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SENATE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1062)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
disputed
land
boundaries
and
corners
1
including
acquiesced
boundaries
and
corners.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
650.14,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
650.14
Boundaries
by
acquiescence
established.
3
If
it
is
found
that
the
boundaries
and
corners
alleged
to
4
have
been
recognized
and
acquiesced
in
for
ten
years
have
been
5
so
recognized
and
acquiesced
in,
such
recognized
boundaries
and
6
corners
shall
be
permanently
established.
This
section
shall
7
be
self-executing.
Once
an
acquiesced
boundary
and
corners
8
have
been
permanently
established,
subsequent
common
ownership
9
of
the
adjacent
tracts,
separated
by
the
acquiesced
boundary,
10
does
not
terminate
the
acquiesced
boundary
and
corners.
The
11
acquiesced
boundary
and
corners
shall
continue
unless
adjoining
12
parties
have
recognized
and
acquiesced
in
subsequent
boundaries
13
and
corners
for
ten
years,
then
such
subsequent
recognized
14
and
acquiesced
boundaries
and
corners
shall
be
permanently
15
established.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
disputed
land
boundaries
and
corners.
20
Under
current
law,
Code
section
650.14
provides
that
boundaries
21
and
corners
recognized
and
acquiesced
in
for
a
period
of
22
10
years
shall
be
permanently
established
boundaries
and
23
corners.
The
bill
provides
that
boundaries
and
corners
are
24
permanently
established
by
acquiescence
through
self-execution
25
of
Code
section
650.14.
The
bill
provides
that
common
26
ownership
of
adjacent
tracts
where
acquiesced
boundaries
and
27
corners
have
been
permanently
established
does
not
terminate
28
the
acquiesced
boundary
and
corners
previously
established
29
through
self-execution.
Under
the
bill,
adjoining
parties
30
may
subsequently
recognize
and
acquiesce
to
new
boundaries
31
and
corners
and
if
subsequently
recognized
and
acquiesced
in
32
for
a
period
of
10
years
those
boundaries
and
corners
become
33
permanently
established.
34
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