Section 479B.24. Cancellation.

  A pipeline company seeking to acquire an easement or other property interest for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a pipeline or underground storage facility shall do all of the following:

  1.  Allow the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity on the landowner’s behalf to cancel an agreement granting an easement or other interest by restricted certified mail to the pipeline company’s principal place of business if received by the pipeline company within seven days, excluding Saturday and Sunday, of the date of the agreement and inform the landowner or the fiduciary in writing of the right to cancel prior to the signing of the agreement by the landowner or the fiduciary.

  2.  Provide the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf with a form in duplicate for the notice of cancellation.

  3.  Not record an agreement until after the period for cancellation has expired.

  4.  Not include in the agreement a waiver of the right to cancel in accordance with this section. The landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf may exercise the right of cancellation only once for each pipeline project.

95 Acts, ch 192, §51