Iowa § 715E.6 Exceptions — intrusion or surveillance by use of remotely piloted aircraft

Iowa Statutes

§ 715E.6 — Exceptions — intrusion or surveillance by use of remotely piloted aircraft

Iowa § 715E.6

Title XVICRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Ch. 715EREMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT

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Iowa Code § 715E.6 (2026).

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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.Adepartment, division, orotherunitofstategovernmentofthisstateoranyotherstate, §715E.6, REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT 4 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 departme

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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. Adepartment, division, orotherunitofstategovernmentofthisstateoranyotherstate,
§715E.6, REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT 4
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.