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, 446.38 or 446.39, 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, in the manner provided for the service of original notices in R.C.P. 56.1, if the person resides in Iowa, or otherwise as provided in section 446.9, subsection 1, 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 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 behalf of the agency or authority by one of its officers, as authorized in rules of the agency or authority.
Service of the notice shall also be made by 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 memorandum of a recorded lease, and any other person who has an interest of record, at the person's last known address, and on the state of Iowa in case of an old-age assistance lien by service upon the state department of human services. The notice shall also be served on any city where the parcel is situated. Only those persons who are required to be sent the notice of expiration as provided in this section are eligible to redeem a parcel from tax sale.
[R60, § 781; C73, § 894; C97, § 1441; S13, § 1441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7279; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 447.9; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 1236]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 86 Acts, ch 1139, § 7; 86 Acts, ch 1241, § 43; 89 Acts, ch 66, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1203, § 3; 91 Acts, ch 191, §96
Referred to in § 420.207, 420.240, 420.241, 447.8, 447.10
Management when county acquires deed, ch 569 ~IService of original notice, R.C.P. 49--;66
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