Eliminating the doctrine of acquiescence in actions to establish disputed boundaries or corners, and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 22, 2021
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

Code chapter 650 provides procedures for determining the boundaries between adjoining tracts of land which cannot otherwise be established (e.g., the monuments marking the corners of the tract of land have been lost or destroyed). Current law allows either party to such a dispute to plea acquiescence, and if the court finds that the boundaries and corners alleged to have been recognized and acquiesced in have in fact been recognized and acquiesced in for a period of years, such recognized boundaries and corners are permanently established. This bill repeals Code sections 650.6, 650.10, and 650.14, which eliminates the doctrine of acquiescence in actions to establish disputed boundaries or corners. The bill applies to actions filed on or after July 1, 2021.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 22, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Rep. Joe Mitchell R
• Rep. Jarad J. Klein R
• Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell DEmail

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