Iowa Code Title XVI. Criminal Law and Procedure [Chs. 687-916] § 715E.6. Exceptions--intrusion or surveillance by use of remotely piloted aircraft

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.