Iowa Code 169C.2 – Custody
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 169C.2
- Landowner: means a person who holds an interest in land, including a titleholder or tenant. See Iowa Code 169C.1
- Landowner: means a person who holds an interest in land, including a titleholder or tenant. See Iowa Code 169C.1
- Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, ostriches, rheas, emus, poultry, and other animals or fowl, which are being produced primarily for use as food or food products for human consumption. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- Livestock: means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; ostriches, rheas, or emus; farm deer as defined in section 170. See Iowa Code 169C.1
- Livestock owner: means the person who holds title to livestock or who is primarily responsible for the care and feeding of the livestock as provided by the titleholder. See Iowa Code 169C.1
- Livestock owner: means the person who holds title to livestock or who is primarily responsible for the care and feeding of the livestock as provided by the titleholder. See Iowa Code 169C.1
- Local authority: means a city as defined in section 362. See Iowa Code 169C.1
- Local authority: means a city as defined in section 362. See Iowa Code 169C.1
- Owner: shall mean the person holding record title to real estate to include both legal and equitable interests under recorded real estate contracts. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
A landowner may take custody of livestock if the livestock trespasses upon the landowner‘s land or strays from the livestock owner‘s control on a public road which adjoins the landowner’s land. A local authority may take custody of the livestock as provided by the local authority. The landowner shall not transfer custody of the livestock to a person other than the livestock owner or a local authority, unless the livestock owner approves of the transfer. A local authority shall not transfer custody of the livestock to a person other than the livestock owner or a livestock care provider.