90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 643: Relating to entering property for surveying purposes, and providing penalties
Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to entering property for surveying purposes. Current law states that entry onto public or private property to conduct certain surveying activities does not constitute trespass and a surveyor entering property to conduct such activities is not liable to arrest or civil action by reason of the entry.15 and requires a surveyor to receive explicit permission from a person with an ownership interest in the property or, if a person with an ownership interest is not physically or mentally able to give explicit permission, a next of kin of such a person.
Sponsors
Judiciary committee
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 0 for, 9 against
Against: American Council of Engineering Companies; City of Des Moines; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Good Roads Association; Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRF); Iowa Water Well Association; Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC; Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa; Summit Carbon Solutions
In plain words
- March 7, 2023Filed in the House
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF643