Title X, FINANCIAL RESOURCES (Ch. 421 - 454)

If the county treasurer receives a verified statement from a city or county stating that a parcel sold at tax sale contains a building that is abandoned, as those terms are defined in section 657A.1 , prior to redemption of the parcel under chapter 447 or the issuance of a tax de…

In all actions and controversies involving the question of title to a parcel held under a county treasurer’s deed, all acts of assessors, treasurers, auditors, supervisors, and other officers de facto shall be of the same validity as acts of officers de jure. [R60, §786; C73, §90…

1. After taking possession of the parcel, after the issuance and recording of a tax deed or an instrument purporting to be a tax deed issued by a county treasurer of this state, the then owner or holder of the title or purported title may file with the county recorder of the coun…

1. When the affidavit described in section 448.15 is filed it shall be notice to all persons, and any person claiming any right, title, or interest in or to the parcel described adverse to the title or purported title by virtue of the tax deed referred to, shall file a claim with…

All affidavits and claims as provided for in sections 448.15 and 448.16 , filed with the county recorder, shall be recorded as other instruments affecting parcels, and the entries required in those sections and any applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52 shall …

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires, “book” , “list” , “record” , or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1 . 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1

Deeds executed by the county treasurer shall be substantially in the following form: KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the following described parcel: (Here follows the description), situated in the county of ................................ and state of Iowa, was subject …

1. The deed shall be signed by the county treasurer as such, and acknowledged by the treasurer before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and when substantially thus executed and recorded in the proper record in the office of the recorder of the county in which the p…

The deed shall be presumptive evidence in all the courts of this state in all controversies and actions in relation to the rights of the purchaser, and the purchaser’s heirs or assigns, to the parcel conveyed, of the following facts: 1. That the parcel conveyed was subject to tax…

The deed shall be conclusive evidence of the following facts: 1. That the manner in which the listing, assessment, levy, notice and sale were conducted was in all respects as the law directed. 2. That the grantee named in the deed was the purchaser. 3. That all the prerequisites …

1. A deed executed by the county treasurer in conformity with the requirements of sections 448.2 and 448.3 shall be presumed to effect a valid title conveyance, and the treasurer’s deed may be challenged only by an equitable action in the district court in the county in which the…

If an amount due was paid, and through mistake in the entry made in the county system, the parcel was afterward sold, the treasurer’s deed does not convey the title. [R60, §784; C73, §897; C97, §1445; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7291; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §…

If the owner of a parcel sold for taxes resists the validity of the tax title, the owner may prove fraud committed by the officer selling the parcel, or in the purchaser, to defeat the title, and, if fraud is established, the sale and title shall be void. [R60, §784; C73, §897; C…