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Iowa Code § 306.2 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: \n Tue Dec 09 22:16:59 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 306 (36, 0) §306.2, ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS 2\n\n 1. “Agency” means any governmental body which exercises jurisdiction over any road as provided in section 306.4.

2. “Book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

3. “Department” means the state department of transportation. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §306.2] 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §200, 201 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1973–2017 · leading case: Tunis E. Den Hartog, Shirley Ann Schweertman, Leonard G. Lybbert, Mary Ellen Molinaro, William James Robert, & Mark D. Fisher v. City of Waterloo, Iowa, 891 N.W.2d 430 (Iowa 2017).
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Tunis E. Den Hartog, Shirley Ann Schweertman, Leonard G. Lybbert, Mary Ellen Molinaro, William James Robert, & Mark D. Fisher v. City of Waterloo, Iowa, 891 N.W.2d 430 (Iowa 2017). “See Iowa Code § 306.2 (3). Any "agency,” on the other hand, may sell the land for *437 cash.”
Den Hartog v. City of Waterloo, 847 N.W.2d 459 (Iowa 2014). “” Iowa Code § 306.2 (1) (2013). . The parties agree “right-of-way" in this context refers to the entire "area of land” reserved "for roadway purposes,” and agree the area denoted here is coextensive with the area denoted by the word "road” in section 306.”
Cahill v. Cedar Cnty., Iowa, 367 F. Supp. 39 (N.D. Iowa 1973). “The secondary road system is subdivided into farm-to-market roads and local secondary roads, and jurisdiction over this system is reposed by § 306.”
Amended May 3, 2017 Tunis E. Den Hartog, Shirley Ann Schweertman, Leonard G. Lybbert, Mary Ellen Molinaro, William James Robert, & Mark D. Fisher v. City of Waterloo, Iowa (Iowa 2017). “The “person who owned the land” at the time it was acquired would also be the “present 1It appears only the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) may sell the land on an installment contract. Section 306.”
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 § 306.2 (1) (2013). 5 the opportunity “to be heard and make offers within sixty days of the date the notice is mailed,” and any offer equaling or exceeding the others and exceeding fair market value must “be given preference by the agency.”
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