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Section 446.27 – Liability of treasurer.

446.27 Liability of treasurer. 1. If the county treasurer, deputy treasurer, or other designated employee sells or assists in selling any parcel, knowing it is not subject to taxation or that the amount for which it is sold has been paid, or knowingly and willfully sells or assists in selling a parcel to defraud the […]

Section 446.28 – Subsequent sale.

446.28 Subsequent sale. If for good cause, a parcel cannot be advertised and offered for sale on the third Monday of June or on another date in June designated by the treasurer, the county treasurer shall make the sale on the third Monday of the next succeeding month in which the required notice can be […]

Section 446.29 – Certificate of purchase.

446.29 Certificate of purchase. The county treasurer shall prepare, sign, and deliver to the purchaser of any parcel or part of a parcel sold a certificate of purchase, describing the parcel or part of the parcel as shown in the county system identifying the parcel or part of the parcel sold, the total amount due […]

Section 446.30 – Loss of certificate.

446.30 Loss of certificate. If a certificate of purchase is lost or destroyed, the owner of record, may, by filing an affidavit of the loss or destruction with the county treasurer, receive a duplicate of the certificate, which shall take the place of the original certificate and have the same force and effect in law […]

Section 446.31 – Assignment — presumption from deed recitals.

446.31 Assignment — presumption from deed recitals. 1. The certificate of purchase is assignable by endorsement and entry in the county system in the office of county treasurer of the county from which the certificate was issued, and when the assignment is so entered and the assignment transaction fee paid, it shall vest in the […]

Section 446.32 – Payment of subsequent taxes by purchaser.

446.32 Payment of subsequent taxes by purchaser. The county treasurer shall provide to the purchaser of a parcel sold at tax sale a receipt for the total amount paid by the purchaser after the date of purchase for a subsequent year. Taxes for a subsequent year may be paid by the purchaser beginning one month […]

Section 446.34 – School, agricultural college, or university land.

446.34 School, agricultural college, or university land. When any school, agricultural college, or university land sold on credit is sold for taxes, the purchaser shall acquire only the interest of the original purchaser therein, and no sale of any such lands for taxes shall prejudice the rights of the state, agricultural college, or university. In […]

Section 446.35 – Assessment to wrong person.

446.35 Assessment to wrong person. A sale of a parcel through tax sale is not invalid if taxed in any other name than that of the rightful owner, if it is in other respects sufficiently described. [R60, §787; C73, §904; C97, §1450; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7269; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, […]

Section 446.36 – Certified copies of records as evidence.

446.36 Certified copies of records as evidence. The information in the county system of the office of the county treasurer, or a copy properly certified, is sufficient evidence to prove the sale of a parcel at tax sale, the redemption of the parcel, or the payment of taxes on it. [R60, §788; C73, §905; C97, […]

Section 446.37 – Cancellation of sale.

446.37 Cancellation of sale. After three years have elapsed from the time of any tax sale, or after one year has elapsed from the time of any tax sale under section 446.19B, and the holder of a certificate has not filed an affidavit of service of notice of expiration of right of redemption under section […]

Section 446.45 – Applicable law.

446.45 Applicable law. Sections 446.21, 446.31, 446.32, and 446.37, as amended by 1991 Iowa Acts, ch. 191, §73, 82, 83, and 86, only apply if associated with a tax sale that occurred on or after April 1, 1992. For tax sales occurring prior to April 1, 1992, the provisions of sections 446.21, 446.31, 446.32, and […]

Section 446.7 – Annual tax sale.

446.7 Annual tax sale. 1. Annually, on the third Monday in June the county treasurer shall offer at public sale all parcels on which taxes are delinquent. The treasurer shall not, however, offer for sale any parcel that is subject to a pending action as the result of a municipal infraction citation under section 364.22, […]

Section 446.9 – Notice of sale — service — publication — costs.

446.9 Notice of sale — service — publication — costs. 1. A notice of the date, time, and place of the annual tax sale shall be served upon the person in whose name the parcel subject to sale is taxed. The county treasurer shall serve the notice by sending it by regular first class mail […]