563.1 Resting wall on neighbor’s land.
Where building lots have been surveyed and plats thereof recorded, anyone who is about to build contiguous to the land of another may, if there be no wall on the line between them, build a brick, reinforced concrete, or stone wall thereon, when the whole thickness of such wall above the cellar wall does not exceed eighteen inches exclusive of the plastering, and rest one-half thereof on the adjoining land, but the adjoining owner shall not be compelled to contribute to the expense of building said wall.
[R60, §1914; C73, §2019; C97, §2994; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10163; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.1]
Structure Iowa Code
Section 563.1 - Resting wall on neighbor’s land.
Section 563.2 - Contribution by adjoining owner.
Section 563.3 - Openings in walls.
Section 563.4 - Repairs — apportionment.
Section 563.5 - Beams, joists and flues.
Section 563.6 - Increasing height of wall.
Section 563.7 - Rebuilding in order to heighten.
Section 563.8 - Heightened wall made common.
Section 563.9 - Paying for share of adjoining wall.
Section 563.10 - Openings in walls — fixtures.