Tunis E. Den Hartog v. City of Waterloo, Iowa

WATERMAN, Justice.

*766 This case returns to our court a third time. See Den Hartog v. City of Waterloo ( Den Hartog I ), 847 N.W.2d 459 (Iowa 2014) ; Den Hartog v. City of Waterloo ( Den Hartog II ), 891 N.W.2d 430 (Iowa 2017). In this latest appeal, we revisit whether the City of Waterloo complied with Iowa Code section 306.23 (2018) to transfer land from an unused right-of-way to a developer of a residential subdivision. The statute provides a preference of sale to the original owners and adjacent owners of the right-of-way and imposes notice and appraisal requirements to help get the best…