{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-479.44","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 479.44","heading":"Negotiated fee.","body":"In lieu of a one-time lump sum payment for an easement or other property interest allowing a pipeline to cross the property, a landowner and the pipeline company may negotiate an annual fee, to be paid over a fixed number of years. Unless the easement provides otherwise, the annual fee shall run with the land and shall be payable to the owner of record.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 479 - PIPELINES AND UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/479.44.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"8f2e935e7273b4b0e994d99db726bb9673f1df57f4a075a093927a5ac7e32cf8","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-479.43","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-479.45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}