2019 Iowa Code
Title XIV - PROPERTY
Chapter 561 - HOMESTEAD
Section 561.7 - Changes — nonconsenting spouse.

Universal Citation: IA Code § 561.7 (2019)

561.7 Changes — nonconsenting spouse.

The owner may, from time to time, change the limits of the homestead by changing the metes and bounds, as well as the record of the plat and description, or vacate it.

Such changes shall not prejudice conveyances or liens made or created previously thereto.

No such change of the entire homestead, made without the concurrence of the other spouse, shall affect that spouse’s rights, or those of the children.

[C51, §1256, 1257; R60, §2288, 2289; C73, §2000, 2001; C97, §2981; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10141; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.7]

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