Iowa statute
Iowa Code § 715E.6 — Exceptions intrusion or surveillance by use of remotely piloted aircraft
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Chapter 715E: Remotely Piloted Aircraft, Iowa Code.
Full text of Iowa Code § 715E.6
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
Sections 715E.3 and 715E.4 do not prohibit a person from controlling a remotely piloted aircraft flying over a person’s homestead or farmstead if the person controlling the remotely piloted aircraft is any of the following:
1. A person who acts with the consent of the owner of the homestead or farmstead.
2. A person who operates a remotely piloted aircraft for a commercial or agricultural use in compliance with federal aviation administration regulations, authorizations, or exemptions.
3. A department, division, or other unit of state government of this state or any other state, city, county, township, or other governmental subdivision, or any other public corporation or agency created under the laws of this state, any other state, the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement or combination thereof.
4. A public utility as defined in section 476.1.
5. A railroad company.
6. A person who controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft more than four hundred feet from the earth’s surface.
7. A person who controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft for the exclusive purpose of collecting information regarding weather or climate conditions.
8. The state or a governmental subdivision exercising rights to a public road right-of-way as defined in section 306.3.
9. The owner or lessee of the homestead or farmstead.
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