477.1 Right-of-way.
Any person, firm, and corporation, within or without the state, may construct a telegraph or telephone line or cable system along the public roads of the state, or across or under the rivers or over, under, or through any lands belonging to the state or any private individual, and may erect or install necessary fixtures. However, construction of a telegraph or telephone line or cable system along a primary road is subject to rules adopted by the state department of transportation.
[C51, §780; R60, §1348; C73, §1324; C97, §2158; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8300; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §488.1; C77, 79, 81, §477.1]
88 Acts, ch 1173, §1
Authorization in cities, §364.2
Removal from highway, chapter 318
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 477 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONES — CABLE SYSTEMS
Section 477.2 - Removal of lines and cable systems.
Section 477.3 - Construction — installation — damages.
Section 477.5 - Equal facilities — delay.
Section 477.6 - Delay — willful error — revealing contents.
Section 477.7 - Mistakes and delays.
Section 477.8 - Negligence presumed.
Section 477.9 - Presentation of claim.
Section 477.9A - Deregulated services.
Section 477.11 - Facilities to local exchange.
Section 477.12 - Transmission of messages.