Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 306.11 (2026)

Hearing — place — date

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In proceeding to the vacation and closing of a road, part thereof, or railroad crossing, the agency in control of the road, or road system, shall fix a date for a hearing on the vacation and closing in the county where the road, or part thereof, or crossing, is located, and if located in more than one county, then in a county in which any part of the road or crossing is located. If the road to be vacated or changed is a secondary road located in more than one county, the boards of supervisors of the counties, acting jointly, shall fix a date for a hearing on the vacation or change in either or any of the counties where the road, or part thereof, is located. If the proposed vacation is of part of a road right-of-way held by easement and will not change the existing traveled portion of the road or deny access to the road by adjoining landowners, a hearing is not required. [C31, 35, §4755-d2, 4755-d3; C39, §4755.37, 4755.38; C46, 50, §313.46, 313.47; C54, 58, 62, 66, §306.5; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306.11] 2000 Acts, ch 1074, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §65 Referred to in §306.12, 306.13, 306A.6

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2014–2016 · leading case: Den Hartog v. City of Waterloo, 847 N.W.2d 459 (Iowa 2014).

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Den Hartog v. City of Waterloo, 847 N.W.2d 459 (Iowa 2014). “” Iowa Code § 306.11 . . We note in many scenarios a determination the tract "will not be used” will have happened at some time prior and may implicate the statutory damages hearing procedure for abutting and adjacent owners, which might in turn result in a vacation order, which…”

Phipps v. United States, 126 Fed. Cl. 674 (Fed. Cl. 2016). “See Iowa Code § 306.11 (2011) (hearing required before vacation); id.”

Tunis E. Den Hartog, Shirley Ann Schweertman, Leonard G. Lybbert, James Edward Schuman, Michael J. Mac, Mary Ellen Molinaro, William James Robert, & Mark D. Fisher v. City of Waterloo (Iowa 2014). “” Iowa Code § 306.11 . 8 an order either dismissing the proceedings, or vacating and closing the road .”

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