614.17A Claims to real estate after 1992.
1. After July 1, 1992, an action shall not be maintained in a court, either at law or in equity, in order to recover or establish an interest in or claim to real estate if all the following conditions are satisfied:
a. The action is based upon a claim arising more than ten years earlier or existing for more than ten years.
b. The action is against the holder of the record title to the real estate in possession.
c. The holder of the record title to the real estate in possession and the holder’s immediate or remote grantors are shown by the record to have held chain of title to the real estate for more than ten years.
2. a. The claimant within ten years of the date on which the claim arose or first existed must file with the county recorder in the county where the real estate is located a written statement which is duly acknowledged and definitely describes the real estate involved, the nature and extent of the right of interest claimed, and the facts upon which the claim is based. The claimant must file the statement in person or by the claimant’s attorney or agent. If the claimant is a minor or under a legal disability, the statement must be filed by the claimant’s guardian, trustee, or by either parent.
b. The filing of a claim shall extend for a further period of ten years the time within which such action may be brought by any person entitled to bring the claim. The person may file extensions for successive claims.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to revive any cause of action barred by section 614.17.
91 Acts, ch 183, §37; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Referred to in §614.17, 614.18, 614.19, 614.20
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 614 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS
Section 614.2 - Death of party to be charged.
Section 614.4 - Fraud — mistake — trespass.
Section 614.4A - Identity theft.
Section 614.6 - Nonresident or unknown defendant.
Section 614.7 - Bar in foreign jurisdiction.
Section 614.8 - Minors and persons with mental illness.
Section 614.8A - Damages for child sexual abuse — time limitation.
Section 614.9 - Exception in case of death.
Section 614.10 - Failure of action.
Section 614.11 - Admission in writing — new promise.
Section 614.12 - Counterclaim.
Section 614.13A - Definitions.
Section 614.14 - Real estate interest transferred by trustee.
Section 614.14A - Real estate interests transferred by entities.
Section 614.15 - Spouse failing to join in conveyance.
Section 614.16 - Interpretative clause.
Section 614.17 - Claims to real estate antedating 1980.
Section 614.17A - Claims to real estate after 1992.
Section 614.18 - Claim recorded and indexed.
Section 614.18A - Judgment and decree affecting real property.
Section 614.19 - Inapplicability of provision regarding minors and persons with mental illness.
Section 614.20 - Limitation on Act.
Section 614.21 - Foreclosure of ancient mortgages.
Section 614.22 - Action affecting ancient deeds.
Section 614.23 - How possession established.
Section 614.24 - Reversion or use restrictions on land — preservation.
Section 614.25 - Effect of filing claim.
Section 614.27 - Persons under disability.
Section 614.28 - Barred claims.
Section 614.30 - Construction liberal.
Section 614.31 - Forty-year chain of title.
Section 614.32 - What interests and rights subject.
Section 614.33 - Free and clear of other interests not stated.
Section 614.34 - Preserving interest during forty-year period.
Section 614.35 - Recording interest.
Section 614.36 - Lessors, reversioners, and easements.