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IA Code § 557B.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS|Section 557B.15 - Exemptions by attorney general.

557B.15 Exemptions by attorney general.   The attorney general may, by rule or order, exempt any person from all or part of the requirements of this chapter if the attorney general finds the requirements unnecessary for the protection of purchasers. In determining exemptions from this chapter, the attorney general shall consider all of the following:   1. The duration of the membership camping contracts involved.   2. The number of membership camping contracts being offered by the operator.   3. The amount of the purchase price of the membership camping contracts.  87 Acts, ch 181, §19
IA Code § 557B.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS|Section 557B.16 - Rules.

557B.16 Rules.   The attorney general may prescribe rules in accordance with this chapter as deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  87 Acts, ch 181, §20
IA Code § 557C.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557C - MINERAL INTERESTS IN COAL|Section 557C.1 - Lapse of mineral interests in coal — prevention.

557C.1 Lapse of mineral interests in coal — prevention.   A mineral interest in coal shall be extinguished twenty years after its creation, transfer, or preservation, unless a statement of claim is filed in accordance with section 557C.3, and the ownership shall revert to the person who was then the owner of the interest from which the mineral interest in coal was created, transferred, or preserved. Upon the filing of a statement of claim within the specified period, the mineral interest shall be deemed to have been preserved for an additional period of twenty years, or a shorter period as may be specified in the instrument creating the interest.  91 Acts, ch 183, §2  Referred to in §557C.3
IA Code § 557C.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557C - MINERAL INTERESTS IN COAL|Section 557C.2 - Definitions.

557C.2 Definitions.   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.   A “mineral interest in coal” means an interest created by an instrument which creates or transfers either by grant, assignment, reservation, or otherwise, an interest of any kind in coal, as described in chapter 207, without limitation on the manner of mining the coal.  91 Acts, ch 183, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
IA Code § 557C.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557C - MINERAL INTERESTS IN COAL|Section 557C.3 - Statement of claim — filing requirement.

557C.3 Statement of claim — filing requirement.   The statement of claim provided in section 557C.1 shall be filed by the owner of the mineral interest in coal prior to the end of the twenty-year period set forth in section 557C.1 or by July 1, 1994, whichever is later. The statement of claim shall contain the name and address of the owner of the mineral interest in coal, and a description of the real estate on, or under, which the mineral interest in coal is located. The statement of claim shall be filed in the office of the recorder in the county in which the real estate is located.  91 Acts, ch 183, §4  Referred to in §557C.1, 557C.4, 557C.6
IA Code § 557C.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557C - MINERAL INTERESTS IN COAL|Section 557C.4 - Statement of claim — recorder’s duty.

557C.4 Statement of claim — recorder’s duty.   Upon the filing of the statement of claim provided for in section 557C.3 in the recorder’s office for the county where the real estate on, or under, which the mineral interest in coal exists, is located, the recorder shall record the statement of claim and index the entries required to be made pursuant to section 557C.3 and any applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52.  91 Acts, ch 183, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 101, §3
IA Code § 557C.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557C - MINERAL INTERESTS IN COAL|Section 557C.5 - Reservation in other conveyance.

557C.5 Reservation in other conveyance.   A reservation of a mineral interest in coal or an exception of a mineral interest in coal, contained in a conveyance of the interest out of which it is carved, by a nonowner of the mineral interest in coal shall not be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this chapter or as a revival of a mineral interest in coal otherwise extinguished under this chapter.  91 Acts, ch 183, §6
IA Code § 557C.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 557C - MINERAL INTERESTS IN COAL|Section 557C.6 - Exemption.

557C.6 Exemption.   The filing of the statement of claim required under section 557C.3 to preserve the mineral interest in coal shall not be required of an owner if the mineral interest was separately taxed for real estate tax purposes at any time after July 1, 1971.  91 Acts, ch 183, §7
IA Code § 558.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.1 - “Instruments affecting real estate” defined — revocation.

558.1 “Instruments affecting real estate” defined — revocation.   All instruments containing a power to convey, or in any manner relating to real estate, including certified copies of petitions in bankruptcy with or without the schedules appended, of decrees of adjudication in bankruptcy, and of orders approving trustees’ bonds in bankruptcy, and a jobs training agreement entered into under chapter 260E between an employer and community college which contains a description of the real estate affected, shall be held to be “instruments affecting real estate”. An instrument affecting real estate, when acknowledged or certified and recorded as in this chapter prescribed, cannot be revoked as to third parties by any act of the parties by whom it was executed, until the instrument containing such revocation is acknowledged and filed for record in the same office in which the instrument containing such power is recorded, except that uniform commercial code financing statements and financing statement changes as provided in chapter 554 need not be thus acknowledged.  [C51, §1226; R60, §2234; C73, §1969; C97, §2957; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10066; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.1]  93 Acts, ch 180, §90; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §96; 2014 Acts, ch 1132, §34; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §175  Referred to in §9B.2, 558A.1  Section not amended; editorial change applied
IA Code § 558.1A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.1A - Definition.

558.1A Definition. Repealed by  2003 Acts, ch 44, §113  .
IA Code § 558.1B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.1B - Definitions.

558.1B Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “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.   2. “Grantee” means the name of the transferee in the transaction used to create the recording index. For other instruments affecting real estate, “grantee” includes but is not limited to a buyer, mortgagee, lender, assignee, lessee, or party to an affidavit who is not the affiant.   3. “Grantor” means the name of the transferor in the transaction used to create the recording index. For other instruments affecting real estate, “grantor” includes but is not limited to a seller, mortgagor, borrower, assignor, lessor, or affiant.  2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1023, §1
IA Code § 558.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.2 - Corporation having seal.

558.2 Corporation having seal.   In the execution of any written instrument conveying, encumbering, or affecting real estate by a corporation that has adopted a corporate seal, the seal of such corporation may but need not be attached or affixed to such written instrument.  [C51, §974; R60, §1823; C73, §2112; C97, §3068; S13, §3068; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10067; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.2]  96 Acts, ch 1154, §1  Seals generally, §537A.1
IA Code § 558.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.3 - Corporation not having seal.

558.3 Corporation not having seal.   If the corporation has not adopted a corporate seal, such fact may but need not be stated in such written instrument.  [S13, §3068; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10068; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.3]  96 Acts, ch 1154, §2
IA Code § 558.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.5 - Contract for deed — presumption of abandonment.

558.5 Contract for deed — presumption of abandonment.   1. When the record shows that a contract or bond for a deed was executed more than ten years earlier, the contract or bond shall be deemed abandoned by the vendee and void and the land shall be freed from any lien or defect on account of the contract or bond in any of the following situations:   a. The record does not indicate the contract or bond has been performed and more than ten years have elapsed since the contract or bond by its terms was to be performed.   b. A performance date for the contract or bond is not stated in the contract or bond or any extensions thereof and more than twenty years have elapsed from the date the contract or bond was executed.   2. This section shall apply to a contract or bond described in this section if the contract or bond is not filed of record but is referred to in another instrument which is filed of record. The contract or bond shall be deemed abandoned by the vendee ten years from the date that the contract or bond is to be performed according to the recorded instrument. However, if the recorded instrument does not refer to a performance date for the contract or bond, the contract or bond shall be deemed abandoned twenty years after the date that the instrument containing the reference is recorded.   3. This section shall not apply to a vendee or a vendee’s successor in interest if the vendee or the vendee’s successor in interest is in possession of the property or has been continuously paying the total amount due, as defined in section 445.1, of the taxes levied against the property for the preceding five years.  [S13, §2963-j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10070; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.5]  91 Acts, ch 183, §8; 2013 Acts, ch 83, §1
IA Code § 558.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.6 - Given names — variation — effect.

558.6 Given names — variation — effect.   When there is a difference between the given names or initials in which title is taken, and the given names or initials of the grantor in a succeeding conveyance, and the surnames in both instances are written the same or sound the same, the conveyances or the record of them is presumptive evidence that the surname in the several conveyances and instruments refers to the same person.  [S13, §2963-k; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10071; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.6]  84 Acts, ch 1067, §46
IA Code § 558.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.7 - Assignment of certificate of entry deemed deed.

558.7 Assignment of certificate of entry deemed deed.   When the record shows:   1. That the original entry, certificate of entry, receipt, or duplicate thereof has been assigned;   2. That prior or subsequent to such assignment, the United States or state issued a patent or conveyance to the assignor;   3. That no deed of conveyance appears on record from the person who made the original entry or assignor to the assignee; and   4. That the present record owner holds title under such assignment; such assignment shall have the same force and effect as a deed of conveyance and shall be conclusively presumed to carry all right, title, and interest of the patentee of said real estate, the same as though a deed of conveyance had been subsequently executed by the patentee or assignor to a subsequent grantor.  [S13, §2963-n; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10072; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.7]
IA Code § 558.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.8 - Affidavits explanatory of title — presumption.

558.8 Affidavits explanatory of title — presumption.   Affidavits explaining any defect in the chain of title to any real estate may be recorded as instruments affecting the same, but no one except the owner in possession of such real estate shall have the right to file such affidavit. Such affidavit or the record thereof, including all such affidavits now of record, shall raise a presumption from the date of recording that the purported facts stated therein are true; after the lapse of three years from the date of such recording, such presumption shall be conclusive.  [C51, §1226; R60, §2234; C73, §1969; C97, §2957; S13, §2963-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10073; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.8]
IA Code § 558.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.9 - Railroad land grants — duty to record.

558.9 Railroad land grants — duty to record.   Every railroad company which owns or claims real estate in this state, granted by the government of the United States or this state to aid in the construction of its railroad, where it has not already done so, shall place on file and cause to be recorded, in each county wherein the real estate granted is situated, evidence of its title or claim of title, whether the same consists of patents from the United States, certificates from the secretary of the interior, or governor of this state, or the proper land office of the United States or this state. Where no patent was issued, reference shall be made in said certificate to the Acts of Congress, and the Acts of the legislature of this state, granting such lands, giving the date thereof, and date of their approval under which claim of title is made.  [C97, §2939; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10074; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.9]
IA Code § 558.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.10 - Patents covering land in different counties.

558.10 Patents covering land in different counties.   Where the certificate of the secretary of the interior or the patents cover real estate situated in more than one county, the secretary of state shall, upon the application of any railroad company or its grantee, prepare and furnish, to be recorded, a list of all the real estate situated in any one county so granted, patented, or certified; and all such evidences of title shall be entered by the auditor upon the index, transfer, and plat books.  [C97, §2939; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10075; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.10]
IA Code § 558.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.11 - Record — constructive notice.

558.11 Record — constructive notice.   The evidence of title shall be filed with the recorder of deeds of the county in which the real estate is situated, who shall record the same, and place an abstract thereof upon the index of deeds. The recording thereof shall be constructive notice to all persons, as provided in other cases of entries upon said index, and the recorder shall receive the same fees therefor as for recording other instruments.  [C97, §2940; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10076; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.11]  Fees, §331.604
IA Code § 558.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.12 - Transcript of instruments.

558.12 Transcript of instruments.   A person interested in a parcel of real estate may procure from a county recorder in this state a transcript of any instrument affecting real estate which is of record in that recorder’s office. The transcript shall be certified by the recorder.  [S13, §2938-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10077; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.12]  90 Acts, ch 1081, §2  Referred to in §558.13
IA Code § 558.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.13 - Transcript recorded.

558.13 Transcript recorded.   A transcript of the record of any instrument affecting real estate, certified as provided in section 558.12, shall be entitled to record in the office of the recorder of any other county in which is situated any of the real estate affected by such instrument. The effect of the recording of transcript shall be the same as the recording of the original instrument.  [S13, §2938-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10078; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.13]
IA Code § 558.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.14 - Grantor described as “spouse” or “heir” — presumption.

558.14 Grantor described as “spouse” or “heir” — presumption.   All conveyances or the record title thereof of real estate executed more than ten years earlier, wherein the grantor or grantors described themselves as the surviving spouse, heir at law, heirs at law, surviving spouse and heir at law, or surviving spouse and heirs at law, of some person deceased in whom the record title or ownership of said real estate previously vested, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts so recited as far as they relate to the right of the grantor or grantors to convey, as fully as if the record title of said grantor or grantors had been established by due probate proceedings in the county wherein the real estate is situated.  [S13, §2963-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10079; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.14]  91 Acts, ch 183, §9
IA Code § 558.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.15 - Official stamps of nonresident public notaries — presumption.

558.15 Official stamps of nonresident public notaries — presumption.   Any official stamp purporting to have been affixed to any instrument in writing, by any notary public as provided in chapter 9B residing elsewhere than in this state, shall be prima facie evidence that the words thereon engraved conform to the requirements of the law of the place where such certificate purports to have been made.  [S13, §2943-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10080; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.15]  2001 Acts, ch 38, §6; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §45, 46; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §47, 60
IA Code § 558.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.18 - Certification — effect.

558.18 Certification — effect.   When any such records are copied, the officer to whose office the original records belong shall compare the copy so made with the original, and when found correct, shall attach the officer’s certificate in each volume or book of such copied records, to the effect that the officer has compared such copies with the original and they are true and correct, and such copied records shall thereupon have the same force and effect in all respects as the original records.  [R60, §2261, 2262; C73, §1974, 1975; C97, §2963; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10083; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.18]
IA Code § 558.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.19 - Forms of conveyance.

558.19 Forms of conveyance.   The following or other equivalent forms of conveyance, varied to suit circumstances, are sufficient for the purposes herein contemplated:   1. For a quitclaim deed.   For the consideration of ................ dollars, I hereby quitclaim to ................................ all my interest in the following tract of real estate (describing it).   2. For a deed in fee simple without warranty.   For the consideration of ................ dollars, I hereby convey to ................................ the following tract of real estate (describing it).   3. For a deed in fee with warranty. The same as the last preceding form, adding the words:   And I warrant the title against all persons whomsoever (or other words of warranty, as the party may desire).   4. For a mortgage. The same as deed of conveyance, adding the following:   To be void upon condition that I pay, etc.  [C51, §1232; R60, §2240; C73, §1970; C97, §2958; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10084; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.19]
IA Code § 558.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.20 - Acknowledgments.

558.20 Acknowledgments.   The acknowledgment of any deed, conveyance, or other instrument in writing by which real estate in this state is conveyed or encumbered, whether made within this state, outside this state, outside the United States, or under federal authority, shall comply with the provisions of chapter 9B.  [C51, §1217; R60, §2226; C73, §1955; C97, §2942; S13, §2942; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10085; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.20]  2004 Acts, ch 1052, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §48, 60  Referred to in §602.8102(78)  Certain acknowledgments legalized, §589.4, 589.5
IA Code § 558.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.31 - Proof of execution and delivery in lieu of acknowledgment.

558.31 Proof of execution and delivery in lieu of acknowledgment.   Proof of the due and voluntary execution and delivery of a deed or other instrument may be made before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments, by one competent person other than the vendee or other person to whom the instrument is executed, in the following cases:   1. If the grantor dies before making the acknowledgment.   2. If the grantor’s attendance cannot be procured.   3. If, having appeared, the grantor refuses to acknowledge the execution of the instrument.  [C51, §1220, 1221; R60, §2228; C73, §1959; C97, §2949; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.31]  Referred to in §558.33
IA Code § 558.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.32 - Contents of certificate.

558.32 Contents of certificate.   The certificate endorsed by the officer upon a deed or other instrument thus proved must state:   1. The title of the officer taking the proof.   2. That it was satisfactorily proved that the grantor was dead, or that for some other reason the grantor’s attendance could not be procured in order to make the acknowledgment, or that, having appeared, the grantor refused to acknowledge the same.   3. The name of the witness by whom proof was made, and that it was proved by the witness that the instrument was executed and delivered by the person whose name is thereunto subscribed as a party.  [C51, §1222; R60, §2230; C73, §1960; C97, §2950; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10096; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.32]
IA Code § 558.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.33 - Subpoenas.

558.33 Subpoenas.   An officer having power to take the proof of execution and delivery of a deed or other instrument under section 558.31 may issue the necessary subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses residing within the county, in the manner provided for the taking of depositions.  [C51, §1225; R60, §2233; C73, §1965; C97, §2956; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.33]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §314  Enforcing attendance, §622.84, 622.102  Section amended
IA Code § 558.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.34 - Use of seal.

558.34 Use of seal.   The certificate of proof or acknowledgment may be given under seal or otherwise, according to the mode by which the officer making the same usually authenticates the officer’s formal acts.  [C51, §1223; R60, §2231; C73, §1961; C97, §2951; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10098; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.34]