Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 306C.12 (2026)

None visible from highway

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An advertising device shall not be constructed or reconstructed beyond the adjacent area in unincorporated areas of the state if it is visible from the main-traveled way of any primary highway. Any advertising device permitted beyond an adjacent area in unincorporated areas of the state shall be subject to the applicable permit provisions of section 306C.18. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.12] 2006 Acts, ch 1068, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1123, §8; 2021 Acts, ch 39, §10

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Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2018 · leading case: Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Nebraska-Iowa Supply Co., 272 N.W.2d 6 (Iowa 1978).

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Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Nebraska-Iowa Supply Co., 272 N.W.2d 6 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 12× “" Section 306C.12 makes clear the applicability of the permit requirement to the signs which are involved in this case: " * * * An advertising device shall not be constructed or reconstructed beyond the adjacent area in unincorporated areas of the state if it is visible from the…”

Meredith Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., Off. of Right of Way, 648 N.W.2d 109 (Iowa 2002). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 306C.12; id. § 306C.18(2); Iowa Admin.”

City of Des Moines v. Iowa Dep't of Transp. & Iowa Transp. Comm'n, 911 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 2× “We noted in Meredith Outdoor Advertising that Iowa Code section 306C.12 generally prohibited the signs in question.”

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