Bill Text: IA SF2170 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to service of notice requirements for holders of a property tax sale certificate of purchase. (Formerly SSB 3098.) Effective 7-1-12.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-07 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 493. [SF2170 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2170-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
2170
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
SERVICE
OF
NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
HOLDERS
OF
A
PROPERTY
TAX
SALE
CERTIFICATE
OF
PURCHASE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
447.9,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2011,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
After
one
year
and
nine
months
from
the
date
of
sale,
or
after
nine
months
from
the
date
of
a
sale
made
under
section
446.18
,
or
after
three
months
from
the
date
of
a
sale
made
under
section
446.19A
or
446.19B
,
the
holder
of
the
certificate
of
purchase
may
cause
to
be
served
upon
the
person
in
possession
of
the
parcel,
and
also
upon
the
person
in
whose
name
the
parcel
is
taxed,
a
notice
signed
by
the
certificate
holder
or
the
certificate
holder’s
agent
or
attorney,
stating
the
date
of
sale,
the
description
of
the
parcel
sold,
the
name
of
the
purchaser,
and
that
the
right
of
redemption
will
expire
and
a
deed
for
the
parcel
be
made
unless
redemption
is
made
within
ninety
days
from
the
completed
service
of
the
notice.
The
notice
shall
be
served
by
both
regular
mail
and
certified
mail
to
the
person’s
last
known
address
and
such
service
is
deemed
completed
when
the
notice
by
certified
mail
is
deposited
in
the
mail
and
postmarked
for
delivery.
The
ninety-day
redemption
period
begins
as
provided
in
section
447.12
.
When
the
notice
is
given
by
a
county
as
a
holder
of
a
certificate
of
purchase
the
notice
shall
be
signed
by
the
county
treasurer
or
the
county
attorney,
and
when
given
by
a
city,
it
shall
be
signed
by
the
city
officer
designated
by
resolution
of
the
council.
When
the
notice
is
given
by
the
Iowa
finance
authority
or
a
city
or
county
agency
holding
the
parcel
as
part
of
an
Iowa
homesteading
project,
it
shall
be
signed
on
Senate
File
2170,
p.
2
behalf
of
the
agency
or
authority
by
one
of
its
officers,
as
authorized
in
rules
of
the
agency
or
authority.
2.
Service
of
the
notice
shall
be
made
by
both
regular
mail
and
certified
mail
on
any
mortgagee
having
a
lien
upon
the
parcel,
a
vendor
of
the
parcel
under
a
recorded
contract
of
sale,
a
lessor
who
has
a
recorded
lease
or
recorded
memorandum
of
a
lease,
and
any
other
person
who
has
an
interest
of
record,
at
the
person’s
last
known
address.
The
notice
shall
be
served
on
any
city
where
the
parcel
is
situated.
Notice
shall
not
be
served
after
the
filing
of
the
affidavit
required
by
section
447.12
.
Only
those
persons
who
are
required
to
be
served
the
notice
of
expiration
as
provided
in
this
section
or
who
have
acquired
an
interest
in
or
possession
of
the
parcel
subsequent
to
the
filing
of
the
notice
of
expiration
of
the
right
of
redemption
are
eligible
to
redeem
a
parcel
from
tax
sale.
Service
of
the
notice
is
deemed
completed
when
the
notice
is
deposited
in
the
mail
and
postmarked
for
delivery.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2170,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
