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 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 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