Iowa § 556F.12 Ownership settled

Iowa Statutes

§ 556F.12 — Ownership settled

Iowa § 556F.12

Title XIVPROPERTY

Ch. 556FLOST PROPERTY

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Iowa Code § 556F.12 (2026).

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In any case where a claim is made to property found or taken up, and the ownership of the
property cannot be agreed upon by the finder and claimant, they may make a case before any
district judge, associate district judge, or judicial magistrate in the county, who may hear and
adjudicate it, and if either of them refuses to make such case the other may make an affidavit
of the facts which have previously occurred, and the claimant shall also verify the claim by
the claimant’s affidavit, and the district judge, associate district judge, or judicial magistrate
may take cognizance of and try the matter on the other party having one day’s notice, but
there shall be no appeal from the decision. This section does not bar any other remedy given
by law.

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In any case where a claim is made to property found or taken up, and the ownership of the
property cannot be agreed upon by the finder and claimant, they may make a case before any
district judge, associate district judge, or judicial magistrate in the county, who may hear and
adjudicate it, and if either of them refuses to make such case the other may make an affidavit
of the facts which have previously occurred, and the claimant shall also verify the claim by
the claimant’s affidavit, and the district judge, associate district judge, or judicial magistrate
may take cognizance of and try the matter on the other party having one day’s notice, but
there shall be no appeal from the decision. This section does not bar any other remedy given
by law.