1. The department shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all primary highways as it deems necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. Whenever practical, the devices or signs shall be purchased from the director of the Iowa department of corrections.
2. The department shall post signs informing motorists of the penalties for speeding in a\n\nTue Dec 09 22:16:59 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 321 (137, 2) 179 MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD, §321.256\n\nroad work zone and that the scheduled fine for committing any other moving traffic violation in a road work zone is doubled. [C24, 27, §4627; C31, 35, §4627, 5079-d7; C39, §5019.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.253] 83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159, 160; 93 Acts, ch 114, §2; 97 Acts, ch 104, §19; 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §8 Analogous provisions, §321.345 \n
Notes of Decisions
Foster v. City of Council Bluffs, 456 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 1990).
· cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 321.253 . The governmental exemption is more than a procedural statute.”
Gipson v. State, 419 N.W.2d 369 (Iowa 1988).
· cites it 7× “252 (1985) and Iowa Code section 321.253 (1985). The State urges that the trial court’s instructions on that issue were adequate and that, in any event, it was discharged from liability by a release form executed by all plaintiffs.”
Wittrup v. Chicago & Nw. Ry. Co., 226 N.W.2d 822 (Iowa 1975).
· cites it 4× “Defendant asserts only "the authorities" are permitted to post low clearance warning signs, citing sections 321.253 and 321.255, The Code. To follow that rationale would in instances jeopardize any relief to injured or damaged persons.”
State v. Rivera, 149 N.W.2d 127 (Iowa 1967).
· cites it 2× “* * * “Section 321.253. Highway commission to erect signs.”
Kowalski v. State, 447 N.W.2d 146 (Iowa Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 2× “Allied argues the State alone, had the duty to make sure reasonable traffic control devices were used by virtue of Iowa Code section 321.253 and the provisions of the contract.”
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