2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303.63 - TRIAL TO COURT.

        303.63  TRIAL TO COURT.
         If upon the hearing, which shall be tried de novo, it appears to
      the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of
      the matter, it may take evidence or appoint a referee to take
      evidence as it directs and report the evidence to the court with
      findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a
      part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court
      shall be made.  The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or
      may modify the decision brought up for review.
         Costs shall not be allowed against the board unless it appears to
      the court that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with
      malice in making the decision appealed from.  

         83 Acts, ch 108, § 23
         Referred to in § 303.64