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Iowa Code § 562.5 (2026)

Termination of farm tenancies

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In the case of a farm tenancy, the notice must fix the termination of the farm tenancy to take place on the first day of March, except in cases of a mere cropper, whose farm tenancy shall terminate when the crop is harvested. However, if the crop is corn, the termination shall not be later than the first day of December, unless otherwise agreed upon. [R60, §2218; C73, §2015; C97, §2991; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10160; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §562.5] 2006 Acts, ch 1077, §2 Forcible entry provisions, §648.3 and 648.4

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1952–2017 · leading case: Gary N. Porter & Lori Porter v. Richard L. Harden & Janice Harden, 891 N.W.2d 420 (Iowa 2017).
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Gary N. Porter & Lori Porter v. Richard L. Harden & Janice Harden, 891 N.W.2d 420 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 13× “This case requires us to determine whether a tenant’s decision to graze a single horse on the property where the tenant resides is enough to establish a farm tenancy and trigger the special termination protections of Iowa Code sections 562.5 through 562.7. Reading the statute as…”
Foster v. Schwickerath, 780 N.W.2d 746 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 16× “This case involves the efficacy of a notice to terminate a farm lease under Iowa Code section 562.5 (2007). On or about April 24, 2006, plaintiff Brian Foster and defendant Curtis Schwickerath entered into a written farm lease, under which Foster leased approximately 252 acres…”
Morling v. Schmidt, 299 N.W.2d 480 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 6× “Defendant responded that he “planned” to continue using the land in 1979, asserting plaintiff’s notice was ineffective because it did not comply with section 562.5, The Code, requiring that notice of termination of farm leases be given not later than September 1.”
Fritz v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 270 N.W.2d 835 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 4× “The trial court also ruled against certain allegations of defendant’s motion in limine to prohibit any evidence that plaintiff’s oral farm tenancy would extend beyond March 1,1975, in view of §§ 562.5, 562.6 and 562.7, The Code, and the statute of frauds, *838 § 622.”
Kuiken v. Garrett, 51 N.W.2d 149 (Iowa 1952). · cites it 2× “Up to this point defendants had apparently been acting upon the theory that plaintiffs' lease was for less than forty acres, and so brought them under the provisions of sections 562.5 and 562.6, Code of 1946, I.”
Steele v. Northup, 168 N.W.2d 785 (Iowa 1969). · cites it 4× “It was the type of sharecrop agreement referred to as “mere croppers” in section 562.5, Code, 1966. The trial court made the following factual findings: “On or about October 6, 1967, Defendants entered on Plaintiffs’ land by parking their small trailer in the driveway which…”
Ganzer v. Pfab, 360 N.W.2d 754 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 562.5 -.7 (1983). We agree and affirm the trial court's ruling.”
In Re Est. of Flowers, 420 N.E.2d 216 (Ill. App. Ct. 1981). “) Iowa has a statute similar to that of Illinois requiring advanced notice; the Iowa law excludes “croppers” from its protection ( Iowa Code §562.5 — .7), who are in effect laborers or hired help.”
Gary N. Porter & Lori Porter v. Richard L. Harden & Janice Harden (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 14× “” See Iowa Code § 562.5 (2005) (emphasis added).”
Amended May 23, 2017 Gary N. Porter & Lori Porter v. Richard L. Harden & Janice Harden (Iowa 2017). · cites it 3× “This case requires us to determine whether a tenant’s decision to graze a single horse on the property where the tenant resides is enough to establish a farm tenancy and trigger the special termination protections of Iowa Code sections 562.5 through 562.7. Reading the statute as…”
Rodney Hettinger v. City of Strawberry Point, Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “7 provides the method of service and requires notice to be provided on or before September 1, although, if the notice is served by certified mail, the notice must simply be mailed before September 1.”
Leah N. Hinderks, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Larry H. Hinderks, & Core Bus. Leasing LLC, Russell Naden F/D/B/A Naden Indus., & Custom Applications Ag, LLC v. Luella E. Hinderks & Wade Hinderks (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “7 (2015) (requiring that written notice be provided upon either party by September 1 in order to terminate lease); see also Iowa Code § 562.5 (requiring farm tenancies to terminate on the first day of March).”
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