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Code · Iowa · Chapter 6B — Procedure Under Eminent Domain

6B.42 Eminent domain — payment to displaced persons.

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1. a. The acquiring agency shall provide to the person, in addition to any other sums of money in payment of just compensation, the payments and assistance required by law, in accordance with chapter 316, as if the acquiring agency were a displacing agency under that chapter.
b. A person aggrieved by a determination made as to eligibility for relocation assistance, a payment, or the amount of the payment, upon application, may have the matter reviewed by the appropriate acquiring agency.
c. An acquiring agency subject to this section that proposes to displace a person shall inform the person of the person’s right to receive relocation assistance and payments, and of an aggrieved person’s right to appeal a determination as to assistance and payments.
2. a. A utility or railroad subject to section 327C.2, or chapters 476, 478, 479, 479A, and 479B, authorized by law to acquire property by condemnation, which acquires the property of a person or displaces a person for a program or project which has received or will receive federal financial assistance as defined in section 316.1, shall provide to the person, in addition to any other sums of money in payment of just compensation, the payments and assistance required by law, in accordance with chapter 316.
b. A person aggrieved by a determination made by a utility as to eligibility for relocation assistance, a payment, or the amount of the payment, upon application, may have the matter reviewed by the utilities commission.
c. A person aggrieved by a determination made by a railroad as to eligibility for relocation assistance, a payment, or the amount of the payment, upon application, may have the matter reviewed by the state department of transportation.
d. A utility or railroad subject to this section that proposes to displace a person shall inform the person of the person’s right to receive relocation assistance and payments, and of an aggrieved person’s right to appeal to the utilities commission or the state department of transportation.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.42; 81 Acts, ch 22, §21, 22]
C93, §6B.42
95 Acts, ch 192, §1; 99 Acts, ch 171, §17, 42; 2006 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §16, 49; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2654; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
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