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

All intangible personal property and any income or increment thereon, held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner has, within three years after it becomes payable or distributable, increased or decreased the principal, acc…

All intangible personal property held for the owner by any court, public corporation, public authority, agency, instrumentality, employee, or public officer of this state, or the United States, or a political subdivision of the state, another state, or the United States, that has…

1. a. All intangible personal property, not otherwise covered by this chapter , including any income or increment earned on the property and deducting any lawful charges, that is held or owing in this state in the ordinary course of the holder’s business and has remained unclaime…

1. As used in this section , unless the context requires otherwise: a. “Property” means intangible personal property located outside the state, but issued by the state of Iowa, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, or a person formed or otherwise located within th…

1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the escheat of United States savings bonds and proceeds from such bonds to the state shall be governed by this section . 2. United States savings bonds held or owing in this state by any person, or issued or owed i…

Unless otherwise agreed, where unsolicited goods are mailed to a person, that person has a right to accept delivery of such goods as a gift only, and is not bound to return such goods to the sender. If such unsolicited goods are either addressed to or intended for the recipient, …

1. The owner or other lawful possessor of real property may remove or cause to be removed any motor vehicle or other personal property which has been unlawfully parked or placed on that real property, and may place or cause such personal property to be placed in storage until the…

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: 1. “Customer” means a person who causes a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, or form to be used for the manufacture of plastic products. 2. “Molder” means a person, including but not limited to …

1. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the customer has all rights and title to a die, mold, or form in the possession of the molder as provided in this section . 2. If a customer does not claim possession from a molder of a die, mold, or form within three years follo…

As used in this chapter , unless the context requires otherwise: 1. “Art dealer” means a person engaged in the business of selling works of fine art, in a shop or gallery devoted in the majority to works of fine art, other than a person engaged in the business of selling goods of…

1. If an artist delivers or causes to be delivered a work of fine art of the artist’s own creation to an art dealer in this state for the purpose of exhibition or sale on a commission, fee, or other basis of compensation, the delivery to and acceptance of the work of fine art by …

The following apply to consignment: 1. The art dealer, after delivery of the work of fine art, becomes an agent of the artist for the purpose of sale or exhibition of the consigned work of fine art. 2. The work of fine art shall be held in trust by the consignee for the benefit o…

A consignment remains trust property, even if purchased by the art dealer, until the price is paid in full to the artist. If the work is resold to a bona fide purchaser before the artist has been paid in full, the proceeds of the resale received by the art dealer constitute funds…

A provision of a contract or agreement where the art dealer waives a provision of this chapter is void. 86 Acts, ch 1233, §5

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made, in whole or in part, of gold or any alloy of gold, and having stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon, or u…

The term “person” as used in this chapter shall embrace persons, firms, partnerships, companies, corporations, and associations. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1915; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §119.10 ] C93, §556E.10

In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of the gold or alloy in any such article, according to the foregoing standards, the part of the gold or alloy taken for the test shall be such portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior fi…

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver and having marked, stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted t…

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver and having marked, stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted t…

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver and having stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon, …

In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of any such article mentioned in this section and sections 556E.3 through 556E.5 , according to the foregoing standards, the part of the article taken for the test shall be such portion as does not contain or have attached thereto…

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a p…

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a p…

Every person guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter , and every officer, manager, director, or agent of any such person directly participating in such violation or consenting thereto, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor; but nothing in this chapter shall appl…

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

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…

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 …

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 ad…

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 a…

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 menti…

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, money…

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 opp…

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 reco…

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 a…

If any person shall stop or take up any vessel or watercraft, or any raft of logs, or part thereof, or any logs suitable for making lumber or hewn timber, or sawed lumber, found adrift within the limits or upon the boundaries of this state, of the value of five dollars or upwards…

The district judge, district associate judge, judicial magistrate, or district court clerk shall thereupon issue a warrant, directed to some peace officer, commanding the peace officer to summon three respectable householders of the neighborhood, who shall proceed without delay t…

In all cases where the appraisement of any such property shall not exceed the sum of twenty dollars, the finder shall advertise the same on the door of the courthouse, and in three other of the most public places in the county, within five days after the appraisement, and if no p…

If the value thereof shall exceed the sum of twenty dollars, the county auditor, within five days from the time of the reception of the magistrate, judge or clerk’s certificate at the auditor’s office, shall cause an advertisement to be posted on the door of the courthouse, and a…

In all cases where any vessel, watercraft, logs, or lumber shall be taken up as aforesaid, which shall be of a value less than five dollars, the finder shall advertise the same by posting a notice of such finding in three of the most public places in the neighborhood; but in such…

If any person shall find any lost goods, money, bank notes, or other things of any description whatever, of the value of five dollars and over, such person shall inform the owner thereof, if known, and make restitution thereof. [C51, §876 – 879; R60, §1508; C73, §1514; C97, §2373…

If the owner is unknown, the finder shall, within five days after finding the property, take the money, bank notes, and a description of any other property to the county sheriff of the county or the chief of police of the city in which the property was found, and provide an affid…

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 …

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, 5…

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 ab…

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…

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 ]