Section 589.11 – Conveyances by fiduciaries.
589.11 Conveyances by fiduciaries. If an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, assignee, receiver, referee, or commissioner, acting in that capacity in this or any state, has conveyed in the trust capacity real estate lying in this state and the conveyance has been of record for more than ten years, in the county where the real estate […]
Section 589.12 – Sheriffs’ deeds.
589.12 Sheriffs’ deeds. A sheriff’s deed executed more than ten years earlier which purports to sustain the record title is not ineffectual on account of the failure of the record to show that any of the steps in obtaining the judgment or in the sale of the property were complied with. The proceedings are legalized […]
Section 587.10 – Affidavit of publication of notice by assistant publisher.
587.10 Affidavit of publication of notice by assistant publisher. All affidavits of proof of publication of any notice or original notice made by the assistant publisher of any newspaper of general circulation, which were executed and filed more than ten years earlier, are hereby legalized, declared valid, binding, and of full force and effect. [C46, […]
Section 587.11 – Annulment of marriages — service by publication.
587.11 Annulment of marriages — service by publication. All decrees of the courts of this state made and entered of record in actions brought to annul a marriage in which the service of the original notice was made by publication in the manner provided by law for actions for divorce are hereby legalized and validated […]
Section 587.12 – Service by publication under former rule 60.
587.12 Service by publication under former rule 60. 1. In all actions or in proceedings in probate where an order, judgment, or decree has been entered prior to July 1, 1970, based upon service of notice by publication as provided by rule 60 of the Iowa rules of civil procedure, Code 1966 , or any […]
Section 588.1 – Failure to make proper entries.
588.1 Failure to make proper entries. All execution sales heretofore had wherein the execution officer has failed to endorse on the execution the day and hour when received, the levy, sale, or other act done by virtue thereof, with the date thereof, the dates and amounts of any receipts or payment in satisfaction thereof at […]
Section 588.2 – Homestead selection — deficiency.
588.2 Homestead selection — deficiency. All execution sales of real estate heretofore had in which the execution officer has failed to serve notice upon the titleholders in possession to select their homestead or has defectively served such notice or, having served such notice, has, upon the failure of defendants to select a homestead, neglected to […]
Section 589.1 – Acknowledgments — seal not affixed.
589.1 Acknowledgments — seal not affixed. All deeds, mortgages, or other instruments in writing for the conveyance of lands which have been made and executed more than ten years earlier, and the officer taking the acknowledgment has not affixed the officer’s seal to the acknowledgment; the acknowledgment is, nevertheless, good and valid in law and […]
Section 586.1 – Specific defects legalized.
586.1 Specific defects legalized. The following acts and instruments are hereby legalized and declared to be as valid as though all defects and irregularities therein as set forth below had never existed; nothing in this section, however, shall affect pending litigation: 1. Official acts performed more than ten years earlier by notaries public during the […]
Section 589.2 – Conveyances by county.
589.2 Conveyances by county. All deeds executed more than ten years earlier, by a court or the chairperson of the board of supervisors of a county, and to which the officer executing the deed has failed or omitted to affix the county seal, and all deeds where the clerk has failed or omitted to countersign […]