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Iowa Code § 352.2 (2026)

Definitions

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As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Agricultural area” means an area meeting the qualifications of section 352.6 and designated under section 352.7.

2. “County board” means the county board of supervisors.

3. “County commission” means the county land preservation and use commission.\n\nTue Dec 09 22:14:25 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 352 (29, 0) §352.2, COUNTY LAND PRESERVATION AND USE COMMISSIONS 2\n\n 4. “Farm” means the land, buildings, and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products.

5. “Farmland” means those parcels of land suitable for the production of farm products.

6. “Farm operation” means a condition or activity which occurs on a farm in connection with the production of farm products and includes but is not limited to the raising, harvesting, drying, or storage of crops; the care or feeding of livestock; the handling or transportation of crops or livestock; the treatment or disposal of wastes resulting from livestock; the marketing of products at roadside stands or farm markets; the creation of noise, odor, dust, or fumes; the operation of machinery and irrigation pumps; ground and aerial seeding and spraying; the application of chemical fertilizers, conditioners, insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides; and the employment and use of labor.

7. “Farm products” means those plants and animals and their products which are useful to people and includes but is not limited to forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, dairy and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, fruits, vegetables, flowers, seeds, grasses, trees, fish, honey, and other similar products, or any other plant, animal, or plant or animal product which supplies people with food, feed, fiber, or fur.

8. “Livestock” means the same as defined in section 267.1.

9. “Nuisance” means a public or private nuisance as defined either by statute, administrative rule, ordinance, or the common law.

10. “Nuisance action or proceeding” means an action, claim, or proceeding, whether brought at law, in equity, or as an administrative proceeding, which is based on nuisance. [C79, 81, §93A.2; 82 Acts, ch 1245, §3] C87, §176B.2 C93, §352.2 93 Acts, ch 146, §1, 2 Referred to in §321.449, 321I.14, 480.9 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2024 · leading case: Weinhold v. Wolff, 555 N.W.2d 454 (Iowa 1996).
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Weinhold v. Wolff, 555 N.W.2d 454 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 8× “Iowa Code section 352.2(9) defines "nuisance action or proceeding" to mean "an action, claim, or proceeding, whether brought at law, in equity, or as an administrative proceeding, which is based on nuisance.”
Bormann v. Kossuth Cnty. Bd. of Sup'rs, 584 N.W.2d 309 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 352.2 (6). Iowa Code section 352.”
Susan Miller v. Grundy Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, Grundy Ctr. Iowa, & Mid Am. Energy Co., Intervenor-Appellee. (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code section 352.2(1), defining an “agricultural area,” states: “‘Agricultural area’ means an area meeting the qualifications of section 352.”
MidAmerican Energy Co. v. Knife River Midwest, LLC, d/b/a Knife River (Iowa Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “2, who complies with the requirements of this chapter shall not be held responsible for any damages to an underground facility, including fiberoptic cable, if the damage occurred on the farmland in the normal course of the farm operation, unless the owner intentionally damaged…”
— Iowa Code § 352.2(1) — 1 case
Susan Miller v. Grundy Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, Grundy Ctr. Iowa, & Mid Am. Energy Co., Intervenor-Appellee. (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). “Iowa Code section 352.2(1), defining an “agricultural area,” states: “‘Agricultural area’ means an area meeting the qualifications of section 352.”
— Iowa Code § 352.2(6) — 1 case
Bormann v. Kossuth Cnty. Bd. of Sup'rs, 584 N.W.2d 309 (Iowa 1998). “Iowa Code § 352.2 (6). Iowa Code section 352.”
— Iowa Code § 352.2(9) — 1 case
Weinhold v. Wolff, 555 N.W.2d 454 (Iowa 1996). “Iowa Code section 352.2(9) defines "nuisance action or proceeding" to mean "an action, claim, or proceeding, whether brought at law, in equity, or as an administrative proceeding, which is based on nuisance.”
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