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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 589.31 CITY OR COUNTY DEEDS.
1 2 All deeds and conveyances of land executed by or purporting
1 3 to be executed by the governing body of a city or county, and
1 4 placed of record more than ten years earlier, which deeds or
1 5 conveyances purport to sustain the record title, are legalized
1 6 and valid, even though the record fails to show that all
1 7 necessary steps in the conveyance and deeding of the property
1 8 were complied with. The deeds and conveyances are legalized
1 9 and valid as if the record showed that the law had been
1 10 complied with, and that the conveyances and deeding had been
1 11 duly authorized by the governing body of the city or county.
1 12 EXPLANATION
1 13 This bill legalizes deeds or conveyances of property by
1 14 cities and counties which were recorded over 10 years earlier
1 15 even though the record of which does not show that all the
1 16 required steps in the conveyance and deeding of the property
1 17 were complied with. This provision is similar to provisions
1 18 legalizing sheriff's deeds (section 589.12) and sales of real
1 19 estate by school districts (section 589.25).
1 20 LSB 1406HH 77
1 21 mk/jw/5
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