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1 1 SENATE FILE 448
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN PARCELS WITH DELINQUENT
1 5 TAXES BY A CITY OR COUNTY, AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE AND
1 6 APPLICABILITY DATES.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 446.19A, Code 1999, is amended by
1 11 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
1 12 following:
1 13 446.19A PURCHASE BY COUNTY OR CITY FOR LOW OR MODERATE
1 14 INCOME HOUSING.
1 15 1. The board of supervisors of a county may adopt an
1 16 ordinance authorizing the county and each city in the county
1 17 to bid on and purchase delinquent taxes and to assign tax sale
1 18 certificates of abandoned property. This section may only be
1 19 used by a county or by a city in the county if such an
1 20 ordinance is in effect.
1 21 2. On the day of the regular tax sale or any continuance
1 22 or adjournment of the tax sale, the county or a city may bid
1 23 for abandoned property assessed as residential property or as
1 24 commercial multifamily housing property a sum equal to the
1 25 total amount due. Money shall not be paid by the county or
1 26 city for the purchase, but each of the tax-levying and tax-
1 27 certifying bodies having any interest in the taxes shall be
1 28 charged with the total amount due the tax-levying or tax-
1 29 certifying body as its just share of the purchase price.
1 30 Prior to the purchase, the county or city shall file with the
1 31 county treasurer a verified statement that a parcel to be
1 32 purchased is abandoned and deteriorating in condition or is,
1 33 or is likely to become, a public nuisance, and that the parcel
1 34 is suitable for use for low or moderate income housing
1 35 following rehabilitation.
2 1 3. If after the date that a parcel is sold pursuant to
2 2 this chapter, or after the date that a parcel is sold under
2 3 section 446.18, 446.38, or 446.39, the parcel assessed as
2 4 residential property or as commercial multifamily housing
2 5 property is identified as abandoned pursuant to a verified
2 6 statement filed with the county treasurer by a city or county
2 7 in the form set forth in subsection 2, a city or county may
2 8 require the assignment of the tax sale certificate that had
2 9 been issued for such parcel by paying to the holder of such
2 10 certificate the total amount due on the date the assignment of
2 11 the certificate is made to the county or city and recorded
2 12 with the county treasurer. If the certificate is not assigned
2 13 by the county or city pursuant to subsection 4, the county or
2 14 city, whichever is applicable, is liable for the tax sale
2 15 interest that was due the certificate holder pursuant to
2 16 section 447.1, as of the date of assignment.
2 17 4. a. The city or county may assign the tax sale
2 18 certificate obtained pursuant to this section. Preference
2 19 shall be given to purchasers who are low or moderate income
2 20 families or organizations which assist low or moderate income
2 21 families to obtain housing. Persons who purchase certificates
2 22 from the city or county under this subsection are liable for
2 23 the total amount due the certificate holder pursuant to
2 24 section 447.1.
2 25 b. All persons who purchase certificates from the city or
2 26 county under this subsection shall demonstrate the intent to
2 27 rehabilitate the property for habitation if the property is
2 28 not redeemed. In the alternative, the county or city may, if
2 29 title to the property has vested in the county or city under
2 30 section 448.1, dispose of the property in accordance with
2 31 section 331.361 or 364.7, as applicable.
2 32 5. For the purposes of this section, "abandoned" means the
2 33 same as in section 657A.1. For the purposes of this section,
2 34 "low or moderate income families" has the same meaning as in
2 35 section 403.17.
3 1 Sec. 2. Section 447.9, subsection 1, Code 1999, is amended
3 2 to read as follows:
3 3 1. After one year and nine months from the date of sale,
3 4 or after nine months from the date of a sale made under
3 5 section 446.18, 446.19A, or 446.39, the holder of the
3 6 certificate of purchase may cause to be served upon the person
3 7 in possession of the parcel, and also upon the person in whose
3 8 name the parcel is taxed, a notice signed by the certificate
3 9 holder or the certificate holder's agent or attorney, stating
3 10 the date of sale, the description of the parcel sold, the name
3 11 of the purchaser, and that the right of redemption will expire
3 12 and a deed for the parcel be made unless redemption is made
3 13 within ninety days from the completed service of the notice.
3 14 The notice shall be served by both regular mail and certified
3 15 mail to the person's last known address and such notice is
3 16 deemed completed when the notice by certified mail is
3 17 deposited in the mail and postmarked for delivery. The
3 18 ninety-day redemption period begins as provided in section
3 19 447.12. When the notice is given by a county as a holder of a
3 20 certificate of purchase the notice shall be signed by the
3 21 county treasurer or the county attorney, and when given by a
3 22 city, it shall be signed by the city officer designated by
3 23 resolution of the council. When the notice is given by the
3 24 Iowa finance authority or a city or county agency holding the
3 25 parcel as part of an Iowa homesteading project, it shall be
3 26 signed on behalf of the agency or authority by one of its
3 27 officers, as authorized in rules of the agency or authority.
3 28 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act, being
3 29 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment
3 30 and applies to parcels first offered for sale at the tax sale
3 31 held in June 1999, and in subsequent years.
3 32
3 33
3 34
3 35 MARY E. KRAMER
4 1 President of the Senate
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5 RON J. CORBETT
4 6 Speaker of the House
4 7
4 8 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
4 9 is known as Senate File 448, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
4 10
4 11
4 12
4 13 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
4 14 Secretary of the Senate
4 15 Approved , 1999
4 16
4 17
4 18
4 19 THOMAS J. VILSACK
4 20 Governor
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