210.3 Land measure.
The acre for land measure shall be measured horizontally and contain ten square chains and be equivalent in area to a rectangle sixteen rods in length and ten rods in breadth, six hundred and forty such acres being contained in a square mile. The chain for measuring land shall be twenty-two yards long, and be divided into one hundred equal parts, called links.
[C73, §2041; C97, §3011; S13, §3009-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3229; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §210.3]
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 210 - STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Section 210.1 - Standard established.
Section 210.2 - Length and surface measure.
Section 210.7 - Bottomless measure.
Section 210.8 - Sales of dry commodities.
Section 210.9 - Drugs and section comb honey exempted.
Section 210.10 - Bushel measure.
Section 210.11 - Sale of fruits and vegetables by dry measure.
Section 210.12 - Sale of fruits and vegetables in baskets.
Section 210.13 - Berry boxes and climax baskets.
Section 210.15 - Milk and cream bottles or containers.
Section 210.17 - Mason work or stone.
Section 210.18 - Sales to be by standard weight or measure — labeling.
Section 210.19 - Standard weight of bread.
Section 210.22 - “Person” defined.
Section 210.24 - Enforcement — rules and regulations.