557.16 Cotenant liable for rent.
In all cases in which any real estate is now or shall be hereafter held by two or more persons as tenants in common, and one or more of said tenants shall have been or shall hereafter be in possession of said real estate, it shall be lawful for any one or more of said tenants in common, not in possession, to sue for and recover from such tenants in possession, their proportionate part of the rental value of said real estate for the time, not exceeding a period of five years, such real estate shall have been in possession as aforesaid.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10055; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.16]
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL
Section 557.1 - Who deemed seized.
Section 557.2 - Estate in fee simple.
Section 557.3 - Conveyance passes grantor’s interest.
Section 557.4 - After-acquired interest — exception.
Section 557.5 - Adverse possession.
Section 557.6 - Future estates.
Section 557.7 - Contingent remainders.
Section 557.8 - Applicability.
Section 557.9 - Defeating expectant estate.
Section 557.10 - Declarations of trust.
Section 557.11 - Conveyances by married persons.
Section 557.12 - Conveyances by husband and wife.
Section 557.13 - Covenants — spouse not bound.
Section 557.14 - Title and possession of mortgagor.
Section 557.15 - Common forms of co-ownership of real property.
Section 557.16 - Cotenant liable for rent.
Section 557.17 - Partition — cotenant charged with rent.
Section 557.18 - Vendor’s lien.
Section 557.19 - Fraudulent conveyances.
Section 557.20 - Rule in Shelley’s case.
Section 557.21 - Devise, bequest, or conveyance not enlarged.
Section 557.22 - Authorization.
Section 557.23 - Vested interest.