§ 614.17

614.17 Claims to real estate antedating 1980. 1. An action based upon a claim arising or existing prior to January 1, 1980, shall not be maintained, either at law or in equity, in any court to recover real estate in this state or torecover or establish any interest in or claim to real estate, legal or equitable, against the holderof the record title to the real estate in possession, when the holder of the record title and theholder’s immediate or remote grantors are shown by the record to have held chain of titleto the real estate, since January 1, 1980, unless the claimant in person, or by the claimant’sattorney or agent, or if the claimant is a minor or under legal disability, by the claimant’sguardian, trustee, or either parent, within one year from and after July 1, 1991, files in theoffice of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the real estate is situated, a statementin writing, which is duly acknowledged, definitely describing the real estate involved, thenature and extent of the right or interest claimed, and stating the facts upon which the claimis based. 2. For the purposes of this section, section 614.17A, and sections 614.18 through 614.20, a person who holds

tent of the right or interest claimed, and stating the facts upon which the claimis based. 2. For the purposes of this section, section 614.17A, and sections 614.18 through 614.20, a person who holds title to real estate by will or descent from a person who held the title ofrecord to the real estate at the date of that person’s death or who holds title by decree or orderof a court, or under a tax deed, trustee’s, referee’s, guardian’s, executor’s, administrator’s,receiver’s, assignee’s, master’s in chancery, or sheriff’s deed, holds chain of title the same asthough holding by direct conveyance. 3. For the purposes of this section and section 614.17A, such possession of real estate may be shown of record by affidavits showing the possession, and when the affidavits have beenfiled and recorded, it is the duty of the recorder to index the applicable entries specified insections 558.49 and 558.52 and to index the name of the owner in possession, as named inthe affidavits, and in like manner, the affidavits may be filed and recorded where any actionwas barred on any claim by this section as in force prior to July 1, 1991.

owner in possession, as named inthe affidavits, and in like manner, the affidavits may be filed and recorded where any actionwas barred on any claim by this section as in force prior to July 1, 1991. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11024; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.17]91 Acts, ch 183, §36; 2007 Acts, ch 101, §5; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §355Referred to in §614.17A, 614.19, 614.20 Sat Dec 23 11:18:36 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 614.17 (19, 0)