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Iowa Code § 478.12 (2026)

Acceptance of franchise

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Any person, company, or corporation obtaining a franchise as provided in this chapter, or owning or operating under one, shall be conclusively held to an acceptance of the provisions of this chapter and of all laws relating to the regulation, supervision, or control of franchises which are now in force or which may be hereafter enacted, and to have consented to such reasonable regulation as the utilities commission may, from time to time, prescribe. The provisions of this chapter shall apply equally to assignees as well as to original owners. [S13, §2120-p; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8319; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §489.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, §489.12; C77, 79, 81, §478.12] 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §125; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1966–2014 · leading case: Hawkeye Land Co. v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 847 N.W.2d 199 (Iowa 2014).
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Hawkeye Land Co. v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 847 N.W.2d 199 (Iowa 2014). “§ 478.12 (providing that any person who owns, obtains, or operates a transmission line is deemed “to have consented to such reasonable regulation as the utilities board may, from time to time, prescribe”).”
Noe v. Chicago Great W. Ry. Co., 219 N.E.2d 111 (Ill. App. Ct. 1966). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code Ann §§ 478.12, 478.21, 478.28. This, he argues, is sound doctrine because railroads know that heavy, *355 slow-moving vehicles are the ordinary traffic at private crossings and therefore notice of such traffic is unneeded.”
Hawkeye Land Co. v. Iowa Utils. Bd. (Iowa 2014). “§ 478.12 (providing that any person who owns, obtains, or operates a transmission line is deemed “to have consented to such reasonable regulation as the utilities board may, from time to time, prescribe”).”
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