Iowa Statutes
§ 556F.17 — Penalty for selling
Iowa § 556F.17
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 556F.17 (2026).
Text
If any person shall trade, sell, loan, or take out of the limits of this state any such property
taken up or found as provided in this chapter, before the person shall be vested with the right
to the property, the person shall forfeit and pay double the value thereof, to be recovered by
any person in an action, one half of which shall go to the plaintiff and the other half to the
county.
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Legislative History
[R60, §1518; C73, §1521; C97, §2380; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12215; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.17]
Nearby Sections
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§ 556F.1
Definitions§ 556F.10
Additional publication§ 556F.11
Vesting of title§ 556F.12
Ownership settled§ 556F.13
Compensation§ 556F.14
Costs, charges and care — assessment§ 556F.15
Proceeds — forfeiture§ 556F.16
Responsibility of taker-up§ 556F.17
Penalty for selling§ 556F.18
Failure to comply§ 556F.3
Value under twenty dollars§ 556F.4
Value exceeding twenty dollars§ 556F.5
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Bluebook (online)
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