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Iowa Code § 329.1 (2026)

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✓ Iowa Code 2026 (laws through the 2025 session)
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The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meaning given in this section, unless otherwise specifically defined, or unless another intention clearly appears, or the context otherwise requires:

1. “Airport” means any area of land or water designed and set aside for the landing and take-off of aircraft and utilized, or to be utilized, in the interest of the public for such purposes.

2. “Airport hazard” means any structure or tree or use of land which would exceed the federal obstruction standards as contained in 14 C.F.R. §77.21, 77.23 and 77.25 as revised March 4, 1972, and which obstruct the air space required for the flight of aircraft and landing or take-off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.

3. “Airport hazard area” means any area of land or water upon which an airport hazard might be established if not prevented as provided by this chapter.

4. “Department” means the state department of transportation.

5. “Municipality” means any county or city of this state.

6. “Obstruction” means any tangible, inanimate physical object, natural or artificial, protruding above the surface of the ground.

7. “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.

8. “Structure” means any object constructed or installed by humans, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines, including the poles or other structures supporting the same.

9. “Tree” means any object of natural growth.

10. The singular shall include the plural, and the plural the singular. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §329.1] 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §81 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2019 · leading case: CARROLL AIRPORT Comm'n v. Loren W. DANNER & Pan Danner, 927 N.W.2d 635 (Iowa 2019).
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CARROLL AIRPORT Comm'n v. Loren W. DANNER & Pan Danner, 927 N.W.2d 635 (Iowa 2019). “2 states, It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land and other persons in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, taking…”
The Carroll Aiport Comm'n (Operating the Arthur N. Neu Mun. Airport v. Loren W. Danner, No. 17-1458 (Iowa Ct. App. Sept. 12, 2018). · cites it 4× “4 Iowa Code § 329.1 (2). The Danners concede, and the FAA found in its aeronautical study, that the grain leg exceeds the federal obstruction standards.”
Iowa Code § 329.1(2): 2 cases
CARROLL AIRPORT Comm'n v. Loren W. DANNER & Pan Danner, 927 N.W.2d 635 (Iowa 2019). “2 states, It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land and other persons in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, taking…”
The Carroll Aiport Comm'n (Operating the Arthur N. Neu Mun. Airport v. Loren W. Danner, No. 17-1458 (Iowa Ct. App. Sept. 12, 2018). “4 Iowa Code § 329.1 (2). The Danners concede, and the FAA found in its aeronautical study, that the grain leg exceeds the federal obstruction standards.”
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