# Iowa Code § 306A.5: Acquisition of property and property rights

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.5

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 306A.5
- **Heading:** Acquisition of property and property rights
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306A / Section 306A.5

## Text

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, may acquire private or public property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as such units are authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. All property rights acquired under this chapter shall be in fee simple. In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for a controlled-access facility or portion of, or service road in connection with a controlled-access facility, the cities and highway authorities, in their discretion, may acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land, if by so doing the interests of the public will be best served, even though the entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.

(2) Access rights to any highway shall not be acquired by any authority having jurisdiction and control over the highways of this state by adverse possession or prescriptive right. Action taken by any such authority shall not form the basis for any claim of adverse possession of or prescriptive right to any access rights by any such authority.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.5]89 Acts, ch 83, §39; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §77

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 306A.1 Declaration of policy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.2 Definition of a controlled-access facility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.3 Authority to establish controlled-access facilities — utility accommodation policy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.4 Design of controlled-access facility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.5 Acquisition of property and property rights.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.6 New and existing facilities grade-crossing eliminations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.7 Authority of local units to consent.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.8 Local service roads.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.10 Notice to relocate costs paid.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.11 What costs included.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.12 Limitation on reimbursement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306A.13 Definition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306A_S306A.13.md)

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