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Iowa Code § 649.1 (2026)

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An action to determine and quiet the title of real property may be brought by anyone, whether in or out of possession, having or claiming an interest therein, against any person claiming title thereto, though not in possession. [C51, §2025; R60, §3601; C73, §3273; C97, §4223; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12285; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §649.1]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1951–2024 · leading case: Baratta v. Polk Cnty. Health Servs., Inc., 588 N.W.2d 107 (Iowa 1999).
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Baratta v. Polk Cnty. Health Servs., Inc., 588 N.W.2d 107 (Iowa 1999). · cites it 4× “Section 649.1 provides: An action to determine and quiet the title of real property may be brought by anyone, whether in or out of possession, having or claiming an interest therein, against any person claiming title thereto, though not in possession.”
Katz Inv. Co. v. Lynch, 47 N.W.2d 800 (Iowa 1951). · cites it 2× “title, under section 649.1, Codes, 1946, 1950, I. C. A.”
Moser v. Thorp Sales Corp., 256 N.W.2d 900 (Iowa 1977). “See § 649.1, The Code; Bates v. Bates, 237 Iowa 1408, 1413 , 24 N.”
Cox v. Cox, 357 N.W.2d 304 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “499, 504-05 (1936) (Contingent remaindermen included within the scope of section 12285 of the 1935 Iowa Code (now section 649.1), providing that anyone having an interest in real property may bring an action to quiet title.”
Judith L. Thorn v. Home Investors 12, L.C. & Home Investors 35, L.C. (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 649.1 . “[T]he plaintiff in a 6 quiet title action must succeed on the strength of its own title and not on the weakness of the defendant’s title.”
Duke Carter v. Mike Fricke & Laura Fricke (Iowa Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 649.1 (2021) (“An action to determine and quiet the title of real property may be brought by anyone, whether in or out of possession, having or claiming an interest therein, against any person claiming title thereto, though not in possession.”
Adair Holdings, L.L.C., a Nebraska Ltd. Liab. Co. v. Roger P. Escher, Mary J. Escher, & Persons in Possession (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Thus, the plaintiff must claim an interest in the property identified in the petition and, to succeed, must rely on the strength of their own title.”
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