Senate File 249 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 63)


    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    pioneer cemeteries.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1812SV 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 pioneer
  1  4 cemetery is exempt from seizure, appropriation, or acquisition
  1  5 of title under any claim of adverse possession, unless it is
  1  6 shown that all remains in the pioneer cemetery have been
  1  7 disinterred and removed to another location.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill provides that a pioneer cemetery is exempt from
  1 10 seizure, appropriation, or acquisition of title under a claim
  1 11 of adverse possession unless it is shown that all remains in
  1 12 the pioneer cemetery have been disinterred and removed to
  1 13 another location.
  1 14 LSB 1812SV 83
  1 15 av/nh/24