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IA Code § 585.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 585 - PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LEGALIZING ACTS|Section 585.1 - Publication prior to passage.

585.1 Publication prior to passage.   No bill which seeks to legalize the official proceedings of any board of supervisors, board of school directors, or city council, or which seeks to legalize any warrant or bond issued by any of said official bodies, shall be placed on passage in either house or senate until such bill as introduced shall have been published in full in some newspaper published within the territorial limits of the public corporation whose proceedings, warrants, or bonds are proposed to be legalized, nor until proof of such publication shall have been filed with the chief clerk of the house, and with the secretary of the senate, and a brief minute of such filing entered on the respective journals.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.1]  Additional requirements, §2.9
IA Code § 585.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 585 - PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LEGALIZING ACTS|Section 585.2 - Place of publication in certain cases.

585.2 Place of publication in certain cases.   In case no newspaper is published within such territorial limits, the publication required by this chapter shall be made in one newspaper of general circulation published within the county.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.2]
IA Code § 585.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 585 - PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LEGALIZING ACTS|Section 585.3 - Caption of publication.

585.3 Caption of publication.   1. The publication required by this chapter shall be made under the following caption or heading, to wit:   Proposed bill for the legalization of the proceedings of (name of official body).   2. If the proposed bill be for the legalization of the bonds or warrants of the public corporation, the caption shall be modified accordingly.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10360; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.3]  2013 Acts, ch 30, §181
IA Code § 585.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 585 - PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LEGALIZING ACTS|Section 585.4 - Cost of publication.

585.4 Cost of publication.   If the bill be introduced at the instance of the public body whose proceedings, bonds, or warrants are sought to be legalized, the cost of the aforesaid publication may be paid from the general fund of the public corporation.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10361; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.4]  Cost of printing, §2.9
IA Code § 585.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 585 - PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LEGALIZING ACTS|Section 585.5 - Subsequent amendment — effect.

585.5 Subsequent amendment — effect.   The amendment of the proposed bill after its publication as aforesaid shall not affect its legality, provided the subject matter of the bill is not substantially changed.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10362; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.5]
IA Code § 587.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.1 - Decrees against unknown claimants.

587.1 Decrees against unknown claimants.   All decrees of court obtained in actions against unknown defendants in which the notice was entitled in the initial or initials of the plaintiff instead of the plaintiff’s full given name are legalized, and the decrees have the same force and effect as if the notice had been entitled in the full name of the plaintiff as was provided for in section 3538, Code of 1897, and in section 3538 of the supplement to the Code of 1913.  [SS15, §3540-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10375; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.1]  85 Acts, ch 67, §52
IA Code § 587.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.2 - Certain publications of original notices.

587.2 Certain publications of original notices.   No action in which unknown persons were made parties defendant pursuant to the requirements of section 3538, supplemental supplement to the Code 1915, and in which notice of such action was given by publication between July 1, 1913, and July 1, 1915, for four consecutive weeks, the last publication being ten days prior to the first day of the term for which said action was brought as shown by proof on file in the office of the clerk of the court where said action was pending, shall be held ineffectual, void, or insufficient because the records fail to show that the court or judge approved said notice before publication or failed to endorse approval on said notice or failed to designate in which paper said notice should be published as required by section 3539, Code of 1897.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10376; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.2]
IA Code § 587.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.3 - Original notices failing to name term.

587.3 Original notices failing to name term.   All judgments and decrees heretofore entered by default prior to July 4, 1963, in causes wherein the original notices set out the date when and the place where the court would convene are hereby declared legal and binding, notwithstanding the fact that said original notices fail to name the term at which defendant or defendants was or were required to appear. Nothing contained in this section shall affect pending litigation.  [C39, §10376.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.3]
IA Code § 587.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.4 - Decrees for sale of real estate by guardian.

587.4 Decrees for sale of real estate by guardian.   In all cases where decrees and orders of court have been obtained for the sale of real estate by a guardian prior to January 1, 1969, where the original notice shows that service of notice pertaining to the sale of such real estate was made on the minor or ward outside of the state of Iowa, such services of notices are hereby legalized. All decrees so obtained as aforesaid are hereby legalized and held to have the same force and effect as though the service of such original notice had been made on the minor or ward within the state of Iowa.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10377; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.4]
IA Code § 587.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.5 - Judgments or decrees respecting wills.

587.5 Judgments or decrees respecting wills.   No judgment or decree purporting to set aside any will or the provisions of any will, or to place any construction upon any will or terms of any will, or to aid in carrying out the provisions of any will, and no contract or agreement purporting to be a settlement of any suit or action to set aside any will or the terms of any will, or to place any construction upon any will or any of the terms thereof, shall be held ineffectual, void, or insufficient because the records fail to show proper service of notice on all parties interested, that persons under disability affected by the action were not properly served with notice or represented by guardian or guardian ad litem, either in suit, action, or in a settlement thereof, that all persons interested participated in the settlement, or that any other provisions of law had been complied with which are necessary to make a valid decree, judgment, or settlement; provided more than ten years had elapsed since the judgment, decree, contract, or agreement was filed, entered, or placed on record in the county where the real estate affected thereby is situated. Said decree, judgment, contract, or agreement shall be conclusive evidence of the right, title, or interest it purports to establish or adjudicate insofar as it affects the title to such real estate, and said proceedings therein are hereby made legal and effectual the same as though all provisions of law had been complied with in the obtaining of said decree, judgment, or execution of said contract or agreement, and any judgment, decree, contract, or agreement such as above described which is now of record less than ten years in the county in which the real estate is situated shall, at the expiration of ten years from date of filing, entering, or recording thereof, have the same force and effect as is above given to those now in effect more than ten years.  [S13, §2963-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10378; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.5]
IA Code § 587.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.6 - Judgments in probate by circuit courts.

587.6 Judgments in probate by circuit courts.   In all cases where matters or proceedings in probate have been heard by the circuit courts or judges outside the county in which such matters or proceedings were pending, and in all cases where orders and judgments in probate matters and proceedings have been made by the circuit courts and judges outside the county in which such proceeding or matter was pending, and where such hearing was had or order or judgment made within the circuit to which the county belonged in which such proceeding or matter was pending, such hearing, order, or judgment shall be held and deemed to be of the same validity and force and effect as if such hearing was had or such order or judgment was made within the county in which such proceeding or matter was pending, and all title and rights acquired under such orders and judgments shall be held and deemed to be of the same legal force and effect and to be as valid as if such order or judgment had been made within the county in which the proceeding or matter was pending.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10379; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.6]
IA Code § 587.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.7 - Judgments or decrees quieting title.

587.7 Judgments or decrees quieting title.   No existing judgment or decree quieting title to real estate as against defects arising prior to January 1, 1966, and purporting to sustain the record title shall be held ineffectual because of the failure to properly set out in the petition or notice the derivation or devolution of the interest of the unknown defendants, or on account of the failure of the record to show that such notice was approved by the court or that the same was published as directed by the court, or because of the failure of the record to show that an affidavit was filed by plaintiff showing that personal service could not be made on any defendant in the state of Iowa, or because of the failure of defense by a guardian ad litem for any defendant under legal disability, or where there was more than one tract of real estate described in the same petition and decree, or where the plaintiffs have no joint or common interest in the property or defects of title, or because of failure to comply with any other provision of law. All such decrees are hereby made legal and effectual the same as if all provisions of law had been complied with in obtaining them.  [S13, §2963-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10380; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.7]
IA Code § 587.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.8 - Decrees in general — affidavit of nonresidence.

587.8 Decrees in general — affidavit of nonresidence.   In all cases where decrees of court have been obtained prior to January 1, 1966, upon publication of notice before the filing of the affidavit of nonresidence, as provided by section 3534, Code of 1897, or section 11081, Codes of 1924, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939 and  rule of civil procedure, number 60  , effective July 4, 1943, and the same have not been filed as provided by law, but have been filed during the time that the notice was being published, on which such decrees are based, are hereby legalized and such decrees shall have the same force and effect as though the affidavit of nonresidence, as provided in said section, was filed at the time of or prior to the first publication of such notice. All decrees so obtained, as aforesaid, are hereby legalized and held to have the same force and effect as though the affidavit of nonresidence had been filed, as by law required.  [S13, §3534-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10381; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.8]
IA Code § 587.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|Section 587.9 - Decrees in general — affidavit of publication.

587.9 Decrees in general — affidavit of publication.   In all cases where decrees of court have been obtained prior to January 1, 1969, in which the proof of publication of the original notice has been made by the affidavit of the editor of the newspaper or the publisher, manager, cashier, or supervisor thereof in which such original notice was published, the same are hereby legalized and such decrees shall have the same force and effect as though the affidavit of the publisher or supervisor of the newspaper in which original notice was published had been filed as provided by section 3536, Code of 1897, or section 11085, Codes of 1924, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939 and  rule of civil procedure, number 60  , Code 1946, that all decrees obtained as aforesaid are hereby legalized and held to have the same force and effect as though the proof of the publication on the original notice had been made by the affidavit of the publisher or supervisor of the newspaper in which such original notice was published.  [S13, §3536-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10382; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.9]
IA Code § 587.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES 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, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.10]  91 Acts, ch 183, §10
IA Code § 587.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|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 as fully and to the same extent as if the statute at the time such suit was instituted had provided for service of the original notice by publication in the time and manner aforesaid.  [S13, §3187-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10383; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.11]
IA Code § 587.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 587 - JUDGMENTS AND DECREES LEGALIZED|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 statute authorizing publication of notice or upon service of notice by publication or posting pursuant to authorization or direction of any court of competent jurisdiction in the state of Iowa, all such orders, judgments, or decrees are hereby declared valid and of full force and effect, unless an action shall be commenced within the time provided in subsection 2 to question such order, judgment, or decree, or any right or status created, confirmed, or existing thereunder.   2. No action shall be maintained in any court to question any such order, judgment, or decree, or any right or status created, confirmed, or existing thereunder unless such action shall be commenced within one year from July 1, 1970.   3. The provisions of section 614.8 as to the rights of minors and persons with mental illness and any other provision of law fixing or extending the time within which actions may be commenced shall not be applicable to extend the time within which any such action shall be commenced beyond one year after July 1, 1970.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.12]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §157; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §165
IA Code § 588.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 588 - EXECUTION SALES|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 the time of the receipt or act done, or has failed to endorse thereon, an exact description of the property levied upon at length with the date of levy, be and the same are hereby legalized and declared to be legal and valid as if all of the provisions of laws as required by sections 11664 to 11668.1 [Code 1939], both inclusive, had been in all respects strictly and fully complied with.  [C35, §10383-e1; C39, §10383.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §588.1]
IA Code § 588.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 588 - EXECUTION SALES|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 plat the same or has defectively platted the same, or where said execution officer in such sales has offered the property en masse without first offering the same in the least legal subdivisions, or where said officer has failed to offer property, including the homestead, first separately in least legal subdivisions exclusive of homestead, then offering all property en masse, exclusive of the homestead, then offering the homestead separately, then offering all of the property for sale, en masse, be and the same are hereby legalized and declared to be legal and valid in all particulars as if all of the provisions of the law had been in all respects strictly and fully complied with at the time of said acts or said sales.  [C39, §10383.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §588.2]
IA Code § 589.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 589 - REAL PROPERTY|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 equity, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.  [S13, §2942-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10384; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.1]  84 Acts, ch 1090, §1; 91 Acts, ch 183, §11
IA Code § 589.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 589 - REAL PROPERTY|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 when required so to do, are legalized and valid as though the law had in all respects been fully complied with.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10385; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.2]  84 Acts, ch 1090, §2; 91 Acts, ch 183, §12
IA Code § 589.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 589 - REAL PROPERTY|Section 589.3 - Absence of or defective acknowledgments.

589.3 Absence of or defective acknowledgments.   Any instrument in writing affecting the title to real estate within the state of Iowa, to which is attached no certificate of acknowledgment, or to which is attached a defective certificate of acknowledgment, which was, more than ten years earlier, recorded or spread upon the records in the office of the recorder of the county in which the real estate described in the instrument is located, is, together with the recording and the record of the recording, valid, legal, and binding as if the instrument had been properly acknowledged and legally recorded.  [S13, SS15, §2963-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10386; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.3]  84 Acts, ch 1090, §3; 91 Acts, ch 183, §13
IA Code § 589.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 589 - REAL PROPERTY|Section 589.4 - Acknowledgments by corporation officers.

589.4 Acknowledgments by corporation officers.   The acknowledgments of all deeds, mortgages, or other instruments in writing taken or certified more than ten years earlier, which instruments have been recorded in the recorder’s office of any county of this state, including acknowledgments of instruments made by a corporation, or to which the corporation was a party, or under which the corporation was a beneficiary, and which have been acknowledged before or certified by a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B who was at the time of the acknowledgment or certifying a stockholder or officer in the corporation, are legal and valid official acts of the notarial officers, and entitle the instruments to be recorded, anything in the laws of the state of Iowa in regard to acknowledgments to the contrary notwithstanding. This section does not affect pending litigation.  [C39, §10387.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.4]  84 Acts, ch 1090, §4; 91 Acts, ch 183, §14; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §51, 60; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §100; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §130
IA Code § 589.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 589 - REAL PROPERTY|Section 589.5 - Acknowledgments by stockholders.

589.5 Acknowledgments by stockholders.   All deeds and conveyances of lands within this state executed more than ten years earlier, but which have been acknowledged or proved according to and in compliance with the laws of this state before a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B who was, at the time of the acknowledgment, an officer or stockholder of a corporation interested in the deed or conveyance, or otherwise interested in the deeds or conveyances, are, if otherwise valid, valid in law as though acknowledged or proved before an officer not interested in the deeds or conveyances; and if recorded more than ten years earlier, in the respective counties in which the lands are, the records are valid in law as though the deeds and conveyances, so acknowledged or proved and recorded, had, prior to being recorded, been acknowledged or proved before a notarial officer having no interest in the deeds or conveyances.  [S13, §2942-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10388; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.5]  84 Acts, ch 1090, §5; 91 Acts, ch 183, §15; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §52, 60; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §101; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §131