306A.5 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS.

        306A.5  ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS.         For the purposes of this chapter, cities and highway authorities      having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as      provided by chapter 306, may acquire private or public property      rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including      rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or      condemnation in the same manner as such units are authorized by law      to acquire such property or property rights in connection with      highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions.  All      property rights acquired under this chapter shall be in fee simple.      In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for      a controlled- access facility or portion of, or service road in      connection with a controlled-access facility, the cities and highway      authorities, in their discretion, may acquire an entire lot, block,      or tract of land, if by so doing the interests of the public will be      best served, even though the entire lot, block, or tract is not      immediately needed for the right of way proper.         No access rights to any highway shall be acquired by any authority      having jurisdiction and control over the highways of this state by      adverse possession or prescriptive right.  No action heretofore or      hereafter taken by any such authority shall form the basis for any      claim of adverse possession of, or prescriptive right to any access      rights by any such authority.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 306A.5] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 83, §39