# Iowa Code § 306C.3: Junkyards lawfully in existence

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C306C_S306C.3

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 306C.3
- **Heading:** Junkyards lawfully in existence
- **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.3

## Text

(1) Any junkyard located outside a zoned or unzoned industrial area lawfully in existence on July 1, 1972, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled portion of any highway on the interstate system shall be screened, if feasible, by the department, or by the owner under rules and direction of the department, at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right-of-way in order to obscure the junkyard from the main-traveled way of such highways.

(2) Any junkyard located outside a zoned or unzoned industrial area lawfully in existence on July 1, 2014, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled portion of any noninterstate highway which is on the national highway system shall be screened, if feasible, by the department, or by the owner under rules and direction of the department, at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right-of-way in order to obscure the junkyard from the main-traveled way of such highways.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.3]2003 Acts, ch 8, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1123, §5

## 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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