Senate
Study
Bill
3098
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
McCOY
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
service
of
notice
by
mail
for
holders
of
a
1
property
tax
sale
certificate
of
purchase.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
447.9,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2011,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
After
one
year
and
nine
months
from
the
date
of
sale,
3
or
after
nine
months
from
the
date
of
a
sale
made
under
4
section
446.18
,
or
after
three
months
from
the
date
of
a
sale
5
made
under
section
446.19A
or
446.19B
,
the
holder
of
the
6
certificate
of
purchase
may
cause
to
be
served
upon
the
person
7
in
possession
of
the
parcel,
and
also
upon
the
person
in
whose
8
name
the
parcel
is
taxed,
a
notice
signed
by
the
certificate
9
holder
or
the
certificate
holder’s
agent
or
attorney,
stating
10
the
date
of
sale,
the
description
of
the
parcel
sold,
the
name
11
of
the
purchaser,
and
that
the
right
of
redemption
will
expire
12
and
a
deed
for
the
parcel
be
made
unless
redemption
is
made
13
within
ninety
days
from
the
completed
service
of
the
notice.
14
The
notice
shall
be
served
by
both
regular
mail
and
certified
15
mail
to
the
person’s
last
known
address
and
such
service
is
16
deemed
completed
when
the
notice
by
certified
mail
is
deposited
17
in
the
mail
and
postmarked
for
delivery.
The
ninety-day
18
redemption
period
begins
as
provided
in
section
447.12
.
When
19
the
notice
is
given
by
a
county
as
a
holder
of
a
certificate
20
of
purchase
the
notice
shall
be
signed
by
the
county
treasurer
21
or
the
county
attorney,
and
when
given
by
a
city,
it
shall
22
be
signed
by
the
city
officer
designated
by
resolution
of
23
the
council.
When
the
notice
is
given
by
the
Iowa
finance
24
authority
or
a
city
or
county
agency
holding
the
parcel
as
25
part
of
an
Iowa
homesteading
project,
it
shall
be
signed
on
26
behalf
of
the
agency
or
authority
by
one
of
its
officers,
as
27
authorized
in
rules
of
the
agency
or
authority.
28
2.
Service
of
the
notice
shall
be
made
by
both
regular
mail
29
and
certified
mail
on
any
mortgagee
having
a
lien
upon
the
30
parcel,
a
vendor
of
the
parcel
under
a
recorded
contract
of
31
sale,
a
lessor
who
has
a
recorded
lease
or
recorded
memorandum
32
of
a
lease,
and
any
other
person
who
has
an
interest
of
record,
33
at
the
person’s
last
known
address.
The
notice
shall
be
served
34
on
any
city
where
the
parcel
is
situated.
Notice
shall
not
be
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served
after
the
filing
of
the
affidavit
required
by
section
1
447.12
.
Only
those
persons
who
are
required
to
be
served
the
2
notice
of
expiration
as
provided
in
this
section
or
who
have
3
acquired
an
interest
in
or
possession
of
the
parcel
subsequent
4
to
the
filing
of
the
notice
of
expiration
of
the
right
of
5
redemption
are
eligible
to
redeem
a
parcel
from
tax
sale.
6
Service
of
the
notice
is
deemed
completed
when
the
notice
is
7
deposited
in
the
mail
and
postmarked
for
delivery.
8
EXPLANATION
9
This
bill
relates
to
the
manner
in
which
a
holder
of
a
10
property
tax
sale
certificate
of
purchase
provides
certain
11
notices
under
Code
chapter
447
(tax
redemption)
following
a
12
tax
sale.
The
bill
requires
that
service
of
the
notice
of
13
expiration
of
right
of
redemption
made
on
specified
lienholders
14
and
interest
holders
be
made
by
both
regular
mail
and
certified
15
mail
and
specifies
when
service
of
such
notice
is
deemed
16
completed.
17
Certified
mail
means
a
mail
service
provided
by
the
United
18
States
postal
service
where
the
post
office
provides
the
mailer
19
with
a
receipt
to
prove
mailing.
20
Pursuant
to
Code
section
447.14,
the
law
in
effect
at
the
21
time
of
tax
sale
governs
redemption.
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