Title XIV, PROPERTY (Ch. 555 - 594A)

1. This chapter applies to a transfer that refers to this chapter in the designation under section 565B.9, subsection 1 , by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer, the transferor, the minor, or the custodian is a resident of this state or the custodial propert…

The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor’s estate upon the earlier of: 1. The minor’s attainment of twenty-one years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under this chapter ; or 2. The minor’s death…

This chapter applies to a transfer within the scope of section 565B.2 made after July 1, 1986, if: 1. The transfer purports to have been made under the Iowa uniform gifts to minors Act; or 2. The instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the de…

1. Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this chapter made before July 1, 1986, is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Iowa uniform gifts to minors Act for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that…

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. 86 Acts, ch 1035, §23

Chapter 633 and all other laws of this state to the extent contrary to this chapter do not apply to the custodial property of a minor held by the custodian under this chapter . 86 Acts, ch 1035, §24

This chapter may be cited as the “Iowa Uniform Transfers to Minors Act” . 86 Acts, ch 1035, §25

1. A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian, followed in substanc…

A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to section 565B.9 . 86 Acts, ch 1035, §4 Referred to in §565B.15 , 565B.18

1. A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer pursuant to section 565B.9 to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust. 2. If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under section 565B.3 to receive the …

1. Subject to subsection 3 , a personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to section 565B.9 , in the absence of a will or under a will or trust that does not contain an aut…

1. Subject to subsections 2 and 3 , a person not subject to section 565B.5 or 565B.6 who holds property of, or owes a liquidated debt to, a minor not having a conservator, may make an irrevocable transfer to a custodian for the benefit of the minor pursuant to section 565B.9 . 2.…

A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this chapter . 86 Acts, ch 1035, §8

1. Custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever: a. An uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is either: (1) Registered in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by …

When it becomes necessary, to secure the state or any county or other municipal corporation thereof from loss, to take real estate on account of a debt by bidding the same in at execution sale or otherwise, the conveyance shall vest in the grantee as complete a title as if it wer…

Such real estate shall be bid in, if for the state, by the attorney general, if for the county, by the county attorney, and if for any other municipal corporation, by its attorney or agent appointed for that purpose, the proceeds of any such real estate, when sold, to be covered …

When real estate is sold as above provided, the fair and reasonable value shall be bid therefor, unless in excess of the judgment, interest, costs, and accruing costs, in which case the bid shall be for such sum only. [C73, §1912; C97, §2896; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10248; C46, 50…

1. In all cases in which the state becomes the purchaser of real estate under the provisions of this chapter , the costs and expenses attending such purchases shall be audited and allowed by the director of the department of administrative services, and paid out of any moneys in …

When the title to real estate becomes vested in the state, or in a county or municipality under this chapter , or by conveyance under the statutes relating to taxation, the executive council, board of supervisors, or other governing body, as the case may be, shall manage, control…

The cost and expense resulting from the exercise of said powers shall be paid from the fund to which said real estate belongs and the proceeds of a lease or sale shall be credited to said fund. [C73, §1914 – 1917, 1919; C97, §2898, 2899; C24, 27, 31, §10250 – 10252, 10254 – 10256…

The said governing body may appoint its chairperson, president, or other member to execute and acknowledge, for and on behalf of the state, county, or municipality, leases and deeds of conveyance, but said instruments when executed shall be approved by the said body and said appr…

1. Disposition by a county of a parcel acquired by tax deed shall comply with section 331.361, subsection 2 or 3 . 2. When title to a parcel acquired by tax deed is transferred, the auditor shall immediately record the deed and the assessor shall enter the parcel to be assessed f…

1. A landlord shall have a lien for the rent upon all crops grown upon the leased premises, and upon any other personal property of the tenant which has been used or kept thereon during the term and which is not exempt from execution. 2. In order to perfect a lien in farm product…

The payment of the rent for the lands upon which such grain or other annual products were raised at or before the time the same falls due, shall be a bar to any prosecution under section 570.9 and no prosecution shall be commenced until such rent be wholly due. [S13, §4852-b; C24…

Such lien shall continue for the period of one year after a year’s rent, or the rent of a shorter period, falls due. But in no case shall such lien continue more than six months after the expiration of the term. [C51, §1270; R60, §2302; C73, §2017; C97, §2992; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39…

In the event that a stock of goods or merchandise, or a part thereof, subject to a landlord’s lien, shall be sold under judicial process, order of court, or by an assignee under a general assignment for benefit of creditors, the lien of the landlord shall not be enforceable again…

1. In cases of farm leases involving the rental of farmlands of forty acres or more, where the tenant has defaulted in the payment of the rent and suit has been commenced aided by landlord’s attachment for the enforcement of the landlord’s lien, the defendant may file as a defens…

The lien may be enforced by the commencement of an action, within the period above prescribed, for the rent alone, in which action the landlord shall be entitled to a writ of attachment, upon filing with the clerk a verified petition, stating that the action is commenced to recov…

If a lien for rent is given in a written lease or other instrument upon additional property, it may be enforced in the same manner as a landlord’s lien and in the same action. [C51, §1271; R60, §2303; C73, §2018; C97, §2993; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10265; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, …

An action brought by a tenant, the tenant’s assignee or undertenant, to recover the possession of specific personal property taken under landlord’s attachment, may be against the party who sued out the attachment; and the property claimed in such action may, under the writ theref…

The endorsement of a levy on the property, made upon the process by the officer holding it, shall be a sufficient taking of the property to sustain an action against the party who sued out the writ. [R60, §2770; C73, §2575; C97, §3490; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10267; C46, 50, 54, 5…

If any tenant of farmlands, with intent to defraud, shall sell, conceal, or in any manner dispose of any of the grain, or other annual products thereof upon which there is a landlord’s lien for unpaid rent, without the written consent of the landlord, the tenant shall be guilty o…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agricultural chemical” means a fertilizer or agricultural chemical which is applied to crops or land which is used for the raising of crops, including but not limited to fertilizer as defined in section 200.3 , …

1. Upon the receipt of a certified request of an agricultural supply dealer, prior to or upon a sale on a credit basis of an agricultural supply to a farmer, a financial institution which has either a security interest in collateral owned by the farmer or an outstanding loan to t…

An agricultural supply dealer who provides an agricultural supply to a farmer shall have an agricultural lien as provided in section 554.9102 . The agricultural supply dealer is a secured party and the farmer is a debtor for purposes of chapter 554, article 9 . The amount of the …

Except as provided in this section , a financing statement filed to perfect an agricultural supply dealer lien shall be governed by chapter 554, article 9, part 5 , in the same manner as any other financing statement. 1. The lien becomes effective at the time that the farmer purc…

Except as provided in this section , an agricultural supply dealer lien that is effective or perfected as provided in section 570A.4 shall be subject to the rules of priority as provided in section 554.9322 . For an agricultural supply dealer lien that is perfected under section …

An agricultural supply dealer may enforce an agricultural supply dealer lien in the manner provided for agricultural liens pursuant to chapter 554, article 9, part 6 . 84 Acts, ch 1072, §6 ; 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §178, 187 ; 2003 Acts, ch 82, §7 ; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §94

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Crop” includes but is not limited to corn, soybeans, hay, straw, and crops produced on trees, vines, or bushes. 2. “Harvester” means a person who performs harvesting services. 3. “Harvesting services” means bali…

A harvester shall have an agricultural lien as provided in section 554.9102 for the reasonable value of harvesting services. The harvester is a secured party and the person for whom the harvester renders such harvesting services is a debtor for purposes of chapter 554, article 9 …

Except as provided in this section , a financing statement filed to perfect a harvester’s lien shall be governed by chapter 554, article 9, part 5 , in the same manner as any other financing statement. 1. The lien becomes effective at the time that the harvesting services provide…

Except as provided in this section , section 554.9322 shall govern the priority of a harvester’s lien that is effective or perfected as provided in section 571.3 . 1. A harvester’s lien that is effective but not perfected under section 571.3 shall have priority as provided in sec…

A harvester may enforce a harvester’s lien in the manner provided for agricultural liens pursuant to the uniform commercial code, chapter 554, article 9, part 6 . [C35, §10269-e5; C39, § 10269.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §571.5 ] 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §179, …

For the purpose of this chapter : 1. “Administrator” means the secretary of state. 2. “Building” shall be construed as if followed by the words “erection, or other improvement upon land”. 3. “General contractor” includes every person who does work or furnishes materials by contra…

A general contractor or a subcontractor may perfect a mechanic’s lien pursuant to section 572.8 beyond ninety days after the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor was performed by posting a lien to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry in…

Liens perfected under section 572.10 shall be enforced against the property or upon the bond, if given, by the owner or by the owner-builder’s buyer, only to the extent of the balance due from the owner to the general contractor or from the owner-builder’s buyer to the owner-buil…