SF 256 (LSB 1278SV (1) 91)

SENATE FILE 256

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1062)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to disputed land boundaries and corners including acquiesced boundaries and corners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 650.14, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   650.14  Boundaries by acquiescence established.
   If it is found that the boundaries and corners alleged to have been recognized and acquiesced in for ten years have been so recognized and acquiesced in, such recognized boundaries and corners shall be permanently established.  This section shall be self-executing. Once an acquiesced boundary and corners have been permanently established, subsequent common ownership of the adjacent tracts, separated by the acquiesced boundary, does not terminate the acquiesced boundary and corners. The acquiesced boundary and corners shall continue unless adjoining parties have recognized and acquiesced in subsequent boundaries and corners for ten years, then such subsequent recognized and acquiesced boundaries and corners shall be permanently established.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to disputed land boundaries and corners. Under current law, Code section 650.14 provides that boundaries and corners recognized and acquiesced in for a period of 10 years shall be permanently established boundaries and corners. The bill provides that boundaries and corners are permanently established by acquiescence through self-execution of Code section 650.14. The bill provides that common ownership of adjacent tracts where acquiesced boundaries and corners have been permanently established does not terminate the acquiesced boundary and corners previously established through self-execution. Under the bill, adjoining parties may subsequently recognize and acquiesce to new boundaries and corners and if subsequently recognized and acquiesced in for a period of 10 years those boundaries and corners become permanently established.