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IA Code § 558.72 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.72 - Real estate transfers by certain entities.

558.72 Real estate transfers by certain entities.   1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Entity” means any of the following:   (1) A partnership, limited liability partnership, or foreign limited liability partnership as provided in chapter 486A.   (2) A limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, limited liability limited partnership, or foreign limited liability limited partnership as provided in chapter 488.   (3) A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company as provided in chapter 489.   (4) A corporation or foreign corporation as provided in chapter 490 or a nonprofit corporation or foreign nonprofit corporation as provided in chapter 504.   (5) A cooperative association as provided in chapter 497 or 498; an association, corporation, or foreign corporation as provided in chapter 499; a cooperative as provided in chapter 499A; a cooperative as provided in chapter 501; or a cooperative or foreign cooperative as provided in chapter 501A.   (6) An unincorporated nonprofit association as provided in chapter 501B.   b. “Instrument transferring an interest in real estate” means a deed, real estate contract, lease, easement, mortgage, deed of trust, or any other instrument used to effect the transfer of an interest in real estate situated in this state by any act to sell, transfer, convey, assign, lease, mortgage, or encumber the interest in the real estate.   2. An instrument transferring an interest in real estate situated in this state by an entity, unless clearly and conspicuously provided to the contrary in the instrument, includes a warranty to the transferee by the person executing the instrument of all of the following:   a. That the transferor entity is in existence at the time of the transfer.   b. That the person executing the instrument has been duly authorized by the transferor entity to execute the instrument on behalf of the entity.   c. That the person executing the instrument has the legal capacity to execute the instrument.   d. That the person knows of no facts or legal claims that might impair the validity of the transfer, including whether the instrument was given in the ordinary course of business.   3. An action to invalidate a transfer of real estate by deed or real estate contract by an entity shall be subject to the time limitations set forth in section 614.14A.  2013 Acts, ch 108, §5  Referred to in §614.14A
IA Code § 558A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558A - REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES|Section 558A.2 - Procedures.

558A.2 Procedures.   1. A person interested in transferring real property, or a broker or salesperson acting on behalf of the person, shall deliver a written disclosure statement to a person interested in being transferred the real property. The disclosure statement must be delivered prior to either the transferor making a written offer for the transfer of the real property, or accepting a written offer for the transfer of the real property.   2. The disclosure statement shall be made by personal delivery, certified or registered mail, or electronic delivery to the transferee or to the transferee’s agent. If delivery is electronic, acknowledgment of receipt shall be provided pursuant to rules adopted by the commission. The delivery may be made to the spouse of the transferee, unless otherwise provided by the parties. If the disclosure statement is not timely delivered, the transferee may withdraw the offer or revoke the acceptance without liability, within three days following personal delivery of the statement or five days following electronic delivery or delivery by mail.   3. The disclosure statement may be filed with the county recorder with instruments affecting the transfer of real estate. However, the failure to file the statement shall not cause a defect in the title to the property.  93 Acts, ch 30, §4; 2017 Acts, ch 71, §16  Referred to in §558A.5
IA Code § 558A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558A - REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES|Section 558A.3 - Good faith and amendments.

558A.3 Good faith and amendments.   1. All information required by this section and rules adopted by the commission shall be disclosed in good faith. If at the time the disclosure is required to be made, information required to be disclosed is not known or available to the transferor, and a reasonable effort has been made to ascertain the information, an approximation of the information may be used. The information shall be identified as an approximation. The approximation shall be based on the best information available at the time.   2. A disclosure statement shall be amended, if information disclosed in the statement is or becomes inaccurate or misleading, or is supplemented. The amended statement shall be subject to the same procedures as the original disclosure statement as provided in this chapter. However, the statement is not required to be amended if either of the following applies:   a. The information disclosed in conformance with this chapter is subsequently rendered inaccurate as a result of an act, occurrence, or agreement subsequent to the delivery of the disclosure statement.   b. The information is based on information of a public agency, including the state, a political subdivision of the state, or the United States. The information shall be deemed to be accurate and complete, unless the transferor or the broker or salesperson has actual knowledge of an error, inaccuracy, or omission, or fails to exercise ordinary care in obtaining the information.  93 Acts, ch 30, §5
IA Code § 558A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558A - REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES|Section 558A.4 - Required information.

558A.4 Required information.   1. a. The disclosure statement shall include information relating to the condition and important characteristics of the property and structures located on the property, including significant defects in the structural integrity of the structure, as provided in rules which shall be adopted by the real estate commission pursuant to section 543B.9. The rules may require the disclosure to include information relating to the property’s zoning classification; the condition of plumbing, heating, or electrical systems; or the presence of pests.   b. The disclosure statement may include a report or written opinion prepared by a person qualified to make judgment based on education or experience, as provided by rules adopted by the commission, including but not limited to a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to chapter 542B, a geologist, a structural pest control operator licensed pursuant to section 206.6, or a building contractor. The report or opinion on a matter within the scope of the person’s practice, profession, or expertise shall satisfy the requirements of this section or rules adopted by the commission regarding that matter required to be disclosed. If the report or opinion is in response to a request made for purposes of satisfying the disclosure statement, the report or opinion shall indicate which part of the disclosure statement the report or opinion satisfies.   2. a. A transferor subject to the requirements of section 558.70 shall recommend in writing that the transferee obtain an independent home inspection report to provide full and complete information as required to be disclosed under this section and under rules adopted by the real estate commission pursuant to section 543B.9.   b. A transferor subject to section 558.70 shall provide the real estate disclosure statement required by this chapter at least seven days before the real estate installment sales contract is executed by all parties to the contract.  93 Acts, ch 30, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1204, §11; 2002 Acts, ch 1136, §4, 6; 2008 Acts, ch 1110, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143; 2012 Acts, ch 1009, §30  Referred to in §136B.2, 558A.6, 714.8
IA Code § 558A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558A - REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES|Section 558A.5 - Agency.

558A.5 Agency.   1. A person other than a broker or salesperson acting in the capacity of an agent in the transfer of real property shall not be deemed to be an agent of the transferor or transferee for purposes of this chapter, unless the person is granted powers of attorney or is empowered as an agent, as expressly provided in writing, and is subject to any other applicable requirements as provided by law.   2. A broker or salesperson representing the transferor shall deliver the disclosure statement to the transferee as required in section 558A.2, unless the transferor or transferee has instructed the broker or salesperson otherwise in writing.  93 Acts, ch 30, §7
IA Code § 558A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558A - REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES|Section 558A.6 - Liability under the chapter.

558A.6 Liability under the chapter.   A person who violates this chapter shall be liable to a transferee for the amount of actual damages suffered by the transferee, but subject to the following limitations:   1. The transferor, or a broker or salesperson, shall not be liable under this chapter for the error, inaccuracy, or omission in information required in a disclosure statement, unless that person has actual knowledge of the inaccuracy, or fails to exercise ordinary care in obtaining the information.   2. The person submitting a report or opinion within the scope of the person’s practice, profession, or expertise, as provided in section 558A.4, for purposes of satisfying the disclosure statement, shall not be liable under this chapter for any matter other than a matter within the person’s practice, profession, or expertise, and which is required by the disclosure statement, unless the person failed to use care ordinary in the person’s profession, practice, or area of expertise in preparing the information.  93 Acts, ch 30, §8
IA Code § 558A.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558A - REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES|Section 558A.7 - Chapter is not limiting.

558A.7 Chapter is not limiting.   The duties imposed upon persons under this chapter or under rules adopted by the real estate commission shall not limit or abridge any duty, requirement, obligation, or liability for disclosure created by another provision of law, or under a contract between parties.  93 Acts, ch 30, §9
IA Code § 558A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558A - REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES|Section 558A.8 - Validity of a transfer.

558A.8 Validity of a transfer.   A transfer under this chapter shall not be invalidated solely because of a failure of a person to comply with a provision of this chapter.  93 Acts, ch 30, §10
IA Code § 559.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.1 - Release by donee of power.

559.1 Release by donee of power.   1. A power to appoint which is exercisable by deed, by will, by deed or will, or otherwise, in whole or to any extent in favor of the donee of the power, the donee’s estate, the donee’s creditors, the creditors of the donee’s estate, or others, is releasable, either with or without consideration, by written instrument executed by the donee. If such instrument shall be executed and acknowledged in the manner provided for the execution and acknowledgment of instruments affecting real estate and recorded with the county recorder in the county in which the donee of the power resides or the county of last residence of the donor of the power of the county in which any real estate which may be subject to the power is located, such recording shall be deemed a sufficient delivery of such release.   2. A power to appoint described in this section is releasable with respect to the whole or any part of the property subject to such power and is also releasable in such manner as to reduce or limit the persons or objects, or classes of persons or objects in whose favor such power would otherwise be exercisable.   3. It is hereby declared that such releases are in accordance with the public policy of this state and are valid and effectual when made.  [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.1]  2018 Acts, ch 1026, §164  Referred to in §559.6
IA Code § 559.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.2 - Definition — scope of power.

559.2 Definition — scope of power.   The term “power to appoint” as used in this chapter, shall mean and include all powers which are in substance and effect powers of appointment, regardless of the language used in creating them and whether they are:   1. General, special, or otherwise.   2. Vested, contingent, or conditional.   3. In gross, appendant, simply collateral, in trust or in the nature of a trust or otherwise.   4. Exercisable by an instrument amending, revoking, altering, or terminating a trust or an estate, or an interest thereunder or otherwise.   5. Exercisable presently or in the future.   6. Exercisable in an individual or a fiduciary capacity whether alone or in conjunction with one or more other persons or corporations.   7. Powers to invade or consume property.   8. Powers remaining after one or more partial releases have heretofore or hereafter been made with respect to a power to appoint.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.2]  2013 Acts, ch 30, §159; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §121; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §125
IA Code § 559.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.3 - Release by one donee exclusive of others.

559.3 Release by one donee exclusive of others.   If a power to appoint is or may be exercisable by two or more persons either in an individual or fiduciary capacity in conjunction with one another or successively, a release or disclaimer of the power in whole or in part executed by any one of the donees of the power shall be effective to release or disclaim, to the extent therein provided, all right of such person to exercise or to participate in the exercise of the said power, but unless the instrument creating the power otherwise provides, shall not prevent or limit the exercise or participation in the exercise thereof by the other donee or donees.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.3]
IA Code § 559.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.4 - Limiting release.

559.4 Limiting release.   A release of a power to appoint may also be made for life or lives or for a specified period of time.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.4]
IA Code § 559.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.5 - Disclaimer.

559.5 Disclaimer.   A donee of a power to appoint may disclaim the same at any time, wholly or in part, in the same manner and to the same extent as the donee might release it.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.5]
IA Code § 559.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.6 - Delivery.

559.6 Delivery.   A release or disclaimer may be delivered to any of the following:   1. Any person who could be adversely affected by the exercise of the power.   2. Any trustee of the property to which the power relates.   3. Any person specified for such purpose in the instrument creating the power.   4. The county recorder as provided in section 559.1.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.6]  2013 Acts, ch 30, §160
IA Code § 559.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.7 - Other lawful means.

559.7 Other lawful means.   Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the release of any power to appoint or the disclaimer thereof in any lawful manner.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.7]
IA Code § 559.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.8 - Declaration of common law.

559.8 Declaration of common law.   This chapter shall be deemed declaratory of the common law of this state and it shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the intent that all powers to appoint whatsoever shall be releasable.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.8]
IA Code § 559.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 559 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT|Section 559.9 - Applicability.

559.9 Applicability.   This chapter shall apply to releases and disclaimers heretofore or hereafter delivered.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §559.9]
IA Code § 560.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 560 - OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS|Section 560.1 - Right to improvements.

560.1 Right to improvements.   Where an occupant of real estate has color of title thereto and has in good faith made valuable improvements thereon, and is thereafter adjudged not to be the owner, no execution shall issue to put the owner of the land in possession of the same, after the filing of a petition as hereinafter provided, until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.  [C51, §1233; R60, §2264; C73, §1976; C97, §2964; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10128; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.1]
IA Code § 560.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 560 - OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS|Section 560.2 - “Color of title” defined.

560.2 “Color of title” defined.   Persons of each of the classes hereinafter enumerated shall be deemed to have color of title within the meaning of this chapter, but nothing contained herein shall be construed as giving a tenant color of title against the tenant’s landlord:   1. Purchaser at judicial or tax sale. A purchaser in good faith at any judicial or tax sale made by the proper officer, whether said officer had sufficient authority to make said sale or not, unless want of authority in such officer was known to the purchaser at the time of the sale.   2. Occupancy for five years. A person who has alone or together with those under whom the person claims, occupied the premises for a period of five years continuously.   3. Occupancy and improvements. A person whose occupancy of the premises has been for a shorter period than five years, if during such occupancy the occupant or those under whom the person claims have, with the knowledge or consent of the real owner, express or implied, made any valuable improvements thereon.   4. Occupancy and payment of taxes. A person whose occupancy of the premises has been for a shorter period than five years, if such occupant or those under whom the person claims have at any time during such occupancy paid the ordinary county taxes thereon for any one year, and two years have elapsed without a repayment or offer of repayment of the same by the owner thereof, and such occupancy has continued to the time the action is brought by which the recovery of the real estate is obtained.   5. Occupancy under state or federal law or contract. A person who has settled upon any real estate and occupied the same for three years under or by virtue of any law, or contract with the proper officers of the state or of the United States for the purchase thereof and shall have made valuable improvements thereon.  [C51, §1239, 1240; R60, §2268, 2269; C73, §1982 – 1984; C97, §2967, 2968; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10129; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.2]
IA Code § 560.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 560 - OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS|Section 560.3 - Petition — trial — appraisement.

560.3 Petition — trial — appraisement.   The petition of the occupant must set forth the grounds upon which the occupant seeks relief, and state as accurately as practicable the value of the real estate, exclusive of the improvements made thereon by the claimant or the claimant’s grantors, and the value of such improvements. The issue joined thereon must be tried as in ordinary actions and the value of the real estate and of such improvements separately ascertained.  [C51, §1234, 1235; R60, §2265, 2266; C73, §1977, 1978; C97, §2965; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10130; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.3]
IA Code § 560.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 560 - OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS|Section 560.4 - Rights of parties to property.

560.4 Rights of parties to property.   The owner of the land may thereupon pay to the clerk of the court, for the benefit of the occupying claimant, the appraised value of the improvements and take the property and an execution may issue for the purpose of putting the owner of the land in possession thereof. Should the owner fail to make such payment within such reasonable time as the court may fix, the occupying claimant may pay to the clerk of the court, within such time as the court may fix, for the use of the owner of the land, the value of the property exclusive of the improvements and take and retain the property together with the improvements.  [C51, §1236 – 1238, 1243; R60, §2267, 2272; C73, §1979 – 1981, 1986; C97, §2966, 2970; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10131; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.4]  Referred to in §560.5
IA Code § 560.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 560 - OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS|Section 560.5 - Tenants in common.

560.5 Tenants in common.   Should the owner of the land fail to pay for the improvements and the occupying claimant fail to pay for the land within the time fixed by the court as provided in section 560.4, the parties shall be held to be tenants in common of all the real estate including the improvements, each holding an undivided interest proportionate to the values ascertained on the trial.  [C51, §1236 – 1238; R60, §2267; C73, §1979 – 1981; C97, §2966; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10132; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.5]
IA Code § 560.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 560 - OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS|Section 560.6 - Waste by claimant.

560.6 Waste by claimant.   If the occupying claimant has committed any injury to the real estate by cutting timber or otherwise, the owner may set the same off against any claim for improvements made by such claimant.  [C51, §1241; R60, §2270; C73, §1985; C97, §2969; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10133; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.6]
IA Code § 560.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 560 - OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS|Section 560.7 - Option to remove improvements.

560.7 Option to remove improvements.   Any person having improvements on any real estate granted to the state in aid of any work of internal improvement, whose title thereto is questioned by another, may remove such improvements without other injury to such real estate at any time before that person is evicted therefrom, or that person may have the benefit of this chapter by proceeding as herein directed.  [C73, §1987; C97, §2971; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10134; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §560.7]
IA Code § 561.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 561 - HOMESTEAD|Section 561.1 - “Homestead” defined.

561.1 “Homestead” defined.   1. The homestead must embrace the house used as a home by the owner, and, if the owner has two or more houses thus used, the owner may select which the owner will retain. It may contain one or more contiguous lots or tracts of land, with the building and other appurtenances thereon, habitually and in good faith used as part of the same homestead.   2. As used in this chapter, “owner” includes but is not limited to the person, or the surviving spouse of the person, occupying the homestead as a beneficiary of a trust that includes the property in the trust estate.  [C51, §1250, 1251; R60, §2282, 2283; C73, §1994, 1995; C97, §2977; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10135; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.1]  2007 Acts, ch 134, §3, 28  Referred to in §624.23