Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 427C - Forest and Fruit-Tree Reservations

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Owner: means any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 425A.2
• Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Sale: means any transfer, exchange, or barter, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration, and includes and means all sales made by any person. See Iowa Code 453A.42
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Use: means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1