2016 Iowa Code
Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 462A - WATER NAVIGATION REGULATIONS
Section 462A.3A - Public use of water for navigation purposes.
462A.3A
Public use of water for navigation purposes.
Water occurring in any river, stream, or creek having definite banks and bed with visible evidence of the flow of water is flowing surface water and is declared to be public waters of the state of Iowa and subject to use by the public for navigation purposes in accordance with law. Land underlying flowing surface water is held subject to a trust for the public use of the water flowing over it. Such use is subject to the same rights, duties, limitations, and regulations as presently apply to meandered streams, or other streams deemed navigable for commercial purposes and to any reasonable use by the owner of the land lying under and next to the flowing surface water.
[82 Acts, ch 1028, §34]
C83, §106.69
C93, §462A.69
2015 Acts, ch 30, §204
C2016, §462A.3A
Section transferred from §462A.69 in Code 2016 pursuant to directive in 2015 Acts, ch 30, §204
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