Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 461A.11 (2026)

Gifts — jurisdiction over dedicated lands — plan

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1. The commission may accept gifts of land or other property, or the use of lands or other property for a term of years, and improve and use the land as public state parks.

2. Any land adjacent to a meandered lake or a meandered stream which has been conveyed by gift, dedication, or other means to the public, but has not been conveyed to the jurisdiction of a specific state agency or political subdivision, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and to the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. The commission shall prepare a plan for the appropriate public use of such land in accordance \n Tue Dec 09 22:09:58 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 461A (68, 2) 5 PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS, §461A.17\n\nwith this chapter within two years of its coming under the jurisdiction of the commission. The plan may be amended by the commission. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1804; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.11] 86 Acts, ch 1237, §5; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1982 C93, §461A.11 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Larman v. State, 552 N.W.2d 158 (Iowa 1996).

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Larman v. State, 552 N.W.2d 158 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 14× “Iowa Code § 461A.11 (1993) (emphasis added).”

Schaller v. State Ex Rel. Iowa Dep't of Nat. Resources, 537 N.W.2d 738 (Iowa 1995). “§ 461A.11. The DNR has the authority to “[a]cquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, agreement, gift and devise lands or waters .”

Leonora Streeter, Rodney Dehaan, Esther Dehaan, Kurt Menefee, Robert Lampe, Douglas Benjamin, Barbara Benjamin, Teresa Garvey, Charlotte Thoma, Jeffrey Burke, Jan Burke, Jane Flammang, Aaron Flammang, Susan Sundlin, Steve Brennan, Kevin Brennan v. The Dunn Trust Dated May 20, 2005, Charles L. Dunn & Diane K. Dunn co-Trs. (Iowa 2026). · cites it 13× “Under Iowa Code § 461A.11(2), lands adjacent to meandered lakes and streams are subject to the jurisdiction of the DNR if 8 “conveyed by gift, dedication, or other means to the public.”

State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Alan Meyers (Iowa 2020). “§ 461A.11 (providing the commission may accept gifts of land or other property and discussing the jurisdiction of land adjacent to a meandered stream or lake that has been gifted to the public but not to the jurisdiction of a specific agency); id.”

— Iowa Code § 461A.11(2) — 1 case

Leonora Streeter, Rodney Dehaan, Esther Dehaan, Kurt Menefee, Robert Lampe, Douglas Benjamin, Barbara Benjamin, Teresa Garvey, Charlotte Thoma, Jeffrey Burke, Jan Burke, Jane Flammang, Aaron Flammang, Susan Sundlin, Steve Brennan, Kevin Brennan v. The Dunn Trust Dated May 20, 2005, Charles L. Dunn & Diane K. Dunn co-Trs. (Iowa 2026). “Under Iowa Code § 461A.11(2), lands adjacent to meandered lakes and streams are subject to the jurisdiction of the DNR if 8 “conveyed by gift, dedication, or other means to the public.”

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