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Iowa Code § 461A.55 (2026)

Dredging

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In removing sand, gravel, or other material from state-owned waters by dredging, the operator shall so arrange the operator’s equipment that other users of the lake or stream shall not be endangered by cables, anchors, or any concealed equipment. No waste material shall be left in the water in such manner as to endanger other craft or to change the course of any stream. [C39, §1828.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.55] C93, §461A.55 Referred to in §350.10, 461A.57

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2015–2016 · leading case: Est. of David Paul McFarlin by Its Pers. Rep., Jamie Laass Jamie Laass, Individually & Jamie Laass, as Parent & Next Friend of S.L. v. State of Iowa, 881 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 2016).
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Est. of David Paul McFarlin by Its Pers. Rep., Jamie Laass Jamie Laass, Individually & Jamie Laass, as Parent & Next Friend of S.L. v. State of Iowa, 881 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 14× “Plaintiffs alleged the State is liable because it (1) permitted the dredge operator to mark the dredge pipe with buoys every 100 yards instead of every ten or twenty-five yards, 1 (2) allowed the placement of the dredge pipe in violation of Iowa Code section 461A.55, (3) allowed…”
Amended September 1, 2016 Est. Of David Paul McFarlin By Its Pers. Rep., Jamie Laass Jamie Laass, Individually & Jamie Laass, As Parent & Next Friend Of S.l. v. State Of Iowa (Iowa 2016). · cites it 7× “Plaintiffs alleged the State is liable because it (1) permitted the dredge operator to mark the dredge pipe with buoys every 100 yards instead of every ten or twenty-five yards, 1 (2) allowed the placement of the dredge pipe in violation of Iowa Code section 461A.55, (3) allowed…”
Est. of David Paul McFarlin, by Its Pers. Rep., Jamie Laass, Jamie Laass, Individually, & Jamie Laass, as Parent & Next Friend of S.L. v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 6× “Plaintiffs particularly cited section 461A.55 in paragraph 26(b) of their Petition, which prohibits the placing of dredge equipment so as to endanger other users of the water.”
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