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2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.8 - Advertisement.

556F.8 Advertisement.
The finder of the lost goods, money, bank notes, or other things shall give written notice of the finding of the property. The notice shall contain an accurate description of the property and a statement as to the time when and place where the same was found, and the post office address of the finder. The notice shall:
1. Be posted at the door of the courthouse in the county in which the property was found or at the city hall or police station if found within a city and in one other of the most public places in the county; and
2. If the property found exceeds forty dollars in value, the notice shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in and having general circulation in the county.
[C51, §877, 878, 880; R60, §1509, 1510; C73, §1510, 1514 – 1516; C97, §2372, 2374; S13, §2372, 2374; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12206; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.8]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.8
2000 Acts, ch 1043, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.9 - Record of publication.

556F.9 Record of publication.
Proof of publication of said notice and of the posting thereof shall be made by affidavits of the publisher and the person posting said notices, and said affidavits shall be filed in the office of the county auditor of said county.
[C51, §886; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12207; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.9]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.9
Referred to in §556F.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.10 - Additional publication.

556F.10 Additional publication.
The affidavits provided for in section 556F.9 shall be entered by the auditor in the proceedings of the board of supervisors and the same shall be published with the proceedings of said board.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12208; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.10]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.10
Referred to in §331.502
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.11 - Vesting of title.

556F.11 Vesting of title.
If no person appears to claim and prove ownership to said goods, money, bank notes, or other things within twelve months of the date when proof of said publication and posting is filed in the office of the county auditor, the right to such property shall irrevocably vest in said finder.
[C51, §879, 881; R60, §1509, 1510; C73, §1510, 1513, 1515, 1516; C97, §2372, 2374, 2375; S13, §2372, 2374; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12209; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.11]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.12 - Ownership settled.

556F.12 Ownership settled.
In any case where a claim is made to property found or taken up, and the ownership of the property cannot be agreed upon by the finder and claimant, they may make a case before any district judge, associate district judge, or judicial magistrate in the county, who may hear and adjudicate it, and if either of them refuses to make such case the other may make an affidavit of the facts which have previously occurred, and the claimant shall also verify the claim by the claimant’s affidavit, and the district judge, associate district judge, or judicial magistrate may take cognizance of and try the matter on the other party having one day’s notice, but there shall be no appeal from the decision. This section does not bar any other remedy given by law.
[C51, §890; R60, §1504; C73, §1517; C97, §2376; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12210; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.12]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.12
Referred to in §602.6405
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.13 - Compensation.

556F.13 Compensation.
As a reward for the taking up of boats and other vessels, and for finding lost goods, money, bank notes, and other things, before restitution of the property or proceeds thereof shall be made, the finder shall be entitled to ten percent upon the value thereof, and for taking up any logs or lumber, as hereinbefore described, twenty-five cents for each log not exceeding ten, twenty cents for each exceeding ten and not exceeding fifty, fifteen cents for each exceeding fifty, and fifty cents per thousand feet for sawed lumber.
[C51, §892; R60, §1514; C73, §1511, 1518; C97, §2377; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12211; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.13]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.14 - Costs, charges and care — assessment.

556F.14 Costs, charges and care — assessment.
The owner shall also be required to pay the finder all such costs and charges as may have been paid by the finder for services rendered as aforesaid, including the cost of publication, together with reasonable charges for keeping and taking care of such property, which last mentioned charge, in case the finder and the owner cannot agree, shall be assessed by two disinterested householders of the neighborhood, to be appointed by some magistrate judge of the proper county, whose decision, when made, shall be binding and conclusive on all parties.
[C51, §893; R60, §1514; C73, §1518; C97, §2377; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12212; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.14]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.15 - Proceeds — forfeiture.

556F.15 Proceeds — forfeiture.
The net proceeds of sales made by the sheriff, and money or bank notes paid over to the county treasurer, as directed in this chapter, shall remain in the hands of the county treasurer in trust for the owner, if the owner applies within one year from the time the proceeds, moneys, or bank notes would have been paid over. However, if no owner appears within that time, the proceeds, moneys, or bank notes shall be forfeited, and the claim of the owner is forever barred, in which event the money shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state.
[C51, §885; R60, §1516; C73, §1519; C97, §2378; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12213; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.15]
83 Acts, ch 185, §57, 62; 83 Acts, ch 186, §10125, 10201, 10204; 94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.16 - Responsibility of taker-up.

556F.16 Responsibility of taker-up.
If the taker-up of any watercraft, logs, or lumber, or finder of lost goods, bank notes, or other things, takes reasonable care of the property, and any unavoidable accident happens to the property without the fault or neglect of the finder or taker-up before the owner has an opportunity of reclaiming the property, the taker-up or finder shall not be accountable for the unavoidable accident, if within ten days of the accident, the finder or taker-up certifies the accident to the county auditor, who shall make an entry of the accident in the auditor’s lost property book.
[R60, §1517; C73, §1520; C97, §2379; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12214; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.16]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.16
95 Acts, ch 49, §20
Referred to in §331.502
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.17 - Penalty for selling.

556F.17 Penalty for selling.
If any person shall trade, sell, loan, or take out of the limits of this state any such property taken up or found as provided in this chapter, before the person shall be vested with the right to the property, the person shall forfeit and pay double the value thereof, to be recovered by any person in an action, one half of which shall go to the plaintiff and the other half to the county.
[R60, §1518; C73, §1521; C97, §2380; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12215; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.17]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.17
2009 Acts, ch 133, §172
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556F - LOST PROPERTY › Section 556F.18 - Failure to comply.

556F.18 Failure to comply.
If any person shall take up any boat or vessel, or any logs or lumber, or shall find any goods, money, bank notes, or other things, and shall fail to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the person shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered in an action by any person who will sue for the same, one half for the use of the person suing and the other half to be deposited in the county treasury for the use of the school districts; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the owner from having and maintaining an action for the recovery of any damage the owner may sustain.
[R60, §1519; C73, §1522; C97, §2381; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12216; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.18]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.18
2018 Acts, ch 1026, §163
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556G - UNCLAIMED DRY CLEANING › Section 556G.1 - Unclaimed personal property held by a dry cleaning establishment.

556G.1 Unclaimed personal property held by a dry cleaning establishment.
All property deposited with a dry cleaning establishment which remains unclaimed for a period of four months after the establishment has attempted to contact the owner of the property by ordinary mail one time at the property owner’s last known mailing address, may be presumed abandoned and disposed of by delivering the property to a local nonprofit charitable organization.
94 Acts, ch 1094, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 556H - UNCLAIMED DEER VENISON › Section 556H.1 - Unclaimed deer venison held by a licensed processing establishment.

556H.1 Unclaimed deer venison held by a licensed processing establishment.
All deer venison deposited with an establishment licensed pursuant to chapter 189A, which remains unclaimed for a period of two months after the establishment has attempted to contact the deer venison owner at least once by ordinary mail at the owner’s last known mailing address, shall be presumed to be abandoned. The establishment may dispose of the abandoned deer venison by donating the deer venison to a local nonprofit, charitable organization. For purposes of this section, the term “deer” means the Cervidae or game deer excluding any farm deer as defined in section 481A.1, subsection 21, paragraph “h”, and all donated deer venison shall include game deer venison only and shall not be processed as a multispecies meat food product pursuant to chapter 189A.
2001 Acts, ch 23, §1
Donations of perishable food, see chapter 672
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.1 - Who deemed seized.

557.1 Who deemed seized.
All persons owning real estate not held by an adverse possession shall be deemed to be seized and possessed of the same.
[C51, §1199; R60, §2207; C73, §1928; C97, §2912; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10040; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.2 - Estate in fee simple.

557.2 Estate in fee simple.
The term “heirs” or other technical words of inheritance are not necessary to create and convey an estate in fee simple.
[C51, §1200; R60, §2208; C73, §1929; C97, §2913; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10041; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.3 - Conveyance passes grantor’s interest.

557.3 Conveyance passes grantor’s interest.
Every conveyance of real estate passes all the interest of the grantor therein, unless a contrary intent can be reasonably inferred from the terms used.
[C51, §1201; R60, §2209; C73, §1930; C97, §2914; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10042; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.4 - After-acquired interest — exception.

557.4 After-acquired interest — exception.
Where a deed purports to convey a greater interest than the grantor was at the time possessed of, any after-acquired interest of such grantor, to the extent of that which the deed purports to convey, inures to the benefit of the grantee. But if the spouse of such grantor joins in such conveyance for the purpose of relinquishing dower or homestead only, and subsequently acquires an interest therein as above defined, it shall not be held to inure to the benefit of the grantee.
[C51, §1202; R60, §2210; C73, §1931; C97, §2915; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10043; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.5 - Adverse possession.

557.5 Adverse possession.
Adverse possession of real estate does not prevent any person from selling that person’s interest in the same.
[C51, §1203; R60, §2211; C73, §1932; C97, §2916; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10044; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.6 - Future estates.

557.6 Future estates.
Estates may be created to commence at a future day.
[C51, §1204; R60, §2212; C73, §1933; C97, §2917; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10045; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.7 - Contingent remainders.

557.7 Contingent remainders.
A contingent remainder shall take effect, notwithstanding any determination of the particular estate, in the same manner in which it would have taken effect if it had been an executory devise or a springing or shifting use, and shall, as well as such limitations, be subject to the rule respecting remoteness known as the rule against perpetuities, exclusive of any other supposed rule respecting limitations to successive generations or double possibilities.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10046; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.7]
Referred to in §557.8
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.8 - Applicability.

557.8 Applicability.
Section 557.7, except so far as declaratory of existing law, shall apply only to instruments executed on or after July 1, 1925, and to wills and codicils revived or confirmed by a will or codicil executed on or after said date.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10047; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.9 - Defeating expectant estate.

557.9 Defeating expectant estate.
No expectant estate shall be defeated or barred by an alienation or other act of the owner of the precedent estate, nor by the destruction of such precedent estate by disseizin, forfeiture, surrender, or merger; provided that on the petition of the life tenant, with the consent of the holder of the reversion, the district court may order the sale of the property in such estate and the proceeds shall be subject to the order of court until the right thereto becomes fully vested. The proceedings shall be as in an action for partition.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10048; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.10 - Declarations of trust.

557.10 Declarations of trust.
Declarations or creations of trusts or powers in relation to real estate must be executed in the same manner as deeds of conveyance; but this provision does not apply to trusts resulting from the operation or construction of law.
[C51, §1205; R60, §2213; C73, §1934; C97, §2918; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10049; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.10]
Statute of frauds, §622.32
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.11 - Conveyances by married persons.

557.11 Conveyances by married persons.
A married person may convey or encumber any real estate or interest therein belonging to the person, and may control the same, or contract with reference thereto, to the same extent and in the same manner as other persons.
[C51, §1207; R60, §2215; C73, §1935; C97, §2919; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10050; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.11]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.12 - Conveyances by husband and wife.

557.12 Conveyances by husband and wife.
Every conveyance made by a husband and wife shall be sufficient to pass any and all right of either in the property conveyed, unless the contrary appears on the face of the conveyance.
[R60, §2255; C73, §1936; C97, §2920; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10051; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.12]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.13 - Covenants — spouse not bound.

557.13 Covenants — spouse not bound.
Where either the husband or wife joins in a conveyance of real estate owned by the other, the husband or wife so joining shall not be bound by the covenants of such conveyance, unless it is expressly so stated on the face thereof.
[C73, §1937; C97, §2921; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10052; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.13]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.14 - Title and possession of mortgagor.

557.14 Title and possession of mortgagor.
In absence of stipulations to the contrary, the mortgagor of real estate retains the legal title and right of possession thereto.
[C51, §1210; R60, §2217; C73, §1938; C97, §2922; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10053; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.14]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.15 - Common forms of co-ownership of real property.

557.15 Common forms of co-ownership of real property.
1. A conveyance of real property to two or more grantees each in their own right creates a tenancy in common, unless a contrary intent is expressed in the conveyance instrument or as provided in subsection 2.
2. A conveyance of real property to two or more grantees in a conveyance instrument in any of the following circumstances creates a presumption of joint tenancy with rights of survivorship unless a contrary intent is expressed in the instrument and subject to subsection 3:
a. The instrument identifies two grantees as married to each other at the time the instrument is executed.
b. The instrument describes the conveyance to the grantees with the phrase “joint tenants”, “joint tenancy”, or words of similar import.
c. The instrument describes the conveyance to the grantees with the phrase “or their survivor” with reference to the grantees, or words of similar import.
3. An order of annulment, dissolution, or separate maintenance entered pursuant to section 598.21 is a muniment of title to the real property described, and severs a joint tenancy with rights of survivorship and creates a tenancy in common in equal shares, unless otherwise provided in the order.
[C51, §1206; R60, §2214; C73, §1939; C97, §2923; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10054; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.15]
2014 Acts, ch 1054, §1, 2
Section takes effect January 1, 2015, and applies to instruments executed and orders entered on or after that date;
2014 Acts, ch 1054, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.16 - Cotenant liable for rent.

557.16 Cotenant liable for rent.
In all cases in which any real estate is now or shall be hereafter held by two or more persons as tenants in common, and one or more of said tenants shall have been or shall hereafter be in possession of said real estate, it shall be lawful for any one or more of said tenants in common, not in possession, to sue for and recover from such tenants in possession, their proportionate part of the rental value of said real estate for the time, not exceeding a period of five years, such real estate shall have been in possession as aforesaid.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10055; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.16]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.17 - Partition — cotenant charged with rent.

557.17 Partition — cotenant charged with rent.
In case of partition of such real estate held in common as aforesaid, the parties in possession shall have deducted from their distributive shares of said real estate the rental value thereof to which their cotenants are entitled.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10056; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.17]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.18 - Vendor’s lien.

557.18 Vendor’s lien.
No vendor’s lien for unpaid purchase money shall be enforced in any court of this state after a conveyance by the vendee, unless such lien is reserved by conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument duly acknowledged and recorded, or unless such conveyance by the vendee is made after suit by the vendor, the vendor’s executor, or assigns to enforce such lien.
[C73, §1940; C97, §2924; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10057; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.18]
Referred to in §557.19
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.19 - Fraudulent conveyances.

557.19 Fraudulent conveyances.
Nothing in section 557.18 shall be construed to deprive a vendor of any remedy now existing against conveyance procured through the fraud or collusion of the vendees therein, or persons purchasing of such vendees with notice of such fraud or lien.
[C73, §1940; C97, §2924; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10058; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.19]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.20 - Rule in Shelley’s case.

557.20 Rule in Shelley’s case.
The rule or principle of the common law known as the rule in Shelley’s case is hereby abolished and is declared not to be a part of the law of this state.
[S13, §2924-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10059; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.20]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.21 - Devise, bequest, or conveyance not enlarged.

557.21 Devise, bequest, or conveyance not enlarged.
No express devise, bequest, or conveyance of an estate for life, or other limited estate in real or personal property shall be enlarged or construed to pass any greater estate to the devisee, legatee, or grantee thereof by reason of any devise, bequest, or conveyance to the heirs, heirs of the body, children, or issue of such devisee, legatee, or grantee; but this section shall not in any manner or under any circumstances be so construed as to impair or affect the vested rights of any person in or to any lands or estates acquired prior to July 4, 1907.
[S13, §2924-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10060; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.21]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.22 - Authorization.

557.22 Authorization.
Any owner of a farm in the state may have the name of that farm, together with a description of the owner’s lands to which the name applies, recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the farm is located.
[S13, §2924-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10061; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.22]
2003 Acts, ch 5, §3
Referred to in §331.602, 331.607, 557.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.23 - Vested interest.

557.23 Vested interest.
When any name shall have been recorded as the name of any farm in such county, such name shall not be recorded as the name of any other farm in the same county.
[S13, §2924-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10062; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.23]
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.24 - Fee.

557.24 Fee.
A person having the name of the person’s farm recorded as provided in section 557.22 shall first pay to the county recorder the fees specified in section 331.604, which shall be paid to the county treasurer as other fees are paid to the county treasurer by the recorder.
[S13, §2924-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10063; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.24]
85 Acts, ch 159, §6; 2009 Acts, ch 27, §32
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.25 - Transfer of farm.

557.25 Transfer of farm.
When any owner of a farm, the name of which has been recorded as hereinbefore provided, transfers by deed or otherwise the whole of such farm, such transfer may include the registered name thereof; but if the owner shall transfer only a portion of such farm, then in that event, the registered name thereof shall not be transferred to the purchaser unless so stated in the deed of conveyance.
[S13, §2924-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10064; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.25]
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL › Section 557.26 - Cancellation — fee.

557.26 Cancellation — fee.
If the owner of a registered farm desires to cancel the registered name of the farm, the owner shall acknowledge cancellation of the name by execution of an instrument in writing referring to the farm name, and shall record the instrument. For the latter service the county recorder shall collect the fees specified in section 331.604, which shall be paid to the county treasurer as other fees are paid to the county treasurer by the recorder.
[S13, §2924-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10065; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.26]
85 Acts, ch 159, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 27, §33
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.2 - Definitions.

557A.2 Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. “Association” means all of the time-share interval owners of a time-share project acting as a group, either through a nonstock nonprofit corporation or an unincorporated association, in accordance with its bylaws governing administration of the project.
2. “Commission” means the real estate commission.
3. “Common expense” means all sums lawfully assessed against an owner of a time-share interval by an association for the expenses of operating and maintaining the time-share project and for other expenses designated by the project instruments.
4. “Developer” means a person who is in the business of creating or selling time-share intervals in a time-share program. This definition does not include a person acting solely as a sales agent.
5. “Exchange agent” means a person who negotiates and arranges the exchange of time-share intervals for their owners in an exchange program involving other time-share intervals.
6. “Managing agent” means a person who undertakes the duties and responsibilities of the management of a time-share project.
7. “Project instrument” means a recordable document applicable to an entire time-share project, containing restrictions or covenants regulating the use, occupancy, or disposition of the entire project and including amendments to the document.
8. “Property report” means a written statement provided to the initial purchaser of a time-share interval containing the information required in sections 557A.11 and 557A.12.
9. “Purchaser” means a person other than a developer or lender who acquires an interest in a time-share interval.
10. “Time-share estate” means an ownership or leasehold estate in property devoted to a time-share fee or a time-share lease.
11. “Time-share instrument” means a document by whatever name denominated creating or regulating time-share programs, but excluding any law, ordinance, or government regulation.
12. “Time-share interval” means a time-share estate or a time-share use.
13. “Time-share program” means an arrangement for time-share intervals in a time-share project in which the use, occupancy or possession of real property circulates among purchasers of the time-share intervals according to a fixed or floating time schedule on a periodic basis occurring over a period of time.
14. “Time-share project” means the entire real property that is subject to a time-share program.
15. “Time-share use” means a contractual right of exclusive occupancy which does not fall within the definition of a time-share estate including, but is not limited to, a vacation license, prepaid hotel reservation, club membership, limited partnership or vacation bond.
16. “Unit” means the real property or the real property improvement in a time-share project which is divided into time-share intervals.
85 Acts, ch 155, §2
Referred to in §502.201, 543B.7, 543C.1, 557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.3 - Applicability to time-share programs located out-of-state.

557A.3 Applicability to time-share programs located out-of-state.
1. Sections 557A.4 through 557A.10 apply only to time-share programs located in Iowa.
2. Sections 557A.1, 557A.2, and 557A.11 through 557A.20 apply to any time-share program, wherever located, which is marketed in Iowa.
85 Acts, ch 155, §3; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §345
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.5 - Status of time-share estates.

557A.5 Status of time-share estates.
1. A time-share estate is an estate in real property and has the character and incidents of an estate in fee simple at common law or an estate for years if a leasehold, except as expressly modified by this chapter.
2. A document transferring or encumbering a time-share estate shall not be rejected for recordation because of the nature or duration of the estate.
3. For purposes of title, each time-share estate constitutes a separate estate or interest in property except for real property tax purposes.
85 Acts, ch 155, §5
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.6 - Creation of time-share estates.

557A.6 Creation of time-share estates.
Project instruments and time-share instruments creating time-share estates shall contain the following:
1. The name of the county in which the property is situated.
2. The legal description, street address, or other description sufficient to identify the property.
3. Identification of units and time periods by letter, name, number, or a combination.
4. Identification of time-share estates and, when applicable, the method by which additional time-share estates may be created.
5. The formula, fraction, or percentage of the common expenses and any voting rights assigned to each time-share estate and, when applicable, to each unit that is not subject to the time-share program.
6. Any restrictions on the use, occupancy, alteration, or alienation of time-share intervals.
7. The dates and conditions under which a partition may occur.
8. The ownership interest, if any, of personal property and provisions for care and replacement of the personal property.
9. Any other matters the developer deems appropriate.
85 Acts, ch 155, §6
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.7 - Arrangements for management and operation of a time-share estate program.

557A.7 Arrangements for management and operation of a time-share estate program.
The time-share instruments for a time-share estate program shall prescribe reasonable arrangements for management and operation of the program and for the maintenance, repair, and furnishing of units, which shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the following:
1. Creation of an association of time-share estate owners.
2. Adoption of bylaws for organizing and operating the association.
3. Payment of costs and expenses of operating the time-share program and owning and maintaining the units.
4. Employment and termination of employment of the managing agent.
5. Preparation and dissemination to time-share estate owners of an annual budget and of operating statements and other financial information concerning the time-share program.
6. Adoption of standards and rules of conduct for the use and occupancy of units by time-share estate owners.
7. Procedures for imposing and collecting assessments from time-share estate owners to defray the expenses of management of the time-share program and maintenance of the units.
8. Comprehensive general liability insurance for death, bodily injury, and property damage arising out of, or in connection with, the use of units by time-share estate owners, their guests, and other users.
9. Methods for providing compensating use periods or monetary compensation to a time-share estate owner if a unit cannot be made available for the period to which the time-share estate owner is entitled by schedule or by confirmed reservation.
10. Procedures for imposing a monetary penalty or suspension of a time-share estate owner’s rights and privileges in the time-share program for failure of the owner to comply with the time-share instruments or the rules of the association with respect to the use of the units. The time-share estate owner shall be given notice and the opportunity to refute or explain the charges in person or in writing to the governing body or the association before a decision to impose discipline is rendered.
11. Employment of attorneys, accountants, and other professional persons as necessary to assist in the management of the time-share program and the units.
85 Acts, ch 155, §7
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.8 - Developer control period.

557A.8 Developer control period.
1. The time-share instruments for a time-share estate program may provide for a period of time, known as the developer control period, during which the developer or a managing agent selected by the developer shall manage the time-share program and the units in the time-share program.
2. If the time-share instruments for a time-share estate program provide for the establishment of a developer control period, they shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the following:
a. Termination of the developer control period by action of the association.
b. Termination of contracts for goods and services for the time-share program entered into during the developer control periods.
c. Termination of contract for managing agent entered into during developer control period.
d. A regular accounting by the developer to the association as to all matters that significantly affect the interests of owners in the time-share program.
85 Acts, ch 155, §8
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.9 - Creation of time-share uses.

557A.9 Creation of time-share uses.
Project instruments and time-share instruments creating time-share uses shall contain the following:
1. Identification by name of the time-share project and street address or other description sufficient to identify the property where the time-share project is situated. The address shall be the street address if available.
2. Identification of the time periods, type of units, and the units that are in the time-share program and the length of time that the units are committed to the time-share program.
3. In case of a time-share project, identification of which units are in the time-share program and the method by which any units may be added, deleted, or substituted.
4. Any other matters that the developer deems appropriate.
85 Acts, ch 155, §9
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.10 - Arrangement for management and operation of a time-share use program.

557A.10 Arrangement for management and operation of a time-share use program.
The time-share instruments for a time-share use program shall prescribe reasonable arrangements for management and operation of the program and for the maintenance, repair, and furnishing of units which shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the following:
1. Standards and procedures for upkeep, repair, and interior furnishing of units and for providing of janitorial, cleaning, linen, and similar services to the units during use periods.
2. Adoption of standards and rules of conduct governing the use and occupancy of units by time-share use owners.
3. Payment of the costs and expenses of operating the time-share program.
4. Selection of a managing agent to act on behalf of the developer.
5. Preparation and dissemination to time-share use owners of an annual budget and operating statements and other financial information concerning the time-share program.
6. Procedures for establishing the rights of time-share use owners to the use of units by prearrangement or under a first-reserved, first-served priority system.
7. Organization of a management advisory board consisting of time-share use owners including an enumeration of rights and responsibilities of the advisory board.
8. Procedures for imposing and collecting assessment or use fees from time-share use owners as necessary to defray costs of management of the time-share program and in providing materials and services to the units.
9. Comprehensive general liability insurance for death, bodily injury, and property damage arising out of, or in connection with, the use of units by time-share use owners, their guests, and other users.
10. Methods for providing compensating use periods or monetary compensation to a time-share use owner if a unit cannot be made available for the period to which the owner is entitled by schedule or by a confirmed reservation.
11. Procedures for imposing a monetary penalty or suspension of a time-share use owner’s rights and privileges in the time-share program for failure of the owner to comply with the time-share instruments or the rules established by the developer with respect to the use of the units. The time-share use owner shall be given notice and the opportunity to refute or explain the charges in person or in writing to the management advisory board before a decision to impose discipline is rendered.
12. Procedures for disclosure at cost to requesting time-share users of a list of the names and mailing addresses of all current time-share owners in the time-share program.
85 Acts, ch 155, §10
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.12 - Additional disclosure requirements relating to exchange programs.

557A.12 Additional disclosure requirements relating to exchange programs.
1. When the owners of time-share intervals are to be permitted or required to become members of or participate in any program for the exchange of occupancy rights among themselves or with the owners of time-share intervals of other time-share projects or both, the developer or an agent of a developer of a time-share program, in addition to the property report required by section 557A.11 and within the same time limitation, shall provide the following disclosure materials to a purchaser:
a. The name, address and telephone number of the exchange agent and a statement as to whether that person is an affiliate of the developer.
b. Whether membership or participation, or both, in the exchange program are voluntary or mandatory.
c. The expenses, or ranges of expenses, charged to the time-share interval owners for membership in the exchange program including the expenses, if any, of exchanging as of a date not more than one year before the property report is delivered to the purchaser, and the name of the person to whom those expenses are payable.
d. Whether and how any of the expenses specified in paragraph “c” may be altered and, if any of them are to be fixed on a case-by-case basis, the manner in which they are to be fixed in each case.
2. Subsection 1 shall not apply if information on all exchange programs has been included pursuant to law or rule of the other registering jurisdiction in an abbreviated property report prepared pursuant to section 557A.11, subsection 2.
85 Acts, ch 155, §12
Referred to in §557A.2, 557A.3, 557A.11, 557A.13, 557A.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.13 - Exemptions from disclosure requirements.

557A.13 Exemptions from disclosure requirements.
A person shall not be required to provide disclosure documents, as required in sections 557A.11 and 557A.12, in the following cases:
1. A transfer of a time-share interval by a time-share interval owner other than a developer or a developer’s agent.
2. A disposition of units in a time-share project pursuant to a court order.
3. A disposition of units in a time-share project by a government or governmental agency.
4. A disposition of units in a time-share project by a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure.
5. A disposition to a person acquiring the time-share interval for other than personal use.
6. A disposition of a time-share interval in a time-share project situated wholly outside this state if all solicitations, negotiations, and contracts took place wholly outside this state and the contract was executed wholly outside this state.
7. A gratuitous transfer of a time-share interval.
85 Acts, ch 155, §13
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.14 - Purchaser’s and developer’s rights relating to property report.

557A.14 Purchaser’s and developer’s rights relating to property report.
1. A purchaser may at any time within five business days following the receipt of all information required in sections 557A.11 and 557A.12 rescind in writing a contract of sale without stating any reason and without any liability on the purchaser’s part. All payments made by the purchaser before rescission shall be refunded within thirty days after receipt of the notice of rescission as provided in subsection 3.
2. The developer may cancel the contract of purchase without penalty to either person at any time within five business days after the receipt by the purchaser of the disclosure materials required in sections 557A.11 and 557A.12. The developer shall return all payments made and the purchaser shall return all materials received in good condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted. If the materials are not returned, the developer may deduct their cost and return the balance to the purchaser.
3. If either person elects to cancel a contract pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, the person may do so by hand delivery or personal service, or electronic or prepaid United States mail to the other person or to the person’s agent for service of process.
4. Material furnished under sections 557A.11 and 557A.12 may not be changed or amended following delivery to a purchaser without the prior approval of the purchaser, if the change or amendment would materially affect the rights of the purchaser. A copy of amendments shall be delivered promptly to the purchaser.
5. A developer who makes a false or misleading statement of fact that reasonably could affect the purchaser’s decision to enter into the contract of sale, or omits to include a fact, in the information required to be disclosed under sections 557A.11 and 557A.12 shall be liable to the purchaser for damages, and, at the election of the purchaser, the misrepresentation shall be sufficient to void the contract for sale.
6. Rights of purchasers under this section shall not be waived in the contract of sale and an attempt to waive is void.
85 Acts, ch 155, §14
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.15 - Release from liens.

557A.15 Release from liens.
1. Unless the purchaser expressly agrees, prior to the transfer other than by deed in lieu of foreclosure of a time-share interval, to take subject to or assume a lien, the developer shall record or furnish to the purchaser releases of all liens affecting that time-share interval, or shall provide a surety bond or insurance against the lien.
2. If a lien, other than an underlying mortgage or deed of trust, becomes effective against more than one time-share interval in a time-share project, a time-share interval owner is entitled to a release of the owner’s time-share interval from the lien upon payment of the amount of the lien attributable to the owner’s time-share interval. The amount of the payment shall be proportionate to the ratio that the time-share interval owner’s liability bears to the liabilities of all time-share interval owners whose interests are subject to the lien. Upon receipt of payment, the lienholder shall promptly deliver to the time-share interval owner a release of the lien covering the time-share interval. After payment, the managing entity shall not assess or have a lien against that time-share interval for any portion of the expenses incurred in connection with that lien. The time-share interval owner and the lienholder may enter into an alternative arrangement.
85 Acts, ch 155, §15
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.16 - Enforcement and cause of action.

557A.16 Enforcement and cause of action.
1. Violations of this chapter, unfair methods of competition, and deceptive or unfair acts or practices, in the offer or sale of a time-share are unlawful. Enforcement shall be as provided in section 714.16. The terms “unfair methods of competition” and “deceptive or unfair acts or practices” include, but are not limited to, the following acts:
a. Misrepresenting or failing to disclose any material fact concerning a time-share.
b. Failing to honor and comply with all provisions of a time-share instrument entered into with a purchaser.
c. Including any time-share instrument provisions purporting to waive any right or benefit provided for purchasers under this chapter.
d. Receiving from a prospective purchaser any money or other valuable consideration before the purchaser signs a time-share instrument.
e. Misrepresenting the amount of time or period of time the time-share unit will be available to a purchaser.
f. Misrepresenting the location of the offered time-share unit.
g. Misrepresenting the size, nature, extent, qualities, or characteristics of the offered time-share unit.
h. Misrepresenting the nature or extent of any services incident to the time-share unit.
i. Misrepresenting the conditions under which a purchaser may exchange occupancy rights to a time-share unit in one location for occupancy rights to a time-share unit in another location.
2. If a developer or any other person subject to this chapter violates any provision of this chapter or any provision of the project or time-share instruments, any person or class of persons damaged or otherwise adversely affected by the violation shall have a claim for appropriate relief, which shall be brought in the county in which the time-share project is located or was offered or sold, in which the time-share offeror or time-share salesperson resides or is doing business upon tender of the time-share interest sold, or in which the contract was made. The court may order the developer or other person subject to this chapter to refund the purchaser the full amount paid by the purchaser, with prejudgment interest, less a portion of the amount paid representing the portion of any benefit the purchaser actually received or had the right to receive during the time preceding the tender. In all cases, the court may provide equitable relief it considers necessary or proper. The court may also award the person or class of persons reasonable attorney’s fees. This action does not limit any other remedy of the purchaser.
85 Acts, ch 155, §16
Referred to in §557A.3