Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 564A - Access to Solar Energy

• Dominant estate: means that parcel of land to which the benefits of a solar access easement attach. See Iowa Code 564A.2
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• 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
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Servient estate: means land burdened by a solar access easement, other than the dominant estate. See Iowa Code 564A.2
• Solar access easement: means an easement recorded under section 564A. See Iowa Code 564A.2
• Solar access regulatory board: means the board designated by a city council or county board of supervisors under section 564A. See Iowa Code 564A.2
• Solar collector: means a device or structural feature of a building that collects solar energy and that is part of a system for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy. See Iowa Code 564A.2
• Solar energy: means energy emitted from the sun and collected in the form of heat or light by a solar collector. See Iowa Code 564A.2
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1