{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-477a.9","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 477A.9","heading":"Nondiscrimination by municipality.","body":"1. A municipality shall allow the holder of a certificate of franchise authority to install, construct, and maintain a communications network within a public right-of-way and shall provide the holder of a certificate of franchise authority with open, comparable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral access to the public right-of-way.\n2. A municipality shall not discriminate against the holder of a certificate of franchise authority in providing access to a municipal building or through a municipal utility pole attachment term.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 477A - CABLE OR VIDEO SERVICE FRANCHISES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/477A.9.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"b4adf912dfeee05931975a866b006361cd7558f6a1a3d7ceb64e55a532a20cdc","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-477a.8","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-477a.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}