# Iowa Code § 557.7: Contingent remainders

> Iowa · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.7

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 557.7
- **Heading:** Contingent remainders
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 557 / Section 557.7

## Text

A contingent remainder shall take effect, notwithstanding any determination of the particular estate, in the same manner in which it would have taken effect if it had been an executory devise or a springing or shifting use, and shall, as well as such limitations, be subject to the rule respecting remoteness known as the rule against perpetuities, exclusive of any other supposed rule respecting limitations to successive generations or double possibilities.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10046; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §557.7]

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 557.1 Who deemed seized.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.2 Estate in fee simple.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.3 Conveyance passes grantor’s interest.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.4 After-acquired interest — exception.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.5 Adverse possession.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.6 Future estates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.7 Contingent remainders.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.8 Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.9 Defeating expectant estate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.10 Declarations of trust.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.11 Conveyances by married persons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.12 Conveyances by husband and wife.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.13 Covenants — spouse not bound.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.13.md)
- [Iowa Code § 557.14 Title and possession of mortgagor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C557_S557.14.md)

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