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Chapter 6B

Iowa Code ch. 6B

Procedure under Eminent Domain

6B.1Definitions 6B.1AProcedure provided 6B.2By whom conducted 6B.2ANotice of proposed public improvement 6B.2BAcquisition negotiation 6B.2CApproval of the public improvement 6B.2DNotice of intent to approve acquisition of property by eminent domain 6B.3Application — recording — notice — time for appraisement — new proceedings 6B.3AChallenge by owner 6B.4Commission to assess damages 6B.5Challenges to commissioners — filling vacancies on commission 6B.6Sheriff to coordinate meeting of commissioners and provide meeting place 6B.7Commissioners to qualify 6B.8Notice of assessment 6B.9Form of notice — signature 6B.11Filing of notices and return of service 6B.14Appraisement — report 6B.15Guardianship 6B.16Power of guardian 6B.17When appraisement final 6B.18Notice of appraisement — appeal of award — notice of appeal 6B.21Appeals — how docketed and tried 6B.22Pleadings on appeal 6B.23Question determined 6B.24Reduction of damages — interest on increased award 6B.25Right to take possession of lands — title — damages award 6B.26Dispossession of landowner or injury to property — limitation 6B.27Erection of dam — limitation 6B.30Additional deposit 6B.31Payment by public authorities 6B.32Removal of condemner 6B.33Costs and attorney fees 6B.34Refusal to pay final award 6B.35Sheriff to file record 6B.36Clerk to file record 6B.37Form of record — certificate 6B.38Record of proceedings — fee — effect 6B.40Failure to record — liability 6B.42Eminent domain — payment to displaced persons 6B.44Taking property for highway — buildings and fences moved 6B.45Mailing copy of appraisal 6B.46Special proceedings to condemn existing utility 6B.52Renegotiation of damages 6B.54Acquisition policies for acquiring agencies 6B.55Buildings, structures, and improvements — policies for acquiring agencies 6B.56Disposition of condemned property 6B.56ADisposition of condemned property — five-year time period 6B.57Procedural compliance 6B.59Sale of acquired property — reimbursement to landowner 6B.60Rental charges prohibited 6B.61Approval of local elected officials required