Iowa Law Manual for Local Public Agency Road Departments

County road department managers are challenged with knowing what Iowa laws apply to their daily jobs. Drainage, construction and maintenance liability, low water crossings liability, Tort law, and rural subdivisions to just name a few. Knowing where to find the actual code sections that apply and maybe more importantly the applicable case law is very difficult for local managers. Several IHRB projects were completed around 1980 to address some of these issues. Many laws have changed and new cases have gone thru the courts since 1980 that effect county road departments. The goal of this project would be to create a comprehensive updated resource document for local road department managers to know which Iowa law sections and case law that apply to county road departments. This project is just compiling existing law and court decisions, not issuing legal opinions on issues.

• Record URL:
  https://ideas.iowadot.gov/subdomain/ideas-main/end/node/3429?q_subdomain=ideas-main&qmzn=iKFrYf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  TR-833

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Iowa Highway Research Board

  Iowa Department of Transportation
  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Managing Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Project Managers:

  Goetz, Vanessa

• Start Date: 20230701
• Expected Completion Date: 20250630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway departments; Policy, legislation and regulation; State laws
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01912583
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: TR-833
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 20 2024 10:43AM