354.23 Vacation of streets or other public lands.
1. A city or a county may vacate part of an official plat that had been conveyed to the city or county or dedicated to the public which is deemed by the governing body to be of no benefit to the public.
2. The city or county shall vacate by resolution following a public hearing or by ordinance and the vacating instrument shall be recorded. The city or county may convey the vacated property by deed or may convey the property to adjoining proprietors through the vacation instrument. If the vacating instrument is used to convey property then the instrument shall include a list of adjoining proprietors to whom the vacated property is being conveyed along with the corresponding description of each parcel being conveyed. A recorded vacation instrument which conforms to this section is equivalent to a deed of conveyance and the instrument shall be filed and indexed as a conveyance by the recorder and auditor.
3. A vacation instrument recorded pursuant to this section shall not operate to annul any part of an official plat except as provided for in section 354.22.
90 Acts, ch 1236, §37
C91, §409A.23
C93, §354.23
2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 354 - PLATTING — DIVISION AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND
Section 354.1 - Statement of purpose.
Section 354.3 - Covenant of warranty.
Section 354.4 - Divisions requiring a plat of survey or acquisition plat.
Section 354.4A - Entry upon land for survey purposes.
Section 354.5 - Descriptions and conveyance according to plat of survey or acquisition plat.
Section 354.6 - Subdivision plats.
Section 354.7 - Conveyances by reference to official plat.
Section 354.8 - Review and approval by governing bodies.
Section 354.9 - Review of plats within two miles of a city.
Section 354.10 - Appeal of review or disapproval.
Section 354.11 - Attachments to subdivision plats.
Section 354.12 - Bonds to secure liens.
Section 354.13 - Auditor’s plats and plats of survey.
Section 354.14 - Appeal of notice.
Section 354.15 - Review of auditor’s plats.
Section 354.16 - Attachments to auditor’s plats and plats of survey.
Section 354.17 - Costs and collection of costs.
Section 354.18 - Recording of plats.
Section 354.19 - Dedication of land.
Section 354.20 - Action to annul plats.
Section 354.21 - Limitation of actions on official plats.
Section 354.22 - Vacation of official plats.
Section 354.23 - Vacation of streets or other public lands.
Section 354.24 - Errors on recorded plats.
Section 354.25 - Survey and replat of official plats.
Section 354.26 - Corrections or changes to plats.
Section 354.27 - Noting the permanent real estate index number.