477.1  Right-of-way.

Any person, firm, and corporation, within or without the state, may construct a telegraph or telephone line or cable system along the public roads of the state, or across or under the rivers or over, under, or through any lands belonging to the state or any private individual, and may erect or install necessary fixtures. However, construction of a telegraph or telephone line or cable system along a primary road is subject to rules adopted by the state department of transportation.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 780; R60, § 1348; C73, § 1324; C97, § 2158; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8300; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 488.1; C77, 79, 81, § 477.1]

Section History: Recent form

  88 Acts, ch 1173, §1

Footnotes

  Authorization in cities, § 364.2

  Removal, chapter 319


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