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Terms Used In Iowa Code 657A.10C

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Livestock: includes but is not limited to an animal classified as an ostrich, rhea, or emu. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
657A.10C Petition for injunction.
1. As an alternative to the remedies under this chapter, a city, or a county if a property
that is alleged to be a public nuisance is located outside the limits of a city, may petition the court for an injunction that requires the owner of the property to correct or eliminate the condition or violation causing the public nuisance. Service of the original notice shall be made as provided in § 657A.2, subsection 1.
2. This section shall not apply to a house, barn, outbuilding, or other building or structure located on agricultural land. For purposes of this subsection, “”agricultural land”” means land suitable for use in farming. For purposes of this subsection, “”farming”” means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, grazing, or the production of livestock.
2019 Acts, ch 105, §16