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IA Code § 558.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.35 - Married persons.

558.35 Married persons.   The acknowledgment of a married person, when required by law, may be taken in the same form as if the person were sole, and without any examination separate and apart from the person’s spouse.  [C97, §2960; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10099; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.35]
IA Code § 558.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.36 - Attorney in fact.

558.36 Attorney in fact.   The execution of any deed, mortgage, or other instrument in writing, executed by any attorney in fact, may be acknowledged by the attorney executing the same.  [R60, §2251; C73, §1962; C97, §2952; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10100; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.36]
IA Code § 558.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.40 - Liability of officer.

558.40 Liability of officer.   Any officer, who knowingly misstates a material fact in any of the certificates mentioned in this chapter or chapter 9B, shall be liable for all damages caused thereby, and shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.  [C51, §1224; R60, §2232; C73, §1964; C97, §2955; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10104; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.40]  2004 Acts, ch 1052, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §49, 60
IA Code § 558.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.41 - Recording.

558.41 Recording.   1. Effect of recording. An instrument affecting real estate is of no validity against subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration, without notice, or against the state or any of its political subdivisions during and after condemnation proceedings against the real estate, unless the instrument is filed and recorded in the county in which the real estate is located, as provided in this chapter.   2. Priority. An interest in real estate evidenced by an instrument so filed shall have priority over any lien that is given equal precedence with ordinary taxes under chapter 260E or 260F, or its successor provisions, except for a lien under chapter 260E or 260F upon the real estate described in an instrument or job training agreement filed in the office of the recorder of the county in which the real estate is located prior to the filing of a conflicting instrument affecting the real estate, and a subordinate lien under chapter 260E or 260F may be divested or discharged by judicial sale or by other available legal remedy notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in chapter 260E or 260F, or its successor provisions. Nothing in this section shall abrogate the collection of, or any lien for, unpaid property taxes which have attached to real estate pursuant to chapter 445, including taxes levied against tangible property that is assessed and taxed as real property pursuant to chapter 427A, or the collection of, or any lien for, unpaid taxes for which notice of lien has been properly recorded pursuant to section 422.26.   3. Prohibitions against recording unenforceable. A provision contained in a residential real estate installment sales contract which prohibits the recording of the contract, or the recording of a memorandum of the contract, is unenforceable by any party to the contract.   4. Termination of life estate. Upon the termination of a life estate interest through the death of the holder of the life estate, any surviving holder or successor in interest shall prepare a change of title or affidavit for tax purposes and shall deliver such instrument to the county recorder of the county in which each parcel of real estate is located.  [C51, §1211; R60, §2220; C73, §1941; C97, §2925; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10105; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.41]  93 Acts, ch 33, §1; 93 Acts, ch 180, §91; 98 Acts, ch 1120, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1144, §3; 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §7
IA Code § 558.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.42 - Acknowledgment as condition precedent.

558.42 Acknowledgment as condition precedent.   A document shall not be deemed lawfully recorded, unless it has been previously acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed in chapter 9B, except that affidavits, and 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 uniform commercial code financing statements and financing statement changes as provided in chapter 554 need not be thus acknowledged.  [C51, §1212; R60, §2221; C73, §1942; C97, §2926; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10106; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.42]  90 Acts, ch 1205, §60; 91 Acts, ch 211, §12; 2004 Acts, ch 1052, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §97; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §50, 60
IA Code § 558.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.43 - Definitions.

558.43 Definitions. Repealed by 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §186. See §558.44, subsection 1.
IA Code § 558.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.45 - Notation of assignment or release on index.

558.45 Notation of assignment or release on index.   Where any mortgage, contract, or other instrument constituting an encumbrance upon real estate shall be assigned or released by a separate instrument, it shall be the duty of the recorder to make a notation where the instrument was originally indexed, indicating the nature of such assignment or release and a document reference number of the record where the same is recorded.  [C27, 31, 35, §10108-a1; C31, 35, §10115-c1; C39, §10108.1, 10115.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §558.45, 558.56; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.45]  2001 Acts, ch 44, §22
IA Code § 558.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.46 - Mandatory recording of certain residential real estate installment sales contracts.

558.46 Mandatory recording of certain residential real estate installment sales contracts.   1. Every real estate installment sales contract transferring an interest in residential property shall be recorded by the contract seller with the county recorder in the county in which the real estate is situated not later than ninety days from the date the contract was signed by the contract seller and contract purchaser.   2. Failure to record a real estate contract required to be recorded by this section by the contract seller within the specified time limit is punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars per day for each day of violation. The county recorder shall record a real estate contract presented for recording even though not presented within ninety days of the signing of the contract. The county recorder shall forward to the county attorney a copy of each real estate contract recorded more than ninety days from the date the contract was signed by the contract seller and contract purchaser. The county attorney shall initiate action in the district court to enforce the provisions of this section. Fines collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.   3. Failure to timely record shall not invalidate an otherwise valid real estate contract. However, a contract seller is prohibited from initiating forfeiture proceedings on the basis of a failure to comply with the terms of a real estate contract, if the contract has not been recorded.   4. If a real estate contract is required to be recorded under this section, the requirement is satisfied by recording either the entire real estate contract or a memorandum of the contract containing at least the names and addresses of all parties named in the contract, a description of all real property and interests in the real property subject to the contract, the length of the contract, and a statement as to whether the seller is entitled to the remedy of forfeiture and as to the dates upon which payments are due.   5. For the purposes of this section, “residential property” includes commercial or multiresidential property if such commercial or multiresidential property consists of three or more separate living quarters with at least seventy-five percent of the space used for residential purposes.   6. This section applies to residential real estate installment sales contracts entered into before, on, or after July 1, 1998. However, such contracts entered into before July 1, 1998, shall not be subject to the fine in subsection 2.   7. If a contract seller is subject to the requirements of section 558.70, the contract must be recorded within thirty days rather than ninety days and the recording requirement is only satisfied by recording the real estate contract rather than a memorandum of the contract.  98 Acts, ch 1120, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1136, §3, 6; 2010 Acts, ch 1058, §1, 2; 2013 Acts, ch 123, §29, 30
IA Code § 558.48 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.48 - Transfer fee covenant — prohibition.

558.48 Transfer fee covenant — prohibition.   1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Transfer” means the sale, gift, conveyance, assignment, inheritance, or other transfer of ownership interest in real property located in this state.   b. (1) “Transfer fee” means a fee or charge payable upon the transfer of an interest in real property, or payable for the right to make or accept a transfer of an interest in real property, regardless of whether the fee or charge is a fixed amount or is determined as a percentage of the value of the property, the purchase price, or other consideration given for the transfer.   (2) “Transfer fee” does not include any of the following:   (a) Any consideration payable by the transferee to the transferor for the interest in real property being transferred.   (b) Any commission payable to a licensed real estate broker for the transfer of real property under an agreement between the broker and the transferee or transferor.   (c) Any interest, charges, fees, or other amounts payable by a borrower to a lender under a loan secured by a mortgage against real property, including but not limited to any fee payable to the lender for consenting to an assumption of the loan or a transfer of the real property subject to the mortgage, any fees or charges payable to the lender for estoppel letters or certificates, and any other consideration allowed by law and payable to the lender in connection with the loan.   (d) Any rent, reimbursement, charge, fee, or other amount payable by a lessee to a lessor under a lease, including but not limited to any fee payable to the lessor for consenting to an assignment, subletting, encumbrance, or transfer of the lease.   (e) Any consideration payable to the holder of an option to purchase an interest in real property or the holder of a right of first refusal or first offer to purchase an interest in real property for waiving, releasing, or not exercising the option or right upon the transfer of the property to another person.   (f) Any tax, fee, charge, assessment, fine, or other amount payable to or imposed by a governmental authority.   c. “Transfer fee covenant” means a declaration or covenant purporting to affect real property which requires or purports to require the payment of a transfer fee to the declarant or other person specified in the covenant or declaration, or to their successors or assigns, upon a subsequent transfer of an interest in the real property.   2. A transfer fee covenant shall not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable at law or in equity against any subsequent owner, purchaser, or mortgagee of any interest in the real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise. Any lien purporting to secure the payment of a transfer fee under a transfer fee covenant is void and unenforceable.  2010 Acts, ch 1152, §1, 2
IA Code § 558.49 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.49 - Index records.

558.49 Index records.   The recorder must keep index records to show the following:   1. Each grantor.   2. Each grantee.   3. The date and time when the instrument was filed with the recorder.   4. The date of the instrument.   5. The nature of the instrument.   6. The document reference number where the record of the instrument may be found.   7. The description of the real estate affected by the instrument.  [C51, §1213; R60, §2222; C73, §1943; C97, §2935; S13, §2935; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10109; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.49]  2001 Acts, ch 44, §23, 24; 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §8; 2010 Acts, ch 1023, §2  Referred to in §10A.108, 96.14, 359A.10, 422.26, 437A.11, 437A.22, 437B.7, 437B.18, 448.17, 468.623, 468.626, 557C.4, 558.55, 561.4, 614.17, 614.18, 614.35
IA Code § 558.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.52 - Alphabetical arrangement.

558.52 Alphabetical arrangement.   The entries shall show the names of the respective grantors and grantees, arranged in alphabetical order. When the instrument is executed by a personal representative, guardian, referee, commissioner, receiver, sheriff, or other person acting in a representative capacity, the recorder shall enter upon the index the name and representative capacity of each person executing the instrument and the owner of the property if disclosed in the instrument.  [C51, §1215; R60, §2224; C73, §1945; C97, §2937; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10112; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.52]  2001 Acts, ch 44, §25  Referred to in §10A.108, 96.14, 359A.10, 422.26, 437A.11, 437A.22, 437B.7, 437B.18, 448.17, 468.623, 468.626, 557C.4, 558.55, 561.4, 614.17, 614.18, 614.35
IA Code § 558.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.55 - Filing and indexing — constructive notice.

558.55 Filing and indexing — constructive notice.   The recorder must endorse upon every instrument properly filed for recording in the recorder’s office, the day, hour, and minute when filed for recording and the document reference number, and enter in the index the entries required to be entered pursuant to sections 558.49 and 558.52. The recording and indexing shall constitute constructive notice to all persons of the rights of the grantees conferred by the instruments.  [C51, §1214; R60, §2223; C73, §1944; C97, §2936; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10115; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.55]  2001 Acts, ch 44, §26; 2007 Acts, ch 101, §4; 2009 Acts, ch 27, §34  Referred to in §6B.3
IA Code § 558.57 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.57 - Entry on auditor’s transfer books.

558.57 Entry on auditor’s transfer books.   After the recorder has accepted for recording and indexed any deed, real estate installment contract, or other instrument unconditionally conveying real estate or altering a real estate contract by assigning the buyer’s or seller’s interest, changing the name of the buyer or seller, changing the legal description of the property, forfeiting or canceling the contract, or making other significant changes, the auditor shall make the proper entries upon the transfer books in the auditor’s office.  [C73, §1952, 1953; C97, §2932, 2934; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10116; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.57]  85 Acts, ch 159, §8; 86 Acts, ch 1079, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §56; 2001 Acts, ch 143, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1144, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §9  Referred to in §331.507, 558.58
IA Code § 558.58 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.58 - Recorder to collect and deliver to auditor.

558.58 Recorder to collect and deliver to auditor.   1. a. At the time of filing a deed, real estate installment contract, or other instrument mentioned in section 558.57, the recorder shall collect, and note payment of, the recording fee and the auditor’s transfer fee, as provided by law, except as provided in subsection 2.   b. After the recorder has accepted the instrument for recording, the instrument shall be indexed and then delivered to the auditor to be placed on the auditor’s transfer books.   2. When the person required to pay a fee relating to a real estate transaction is a governmental subdivision or agency, the recorder, at the request of the governmental subdivision or agency, shall bill the governmental subdivision or agency for the fees required to be paid. The governmental subdivision or agency shall pay the fees and taxes due within thirty days after the date of filing.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10117; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.58]  86 Acts, ch 1079, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §56; 2001 Acts, ch 143, §6; 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §10; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261  Referred to in §331.602, 598.21, 633.480, 633.481
IA Code § 558.59 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.59 - Final record.

558.59 Final record.   Every instrument shall be recorded as soon as practicable, after which the recorder shall complete the entries to show the document reference number where the record is to be found.  [C51, §1216; R60, §2225; C73, §1946; C97, §2938; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10118; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.59]  2001 Acts, ch 44, §27
IA Code § 558.60 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.60 - Transfer and index books.

558.60 Transfer and index books.   1. The county auditor shall keep in the county auditor’s office books for the transfer of real estate, which shall consist of a transfer book, index book, and plat book. As used in this context, “book” means the method of data storage and retrieval utilized by the county auditor.   2. The auditor shall index the real estate transfers by block and lot or by township, range, section, section quarter, and subdivision, as occasion may require. The transfer books shall show all of the following:   a. Each grantor.   b. Each grantee.   c. The date of the instrument.   d. The nature of the instrument.   e. The document reference number where the record of the instrument may be found.   f. The description of the real estate conveyed.  [C73, §1948; C97, §2927; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10119; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.60]  2006 Acts, ch 1031, §11; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261  Referred to in §331.508, 558.66
IA Code § 558.61 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.61 - Form of transfer book.

558.61 Form of transfer book. Repealed by  2006 Acts, ch 1031, §16  . See §558.60.
IA Code § 558.62 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.62 - Form of index book.

558.62 Form of index book. Repealed by  2006 Acts, ch 1031, §16  . See §558.60.
IA Code § 558.63 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.63 - Book of plats — how kept.

558.63 Book of plats — how kept.   The auditor shall keep the book of plats showing the number of lot and block, or township and range, divided into sections and subdivisions as occasion may require, and shall designate thereon each piece of real estate and the name of the owner. The plats shall be lettered or numbered so that they may be conveniently referred to in the transfer book.  [C73, §1950; C97, §2929; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10122; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.63]  2006 Acts, ch 1031, §12  Referred to in §331.508
IA Code § 558.64 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.64 - Entries of transfers.

558.64 Entries of transfers. Repealed by  2006 Acts, ch 1031, §16  . See §558.60.
IA Code § 558.65 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.65 - Council’s approval of certain plats.

558.65 Council’s approval of certain plats.   No conveyances or plats of additions to any city or subdivision of any lands lying within or adjacent to any city in which streets and alleys and other public grounds are sought to be dedicated to public use, or other conveyances in which streets and alleys are sought to be conveyed to such city, shall be so entered, unless such conveyances, plats, or other instruments have endorsed thereon the approval of the council of such city, the certificates of such approval to be made by the city clerk.  [S13, §2930; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10124; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.65]  Referred to in §331.508  Plats, see also chapter 354
IA Code § 558.67 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.67 - Correction of books and instruments.

558.67 Correction of books and instruments.   The auditor from time to time shall correct any error appearing in the transfer books, and shall notify the grantee of any error in description discovered in any instrument filed for transfer, and permit the same to be corrected by the parties before completing such transfer.  [C73, §1954; C97, §2933; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10126; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.67]  Referred to in §331.508, 614.21
IA Code § 558.71 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 558 - CONVEYANCES|Section 558.71 - Civil liabilities.

558.71 Civil liabilities.   1. A contract purchaser injured by a violation of section 558.70 may within one year of the execution of the contract bring an equitable action in the district court of record where the real estate is located to obtain relief as follows:   a. The court may rescind a contract that remains in existence at the time the action is commenced, and award restitution to the contract purchaser determined in accordance with the standards for damages specified in paragraph “b”.   b. If the contract has been terminated by any means prior to commencement of the action, the contract purchaser may recover a money judgment against the original contract seller for a sum equal to all amounts the contract purchaser paid to the contract seller, plus the reasonable value of any improvements to the real estate made by the contract purchaser, plus any other proximately caused or incidental damages, less the fair rental value of the real estate for the period of time the contract purchaser was in possession of the real estate. For the purposes of this paragraph, the fair rental value of the real estate shall be based on the fair rental value of the real estate as of the date the real estate installment sales contract was executed by all parties to the contract.   2. A contract purchaser alleging a violation of section 558.70 bears the burden of establishing such violation by a preponderance of the evidence.   3. An order of rescission or a money judgment awarded shall not affect any rights or responsibilities arising from any conveyance or encumbrance made by either the contract purchaser or the contract seller prior to the filing of a lis pendens in the action in which such relief is sought, unless it is established by clear and convincing evidence that the recipient of such conveyance or encumbrance had prior knowledge that the contract was executed in violation of the requirements of section 558.70.   4. In an action in which a contract purchaser obtains relief under this section, the court shall also award to such contract purchaser reasonable attorney fees incurred in bringing the action.  2002 Acts, ch 1136, §2, 6; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §558.70