§ 556F.1A — Taking up vessels, rafts, logs and lumber

Iowa § 556F.1A

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIV: PROPERTY
• Ch. 556F: LOST PROPERTY

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If any person shall stop or take up any vessel or watercraft, or any raft of logs, or part
thereof, or any logs suitable for making lumber or hewn timber, or sawed lumber, found
adrift within the limits or upon the boundaries of this state, of the value of five dollars
or upwards, including the cargo, tackle, rigging, and other appendages of such vessel or
watercraft, such person, within five days thereafter, provided the same shall not have been
previously proved and restored to the owner, shall go before some district judge, district
associate judge, judicial magistrate or district court clerk where such property is found, and
make affidavit setting forth the exact description of such property; where and when the
same was found; whether any, and if so what cargo, tackle, rigging, or other appendages
were found on board or attached thereto; and that the same has not been altered or defaced,
either in whole or in part, since the taking up, either by the person or by any other person to
the person’s knowledge.

Legislative History

[C51, §876 – 878; R60, §1506; C73, §1509, 1512; C97, §2371; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12199; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.1]