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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES » Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS

Section 614.24 – Reversion or use restrictions on land — preservation.

614.24 Reversion or use restrictions on land — preservation. 1. No action based upon any claim arising or existing by reason of the provisions of any deed or conveyance or contract or will reserving or providing for any reversion, reverted interests or use restrictions in and to the land therein described shall be maintained either […]

Section 614.25 – Effect of filing claim.

614.25 Effect of filing claim. The filing of such claim shall extend for a further period of twenty-one years the time within which such action may be brought by any person entitled thereto, and successive claims for further like extensions may be filed. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.25] Referred to in §455I.9, […]

Section 614.26 – Indexing.

614.26 Indexing. The provisions of section 614.18 are made applicable to the provisions of sections 614.24 and 614.25, this section, and sections 614.27 and 614.28. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.26] 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §327 Referred to in §455I.9, 457A.2, 614.27, 614.28

Section 614.27 – Persons under disability.

614.27 Persons under disability. The provisions of section 614.8 as to the rights of minors and persons with mental illness shall not be applicable against the provisions of sections 614.24 through 614.26, this section, and section 614.28. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.27] 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §328 […]

Section 614.28 – Barred claims.

614.28 Barred claims. The provisions of sections 614.24 through 614.27, or the filing of a claim or claims under this subchapter, shall not revive or permit an action to be brought or maintained upon any claim or cause of action which is barred by any other statute. Provided further, that nothing contained in these sections […]

Section 614.29 – Definitions.

614.29 Definitions. As used in this chapter: 1. “Marketable record title” means a title of record, as indicated in section 614.31, which operates to extinguish such interests and claims, existing prior to the effective date of the root of title, as are stated in section 614.33. 2. “Records” includes probate and other official public records, […]

Section 614.3 – Judgments.

614.3 Judgments. No action shall be brought upon any judgment against a defendant therein, rendered in any court of record of this state, within nine years after the rendition thereof, without leave of the court for good cause shown, and, if the adverse party is a resident of this state, upon reasonable notice of the […]

Section 614.30 – Construction liberal.

614.30 Construction liberal. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose of simplifying and facilitating land title transactions by allowing persons to rely on a record chain of title as described in section 614.31, subject only to such limitations as appear in section 614.32. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.30] 2004 […]

Section 614.31 – Forty-year chain of title.

614.31 Forty-year chain of title. Any person who has an unbroken chain of title of record to any interest in land for forty years or more, shall be deemed to have a marketable record title to such interest as defined in section 614.29, subject only to the matters stated in section 614.32. A person shall […]

Section 614.32 – What interests and rights subject.

614.32 What interests and rights subject. Such marketable record title shall be subject to: 1. All interests and defects which are inherent in the muniments of which such chain of record title is formed; provided however, that a general reference in such muniments, or any of them, to easements, use restrictions or other interests created […]

Section 614.33 – Free and clear of other interests not stated.

614.33 Free and clear of other interests not stated. Subject to the matters stated in section 614.32, such marketable record title shall be held by its owner and shall be taken by any person dealing with the land free and clear of all interests, claims or charges whatsoever, the existence of which depends upon any […]

Section 614.34 – Preserving interest during forty-year period.

614.34 Preserving interest during forty-year period. 1. Any person claiming an interest in land may preserve and keep effective such interest by filing for record during the forty-year period immediately following the effective date of the root of title of the person whose record title would otherwise be marketable, a notice in writing duly verified […]

Section 614.35 – Recording interest.

614.35 Recording interest. To be effective and to be entitled to record, the notice referred to in section 614.34 shall contain an accurate and full description of all land affected by such notice which description shall be set forth in particular terms and not by general inclusions; but if the claim is founded upon a […]

Section 614.36 – Lessors, reversioners, and easements.

614.36 Lessors, reversioners, and easements. This chapter shall not be applied to bar any lessor or lessor’s successor as a reversioner of the lessor’s right to possession on the expiration of any lease; or to bar or extinguish any easement or interest in the nature of an easement, the existence of which is apparent from […]

Section 614.37 – Limitation statutes not extended.

614.37 Limitation statutes not extended. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to extend the period for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any other required act under any statutes of limitations, nor, except as herein specifically provided, to effect the operation of any statutes governing the effect of the […]

Section 614.38 – Period extension in certain cases.

614.38 Period extension in certain cases. If the forty-year period specified in this chapter shall have expired prior to one year after July 1, 1969, such period shall be extended one year after July 1, 1969. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.38] 2004 Acts, ch 1052, §9 Referred to in §257B.28, 455I.9, 457A.2

Section 614.4 – Fraud — mistake — trespass.

614.4 Fraud — mistake — trespass. In actions for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake, and those for trespass to property, the cause of action shall not be deemed to have accrued until the fraud, mistake, or trespass complained of shall have been discovered by the party aggrieved. [C51, §1660; R60, §2741; C73, […]

Section 614.4A – Identity theft.

614.4A Identity theft. In actions for relief on the ground of identity theft under section 714.16B, the cause of action shall not be deemed to have accrued until the identity theft complained of is discovered by the party aggrieved. 2005 Acts, ch 18, §1 Referred to in §614.6

Section 614.5 – Open account.

614.5 Open account. When there is a continuous, open, current account, the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of the last item therein, as proved on the trial. [C51, §1662; R60, §2743; C73, §2531; C97, §3449; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11011; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, […]

Section 614.6 – Nonresident or unknown defendant.

614.6 Nonresident or unknown defendant. 1. The period of limitation specified in sections 614.1 through 614.5 shall be computed omitting any time when: a. The defendant is a nonresident of the state, or b. In those cases involving personal injuries or death resulting from a felony or indictable misdemeanor, while the identity of the defendant […]