Iowa § 359A.15 Fence on another’s land

Iowa Statutes

§ 359A.15 — Fence on another’s land

Iowa § 359A.15

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 359AFENCES

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Bluebook

Iowa Code § 359A.15 (2026).

Text

When a person has made a fence or other improvement on an enclosure, which is found to
be on land of another, such person may enter upon the land of the other and remove the fence
or other improvement and material, upon the first paying, or offering to pay, the other party
for any damage to the soil which may be occasioned thereby, and the value of any timber
used in said improvement taken from the land of such other party, if any; and if the parties
cannot agree as to the damages, the fence viewers may determine them as in other cases;
such removal shall be made as soon as practicable, but not so as to expose the crops of the
other party.

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When a person has made a fence or other improvement on an enclosure, which is found to
be on land of another, such person may enter upon the land of the other and remove the fence
or other improvement and material, upon the first paying, or offering to pay, the other party
for any damage to the soil which may be occasioned thereby, and the value of any timber
used in said improvement taken from the land of such other party, if any; and if the parties
cannot agree as to the damages, the fence viewers may determine them as in other cases;
such removal shall be made as soon as practicable, but not so as to expose the crops of the
other party.

Legislative History

[C51, §907, 908; R60, §1538, 1539; C73, §1501, 1502; C97, §2364; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1843; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.15]