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Terms Used In Iowa Code 562.8

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
562.8 Termination of life estate — farm tenancy.
Upon the termination of a life estate, a farm tenancy granted by the life tenant shall continue
until the following March 1 except that if the life estate terminates between September 1 and the following March 1 inclusively, then the farm tenancy shall continue for that year as provided by § 562.6 and continue until the holder of the successor interest serves notice of termination of the interest in the manner provided by § 562.7. However, if the lease is binding upon the holder of the successor interest by the provision of a trust or by specific commitment of the holder of the successor interest, the lease shall terminate as provided by that provision or commitment. This section does not abrogate the common law doctrine of emblements.
[C79, 81, §562.8]
83 Acts, ch 132, §5
Referred to in §562.10