Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§31 Iowa River, Iowa, Above Toolsboro
Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 31
Summary
The Iowa River in Louisa County north of Wapello and between Toolsboro and Wapello is not considered navigable or a public highway. Dams and bridges can be built across those parts.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §31
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
So much of the Iowa River within the State of Iowa, as lies north of the town of Wapello, and so much of the said river within the State of Iowa, as lies between the town of Toolsboro and the town of Wapello, in the county of Louisa, shall not be deemed a navigable river or public highway, but dams and bridges may be constructed across it.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5248 derived from Res.
July 13, 1868, No. 55, 15 Stat. 257; act
May 6, 1870, ch. 92, 16 Stat. 121. The portion of this section relating to the Iowa river north of the town of Wapello is from R.S. § 5248. The remainder the section, relating to so much of the river as lies between Toolsboro and Wapello, is from act Aug. 18, 1894.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 31
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102