Iowa Road Signs

If you have any questions regarding these signs, please contact the Iowa DOT's agent Rob Strickler at 515-239-1647.

Signs which identify or direct to churches, nonprofit service club organizations, religious schools, and cemeteries, may be erected provided the following criteria are met.

• The location placement must not be within the public right of way.
• The size of the sign must not exceed 8 square feet. If multiple signs are combined on a single structure, the overall size must not exceed the number of entities identified multiplied by a factor of eight.
• Messages are limited to identification of the entity, directional information, service hours, an appropriate emblem, or similar information.
• The sign must not resemble a traffic control device nor interfere with any such device maintained by the Iowa DOT within the right of way.
• The sign must not obstruct the view of any highway or railroad to the extent it makes it dangerous to use the highway.
• The sign must not be lighted so it impairs the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle.