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 notbe, and a selection by the owner shall control. When selected, it shall be designated by a legaldescription, or if impossible it shall be marked off by permanent, visible monuments, and thedescription shall give the direction and distance of the starting point from some corner of thedwelling, which description, with the plat, shall be filed and recorded by the recorder of theproper 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, §13Referred to in §331.607 Sat Dec 23 11:06:07 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 561.4 (17, 0)
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