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IA Code § 657A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.6 - Powers and duties of receiver.

657A.6 Powers and duties of receiver.   Before proceeding with the receiver’s duties, a receiver appointed by the court shall post a bond in an amount designated by the court. The court may empower the receiver to do the following:   1. Take possession and control of the property, operate and manage the property, establish and collect rents and income, lease and rent the property, and evict tenants. An existing housing or building ordinance violation does not restrict the receiver’s authority pursuant to this subsection.   2. Pay all expenses of operating and conserving the property, including but not limited to the cost of electricity, gas, water, sewerage, heating fuel, repairs and supplies, custodian services, taxes, assessments, and insurance premiums, and hire and pay reasonable compensation to a managing agent.   3. Pay prereceivership mortgages and other liens and installments of prereceivership mortgages and other liens.   4. Perform or enter into contracts for the performance of work and the furnishing of materials necessary to abate the public nuisance, and obtain financing for the abatement of the public nuisance.   5. Pursuant to court order, remove and dispose of personal property which is abandoned, stored, or otherwise located on the property, that creates a dangerous or unsafe condition or that constitutes a violation of housing or building regulations or ordinances.   6. Obtain mortgage insurance for a receiver’s mortgage from an agency of the federal government.   7. Enter into agreements and take actions necessary to maintain and preserve the property and to comply with housing and building regulations and ordinances.   8. Give the custody of the property and the opportunity to abate the nuisance and operate the property to the owner or to a mortgagee or a lienholder of record.   9. Issue notes and secure the notes by mortgages bearing interest at the rate provided for judgments pursuant to section 535.3, and any terms and conditions as approved by the court. The court may provide for a higher interest rate if the receiver has established to the satisfaction of the court that the receiver has sought financing from individuals and institutions willing to lend money for rehabilitation of property and that the terms proposed by the receiver are reasonable. When transferred by the receiver in return for valuable consideration including money, material, labor, or services, the notes issued by the receiver are freely transferable. If the receiver has notice that the mortgagee of the receiver’s mortgage is contemplating a transfer of the mortgage, the receiver shall disclose such to the court in the application for approval of the mortgage.  85 Acts, ch 222, §6; 2019 Acts, ch 105, §9  Referred to in §657A.8, 657A.10A, 657A.10B
IA Code § 657A.6A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.6A - Receiver — prohibited acts.

657A.6A Receiver — prohibited acts.   Notwithstanding section 657A.10, it shall be unlawful, and a receiver may be held liable for actual damages as determined by a court, for entering a residential property that is not abandoned for the purpose of forcing, intimidating, harassing, or coercing a lawful occupant of the property to vacate in order to render the property vacant and abandoned, and it shall be unlawful to otherwise force, intimidate, harass, or coerce a lawful occupant of a residential property to vacate so the property may be deemed vacant and abandoned. A receiver who peacefully enters a property for the purpose of rendering the property vacant and abandoned shall be immune from liability if the receiver makes a good-faith effort to comply with this chapter and all terms of any applicable mortgage, lease, or other agreement related to the occupancy of the building.  2019 Acts, ch 105, §10  Referred to in §657A.10A, 657A.10B
IA Code § 657A.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.7 - Priority of receiver’s mortgage.

657A.7 Priority of receiver’s mortgage.   1. If the receiver’s mortgage is filed of record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located within sixty days of the issuance of a secured note, the receiver’s mortgage is a first lien upon the property and is superior to claims of the receiver and to all prior or subsequent liens and encumbrances except taxes and assessments, including taxes and assessments advanced by any mortgagee in the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date a petition is filed pursuant to section 657A.2. Priority among the receiver’s mortgages is determined by the order in which the mortgages are recorded.   2. The creation of a mortgage lien under this chapter prior to or superior to a mortgage of record at the time the receiver’s mortgage lien was created does not disqualify a prior recorded mortgage as a legal investment.   3. If a mortgagee of the receiver’s mortgage begins foreclosure procedures pursuant to chapter 655A and an interested party desires to pay off the mortgage loan, the interested party shall also pay the mortgagee’s reasonable costs and attorney fees.  85 Acts, ch 222, §7; 2019 Acts, ch 105, §11, 12  Referred to in §657A.3, 657A.8, 657A.10A, 657A.10B
IA Code § 657A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.8 - Assessment of costs.

657A.8 Assessment of costs.   The court may assess the costs and expenses set out in section 657A.6, subsection 2, and may approve receiver’s fees to the extent that the fees are not covered by the income from the property. The receiver shall pay the costs and reasonable attorney fees of a plaintiff who requested an inspection pursuant to section 657A.1A unless an interested party not in default who appeared for the inspection objects to the fees and costs in whole or in part. The court shall determine the merits of such objection. If the court finds that a neighboring landowner has pursued an action pursuant to this chapter in bad faith, the court may assess attorney fees against the neighboring landowner and may bar such neighboring landowner from filing future actions under this chapter. If a foreclosure of the receiver’s mortgage pursuant to chapter 655A is contemplated, the court may retain jurisdiction to determine the amount of attorney fees payable under section 657A.7, subsection 3.  85 Acts, ch 222, §8; 2019 Acts, ch 105, §13  Referred to in §657A.10A, 657A.10B
IA Code § 657A.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.9 - Discharge of receiver.

657A.9 Discharge of receiver.   The receiver may be discharged at any time in the discretion of the court. The receiver shall be discharged when all of the following have occurred:   1. The public nuisance has been abated.   2. The costs of the receivership have been paid.   3. Either all the receiver’s notes and mortgages issued pursuant to this chapter have been paid, or all the holders of the notes and mortgages request in writing that the receiver be discharged.  85 Acts, ch 222, §9  Referred to in §657A.10A, 657A.10B
IA Code § 657A.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.10 - Compensation and liability of receiver.

657A.10 Compensation and liability of receiver.   1. A receiver appointed under this chapter is entitled to receive fees and commissions in the same manner and to the same extent as receivers appointed in actions to foreclose mortgages.   2. The receiver appointed under this chapter is not civilly or criminally liable for actions pursuant to this chapter taken in good faith.  85 Acts, ch 222, §10; 86 Acts, ch 1238, §27  Referred to in §657A.6A, 657A.10A, 657A.10B
IA Code § 657A.10A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.10A - Applicability.

657A.10A Applicability.   1. The provisions of sections 657A.1A through 657A.10 shall only apply to cities and counties that have, by ordinance, provided that the provisions shall apply.   2. The provisions of sections 657A.1A through 657A.10 shall not apply to a house, barn, outbuilding, or other building or structure located on agricultural land. For purposes of this subsection, “agricultural land” means land suitable for use in farming. For purposes of this subsection, “farming” means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, grazing, or the production of livestock.  2019 Acts, ch 105, §15, 17  Referred to in §657A.10B  Former §657A.10A transferred to §657A.10B pursuant to directive;  2019 Acts, ch 105, §17
IA Code § 657A.10C (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.10C - Petition for injunction.

657A.10C Petition for injunction.   1. As an alternative to the remedies under this chapter, a city, or a county if a property that is alleged to be a public nuisance is located outside the limits of a city, may petition the court for an injunction that requires the owner of the property to correct or eliminate the condition or violation causing the public nuisance. Service of the original notice shall be made as provided in section 657A.2, subsection 1.   2. This section shall not apply to a house, barn, outbuilding, or other building or structure located on agricultural land. For purposes of this subsection, “agricultural land” means land suitable for use in farming. For purposes of this subsection, “farming” means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, grazing, or the production of livestock.  2019 Acts, ch 105, §16
IA Code § 657A.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.11 - Jurisdiction — remedies.

657A.11 Jurisdiction — remedies.   1. An action pursuant to this chapter is exclusively within the jurisdiction of district judges as provided in section 602.6202.   2. This chapter does not prevent a person from using other remedies or procedures to enforce building or housing ordinances or to correct or remove public nuisances.  85 Acts, ch 222, §11
IA Code § 657A.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION|Section 657A.12 - Indexing of petition.

657A.12 Indexing of petition.   1. When a petition affecting real property is filed by a governmental entity under this chapter, the clerk of the district court shall index the petition pursuant to section 617.10, if the legal description of the affected property is included in or attached to the petition.   2. After filing the petition with the clerk of the district court, the governmental entity shall also file the petition in the office of the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall include a notation of the pendency of the action in the county system, as defined in section 445.1, until the judgment of the court is satisfied or until the action is dismissed. Pursuant to section 446.7, an affected property that is subject to a pending action shall not be offered for sale by the county treasurer at a tax sale.  2010 Acts, ch 1050, §13; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §113
IA Code § 658.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.1 - Definitions.

658.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.  2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
IA Code § 658.1A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.1A - Treble damages.

658.1A Treble damages.   If a guardian, tenant for life or years, joint tenant, or tenant in common of real property commit waste thereon, that person is liable to pay three times the damages which have resulted from such waste, to the person who is entitled to sue therefor.  [C51, §2134; R60, §3716; C73, §3332; C97, §4303; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12402; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.1]  C2001, §658.1A  Referred to in §217.13
IA Code § 658.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.2 - Forfeiture and eviction.

658.2 Forfeiture and eviction.   Judgment of forfeiture and eviction may be rendered against the defendant whenever the amount of damages so recovered is more than two-thirds the value of the interest such defendant has in the property injured, when the action is brought by the person entitled to the reversion.  [C51, §2135; R60, §3717; C73, §3333; C97, §4304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12403; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.2]
IA Code § 658.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.3 - Who deemed to have committed.

658.3 Who deemed to have committed.   Any person whose duty it is to prevent waste, and who fails to use reasonable and ordinary care to avert the same, shall be held to have committed it.  [C51, §2136; R60, §3718; C73, §3334; C97, §4305; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12404; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.3]  Referred to in §217.13
IA Code § 658.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.4 - Treble damages for injury to trees.

658.4 Treble damages for injury to trees.   For willfully injuring any timber, tree, or shrub on the land of another, or in the street or highway in front of another’s cultivated ground, yard, or city lot, or on the public grounds of any city, or any land held by the state for any purpose whatever, the perpetrator shall pay treble damages at the suit of any person entitled to protect or enjoy the property.  [C51, §2137; R60, §3719; C73, §3335; C97, §4306; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12405; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.4]
IA Code § 658.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.5 - Estate of remainder or reversion.

658.5 Estate of remainder or reversion.   The owner of an estate in remainder or reversion may maintain either of the aforesaid actions for injuries done to the inheritance, notwithstanding any intervening estate for life or years.  [C51, §2139; R60, §3721; C73, §3337; C97, §4307; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12406; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.5]
IA Code § 658.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.6 - Action by heir.

658.6 Action by heir.   An heir, whether a minor or of full age, may maintain these actions for injuries done in the time of the heir’s ancestor as well as in the heir’s own time, unless barred by the statute of limitations.  [C51, §2140; R60, §3722; C73, §3338; C97, §4308; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12407; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.6]
IA Code § 658.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.7 - Purchaser at execution sale.

658.7 Purchaser at execution sale.   The purchaser of lands or tenements at execution sale may have and maintain an action against any person for either of the causes above mentioned, occurring or existing after such purchase; but this provision shall not be construed to forbid the person occupying the lands in the meantime from using them in the ordinary course of husbandry, or taking timber with which to make suitable repairs thereon, unless the timber so taken shall be of higher grade than required, in which case the person shall be held guilty of waste and liable accordingly.  [C51, §2141 – 2143; R60, §3723 – 3725; C73, §3339 – 3341; C97, §4309; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12408; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.7]  Recovery of damages, §626.101
IA Code § 658.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.8 - Settlers on lands of state.

658.8 Settlers on lands of state.   Any person settled upon and occupying any portion of the public lands held by the state is not liable as a trespasser for improving or cultivating it in the ordinary course of husbandry, nor for taking and using timber or other materials necessary and proper to enable the person to do so, provided the timber and other materials are taken from land properly constituting a part of the “claim” or tract of land so settled upon and occupied by the person.  [C51, §2144; R60, §3726; C73, §3342; C97, §4310; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12409; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.8]
IA Code § 658.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.9 - Holder of tax certificate.

658.9 Holder of tax certificate.   The owner of a treasurer’s certificate of purchase of land sold for taxes may recover treble damages of any person willfully committing waste or trespass thereon.  [C73, §3343; C97, §4311; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12410; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.9]  Referred to in §658.10
IA Code § 658.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 658 - WASTE AND TRESPASS|Section 658.10 - Disposition of money.

658.10 Disposition of money.   All money recovered in an action brought under section 658.9 shall be paid by the officer collecting it to the auditor of the county in which the lands are situated, which shall be held by the auditor, and an entry thereof made in a book kept for that purpose, until the lands are redeemed, or a treasurer’s deed therefor executed to the holder of said certificate. If redemption is made, the money shall be paid to the owner of the land, and if not, to the person to whom the deed is executed.  [C73, §3344; C97, §4312; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12411; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.10]  Referred to in §331.502
IA Code § 659.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 659 - LIBEL AND SLANDER|Section 659.1 - Pleading.

659.1 Pleading.   In an action for slander or libel, it shall not be necessary to state any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the plaintiff of any defamatory matter out of which the cause of action arose, or that the matter was used in a defamatory sense; but it shall be sufficient to state the defamatory sense in which such matter was used, and that the same was spoken or published concerning the plaintiff.  [R60, §2928; C73, §2681; C97, §3592; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12412; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.1]
IA Code § 659.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 659 - LIBEL AND SLANDER|Section 659.2 - Libel — retraction — actual damages.

659.2 Libel — retraction — actual damages.   In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, free newspaper or shopping guide, or for defamatory statements made on a radio or television station, if the defendant can show that such libelous matter was published or broadcast through misinformation or mistake, the plaintiff shall recover no more than actual damages, unless a retraction be demanded and refused as hereinafter provided. Plaintiff shall serve upon the publisher at the principal place of publication or upon the owner of a radio or television station at the owner’s principal place of business a notice specifying the statements claimed to be libelous, and requesting that the same be withdrawn.  [SS15, §3592-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12413; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.2]  Referred to in §659.4
IA Code § 659.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 659 - LIBEL AND SLANDER|Section 659.3 - Retraction — actual, special, and exemplary damages.

659.3 Retraction — actual, special, and exemplary damages.   If a retraction or correction thereof be not published in as conspicuous a place and type in said newspaper, free newspaper or shopping guide, as were the statements complained of, in a regular issue thereof published within two weeks after such service, or in case of a defamatory statement on a radio or television station if a retraction or correction thereof be not broadcast at a time considered as favorable as that of the defamatory statement within two weeks after such service, plaintiff may allege such notice, demand, and failure to retract in the complaint and may recover both actual, special, and exemplary damages if the plaintiff’s cause of action be maintained. If such retraction be so published or broadcast, the plaintiff may still recover such actual, special, and exemplary damages, unless the defendant shall show that the libelous publication or defamatory statement was made in good faith, without malice, and under a mistake as to the facts.  [SS15, §3592-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12414; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.3]  Referred to in §659.4
IA Code § 659.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 659 - LIBEL AND SLANDER|Section 659.4 - Candidate — retraction — time — imputing sexual misconduct.

659.4 Candidate — retraction — time — imputing sexual misconduct.   If the plaintiff was a candidate for office at the time of the libelous publication, no retraction shall be available unless published in a conspicuous place on the editorial page, nor if the libel was published within two weeks next before the election. This section and sections 659.2 and 659.3 do not apply to libel imputing sexual misconduct to any persons.  [SS15, §3592-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12415; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.4]  85 Acts, ch 99, §11
IA Code § 659.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 659 - LIBEL AND SLANDER|Section 659.5 - Defamatory statement by radio.

659.5 Defamatory statement by radio.   The owner, lessee, licensee, or operator of a radio broadcasting station, and the agents or employees of any such owner, lessee, licensee, or operator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a radio broadcast, by one other than such owner, lessee, licensee, or operator, or agent or employee thereof, if such owner, lessee, licensee, operator, agent, or employee shall prove the exercise of due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement in such broadcasts.  [C39, §12415.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.5]
IA Code § 659.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 659 - LIBEL AND SLANDER|Section 659.6 - Proof of malice.

659.6 Proof of malice.   In actions for slander or libel, an unproved allegation of the truth of the matter charged shall not be deemed proof of malice, unless the jury on the whole case finds that such defense was made with malicious intent.  [R60, §2929; C73, §2682; C97, §3593; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12416; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.6]