# Iowa Code § 306C.1: Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.1

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 306C.1
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306C / Section 306C.1

## Text

For the purposes of this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Department” means the state department of transportation.

(2) “Interstate highway” includes “interstate road” and “interstate system” and means any highway of the national highway system at any time officially designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways by the department and approved by the appropriate authority of the federal government.

(3) “Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts of automobiles, or iron, steel, or other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.

(4) “Junkyard” means an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used primarily for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk; and the term includes garbage dumps, sanitary fills, and automobile graveyards.

(5) “National highway system” means the network designated by the federal highway administration in consultation with the state department of transportation, which consists of interconnected urban and rural principal arterials and highways that serve major population centers, ports, airports, public transportation facilities, other intermodal transportation facilities, and other major travel destinations; meet national defense requirements; and serve interstate and interregional travel.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.1]2003 Acts, ch 8, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1123, §2, 3; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 306C.1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.2 Junkyards prohibited — exceptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.3 Junkyards lawfully in existence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.4 Requirements as to screening.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.5 Acquisition of land for screening or removal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.6 Nuisance — injunction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.7 Interpretation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.8 Agreements with the United States authorized.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.9 Compensation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.10 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.11 Advertising prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.12 None visible from highway.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.13 Control by department of transportation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.13.md)
- [Iowa Code § 306C.14 Existing signs — six-year limit.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.14.md)

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