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2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.17 - Blanket mortgage or other liens affecting a time-share interval at time of first conveyance.

557A.17 Blanket mortgage or other liens affecting a time-share interval at time of first conveyance.
The developer whose project is subject to an underlying blanket lien or encumbrance shall protect nondefaulting purchasers from foreclosure by the lienholder by obtaining from the lienholder written assurances that the lienholder will not foreclose on nondefaulting purchasers. These written assurances may be in the form of a nondisturbance clause, subordination agreement, or partial release of the lien as the time-share intervals are sold, or the developer may obtain the agreement of the lienholder to take the project, in the event of default by the developer, subject to the rights of the nondefaulting purchasers by entering into a financing plan or escrow agreement sufficient to protect the lienholder’s interest.
85 Acts, ch 155, §17
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.18 - Financing of time-share programs.

557A.18 Financing of time-share programs.
In the financing of a time-share program, the developer shall retain financial records of the schedule of payments required to be made and the payments made to any person or entity which is the holder of an underlying blanket mortgage, deed of trust, contract of sale, or other lien or encumbrance. Any transfer of the developer’s interest in the time-share program to a person other than purchaser of a unit shall be subject to the obligations of the developer.
85 Acts, ch 155, §18
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.19 - Lienholder’s rights.

557A.19 Lienholder’s rights.
Any purchaser who fails to object and specify the invalidity or defect contained in the time-share instrument within sixty days after receipt of written notice that the developer has assigned the receivables to the lienholder may not claim that the time-share instrument is invalid, void, or voidable in any subsequent action for enforcement of the collection of the receivables by the lienholder. The notice shall be by certified mail or personal delivery and state that the developer has assigned the receivables to the lienholder and that the purchaser has sixty days within which to object and specify the invalidity or defect contained within such instrument. Any objection shall be written and delivered by certified mail or personal delivery to the lienholder.
85 Acts, ch 155, §19
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557A - TIME-SHARES › Section 557A.20 - Selling time-share estates — license required.

557A.20 Selling time-share estates — license required.
A person engaged in the business or occupation of selling time-share estates for a fee or a commission shall obtain a real estate license pursuant to chapter 543B.
85 Acts, ch 155, §20
Referred to in §557A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.2 - Registration requirement.

557B.2 Registration requirement.
A person shall not offer or sell a membership camping contract in this state unless one of the following is applicable:
1. The membership camping contract is covered by a membership camping registration as provided in this chapter.
2. The membership camping contract or the transaction is exempted under section 557B.4.
87 Acts, ch 181, §6
Referred to in §502.201, 557B.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.4 - Exemptions.

557B.4 Exemptions.
The following transactions are exempt from registration:
1. An offer, sale, or transfer by any one person of not more than one membership camping contract in any twelve-month period.
2. An offer or sale by a government, government agency, or other subdivision of government.
3. A bona fide pledge of a membership camping contract.
4. Transactions subject to regulation pursuant to chapter 557A.
87 Acts, ch 181, §8
Referred to in §502.201, 557B.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.5 - Effective date of registration.

557B.5 Effective date of registration.
1. The application for registration automatically becomes effective upon the expiration of forty-five calendar days following filing of a completed application with the attorney general unless one of the following occurs:
a. The application is denied under section 557B.6.
b. The attorney general grants the registration effective as of an earlier date.
c. The applicant consents to a delay of the effective date.
2. If the attorney general requests additional information with respect to the application, the application becomes effective upon the expiration of fifteen business days following the filing with the attorney general of the additional information unless an order pursuant to section 557B.6 is issued or unless declared effective on an earlier date by order of the attorney general.
87 Acts, ch 181, §9; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.7 - Fees.

557B.7 Fees.
Each application for registration of an offer or sale of membership camping contracts and each application for amendment or renewal of a registration shall be accompanied by a fee determined by the attorney general which shall be sufficient to defray the costs of administering this chapter.
87 Acts, ch 181, §11
Referred to in §557B.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.9 - Membership camping contracts.

557B.9 Membership camping contracts.
The membership camping operator shall deliver to the purchaser a fully executed copy of a membership camping contract, in writing, which contract shall include at least the following information:
1. The name of the membership camping operator and the address of its principal place of business.
2. The actual date the membership camping contract is executed by the purchaser.
3. The total financial obligation imposed on the purchaser by the contract, including the initial purchase price and any additional charge the purchaser may be required to pay.
4. A statement that the membership camping operator is required by law to provide each purchaser with a copy of the membership camping operator’s disclosure statement prior to execution of the contract and that failure to do so is a violation of the law.
5. The full name of each salesperson involved in the execution of the membership camping contract.
6. In immediate proximity to the space reserved for the purchaser’s signature, a conspicuous statement printed in boldface type of a minimum size of ten points:
You the purchaser may cancel this contract without any penalty or obligation at any time within three business days following the date of execution of the contract or the receipt of the disclosure statement from the membership camping operator, whichever event occurs later. To cancel the contract, hand deliver or mail a postage prepaid written cancellation to the membership camping operator at the address listed on this contract. Upon cancellation and return of all membership and reciprocal use program materials furnished at the time of purchase, you will receive a refund of all money paid within thirty calendar days after the membership camping operator receives notice of your cancellation.
87 Acts, ch 181, §13
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.10 - Purchaser’s right of cancellation.

557B.10 Purchaser’s right of cancellation.
A purchaser has the right to cancel a membership camping contract within three business days following the date the contract is executed or within three business days following the date of delivery of the written disclosure statement required by section 557B.8, whichever event is later.
1. The right to cancel may not be waived and any attempt to obtain such a waiver is unlawful.
2. A purchaser may cancel the contract by hand delivering a written statement of cancellation or by mailing such a statement to the membership camping operator. The cancellation is deemed effective upon mailing.
3. Upon cancellation and return of all membership and reciprocal use materials furnished at the time of purchase, the membership camping operator shall refund to the purchaser all payment and other consideration given by the purchaser. The refund shall be made within thirty calendar days after the membership camping operator receives notice of the cancellation and may, where payment has been made by credit card, be made by an appropriate credit to the purchaser’s account. If the membership camping operator fails to refund the payment or other consideration given within the thirty-day period, it is presumed that the membership camping operator is willfully and wrongfully retaining the payment or other consideration. The willful retention of a payment or other consideration in violation of this section renders the membership camping operator liable for double the amount of that portion of the payment or other consideration wrongfully withheld from the purchaser together with reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
4. The membership camping operator or salesperson shall orally inform the purchaser at the time the contract is executed of the right to cancel the contract as provided in this section.
87 Acts, ch 181, §14
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.11 - Purchaser’s remedies.

557B.11 Purchaser’s remedies.
A purchaser’s remedy for errors in or omissions from the membership camping contract, the materials delivered to the purchaser at the time of sale, or any of the disclosures required in section 557B.13 is limited to a right of cancellation and refund of the payment made or consideration given by the purchaser. However, this limitation does not apply to errors or omissions from the contract or disclosures or other requirements of this chapter which are part of a scheme to willfully misstate or omit the information required. Reasonable attorney fees shall be awarded to the prevailing party in any action under this section.
87 Acts, ch 181, §15
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 557B - MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS › Section 557B.14 - Remedies.

557B.14 Remedies.
1. A violation of this chapter or the commission of any act declared to be unlawful under this chapter constitutes a violation of section 714.16, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, and the attorney general has all the powers enumerated in that section to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
2. In addition, the attorney general may seek civil penalties of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation of or the commission of any act declared to be unlawful under this chapter. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.
3. Any person who fails to pay the filing fees required by this chapter and continues to sell membership camping contracts is liable civilly in an action brought by the attorney general for a penalty in an amount equal to treble the unpaid fees.
4. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and nonexclusive and do not affect any other available remedy at law or equity, except as otherwise provided in sections 502.201, 537.3310, and 552A.2.
87 Acts, ch 181, §18; 93 Acts, ch 60, §25
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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:
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. “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; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §136
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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, 554E.4, 558A.1
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
Referred to in §554E.4
Fees, §331.604
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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. 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.
6. 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; 2021 Acts, ch 20, §12, 14, 15
2021 repeal of former subsection 5 applies to assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2022; 2021 Acts, ch 20, §15
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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