Senate Study Bill 3188 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON QUIRMBACH)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the office of the county recorder by making
  2    changes to fees charged by the county recorder, information
  3    required to be endorsed on certain recorded documents and
  4    instruments, and standards for indexes maintained by the
  5    county recorder.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  7 TLSB 5763SC 82
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 10A.108, subsections 4 through 6, Code
  1  2 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  The county recorder of each county shall prepare and
  1  4 maintain in the recorder's office an index of liens of debts
  1  5 established based upon benefits or provider payments
  1  6 inappropriately obtained from and owed the department of human
  1  7 services, which provides containing the applicable entries
  1  8 specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52, and providing
  1  9 appropriate columns for all of the following data, under the
  1 10 names of debtors, arranged alphabetically:
  1 11    a.  The name of the debtor.
  1 12    b.  "State of Iowa, Department of Human Services" as
  1 13 claimant.
  1 14    c.  The time that the notice of the lien was received
  1 15 recorded.
  1 16    d.  The date of notice.
  1 17    e.  The amount of the lien currently due.
  1 18    f.  The date of the assessment.
  1 19    g.  The date of satisfaction of the debt.
  1 20    h.  Any extension of the time period for application of the
  1 21 lien and the date that the notice for extension was filed.
  1 22    5.  The recorder shall endorse on each notice of lien the
  1 23 day and time received recorded and the document reference
  1 24 number, and shall preserve the notice.  The recorder shall
  1 25 index the notice and shall record the lien in the manner
  1 26 provided for recording real estate mortgages.  The lien shall
  1 27 be is effective from the time of the indexing.
  1 28    6.  The department shall pay, from moneys appropriated to
  1 29 the department for this purpose, a recording fee fees as
  1 30 provided in section 331.604, for the recording of the lien, or
  1 31 for satisfaction of the lien.
  1 32    Sec. 2.  Section 96.14, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph
  1 33 1, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 34    The county recorder of each county shall prepare and keep
  1 35 in the recorder's office an index to show containing the
  2  1 applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52 and
  2  2 showing the following data, under the names of employers,
  2  3 arranged alphabetically:
  2  4    Sec. 3.  Section 96.14, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code
  2  5 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  2  6    c.  Time notice of lien was received recorded.
  2  7    Sec. 4.  Section 96.14, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraphs
  2  8 4 and 5, Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  2  9    The recorder shall endorse on each notice of lien the day,
  2 10 hour, and minute when received recorded and the document
  2 11 reference number, and shall index the notice in the index, and
  2 12 shall record the lien in the manner provided for recording
  2 13 real estate mortgages, and the.  The lien shall be is
  2 14 effective from the time of the indexing of the lien.
  2 15    The department shall pay a recording fee fees as provided
  2 16 in section 331.604, for the recording of the lien, or for its
  2 17 satisfaction.
  2 18    Sec. 5.  Section 124C.4, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  2 19 amended to read as follows:
  2 20    3.  Each notice of lien shall be endorsed with the day,
  2 21 hour, and minute when the notice was received recorded and the
  2 22 document reference number, and the notice shall be preserved,
  2 23 indexed, and recorded in the manner provided for recording
  2 24 real estate mortgages.  The lien shall be is effective from
  2 25 the time of its indexing.  The department shall pay a
  2 26 recording fee fees as provided by section 331.604 for the
  2 27 recording of the lien or for its satisfaction.
  2 28    Sec. 6.  Section 331.602, subsections 8 and 37, Code 2007,
  2 29 are amended to read as follows:
  2 30    8.  Endorse on each notice of an unemployment contribution
  2 31 lien the day, hour, and minute that the lien is received from
  2 32 the department of workforce development recorded and the
  2 33 document reference number, index the notice of lien, and
  2 34 record the lien as provided in section 96.14, subsection 3.
  2 35    37.  Carry out duties relating to the indexing of name
  3  1 changes, and the recorder shall charge a fee fees for indexing
  3  2 as provided in section 331.604.
  3  3    Sec. 7.  Section 331.604, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  3  4 follows:
  3  5    331.604  GENERAL RECORDING AND FILING FEE FEES.
  3  6    1.  Except as otherwise provided by state law, subsection 2
  3  7 4, or section 331.605, the recorder shall collect a fee of
  3  8 five dollars for each page or fraction of a page of an
  3  9 instrument which is filed or recorded in the recorder's
  3 10 office.  If a page or fraction of a page contains more than
  3 11 one transaction, the recorder shall collect the fee for each
  3 12 transaction.
  3 13    2.  a.  The recorder shall also collect a fee of one dollar
  3 14 for each recorded transaction for which a fee is paid pursuant
  3 15 to subsection 1 to be used exclusively for the purpose of
  3 16 preserving and maintaining public records.  The treasurer, on
  3 17 behalf of the recorder, shall establish and maintain a county
  3 18 recorder's records management fund into which all moneys
  3 19 collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited.
  3 20 Interest earned on moneys deposited in the fund shall be
  3 21 credited to the county recorder's records management fund.
  3 22 The recorder shall use the moneys deposited in the fund to
  3 23 produce and maintain public records that meet archival
  3 24 standards, and to enhance the technological storage,
  3 25 retrieval, and transmission capabilities related to archival
  3 26 quality records.  The recorder may cooperate with other
  3 27 entities, boards, and agencies to establish methods of records
  3 28 management, and participate in other joint ventures which
  3 29 further the purposes of this subsection.
  3 30    b.  Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be
  3 31 used to accomplish the following purposes:
  3 32    (1)  Preserve and maintain public records.
  3 33    (2)  Assist counties in reducing record preservation costs.
  3 34    (3)  Encourage and foster maximum access to public records
  3 35 maintained by county recorders at locations throughout the
  4  1 state.
  4  2    (4)  Establish plans for anticipated and possible future
  4  3 needs, including the handling and preservation of vital
  4  4 statistics.
  4  5    3.  a.  The county recorder shall also collect a fee of one
  4  6 dollar for each recorded transaction, regardless of the number
  4  7 of pages, for which a fee is paid pursuant to subsection 1 to
  4  8 be used for the purpose set forth in paragraph "c".
  4  9    b.  The county treasurer, on behalf of the recorder, shall
  4 10 establish and maintain a county recorder's electronic
  4 11 transaction fund into which all moneys collected pursuant to
  4 12 paragraph "a" shall be deposited.  Interest earned on moneys
  4 13 deposited in this fund shall be computed based on the average
  4 14 monthly balance in the fund and shall be credited to the
  4 15 county recorder's electronic transaction fund.
  4 16    c.  The local government electronic transaction fund is
  4 17 established in the office of the treasurer of state under the
  4 18 control of the treasurer of state.  Moneys deposited into the
  4 19 fund are not subject to section 8.33.  Notwithstanding section
  4 20 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the local government
  4 21 electronic transaction fund shall be credited to the fund.
  4 22 Moneys in the local government electronic transaction fund are
  4 23 not subject to transfer, appropriation, or reversion to any
  4 24 other fund, or any other use except as provided in this
  4 25 paragraph "c".  On a monthly basis, the county treasurer shall
  4 26 pay each fee collected pursuant to paragraph "a" to the
  4 27 treasurer of state for deposit into the local government
  4 28 electronic transaction fund.  Moneys credited to the local
  4 29 government electronic transaction fund are appropriated to the
  4 30 treasurer of state to be used for the purpose of planning and
  4 31 implementing electronic recording and electronic transactions
  4 32 in each county and developing county and statewide internet
  4 33 web sites to provide electronic access to records and
  4 34 information and to pay the ongoing costs of integrating and
  4 35 maintaining the statewide internet web site.
  5  1    d.  The recorder shall make available any information
  5  2 required by the county auditor or auditor of state concerning
  5  3 the fees collected under this subsection for the purposes of
  5  4 determining the amount of fees collected and the uses for
  5  5 which such fees are expended.
  5  6    2.  4.  A county shall not be required to pay a fee to the
  5  7 recorder for filing or recording instruments.
  5  8    Sec. 8.  Section 331.605B, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  5  9 amended to read as follows:
  5 10    1.  The recorder shall make available any information
  5 11 required by the county or state auditor concerning the fees
  5 12 collected under section 331.605A 331.604, subsection 2, for
  5 13 the purposes of determining the amount of fees collected and
  5 14 the uses for which such fees are expended.
  5 15    Sec. 9.  Section 331.606B, subsection 2, unnumbered
  5 16 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  5 17    For any document or instrument of conveyance, the name of
  5 18 the property taxpayer and the taxpayer's complete mailing
  5 19 address is required on the first page of the document below
  5 20 the three=inch margin.  Each document or instrument, other
  5 21 than a plat or survey or a drawing related to a plat or
  5 22 survey, that is presented for recording shall contain the
  5 23 following information on the first page below the three=inch
  5 24 margin:
  5 25    Sec. 10.  Section 331.606B, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
  5 26 2007, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  5 27    Sec. 11.  Section 331.606B, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
  5 28 amended to read as follows:
  5 29    6.  a.  On and after July 1, 2005, a document or instrument
  5 30 that does not conform to the format standards specified in
  5 31 subsections 1 through 3 shall not be recorded accepted for
  5 32 recording except upon payment of an additional recording fee
  5 33 of ten dollars per document or instrument.  The requirement
  5 34 applies only to documents or instruments dated on or after
  5 35 July 1, 2005, and does not apply to those documents or
  6  1 instruments specifically exempted in subsection 4.
  6  2    b.  On and after July 1, 2008, a document or instrument
  6  3 that does not conform to the format standards specified in
  6  4 subsection 1, paragraphs "c" and "e", shall not be accepted
  6  5 for recording.  This paragraph applies only to documents or
  6  6 instruments dated on or after July 1, 2008, and does not apply
  6  7 to those documents or instruments specifically exempted in
  6  8 subsection 4.
  6  9    Sec. 12.  Section 331.607, subsection 5, Code 2007, is
  6 10 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  6 11 thereof the following:
  6 12    5.  An index for records of private drainage systems as
  6 13 provided in section 468.623.
  6 14    Sec. 13.  Section 331.609, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
  6 15 amended to read as follows:
  6 16    4.  The fee fees for filing or recording, and indexing each
  6 17 notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien
  6 18 shall be as provided in section 331.604.  The officer shall
  6 19 bill the internal revenue service or any other appropriate
  6 20 federal agency on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed
  6 21 or recorded by it.
  6 22    Sec. 14.  Section 359A.10, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  6 23 follows:
  6 24    359A.10  ENTRY AND RECORD OF ORDERS.
  6 25    Such orders, decisions, notices, and returns shall be
  6 26 entered of record at length by the township clerk, and a copy
  6 27 thereof certified by the township clerk to the county
  6 28 recorder, who shall record the same in the recorder's office
  6 29 in a book kept for that purpose, and index such record in the
  6 30 name of each adjoining owner as grantor to the other.  The
  6 31 county recorder shall collect fees specified in section
  6 32 331.604.
  6 33    Sec. 15.  Section 359A.12, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  6 34 follows:
  6 35    359A.12  DIVISION BY AGREEMENT == RECORD.
  7  1    The several owners may, in writing, agree upon the portion
  7  2 of partition fences between their lands which shall be erected
  7  3 and maintained by each, which writing shall describe the lands
  7  4 and the parts of the fences so assigned, be signed and
  7  5 acknowledged by them, and filed and recorded in the office of
  7  6 the recorder of deeds of the county or counties in which they
  7  7 are situated.  The county recorder shall collect fees
  7  8 specified in section 331.604.
  7  9    Sec. 16.  Section 422.26, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2007,
  7 10 are amended to read as follows:
  7 11    4.  The county recorder of each county shall keep in the
  7 12 recorder's office an index and record to show containing the
  7 13 applicable entries in sections 558.49 and 558.52 and showing
  7 14 the following data, under the names of taxpayers, arranged
  7 15 alphabetically:
  7 16    a.  The name of the taxpayer.
  7 17    b.  The name "State of Iowa" as claimant.
  7 18    c.  Time notice of lien was received recorded.
  7 19    d.  Date of notice.
  7 20    e.  Amount of lien then due.
  7 21    f.  Date of assessment.
  7 22    g.  When satisfied.
  7 23    The recorder shall endorse on each notice of lien the day,
  7 24 hour, and minute when received and recorded and the document
  7 25 reference number, shall preserve the same, and shall index the
  7 26 notice in the index and shall record the lien in the manner
  7 27 provided for recording real estate mortgages, and the.  The
  7 28 lien shall be is effective from the time of the indexing of
  7 29 the lien.
  7 30    5.  The department shall pay a recording fee fees as
  7 31 provided in section 331.604, for the recording of the lien, or
  7 32 for its satisfaction.
  7 33    Sec. 17.  Section 424.11, unnumbered paragraphs 4 and 5,
  7 34 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  7 35    The recorder shall endorse on each notice of lien the day,
  8  1 hour, and minute when received recorded and the document
  8  2 reference number, and shall preserve the notice, and.  The
  8  3 recorder shall also immediately index the notice and record
  8  4 the lien in the manner provided for recording real estate
  8  5 mortgages, and the.  The lien shall be effective from the time
  8  6 of its indexing.
  8  7    The department shall pay a recording fee fees as provided
  8  8 in section 331.604, for the recording of the lien, or for its
  8  9 satisfaction.
  8 10    Sec. 18.  Section 437A.11, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  8 11 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  8 12    The county recorder of each county shall prepare and keep
  8 13 in the recorder's office an index each lien showing the
  8 14 applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52 and
  8 15 record to show showing, under the names of taxpayers arranged
  8 16 alphabetically, all of the following:
  8 17    Sec. 19.  Section 437A.11, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  8 18 amended to read as follows:
  8 19    3.  Time the notice of lien was received recorded.
  8 20    Sec. 20.  Section 437A.11, unnumbered paragraphs 3 through
  8 21 5, Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  8 22    The recorder shall endorse on each notice of lien the day,
  8 23 hour, and minute when received and preserve such notice, and
  8 24 recorded and the document reference number, shall preserve
  8 25 such notice, shall index the notice in the index, and shall
  8 26 promptly record the lien in the manner provided for recording
  8 27 real estate mortgages.  The lien is effective from the time of
  8 28 the indexing of the lien.
  8 29    The county treasurer or chief financial officer of the city
  8 30 shall pay a recording fee fees as provided in section 331.604,
  8 31 for the recording of the lien, or for its satisfaction.
  8 32    Upon the payment of the replacement tax as to which a
  8 33 county treasurer or chief financial officer of a city has
  8 34 filed notice with a county recorder, the county treasurer or
  8 35 chief financial officer of the city shall promptly file with
  9  1 the recorder a satisfaction of the replacement tax.  The
  9  2 recorder shall enter the satisfaction on the record the notice
  9  3 on file in the recorder's office and indicate that fact on the
  9  4 index of satisfaction showing the applicable entries specified
  9  5 in sections 558.49 and 558.52.
  9  6    Sec. 21.  Section 437A.22, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
  9  7 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  9  8    The county recorder of each county shall prepare and keep
  9  9 in the recorder's office an index each lien showing the
  9 10 applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52 and
  9 11 record to show showing, under the names of taxpayers arranged
  9 12 alphabetically, all of the following:
  9 13    Sec. 22.  Section 437A.22, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  9 14 amended to read as follows:
  9 15    3.  Time the notice of lien was received recorded.
  9 16    Sec. 23.  Section 437A.22, unnumbered paragraphs 4 and 5,
  9 17 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  9 18    The recorder shall endorse on each notice of lien the day,
  9 19 hour, and minute when received and recorded and the document
  9 20 reference, shall preserve such notice, and shall promptly
  9 21 record the lien in the manner provided for recording real
  9 22 estate mortgages.  The lien is effective from the time of the
  9 23 indexing of the lien.
  9 24    The director, from moneys appropriated to the department of
  9 25 revenue for this purpose, shall pay a recording fee fees as
  9 26 provided in section 331.604 for the recording of the lien, or
  9 27 for its satisfaction.
  9 28    Sec. 24.  Section 468.623, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  9 29 follows:
  9 30    468.623  PRIVATE DRAINAGE SYSTEM == RECORD.
  9 31    1.  Any person who has provided a system of drainage on
  9 32 land owned by the person may have the same made a matter of
  9 33 record in the office of the county recorder of the county in
  9 34 which the drainage system is located, provided any drainage
  9 35 system constructed after July 1, 1969, shall be made a matter
 10  1 of record, as is hereinafter provided and shall contain the
 10  2 applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52.
 10  3    2.  Records under subsection 1 may be used to give the
 10  4 owner's name, description of tracts of land drained, stating
 10  5 the time when the drainage system was established, the kind,
 10  6 quality, and brand of tile used, the name and place of the
 10  7 manufacturing plant, the name of contractors who laid the
 10  8 tile, the name of the engineer in charge of the survey and
 10  9 installation, the cost of tile, delivery, installation, and
 10 10 engineering expense, depths, grades, outlets, connections,
 10 11 contracts for agreements with adjoining landowners as to
 10 12 connections, and any other matters or information that may be
 10 13 considered of value, and such information may be furnished by
 10 14 the landowner or the engineer having charge of the
 10 15 installation and certified to under oath.
 10 16    Sec. 25.  Section 468.626, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 10 17 follows:
 10 18    468.626  ORIGINAL PLAT FILED.
 10 19    In lieu of making the record as herein provided, any
 10 20 landowner may file with the county recorder the original plat
 10 21 used in the establishment of said the drainage system, or a
 10 22 copy thereof of the plat, which shall be certified by the
 10 23 engineer having made the same.  If practicable, a plat filed
 10 24 under this section shall be made a matter of record and shall
 10 25 contain the applicable entries specified in sections 558.49
 10 26 and 558.52.
 10 27    Sec. 26.  Section 468.628, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 10 28 follows:
 10 29    468.628  FEES FOR RECORD AND COPIES RECORDING.
 10 30    The county  When information is filed with the county
 10 31 recorder pursuant to section 468.623 or 468.626, the recorder
 10 32 shall be entitled to collect recording fees for the filing and
 10 33 information heretofore provided for, and for the making of
 10 34 copies of such records the same as is provided for other work
 10 35 of a similar nature in the amounts specified in section
 11  1 331.604.
 11  2    Sec. 27.  Section 547.3, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 11  3 follows:
 11  4    547.3  FEE FOR RECORDING.
 11  5    The county recorder shall charge and receive a fee collect
 11  6 fees in the amount specified in section 331.604 for each
 11  7 verified statement recorded under this chapter.  The recorder
 11  8 may return the original instrument to the sender or dispose of
 11  9 the instrument if the sender does not wish to have the
 11 10 instrument returned.  An instrument filed in the recorder's
 11 11 office before July 1, 1990, may be returned to the sender or
 11 12 disposed of if the sender does not wish to have the instrument
 11 13 returned and if there is an official copy of the instrument in
 11 14 the recorder's office.
 11 15    Sec. 28.  Section 557.24, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 11 16 follows:
 11 17    557.24  FEE.
 11 18    A person having the name of the person's farm recorded as
 11 19 provided in section 557.22 shall first pay to the county
 11 20 recorder a fee in the amount the fees specified in section
 11 21 331.604, which fee shall be paid to the county treasurer as
 11 22 other fees are paid to the county treasurer by the recorder.
 11 23    Sec. 29.  Section 557.26, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 11 24 follows:
 11 25    557.26  CANCELLATION == FEE.
 11 26    If the owner of a registered farm desires to cancel the
 11 27 registered name of the farm, the owner shall acknowledge
 11 28 cancellation of the name by execution of an instrument in
 11 29 writing referring to the farm name, and shall record the
 11 30 instrument.  For the latter service the county recorder shall
 11 31 charge a fee in collect the amount fees specified in section
 11 32 331.604, which shall be paid to the county treasurer as other
 11 33 fees are paid to the county treasurer by the recorder.
 11 34    Sec. 30.  Section 558.55, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
 11 35 to read as follows:
 12  1    558.55  FILING AND INDEXING == CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE.
 12  2    The recorder must endorse upon every instrument properly
 12  3 filed for record recording in the recorder's office, the day,
 12  4 hour, and minute of the filing when recorded and the document
 12  5 reference number, and enter in the index the entries required
 12  6 to be entered pursuant to sections 558.49 and 558.52, and the
 12  7 filing.  The recording and indexing shall constitute
 12  8 constructive notice to all persons of the rights of the
 12  9 grantees conferred by the instruments.
 12 10    Sec. 31.  Section 558.66, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 12 11 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 12 12    Upon receipt of a certificate issued by the clerk of the
 12 13 district court or clerk of the supreme court indicating that
 12 14 the title to real estate has been finally established in any
 12 15 named person by judgment or decree or by will or by affidavit
 12 16 of or on behalf of a surviving spouse that has been recorded
 12 17 by the recorder, the auditor shall enter the information in
 12 18 the certificate upon the transfer books, upon payment of a fee
 12 19 in the amount specified in section 331.507, subsection 2,
 12 20 paragraph "a".  In the case of the affidavit filed with the
 12 21 recorder, the fee set forth in section 331.507, subsection 2,
 12 22 paragraph "a", and the fee fees set forth in section 331.604,
 12 23 shall be collected by the recorder and paid to the treasurer
 12 24 as provided in section 331.902, subsection 3.
 12 25    Sec. 32.  Section 598.21, subsection 2, Code Supplement
 12 26 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 12 27    2.  DUTIES OF COUNTY RECORDER.  The county recorder shall
 12 28 record each quitclaim deed or change of title and shall
 12 29 collect the fee specified in section 331.507, subsection 2,
 12 30 paragraph "a", and the fee fees specified in section 331.604,
 12 31 subsection 1.
 12 32    Sec. 33.  Section 633.481, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 12 33 follows:
 12 34    633.481  CERTIFICATE TO COUNTY RECORDER FOR TAX PURPOSES
 12 35 WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION.
 13  1    When an inventory or report is filed under section 450.22,
 13  2 without administration of the estate of the decedent, the heir
 13  3 or heir's attorney shall prepare and deliver to the county
 13  4 recorder of the county in which the real estate is situated a
 13  5 certificate pertaining to each parcel of real estate described
 13  6 in the inventory or report.  Any fees for certificates or
 13  7 recording fees required by this section or section 633.480
 13  8 shall be assessed as costs of administration.  The fee fees
 13  9 for recording and indexing the instrument shall be as provided
 13 10 in section 331.604.  The county recorder shall deliver the
 13 11 certificates to the county auditor as provided in section
 13 12 558.58.
 13 13    Sec. 34.  Section 674.14, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 13 14 follows:
 13 15    674.14  INDEXING IN REAL PROPERTY RECORD.
 13 16    The county recorder and county auditor of each county in
 13 17 which the petitioner owns real property shall charge collect
 13 18 fees in the amounts specified in sections 331.604 and 331.507,
 13 19 subsection 2, paragraph "b", for indexing a change of name for
 13 20 each parcel of real estate.
 13 21    Sec. 35.  Sections 331.605A, 331.605C, 468.624, and
 13 22 468.625, Code 2007, are repealed.
 13 23                           EXPLANATION
 13 24    This bill makes changes relating to the office of county
 13 25 recorder.
 13 26    The bill makes changes relating to certain documents filed
 13 27 with the county recorder and specifies that the county
 13 28 recorder must endorse upon each document or instrument, in
 13 29 addition to other information, the document reference number.
 13 30    The bill incorporates the document management fee in Code
 13 31 section 331.605A and the electronic transaction fee in Code
 13 32 section 331.605C into the other existing recording and filing
 13 33 fee provisions under Code section 331.604.
 13 34    The bill requires certain indexes under the control of the
 13 35 county recorder to include applicable entries required to be
 14  1 made for conveyances of property.  The bill repeals Code
 14  2 sections 468.624 and 468.625 pertaining to private drainage
 14  3 system plat books and record books and directs those records
 14  4 to be maintained in accordance with the index requirements of
 14  5 other indexes maintained by the county recorder.
 14  6    The bill allows a county recorder to refuse to record a
 14  7 document or instrument that does not conform to the format
 14  8 standards pertaining to legibility, signatures, and the
 14  9 printing of names on the document or instrument.
 14 10    The bill also allows a county recorder to collect recording
 14 11 fees for orders, decisions, and notices made by a fence viewer
 14 12 and written agreements between adjoining landowners.
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