6914; C46, §391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C50, §391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 391A.10, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C54, 58, 62, §391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 391A.13, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C66, 71, 73, §390A.13, 390A.27, 390A.29, 391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 391A.13, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.50]
86 Acts, ch 1241, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §62; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §155; 2025 Acts, ch 130, §9
Referred to in §357E.11A, 384.38, 384.41, 384.55, 384.56
Subsection 1 amended