Bill Text: IA HF746 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the statute of limitations for recovery from injuries to property from a licensed veterinarian. (Formerly HSB 208.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-30 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1039. [HF746 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF746-Enrolled.html
House
File
746
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Enrolled
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746
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS
FOR
RECOVERY
FROM
INJURIES
TO
PROPERTY
FROM
A
LICENSED
VETERINARIAN.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
169.21
Limitations
of
actions.
Any
action
for
professional
negligence
against
an
individual
licensed
under
this
chapter
resulting
in
damage
to
property
shall
not
be
brought
more
than
two
years
after
the
date
on
which
the
claimant
knew,
or
through
the
use
of
reasonable
diligence
should
have
known,
or
received
notice
in
writing
of
the
existence
of,
the
injury
for
which
damages
were
sought
in
House
File
746,
p.
2
the
action,
whichever
of
the
dates
occurs
first.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“property”
includes
an
animal.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
746,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
