6A.1 Exercise of power by state.
Proceedings may be instituted and maintained by the state of Iowa, or for the use and benefit thereof, for the condemnation of such private property as may be necessary for any public improvement which the general assembly has authorized to be undertaken by the state, and for which an available appropriation has been made. The executive council shall institute and maintain such proceedings in case authority to so do be not otherwise delegated.
[C73, §1271; C97, §2024; S13, §2024-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7803; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.1]
C93, §6A.1
Condemnation for state parks and connecting highways, §461A.7, 461A.8
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 6A - EMINENT DOMAIN LAW (CONDEMNATION)
Section 6A.1 - Exercise of power by state.
Section 6A.2 - On behalf of federal government.
Section 6A.3 - Conveyance by state to federal government.
Section 6A.4 - Right conferred.
Section 6A.5 - Right to purchase.
Section 6A.7 - Cemetery lands.
Section 6A.8 - Limitation on right-of-way.
Section 6A.9 - Additional purposes.
Section 6A.10 - Initiating railroad condemnation by railway corporation.
Section 6A.11 - Lands for water stations — how set aside.
Section 6A.12 - Access to water — overflow limited.
Section 6A.13 - Change in streams.
Section 6A.14 - Unlawful diversion prohibited.
Section 6A.16 - Right to condemn abandoned right-of-way.
Section 6A.18 - No double damages.
Section 6A.19 - Interpretative clause.
Section 6A.20 - Description of land furnished.
Section 6A.21 - Condemnation of agricultural land — definitions.
Section 6A.22 - Additional limitations on exercise of power — definitions.
Section 6A.23 - Exception for certain urban renewal areas.
Section 6A.24 - Judicial review of eminent domain authority.