Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.369 (2026)

Putting debris on highway

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A person shall not throw or deposit upon a highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, trash, garbage, rubbish, litter, offal, or any other debris. A person shall not throw or deposit upon a highway a substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon the highway. A person who violates this section or section 321.370 commits a misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “d”. [S13, §4808-a, -b; C24, 27, 31, 35, §13118; C39, §5031.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.369] 97 Acts, ch 147, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5 Referred to in §321.370, 602.8108, 805.8A(14)(d) Litter on state water or land, see §455B.363

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2001 · leading case: Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 (2001).

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Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 (2001). · cites it 2× “§ 16 7-43 (1996); Iowa Code §§ 321.369 , 805.8(2)(af) (Supp.”

Krueger v. Noel, 318 N.W.2d 220 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 16× “Krueger brought the present action for personal injuries against Noel and Fischer alleging that they were negligent in the following respects: (1) in depositing upon a highway a substance likely to injure a person or vehicle in violation of section 321.369, The Code 1979; (2) in…”

Guzman v. Des Moines Hotel Partners, 489 N.W.2d 7 (Iowa 1992). “The court allowed the plaintiff to read to the jury portions of Iowa Code sections 321.369 and 321.370, which prohibit the deposit on highways of certain “debris” and “injurious material.”

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