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Senate File 142 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1to exclude equine boarding from the annual lease
2termination requirements for farm tenancies.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 562.1A, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
2amended to read as follows:
32. a. “Farm tenancy” means a leasehold interest in land
4held by a person who produces crops or provides for the care
5and feeding of livestock on the land, including by grazing or
6supplying feed to the livestock.
7b. “Farm tenancy” does not include a leasehold interest in
8land held by a person boarding animals of the equine species.
9EXPLANATION
10The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
11the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
12This bill excludes equine boarding from the definition of
13farm tenancy under Iowa’s real estate tenant-lessee law (Code
14chapter 562). Exclusion from the definition of farm tenancy
15results in a tenancy at will under which the tenancy can be
16terminated after a 30-day notice by either party to the lease
17agreement (Code section 562.4). Generally, all farm tenancies
18terminate on March 1, at the end of the farm tenant’s crop
19year. However, in order to effectuate the termination one
20party to the lease must have given the other party written
21notice of termination by the previous September 1 (Code
22sections 562.5 through 562.7). Without such timely written
23notice of the termination, the lease continues under its same
24terms and conditions until the next September 1.
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2termination requirements for farm tenancies.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 562.1A, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
2amended to read as follows:
32. a. “Farm tenancy” means a leasehold interest in land
4held by a person who produces crops or provides for the care
5and feeding of livestock on the land, including by grazing or
6supplying feed to the livestock.
7b. “Farm tenancy” does not include a leasehold interest in
8land held by a person boarding animals of the equine species.
9EXPLANATION
10The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
11the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
12This bill excludes equine boarding from the definition of
13farm tenancy under Iowa’s real estate tenant-lessee law (Code
14chapter 562). Exclusion from the definition of farm tenancy
15results in a tenancy at will under which the tenancy can be
16terminated after a 30-day notice by either party to the lease
17agreement (Code section 562.4). Generally, all farm tenancies
18terminate on March 1, at the end of the farm tenant’s crop
19year. However, in order to effectuate the termination one
20party to the lease must have given the other party written
21notice of termination by the previous September 1 (Code
22sections 562.5 through 562.7). Without such timely written
23notice of the termination, the lease continues under its same
24terms and conditions until the next September 1.
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