555B.3  Action for abandonment--jurisdiction.

A real property owner not requesting notification by the sheriff as provided in section 555B.2 may bring an action alleging abandonment in the court within the county where the real property is located provided that there is no lien on the mobile home or personal property other than a tax lien pursuant to chapter 435. The action shall be tried as an equitable action. Unless commenced as a small claim, the petition shall be presented to a district judge. Upon receipt of the petition, either the court or the clerk of the district court shall set a date for a hearing not later than fourteen days from the date of the receipt of the petition.

Section History: Recent form

  88 Acts, ch 1138, §3

  C89, § 562C.3

  C93, § 555B.3

  93 Acts, ch 154, §10

Internal References

  Referred to in § 555B.2, 631.1, 648.19


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