Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 461A.18 (2026)
Jurisdiction
✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
Jurisdiction over all meandered streams and lakes of this state and of state lands bordering thereon, not now used by some other state body for state purposes, is conferred upon the commission. The exercise of this jurisdiction is subject to the approval of the department in matters relating to or in any manner affecting flood control. The commission, with the approval of the executive council, may establish parts of the property into state parks, and when so established all of the provisions of this chapter relative to public parks apply to the property. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1812; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.18; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §56, 96] C93, §461A.18
\nNotes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2013–2020 · leading case: City of Okoboji, Iowa v. Leo Parks, Jr. & Okoboji Barz, Inc. D/B/A Okoboji Boat Works, Fish House Lounge & Clucker's Broasted Chicken, 830 N.W.2d 300 (Iowa 2013).
City of Okoboji, Iowa v. Leo Parks, Jr. & Okoboji Barz, Inc. D/B/A Okoboji Boat Works, Fish House Lounge & Clucker's Broasted Chicken, 830 N.W.2d 300 (Iowa 2013). “§ 461A.18 (“Jurisdiction over all meandered streams and lakes of this state .”
State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Alan Meyers (Iowa 2020). “§ 461A.18 (“Jurisdiction over all meandered streams and lakes of this state and of state lands bordering thereon, not now used by some other state body for state purposes, is conferred upon the commission.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.