Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 317.10 (2026)

Duty of owner or tenant

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Each owner and each person in the possession or control of any lands shall cut, burn, or otherwise destroy, in whatever manner may be prescribed by the board of supervisors, all noxious weeds thereon as defined in this chapter at such times in each year and in such manner as shall be prescribed in the program of weed destruction order or orders made by the board of supervisors, and shall keep said lands free from such growth of any other weeds, as shall render the streets or highways adjoining said land unsafe for public travel. [SS15, §1565-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4819; C39, §4829.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §317.10]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1950–1998 · leading case: Goodenow v. City Council of Maquoketa, 574 N.W.2d 18 (Iowa 1998).

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Goodenow v. City Council of Maquoketa, 574 N.W.2d 18 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 7× “We further reject plaintiffs’ contention that the ordinance is inconsistent or irreconcilable with Iowa Code section 317.10. Iowa Code section 317.10 is a general statute, which under plaintiffs’ view, places the burden of mowing weeds on the City, as the owner of the City’s…”

Boat v. Van Veen, 44 N.W.2d 671 (Iowa 1950). · cites it 2× “See section 317.10, I.C.A. There is no testimony that the subsequent leveling-off process by which defendants’ levee became substantially continuous along the top involved the use of any appreciable amount of dirt except what had come out of the ditch.”

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