Senate File 63 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY SCHOENJAHN and BEALL Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to claims of adverse possession concerning 2 cemeteries or pioneer cemeteries. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1812SS 83 5 av/nh/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 523I.316, Code 2009, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. ADVERSE POSSESSION. A cemetery or a 1 4 pioneer cemetery is exempt from seizure, appropriation, or 1 5 acquisition of title under any claim of adverse possession, 1 6 unless it is shown that all remains in the cemetery or pioneer 1 7 cemetery have been disinterred and removed to another 1 8 location. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill provides that a cemetery or pioneer cemetery is 1 11 exempt from seizure, appropriation, or acquisition of title 1 12 under a claim of adverse possession unless it is shown that 1 13 all remains in the cemetery or pioneer cemetery have been 1 14 disinterred and removed to another location. 1 15 LSB 1812SS 83 1 16 av/nh/24