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Iowa Code § 557.10 (2026)
Declarations of trust
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Declarations or creations of trusts or powers in relation to real estate must be executed in the same manner as deeds of conveyance; but this provision does not apply to trusts resulting from the operation or construction of law. [C51, §1205; R60, §2213; C73, §1934; C97, §2918; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10049; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.10] Statute of frauds, §622.32
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cases, 1951–1990 · leading case: Fonken v. Cmty. Church of Kamrar, 339 N.W.2d 810 (Iowa 1983).
Fonken v. Cmty. Church of Kamrar, 339 N.W.2d 810 (Iowa 1983). “Finally, the question is whether under Iowa's law on implied trusts these provisions constitute a legally sufficient showing for impressing a trust on the Kamrar church property.”
Ross v. Ross, 126 N.W.2d 369 (Iowa 1964). “” Section 557.10, Code of Iowa, is as follows: “Declarations of trust.”
Loschen v. Clark, 127 N.W.2d 600 (Iowa 1964). “It is section 557.10, Iowa Code: “Declarations of trust.”
Vogt v. Miller, 285 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 1979). “Trial court concluded, on the basis of the above and other evidence, that (1) “Grace’s recognition of her position as a trustee for Carrie” should be enforced and was not violative of section 557.10, The Code; (2) title to the disputed undivided one-fourth interest in the 720…”
Butler v. Butler, 114 N.W.2d 595 (Iowa 1962). “, Trusts, section 456(b) states: “* * * The doctrine of laches applies to the enforcement of an express trust when, and only when, there has been an open and unequivocal breach or repudiation of the trust, * * IX.”
Wagner v. Wagner, 45 N.W.2d 508 (Iowa 1951). “It complied with our statute of frauds, §§ 557.10 and 622.32, I.C.A. in that it was "signed by the party charged," to-wit, the owner of the legal title.”
Todd v. Todd, 96 N.W.2d 436 (Iowa 1959). “The Statutes of Limitations would not apply to this case as the record shows that from the time this Huntley farm was purchased up until the time of trial it was farmed by the four brothers and in possession of the partnership, until the deaths of Elmer and Harry, and by…”
Matter of Est. of Severson, 459 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 1990). “Iowa Code section 557.10 provides that declarations of express trusts in relation to real estate must be executed in the same manner as deeds of conveyance.”
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