House
File
2186
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Enrolled
House
File
2186
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
NOTICE
OF
AGENCY
SALES
OF
UNUSED
HIGHWAY
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
306.23,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
The
agency
in
control
of
a
tract,
parcel,
or
piece
of
land,
or
part
thereof,
which
is
unused
right-of-way
shall
send
by
certified
mail
to
the
last
known
address
of
the
present
owner
of
adjacent
land
from
which
the
tract,
parcel,
piece
of
land,
or
part
thereof,
was
originally
purchased
or
condemned
for
highway
purposes,
and
to
the
person
who
owned
the
land
at
the
time
it
was
purchased
or
condemned
for
highway
purposes,
notice
of
the
agency’s
intent
to
sell
the
land,
the
name
and
address
of
any
other
person
to
whom
a
notice
was
sent,
and
the
fair
market
value
of
the
real
property
based
upon
an
one
of
the
following:
a.
An
appraisal
by
an
independent
appraiser.
b.
A
comparable
sales
market
analysis
if
the
agency
is
the
department,
the
sale
is
not
a
contract
sale
under
section
House
File
2186,
p.
2
306.22,
subsection
2,
and
the
determined
fair
market
value
is
fifty
thousand
dollars
or
less.
Sec.
2.
Section
306.23,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
Notice
required
under
subsection
1
shall
be
hand-delivered
or
sent
by
verified
mail,
as
defined
in
section
578A.2.
Hand-delivered
notice
is
deemed
delivered
when
the
recipient
signs
an
acknowledgment
of
delivery.
Notice
sent
by
verified
mail
is
deemed
delivered
when
the
notice
is
deposited
with
the
United
States
postal
service
or
private
delivery
service,
and
such
notice
is
properly
addressed
with
postage
prepaid.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
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