{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-306d.4","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 306D.4","heading":"Scenic highway advertising.","body":"1. The department of transportation shall have the authority to adopt rules to control the erection of new advertising devices on a highway designated as a scenic highway or scenic byway in order to comply with federal requirements concerning the implementation of a scenic byways program.\n2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, if an advertising device was lawfully erected along an interstate highway within the corporate limits of a city prior to designation of the highway as a scenic byway and, after such designation occurs, the advertising device is displaced due to the reconstruction, improvement, or relocation of the highway, the advertising device may be relocated to a location determined by the department to be substantially the same location, subject to approval by the federal highway administration, and shall not be considered an erection of a new advertising device, if all of the following apply:\na. The location conforms to the requirements of chapters 306B and 306C.\nb. The materials, number and type of supports, lighting, face size, and height of the advertising device remain the same.","path":["Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)","Chapter 306D - SCENIC ROUTES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/306D.4.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:08Z","sha256":"5faa3659edec925c867c2f0e6dcca365286a3b5969f4c2a248a14f1f8c28e0aa","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-306d.3","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-307.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}