479.30 - ENTRY FOR LAND SURVEYS.
479.30 ENTRY FOR LAND SURVEYS. After the informational meeting or after the filing of a petition if no informational meeting is required, a pipeline company may enter upon private land for the purpose of surveying and examining the land to determine the direction or depth of a pipeline by giving ten days' written notice by restricted certified mail to the landowner as defined in section 479.5 and to any person residing on or in possession of the land. The entry for land surveys authorized in this section shall not be deemed a trespass and may be aided by injunction. The pipeline company shall pay the actual damages caused by the entry, survey, and examination.
Section History: Early Form [C81, § 479.30]
Section History: Recent Form 95 Acts, ch 192, § 13