Iowa Resources
We have written detailed reviews of Iowa law impacting agricultural producers and landowners. Access these reviews by clicking on the tiles below. You can also review Iowa cases on a particular subject by searching our list of Iowa case law reviews at the bottom of this page.
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October 2, 2015|The drainage districts being sued by the Board of Water Works Trustees (DMWW) have filed their first dispositive motion.
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September 14, 2015|
Iowa tax law provides for a 100 percent deduction for qualifying capital gains. The most basic of the qualifying elements for the deduction requires the ability to count to 10 – or five, once retirement occurs. However, counting to 10 (or five) apparently is not easy for some taxpayers (and their legal counsel).
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August 21, 2015|It’s a rather small detail, but those small details often make all the difference when it comes to litigation. And that’s what happened in a recent case from the Iowa Court of Appeals.
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August 20, 2015|The Iowa Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion demonstrating a sometimes misunderstood feature of an occurrence-based liability policy: Insurance coverage ends when the policy lapses.
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August 13, 2015|
“My handshake is my word” is an admirable philosophy. We should all hope to deal with people true to their word. Even when uttered with the greatest sincerity, however, “my handshake is my word” is not an admirable approach to business. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear what “my word” is, even when two honest parties are involved.
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August 12, 2015|Perhaps the most misunderstood portion of Iowa farm lease law is that governing the proper termination of a lease.
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July 28, 2015|We’ve been keeping you informed about a Texas company’s proposal to build a crude oil pipeline across Iowa to transport oil from North Dakota to Illinois.
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July 24, 2015|
Agricultural law is often “law by the exception.” For a variety of reasons, the law views many aspects of agricultural production as significantly different from other industrial enterprises. As a consequence, in such situations general legal rules have been deemed inappropriate as applied to agriculture.
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July 23, 2015|The Iowa Court of Appeals recently affirmed that negligence must be proved and that merely showing that an accident occurred is not evidence.
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July 23, 2015|
The Iowa Court of Appeals recently decided two breach of contract cases, each of which provides a useful review of key provisions of Iowa contract law.
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July 7, 2015|
The question is a common one. It usually sounds something like this: "My neighbor has a large number of trees on his side of our common fence line. The trees are large and drop dead limbs on my property.
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June 18, 2015|Mistakes happen. Sometimes mistakes lead to legal liability, as in the case of negligence. But sometimes, where it’s apparent that a mistake in an instrument was a mutual one, equity steps in to “reform” the mistake. No harm. No foul.
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June 11, 2015|A recent opinion from the Iowa Court of Appeals reminds us of the importance of written plans for family farming businesses.
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June 9, 2015|On January 20, 2015, Dakota Access, LLC, filed with the Iowa Utilities Board a petition for a hazardous liquid pipeline permit.
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June 5, 2015|
In this one-hour webinar, Kristine discusses the law of eminent domain in Iowa. Particular emphasis is placed on the legal implications of the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline project pending before the Iowa Utilities Board.
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May 28, 2015|
In this webinar, Kristine discusses the basics of establishing an LLC. Although the emphasis is on Iowa law, the concepts are applicable to those from other states as well.
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May 7, 2015|A recent case from the Iowa Court of Appeals reminds us that in order to acquire title to the property of another through a prescriptive easement (a non-exclusive form of adverse possession), the plaintiff must strictly prove the elements of the c
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April 24, 2015|The Iowa Court of Appeals Wednesday reduced a damages award granted to a couple who claimed their neighbor intentionally removed trees along their fence line.
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April 24, 2015|
The Iowa Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment against the plaintiff in an action where one sister was suing another for breach of trust. The defendant was ultimately granted $38,893.62 in attorney fees and expenses as litigation expenses incurred in administering the trust.
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April 23, 2015|In 2013, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the Iowa Recreational Use Statute did not bar a negligence action brought by a parent chaperone against dairy farmers giving a gratuitous farm tour to a kindergarten class.