561.4 Selecting — platting.
The owner, husband or wife, or a single person, may select the homestead and cause it to be platted, but a failure to do so shall not render the same liable when it otherwise would not be, and a selection by the owner shall control. When selected, it shall be designated by a legal description, or if impossible it shall be marked off by permanent, visible monuments, and the description shall give the direction and distance of the starting point from some corner of the dwelling, which description, with the plat, shall be filed and recorded by the recorder of the proper county in the manner provided in sections 558.49 and 558.52.
[C51, §1254, 1255; R60, §2286, 2287; C73, §1998, 1999; C97, §2979; S13, §2979; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10138; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.4]
87 Acts, ch 116, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §13
Referred to in §331.607
Structure Iowa Code
Section 561.1 - “Homestead” defined.
Section 561.2 - Extent and value.
Section 561.3 - Dwelling and appurtenances.
Section 561.4 - Selecting — platting.
Section 561.5 - Platted by officer having execution.
Section 561.6 - Platting under order of court.
Section 561.7 - Changes — nonconsenting spouse.
Section 561.8 - Referees to determine exemption.
Section 561.9 - Referring back — marking off — costs.
Section 561.10 - Change of circumstances.
Section 561.11 - Occupancy by surviving spouse.
Section 561.12 - Life possession in lieu of dower.
Section 561.13 - Conveyance or encumbrance.
Section 561.15 - Removal of spouse or children.
Section 561.19 - Exemption in hands of issue.
Section 561.20 - New homestead exempt.
Section 561.21 - Debts for which homestead liable.
Section 561.22 - Notice of homestead exemption waiver requirement.