# Iowa Code § 306C.2: Junkyards prohibited — exceptions

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## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 306C.2
- **Heading:** Junkyards prohibited — exceptions
- **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.2

## Text

A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway on the national highway system, except:

(1) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means obscuring them from view from the main-traveled portion of the highway.

(2) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law.

(3) Those located within unzoned industrial areas which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the department under the provisions of chapter 17A in accordance with the standards, criteria, and rules and regulations promulgated under authority of Tit. 23, United States Code.

(4) Those which are not visible from the main-traveled portion of the highway.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.2]2003 Acts, ch 8, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1123, §4

## 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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