DES MOINES—A federal district judge last week upheld Iowa’s trespass law that protects farmers’ privacy and property rights. Three separate lawsuits were filed in the last 7 years that challenged these important anti-trespass laws. Two of the three laws were previously upheld. This decision dismissed the challenge to the third Iowa law. Attorney General Bird released the following statement in response:
“Farmers should be able to farm without fear of trespassers. That is why Iowa passed important laws to prevent trespassers from lying to get onto a property and hurt it, planting secret recording devices, or filming on the property they trespassed onto. I fought to defend those laws that strengthen security for farmers and property owners. We won and protected farmers. Farmers, we have your back.”
Read the full court ruling here.
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