6A.10 Initiating railroad condemnation by railway corporation.
A railway corporation shall apply to the department of transportation for permission to condemn. The railway corporation shall serve notice of the application and hearing and provide a copy of the legal description of the property to be condemned to the owner and any recordholders of liens and encumbrances on any land described in the application. The department may, after hearing, report to the clerk of the district court of the county in which the land is situated the description of the land sought to be condemned. The corporation may begin condemnation procedures in district court for the land described by the department.
[C97, §1998; S13, §1998; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7812; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.10; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]
83 Acts, ch 121, §11
C93, §6A.10
93 Acts, ch 47, §17; 93 Acts, ch 87, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 97, §3
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.