Cedar Rapids, IA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

01, on the public right-of-way or on private property anywhere in the city. Rather than setting its own separate fine, the section routes enforcement through the Iowa Code, listing Chapters 321, 455B, 455D, 461A, 462A, 556B, 716, 716B and 727 as the bases a person caught dumping can be charged under, covering everything from motor vehicle offenses and environmental protection to criminal mischief and public-offense law. That cross-reference lets Cedar Rapids Police and Solid Waste Recycling Department staff pursue dumping either as a municipal infraction or escalate to a state criminal charge depending on the material and location involved.

04 supplies the related civil-side rule: no one may deposit solid waste at any site other than a state-permitted disposal facility, sweep or dump waste into an alley, sidewalk, street, sewer, storm sewer, catch basin or ditch, or dump into a creek, stream, river, pond, lake or other body of water or onto adjoining land subject to overflow; composted yard waste and clean fill material like soil, brick, concrete or sand are excluded from that prohibition. 14's nuisance abatement program lets the Solid Waste Recycling Department remove it and bill the property owner, with a 7-day notice for a general nuisance or as little as 24 hours for material tied to an eviction, and any unpaid cleanup charge can be assessed against the property after 30 days.