Petty v. Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center, Inc.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

On appeal from an adverse judgment in a forcible entry and detainer (FED) action, a tenant claims its lease was automatically renewed and the action was barred by its thirty-days’ peaceable possession after the expiration of the lease. We affirm the lower courts’ findings that the lease was not automatically renewed but conclude the FED action was barred under Iowa Code section 648.18 (1995).

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

In 1985 the defendant, the Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center [hereinafter the church], acquired a building located on land that was owned by the…