479.34 Cancellation.
A person seeking to acquire an easement or other property interest for the construction, maintenance or operation of a pipeline shall:
1. Allow the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf to cancel an agreement granting an easement or other interest by certified mail with return requested to the company’s principal place of business if received by the company within seven days, excluding Saturday and Sunday, of the date of the contract and inform the landowner or such fiduciary in writing of the right to cancel prior to the signing of the agreement by the landowner or such fiduciary.
2. Provide the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf with a form in duplicate for the notice of cancellation.
3. Not record any agreement until after the period for cancellation has expired.
4. Not include in the agreement any waiver of the right to cancel in accordance with this section. The landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf may exercise the right of cancellation only once for each pipeline project.
[C81, §479.34]
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 479 - PIPELINES AND UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE
Section 479.1 - Purpose — applicability.
Section 479.3 - Conditions attending operation.
Section 479.4 - Dangerous construction — inspection.
Section 479.5 - Application for permit.
Section 479.7 - Hearing — notice.
Section 479.8 - Time and place.
Section 479.11 - Examination — testimony.
Section 479.12 - Final order — condition.
Section 479.13 - Costs and fees.
Section 479.14 - Inspection fee.
Section 479.15 - Failure to pay.
Section 479.16 - Receipt of funds.
Section 479.19 - Limitation on grant.
Section 479.20 - Sale of permit.
Section 479.21 - Transfer of permit.
Section 479.23 - Extension of permit.
Section 479.24 - Eminent domain.
Section 479.26 - Financial condition of permittee — bond.
Section 479.28 - Orders — enforcement.
Section 479.29 - Land restoration.
Section 479.30 - Entry for land surveys.
Section 479.31 - Civil penalty.
Section 479.32 - Rehearing — judicial review.
Section 479.33 - Authorized federal aid.
Section 479.34 - Cancellation.
Section 479.41 - Arbitration agreements.
Section 479.42 - Subsequent pipelines.
Section 479.43 - Damage agreement.
Section 479.44 - Negotiated fee.
Section 479.45 - Particular damage claims.
Section 479.46 - Determination of installation damages.
Section 479.47 - Subsequent tiling.