Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 306.8 (2026)

Transfer of jurisdiction

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1. Prior to a change in jurisdiction of a road or street, the unit of government having jurisdiction shall either place the road or street and any structures on the road or street in good repair or provide for the transfer of money to the appropriate jurisdiction in an amount sufficient for the repairs to the road or street and any structures on the road or street.

2. Transfers of the jurisdiction and control of roads and streets may take place if agreements are entered into between the jurisdictions of government involved in the transfer of such roads and streets. [C71, §306.8; C73, 75, 77, §306.8, 313.2; C79, 81, §306.8] 98 Acts, ch 1075, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127 Referred to in §306.8A \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1958–1968 · leading case: Braden v. Bd. of Supervisors of Pottawattamie Co., 157 N.W.2d 123 (Iowa 1968).

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Braden v. Bd. of Supervisors of Pottawattamie Co., 157 N.W.2d 123 (Iowa 1968). · cites it 8× “8, Code, 1966, provides in part: "Any person owning land abutting on a road which it is proposed to vacate and close, shall have the right to file, in writing, a claim for damages at any time on or before the date fixed for hearing." And section 306.”

Warren v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 93 N.W.2d 60 (Iowa 1958). · cites it 2× “Section 306.8 provides for objections to the proposed procedure, and also contains this language: “Any person owning land abutting on a road which it is proposed to vacate and close, shall have the right to file, in writing, a claim for damages at any time on or before the date…”

Christensen v. Bd. of Supervisors of Woodbury Co., 105 N.W.2d 102 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 3× “It is not suggested they were not entitled under the Code, § 306.8, I.C.A. to file such objections and claim for damages.”

Hinrichs v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 152 N.W.2d 248 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 2× “Section 306.8 provides the commission or any interested person may appear and be heard at any such meeting as that with which we are here concerned.”

Braden v. Bd. of Supervisors, 157 N.W.2d 123 (Iowa 1968). · cites it 4× “10, states, inter alia: “Said commission or board may dismiss the proceedings, or it may vacate and close such road, part thereof, or crossing, in which event it shall determine and state in the order the amount of the damages allowed to each claimant.”

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