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Iowa Code § 562.5A (2026)

Farm tenancy — right to take part of a harvested crop’s aboveground plant

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Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by a lessor and farm tenant, a farm tenant may take any part of the aboveground part of a plant associated with a crop, at the time of harvest or after the harvest, until the farm tenancy terminates as provided in this chapter. 2010 Acts, ch 1027, §1

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2015–2016 · leading case: Raymond Slach & Nancy Slach v. Russell Heick (Iowa Ct. App. 2015).
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Raymond Slach & Nancy Slach v. Russell Heick (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 30× “To answer this question, we look to the terms of the lease and the applicability of Iowa Code section 562.5A, which was enacted in 2010 and allows a farm tenant to take stalks after harvest.”
Rodney Hettinger v. City of Strawberry Point, Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 12× “In addition, his counsel asserted that Hettinger was entitled to the value of the stover for the 2013 crop year pursuant to Iowa Code section 562.5A (2013), arguing paragraph 5 of the lease did not apply to the “upper part of the plant that is part of the crop, namely the leaves…”
Ronald Peck v. Four Aces Farms, Inc. (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 8× “The court found in Four Aces’s favor on its corn stover counterclaim, stating that by prematurely chiseling the corn stalks Peck denied Four Aces its leasehold right to recover the “full measure of the crop” pursuant to Iowa Code section 562.5A. The parties stipulated the value…”
Raymond Slach & Nancy Slach, plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants v. Russell J. Heick, defendant-appellant/cross-appellee. (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “We agreed and found the district court should have applied Iowa Code section 562.5A (2011), granting tenant farmers rights to “aboveground parts of the plant” when the lease is silent on the matter.”
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