6A.8 Limitation on right-of-way.
Land taken for railway right-of-way, otherwise than by consent of the owner, shall not exceed one hundred feet in width unless greater width is necessary for excavation, embankment, or depositing waste earth.
[R60, §1314; C73, §1241; C97, §1995; S13, §1995; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7810; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §471.8]
C93, §6A.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.