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Iowa Code § 306.14 (2026)

Objections — claims for damages

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The department, the board of supervisors, or the agency in control of affected state lands and any interested person, may appear and be heard at the hearing. Any person owning land abutting on a road proposed to be vacated and closed, shall have the right to file, in writing, a claim for damages at any time on or before the date fixed for hearing. However, for purposes of this chapter, if an occupied homestead is not located on the abutting land and if the vacating and closing of the road will not landlock the abutting land, a person shall not have a right to claim damages. [C31, 35, §4755-d6; C39, §4755.41; C46, 50, §313.50; C54, 58, 62, 66, §306.8; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306.14] 94 Acts, ch 1013, §2 Referred to in §306A.6

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–1986 · leading case: Mulkins v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Page Cnty., 374 N.W.2d 410 (Iowa 1985).
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Mulkins v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Page Cnty., 374 N.W.2d 410 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “In Mulkins I, however, we pointed out we were not then confronted with “a claim for damages resulting from vacating the road, which may be asserted under Iowa Code § 306.14 .” Id. at 262 . That time now has arrived.”
Mulkins v. Bd. of Supervisors of Page Cnty., 330 N.W.2d 258 (Iowa 1983). “This is not a claim for damages resulting from vacating the road, which may be asserted under Iowa Code § 306.14 . It is a claim for damages suffered because the county refused to rebuild a bridge as required by section 455.”
Neylan v. Clayton Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 390 N.W.2d 611 (Iowa Ct. App. 1986). “They contend that all that need be shown is that they are “affected property owners”. We disagree with this interpretation of the law.”
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