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Iowa Code § 359A.13 (2026)

Orders and agreements — effect

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Any order made by the fence viewers, or any agreement in writing between adjoining landowners, when recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds, as in this chapter provided, shall bind the makers, their heirs, and subsequent grantees. [C51, §905; R60, §1536; C73, §1499; C97, §2362; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1841; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §113.13] C93, §359A.13 Referred to in §359A.4

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2001–2017 · leading case: Longfellow v. Sayler, 737 N.W.2d 148 (Iowa 2007).

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Longfellow v. Sayler, 737 N.W.2d 148 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 359A.13. The parties can also intend the agreement to be a covenant that runs with the land.”

Duncalf v. Ritscher Farms, Inc., 627 N.W.2d 906 (Iowa 2001). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 359A.13 (partition fence agreements between land owners binding on heirs and grantees when recorded).”

Matthew Jay Hopkins v. John Robert Dickey (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 359A.13. The alleged oral agreement was therefore inadmissible as irrelevant.”

Jerry D. Longfellow Vs. Hal Sayler (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 359A.13. The parties can also intend the agreement to be a covenant that runs with the land.”

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