House File 334 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SCHUELLER, KAUFMANN, FICKEN,
                                           BEARD, and WHITEAD

                                       (COMPANION TO SF 63)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  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 1812HH 83
  5 av/nh/24

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  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 1812HH 83
  1 16 av/nh/24