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House Journal: Page 1170: Wednesday, April 1, 1998

23   days provided all of the following occur:
24     a.  The plaintiff consents and the plaintiff has
25   complied with the provisions of section 648.6.
26     b.  All utilities to the mobile home or
27   manufactured home are disconnected prior to expiration
28   of three days from the entry of judgment.  Payment of
29   any reasonable costs incurred in disconnecting
30   utilities is the responsibility of the defendant.
31     2.  During the thirty-day period the defendant may
32   have reasonable access to the home site to show the
33   home to prospective purchasers, prepare the home for
34   removal, or remove the home, provided that the
35   defendant gives the plaintiff and sheriff at least
36   twenty-four hours notice prior to each exercise of the
37   defendant's right of access.
38     3.  During the thirty-day period the defendant
39   shall not occupy the home or be present on the
40   premises between the hours of seven p.m. and seven
41   a.m.  A violation of this subsection shall be
42   punishable as contempt.
43     4.  If the defendant finds a purchaser of the home,
44   who is a prospective tenant of the mobile home park,
45   the provisions of section 562B.19, subsection 3,
46   paragraph "c", shall apply.
47     5.  If, within the thirty-day period, the home is
48   not sold to an approved purchaser or removed from the
49   mobile home park, all of the following shall occur:
50     a.  The home, its contents, and any other property

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 1   of the defendant remaining on the premises shall
 2   become the property of the plaintiff free and clear of
 3   all rights of the defendant to the property and of all
 4   liens, claims, or encumbrances of third parties, and
 5   any tax levied pursuant to chapter 435 shall be deemed
 6   abated.
 7     b.  Any money judgment against the defendant and in
 8   favor of the plaintiff relating to the previous
 9   tenancy shall be deemed satisfied.
10     c.  The county treasurer, upon receipt of a fee
11   equal to the fee specified in section 321.42 for
12   replacement of certificates of title for motor
13   vehicles, and upon receipt of an affidavit submitted
14   by the plaintiff verifying that the home was not sold
15   to an approved purchaser or removed within the time
16   specified in this subsection, shall issue to the
17   plaintiff a new title for the home.
18     6.  A purchaser of the home shall be liable for any
19   unpaid sums due the plaintiff, sheriff, or county
20   treasurer.  For the purposes of this section,
21   "purchaser" includes a lienholder or other claimant
22   acquiring title to the home in whole or in part by

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