Terms Used In Iowa Code 651.27

  • Cotenant: means a person holding title to real property under tenancy in common ownership. See Iowa Code 651.1
  • Heirs property: means real property held in tenancy in common that satisfies all of the following requirements as of the date of the filing of a partition action:
  • Partition in kind: means a court-ordered division of property subject to partition into physically distinct and separately titled parcels. See Iowa Code 651.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
 If a cotenant requests a partition in kind in an action to partition heirs property, the partition action shall proceed under the special provisions for partition of heirs property underthis subchapter. The provisions of this subchapter shall control in the event of a conflict with a provision of subchapter II.