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Iowa Code § 562.1 (2026)

Apportionment of rent

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The executor of a tenant for life who leases real estate so held, and dies on or before the day on which the rent is payable, and a person entitled to rent dependent on the life of another may recover the proportion of rent which had accrued at the time of the death of such life tenant. [C51, §1267; R60, §2299; C73, §2011; C97, §2988; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §562.1]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1962–2025 · leading case: In Re Rahfeldt's Est., 112 N.W.2d 858 (Iowa 1962).
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In Re Rahfeldt's Est., 112 N.W.2d 858 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 2× “If section 562.1, Code of Iowa, 1958, I.C.A.”
In Re Est. of Luke, 184 N.W.2d 42 (Iowa 1971). “Apparently what is now designated § 562.1, Code 1966, was enacted for the purpose of abrogating the harsh common law rule in such cases.”
Schaper v. Brown, 112 N.W.2d 858 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 2× “If section 562.1, Code of Iowa, 1958, providing for apportioning rents for the year in which the life tenant dies, has any bearing here it would be contrary to the result reached in Glover v.”
Mulhern v. Kruger (Iowa Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 562.1 (“The executor of a tenant for life who leases real estate so held, and dies on or before the day on which the rent is payable .”
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