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Iowa Code § 480A.2 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Local government” means a county, city, township, school district, or any special-purpose district or authority.

2. “Management costs” means the reasonable, direct, and fully documented costs a local government actually incurs to manage public rights-of-way.

3. “Public right-of-way” means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, bridge, cartway, bicycle lane, or public sidewalk in which the local government has an interest, including other dedicated rights-of-way for travel purposes and utility easements. A public right-of-way does not include the airwaves above a public right-of-way with regard to cellular or other nonwire telecommunications or broadcasts service or utility poles owned by a local government or a municipal utility.

4. “Public utility” means a person owning or operating a facility used for furnishing natural gas by piped distribution system, electricity, communications services not including cable television systems, or water by piped distribution system, to the public for compensation. 98 Acts, ch 1148, §4, 9; 2019 Acts, ch 121, §1 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2018 · leading case: Sz Enter., LLC D/B/A Eagle Point Solar v. Iowa Utils. Bd., a Div. of the Dep't of Com., State of Iowa, 850 N.W.2d 441 (Iowa 2014).
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Sz Enter., LLC D/B/A Eagle Point Solar v. Iowa Utils. Bd., a Div. of the Dep't of Com., State of Iowa, 850 N.W.2d 441 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 6× “Further, Iowa Code section 480A.2 largely replicates section 476.”
Qwest Corp. v. City of Des Moines, Iowa, 896 F.3d 843 (8th Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “" Iowa Code § 480A.2(2) (emphasis added). Read together, these provisions authorize the City to collect fees to cover costs that (1) the City has actually incurred in managing the rights-of-way, (2) are reasonable, and (3) are caused by the public utility's activity in the…”
Iowa Code § 480A.2(2): 1 case
Qwest Corp. v. City of Des Moines, Iowa, 896 F.3d 843 (8th Cir. 2018). “" Iowa Code § 480A.2(2) (emphasis added). Read together, these provisions authorize the City to collect fees to cover costs that (1) the City has actually incurred in managing the rights-of-way, (2) are reasonable, and (3) are caused by the public utility's activity in the…”
Iowa Code § 480A.2(4): 1 case
Sz Enter., LLC D/B/A Eagle Point Solar v. Iowa Utils. Bd., a Div. of the Dep't of Com., State of Iowa, 850 N.W.2d 441 (Iowa 2014). “Further, Iowa Code section 480A.2 largely replicates section 476.”
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