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Iowa Code § 327F.2 (2026)

Maintenance of bridges — damages

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Every railroad company shall build, maintain, and keep in good repair all bridges, abutments, or other construction necessary to enable it to cross over or under any canal, watercourse, other railway, public highway, or other way, except as otherwise provided by law, and shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person by reason of any neglect or violation of the provisions of this section. [R60, §1326, 1327; C73, §1266, 1267; C97, §2021; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7947; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §477.2; C77, 79, 81, §327F.2]

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Cited in 6 cases, 1985–2018 · leading case: Mark Griffioen, Joyce Ludvicek, Mike Ludvicek, Sandra Skelton, & Brian Vanous, Individually & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Ry. Co., Alliant Energy Corp., Union Pac. R.R. Co., & Union Pac. Corp.., 914 N.W.2d 273 (Iowa 2018).
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Mark Griffioen, Joyce Ludvicek, Mike Ludvicek, Sandra Skelton, & Brian Vanous, Individually & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Ry. Co., Alliant Energy Corp., Union Pac. R.R. Co., & Union Pac. Corp.., 914 N.W.2d 273 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 10× “Iowa Code § 327F.2. Any person who shall willfully break down or through or injure any levee or bank of a settling basin, or who shall dam up, divert, obstruct, or willfully injure any ditch, drain, or other drainage improvement authorized by law shall be liable to the person or…”
Iowa, Chicago & E. R.R. Corp. v. Washington Cnty., Iowa, 384 F.3d 557 (8th Cir. 2004). · cites it 4× “In January 2002, the County petitioned the Iowa Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) for a ruling that IC & E must pay for replacement bridges to comply with Iowa Code § 327F.2. 1 IDOT referred the petition to the Department of Inspections and Appeals for a hearing to…”
Soo Line R.R. v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., 501 N.W.2d 525 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 14× “This argument involves the interpretation of Iowa Code section 327F.2 (1991). That statute provides: Every railroad company shall build, maintain, and keep in good repair all bridges, abutments, or other construction necessary to enable it to cross over or under any canal,…”
Hardin Cnty. Drainage Dist. 55, Div. 3, Lateral 10 v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 826 N.W.2d 507 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 327F.2 provides that “[e]very railroad company shall build, maintain, and keep in good repair all bridges, abutments, or other construction necessary to enable it to cross over or under any canal, watercourse.”
In the Matter of Chicago, Rock Island & Pac. R.R. Co., Debtor. Appeal of Iowa Dep't of Transp., 756 F.2d 517 (7th Cir. 1985). “The state's briefs suggest no such limitation; its reply brief, for example, speaks of “removing unused railroad material from railroad rights of way where its presence, in time, would constitute a nuisance” (emphasis added).”
Iowa & Chicago RR v. Washington Cnty., No. 03-3136 (8th Cir. Aug. 25, 2004). · cites it 3× “Congress established the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1890, giving it broad authority to regulate many facets of the railroad industry, a major component 1 Iowa Code § 327F.2 provides: “Every railroad company shall build, maintain, and keep in good repair all bridges,…”
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