Iowa § 359A.3 Notice and hearing

Iowa Statutes

§ 359A.3 — Notice and hearing

Iowa § 359A.3

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 359AFENCES

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Iowa Code § 359A.3 (2026).

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Thefenceviewersshallgivefivedays’noticeinwritingtoallpartiestothecontroversy. The
notice shall prescribe the time and place of the hearing to decide any and all matters that are
part of the controversy as described in the notice. Upon request of any landowner, the fence
viewers shall give the notice to all adjoining landowners liable for the erection, maintenance,
rebuilding, trimming, or cutting back, or repairing of a partition fence, or to pay for an
existing hedge or fence. The notice must include the names of the fence viewers and state
whether a fence viewer disclosed a possible conflict of interest or whether a substitute fence
viewer was appointed due to a fence viewer’s disqualification pursuant to section 359A.2A.

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Thefenceviewersshallgivefivedays’noticeinwritingtoallpartiestothecontroversy. The
notice shall prescribe the time and place of the hearing to decide any and all matters that are
part of the controversy as described in the notice. Upon request of any landowner, the fence
viewers shall give the notice to all adjoining landowners liable for the erection, maintenance,
rebuilding, trimming, or cutting back, or repairing of a partition fence, or to pay for an
existing hedge or fence. The notice must include the names of the fence viewers and state
whether a fence viewer disclosed a possible conflict of interest or whether a substitute fence
viewer was appointed due to a fence viewer’s disqualification pursuant to section 359A.2A.

Legislative History

[C51, §896, 898, 902, 909; R60, §1527, 1529, 1533, 1540; C73, §1490, 1492, 1496, 1503; C97, §2356; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1831; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.3]