Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 306A.10 (2026)

Notice to relocate — costs paid

✓ current as of July 2026
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Whenever the state department of transportation, a city, or a county determines that relocation or removal of any utility facility now located in, over, along, or under any highway or street, is necessitated by the construction of a project on routes of the national system of interstate and defense highways including extensions within cities or on streets or highways resulting from interstate substitutions in a qualified metropolitan area under Tit. 23, U.S.C., the utility owning or operating the facility shall relocate or remove the facility in accordance with statutory notice. The costs of relocation or removal, including the costs of installation in a new location, shall be ascertained by the authority having jurisdiction over the project\n\nTue Dec 09 22:16:55 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 306A (33, 0) §306A.10, CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS 4\n\nor as determined in condemnation proceedings for such purposes and may be paid from participating federal aid or other funds. [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.10] 83 Acts, ch 198, §15; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §57

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1962–1990 · leading case: Chicago, Rock Island & Pac. R.R. v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 182 N.W.2d 160 (Iowa 1970).
Chicago, Rock Island & Pac. R.R. v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 182 N.W.2d 160 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 5× “It contends acquisition of a right to go over or under a railroad is exclusively controlled by section 306A.10. 1 The railroad relies on sections 478.”
Iowa Power & Light Co. v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 117 N.W.2d 425 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 18× “3 as being in conflict with chapter 489 is removed by what now appears as section 306A.10. This is a part of the Laws of the Fifty-eighth General Assembly, enacted in 1959, as chapter 205 of the Session Laws.”
Iowa Elec. Light & Power Co. v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 231 N.W.2d 597 (Iowa 1975). · cites it 6× “Sections 306A.10 through 306A.13 provide an exception to the general rule.”
State v. Iowa Pub. Serv. Co., 454 N.W.2d 585 (Iowa 1990). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 306A.10. See Barnes v. Iowa Dep’t of Transp.”
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