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House Study Bill 206

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.512, subsection 10, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    10.  Furnish the assessor a plat book which is platted with
  1  4 the lands and lots within the assessment district as provided
  1  5 in section 441.29.  The auditor, with the approval of the
  1  6 board of supervisors, may shall establish a permanent real
  1  7 estate index number system as provided in section 441.29.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 354.4, subsection 2, Code 2003, is amended
  1  9 to read as follows:
  1 10    2.  The auditor may shall note a permanent real estate
  1 11 index number upon each parcel shown on a plat of survey
  1 12 according to section 441.29 for real estate tax administration
  1 13 purposes.  The surveyor shall not assign parcel letters or
  1 14 prepare a metes and bounds description for any parcel shown on
  1 15 a plat of survey unless the parcel was surveyed by the
  1 16 surveyor in compliance with chapter 355.  Parcels within a
  1 17 plat of survey prepared pursuant to this section are subject
  1 18 to the regulations and ordinances of the governing body.
  1 19    Sec. 3.  Section 354.27, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1 20 follows:
  1 21    354.27  NOTING THE PERMANENT REAL ESTATE INDEX NUMBER.
  1 22    When a permanent real estate index number system has been
  1 23 established by a county pursuant to section 441.29, the
  1 24 auditor may shall note the permanent real estate index number
  1 25 on every conveyance.
  1 26    Sec. 4.  Section 441.29, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2003,
  1 27 is amended to read as follows:
  1 28    The auditor of any county with the approval of the board of
  1 29 supervisors may, or the auditor's designee, shall establish a
  1 30 permanent real estate index number system with related tax
  1 31 maps for all real estate tax administration purposes,
  1 32 including the assessment, levy, and collection of such taxes.
  1 33 Wherever in real property tax administration the legal
  1 34 description of tax parcels is required, such permanent number
  1 35 system may be adopted in addition thereto or in lieu thereof.
  2  1 If established, the The permanent real estate index number
  2  2 system shall describe real estate by township, section,
  2  3 quarter section, block series and parcel; and the begin with
  2  4 the two-digit county number and be a unique identifying number
  2  5 for each parcel within the county.  These numbers shall follow
  2  6 the property, not the owner, and may be an alphanumeric
  2  7 system.  In the event of a division of an existing parcel, the
  2  8 original permanent real estate index number for the parcel
  2  9 shall be retired and new numbers assigned.  The auditor shall
  2 10 prepare and maintain permanent real estate index number tax
  2 11 maps, which shall carry such numbers and reflect the legal
  2 12 description of each parcel of real estate and delineate it
  2 13 graphically; and the.  The auditor shall prepare and maintain
  2 14 cross indexes of the numbers assigned under said the system,
  2 15 with legal description of the real estate to which such
  2 16 numbers relate.  Indexes and tax maps established as provided
  2 17 herein in this paragraph shall be open to public inspection.
  2 18    Sec. 5.  Section 558.57, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003,
  2 19 is amended to read as follows:
  2 20    The recorder shall not record any deed, real estate
  2 21 installment contract, or other instrument unconditionally
  2 22 conveying real estate or altering a real estate contract by
  2 23 assigning the buyer or seller's interest, changing the name of
  2 24 the buyer or the seller, changing the legal description of the
  2 25 property, forfeiting or canceling the contract, or making
  2 26 other significant changes, until the proper entries have been
  2 27 made upon the transfer books in the auditor's office, and
  2 28 endorsement made upon the deed, real estate installment
  2 29 contract, or other instrument properly dated and officially
  2 30 signed, in substantially the following form:
  2 31    Sec. 6.  Section 598.21, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  2 32 1, code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  2 33    Upon every judgment of annulment, dissolution, or separate
  2 34 maintenance the court shall divide the property of the parties
  2 35 and transfer the title of the property accordingly, including
  3  1 ordering the parties to execute a issuance of a quitclaim deed
  3  2 or ordering a change of title for tax purposes and delivery of
  3  3 the deed or change of title to the county recorder of the
  3  4 county in which each parcel of real estate is located,
  3  5 notwithstanding payment of costs.  The county recorder shall
  3  6 record each quitclaim deed or change of title and shall
  3  7 collect the fee specified in section 331.507, subsection 2,
  3  8 paragraph "a", and the fee specified in section 331.604,
  3  9 subsection 1.  The court may protect and promote the best
  3 10 interests of children of the parties by setting aside a
  3 11 portion of the property of the parties in a separate fund or
  3 12 conservatorship for the support, maintenance, education, and
  3 13 general welfare of the minor children.  The court shall divide
  3 14 all property, except inherited property or gifts received by
  3 15 one party, equitably between the parties after considering all
  3 16 of the following:  
  3 17                           EXPLANATION
  3 18    This bill relates to county administration and organization
  3 19 in regard to the documentation of certain real estate records.
  3 20    The bill provides that the county auditor, or the county
  3 21 auditor's designee, shall establish a permanent real estate
  3 22 index number system for all parcels of real estate.
  3 23 Currently, establishment of such a system is discretionary and
  3 24 must be approved by the county board of supervisors.
  3 25    The bill prohibits the county recorder from recording
  3 26 certain instruments that alter a real estate contract by
  3 27 assigning the buyer or seller's interest, changing the name of
  3 28 the buyer or seller, changing the legal description of the
  3 29 property, forfeiting or canceling the contract, or making
  3 30 other significant changes until certain entries have been made
  3 31 by the county auditor.
  3 32    The bill further requires a court, in a dissolution of
  3 33 marriage proceeding, to issue a quitclaim deed or a change of
  3 34 title regarding the transfer or division of any real estate
  3 35 affected by the dissolution proceeding and to deliver
  4  1 documentation of such to the county recorder of the county in
  4  2 which the transfer or division of the real estate is located.  
  4  3 LSB 1705HC 80
  4  4 rh/sh/8

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