Iowa § 587.7 Judgments or decrees quieting title

Iowa Statutes

§ 587.7 — Judgments or decrees quieting title

Iowa § 587.7

Title XIVPROPERTY

Ch. 587JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED

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Iowa Code § 587.7 (2026).

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No existing judgment or decree quieting title to real estate as against defects arising prior
to January 1, 1966, and purporting to sustain the record title shall be held ineffectual because
of the failure to properly set out in the petition or notice the derivation or devolution of the
interest of the unknown defendants, or on account of the failure of the record to show that
suchnoticewasapprovedbythecourtorthatthesamewaspublishedasdirectedbythecourt,
or because of the failure of the record to show that an affidavit was filed by plaintiff showing
that personal service could not be made on any defendant in the state of Iowa, or because
of the failure of defense by a guardian ad litem for any defendant under legal disability, or
where there was more than one tract of real estate described 

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No existing judgment or decree quieting title to real estate as against defects arising prior
to January 1, 1966, and purporting to sustain the record title shall be held ineffectual because
of the failure to properly set out in the petition or notice the derivation or devolution of the
interest of the unknown defendants, or on account of the failure of the record to show that
suchnoticewasapprovedbythecourtorthatthesamewaspublishedasdirectedbythecourt,
or because of the failure of the record to show that an affidavit was filed by plaintiff showing
that personal service could not be made on any defendant in the state of Iowa, or because
of the failure of defense by a guardian ad litem for any defendant under legal disability, or
where there was more than one tract of real estate described in the same petition and decree,
or where the plaintiffs have no joint or common interest in the property or defects of title, or
becauseoffailuretocomplywithanyotherprovisionoflaw. Allsuchdecreesareherebymade
legal and effectual the same as if all provisions of law had been complied with in obtaining
them.