Bill Text: IA HF2344 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring that agreements to terminate farm tenancies be in writing. Effective 7-1-16.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-13 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 641. [HF2344 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2344-Enrolled.html

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House File 2344 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                  AGRICULTURE

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 611)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2344

                             AN ACT
 REQUIRING THAT AGREEMENTS TO TERMINATE FARM TENANCIES BE IN
    WRITING.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 562.6, Code 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
    562.6  Agreement for termination.
    If an a written agreement is made fixing the time of the
 termination of a tenancy, whether in writing or not, the
 tenancy shall terminate at the time agreed upon, without
 notice. Except for a farm tenant who is a mere cropper or a
 person who holds a farm tenancy with an acreage of less than
 forty acres where an animal feeding operation is the primary
 use of the acreage, a farm tenancy shall continue beyond the
 agreed term for the following crop year and otherwise upon
 the same terms and conditions as the original lease unless
 written notice for termination is served upon either party or a
 successor of the party in the manner provided in section
  562.7, whereupon the farm tenancy shall terminate March 1
 following. However, the tenancy shall not continue because of
 an absence of notice if there is default in the performance of
 the existing rental agreement.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 2344, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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