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Iowa Code § 561.2 (2026)
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If within a city plat, it must not exceed one-half acre in extent, otherwise it must not contain in the aggregate more than forty acres, but if, in either case, its value is less than five hundred dollars, it may be enlarged until it reaches that amount. [C51, §1252; R60, §2284; C73, §1996; C97, §2978; S13, §2978; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10136; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.2] Referred to in §624.23
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Cited in 20
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1963–2025 · leading case: Iowa State Bank & Trust Co. v. Michel, 683 N.W.2d 95 (Iowa 2004).
Iowa State Bank & Trust Co. v. Michel, 683 N.W.2d 95 (Iowa 2004). “As noted earlier, the trial court ruled that only forty of the defendants’ forty-seven acres are exempt as their homestead, see Iowa Code § 561.2 , a ruling not challenged by the defendants on appeal.”
Recker v. Gustafson, 279 N.W.2d 744 (Iowa 1979). “The Gustafsons are authorized by section 561.2 to claim as much as forty acres in homestead property.”
In Re Sears, 246 B.R. 881 (Bankr. S.D. Iowa 2000). “, Hardin County, Iowa exempt pursuant to Iowa Code §§ 561.2 and 561.16. 1 Debtors indicated their homestead exemption was worth $27,904.”
Braunger v. Karrer, 563 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 1997). “Iowa Code *3 § 561.2. Even though the property in question is located in a city plat and exceeds one-half acre in size, Donald claimed all of the property exempt as a homestead when he filed his Chapter 7 bankruptcy.”
In Re Norkus, 256 B.R. 298 (Bankr. S.D. Iowa 2000). “Iowa Code § 561.2 . In turn, Iowa Code section 561.”
In Re Karrer, 183 B.R. 177 (Bankr. D. Iowa 1994). “Braunger contends first that Karrer’s homestead claim exceeds in size the homestead exemption permitted under Iowa Code § 561.2 . Braun-ger argues that his filing of the adversary complaint constituted timely objection to the claim.”
In re the Bankr. Petition of Wieber, 347 P.3d 41 (Wash. 2015). “See Iowa Code § 561.2 ; Fla. Const. art. X, § 4; Tex.”
First Am. Bank v. Urbandale Laser Wash, L.L.C., Walnut Creek Laser Wash, L.L.C., & Steven Golden, 894 N.W.2d 24 (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). “Golden moved to quash the sale, asserting the property was his homestead and that he was in the process of replat-ting the property because it exceeded the one-half acre allowable as a homestead under Iowa Code section 561.2—“If within a city plat, it must not exceed one-half…”
In Re Est. of Sueppel, 124 N.W.2d 154 (Iowa 1963). “” Section 561.2 states: “If within a city * * * it must not exceed one-half acre in extent, otherwise it must not contain in the aggregate more than forty acres, but if, in either case, its value is less than five hundred dollars, it may be enlarged until it reaches that amount.”
In Re Stone, 329 B.R. 860 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2005). “See Iowa Code § 561.2 . Trustee argues that the Iowa homestead exemption cannot be applied to real estate outside the state of Iowa, relying on Rogers v.”
Dean E. Freed (Bankr. D. Iowa 2020). “This Court has previously held that for a contract to satisfy Iowa Code § 561.2 , the contract must also refer to specific homestead property.”
Craig Alan Timmerman (Bankr. D. Iowa 2024). “STATEMENT OF THE CASE Debtor filed his Chapter 7 bankruptcy case on June 29, 2017, claiming the Mapleton Property as exempted homestead under Iowa Code §§ 561.2 and 561.16. Stickney, who sold the Mapleton Property to Debtor, was not listed as a creditor.”
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