House File 2186 - Enrolled
House File 2186
AN ACT
RELATING TO NOTICE OF AGENCY SALES OF UNUSED HIGHWAY
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 306.23, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 1. The agency in control of a tract, parcel, or piece of
4 land, or part thereof, which is unused right-of-way shall send
5 by certified mail to the last known address of the present
6 owner of adjacent land from which the tract, parcel, piece of
7 land, or part thereof, was originally purchased or condemned
8 for highway purposes, and to the person who owned the land at
9 the time it was purchased or condemned for highway purposes,
10 notice of the agency’s intent to sell the land, the name and
11 address of any other person to whom a notice was sent, and the
12 fair market value of the real property based upon an one of the
13 following:
14 a. An appraisal by an independent appraiser.
15 b. A comparable sales market analysis if the agency is
16 the department, the sale is not a contract sale under section
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17 306.22, subsection 2, and the determined fair market value is
18 fifty thousand dollars or less.
19 Sec. 2. Section 306.23, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
20 following new subsection:
21 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. Notice required under subsection 1
22 shall be hand-delivered or sent by verified mail, as defined
23 in section 578A.2. Hand-delivered notice is deemed delivered
24 when the recipient signs an acknowledgment of delivery. Notice
25 sent by verified mail is deemed delivered when the notice is
26 deposited with the United States postal service or private
27 delivery service, and such notice is properly addressed with
28 postage prepaid.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2186, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 306.23
Enrolled: 306.23