House File 2318 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2318 BY STUTSMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the recording of certain instruments 1 affecting real estate and including applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5989YH (2) 85 md/sc
H.F. 2318 Section 1. Section 558.11, Code 2014, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 558.11 Record —— constructive notice. 3 The evidence of title , mortgage, or assignment of a mortgage 4 shall be filed with the recorder of deeds of the county in 5 which the real estate is situated, who shall record and index 6 the same, and place an abstract thereof upon the index of 7 deeds. The recording thereof shall be constructive notice to 8 all persons, as provided in other cases of entries upon said 9 the index of deeds , and the recorder shall receive the same 10 fees therefor as for recording other instruments. 11 Sec. 2. Section 558.41, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended 12 to read as follows: 13 1. Effect of recording. An instrument affecting real 14 estate , including but not limited to a mortgage or an 15 assignment of a mortgage, is of no validity against subsequent 16 purchasers for a valuable consideration, without notice, or 17 against the state or any of its political subdivisions during 18 and after condemnation proceedings against the real estate, 19 unless the instrument is filed and recorded in the county in 20 which the real estate is located, as provided in this chapter . 21 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to mortgages and 22 assignments of a mortgage filed for recording on or after July 23 1, 2014. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill requires that a mortgage or an assignment of a 28 mortgage be filed with the county recorder of the county in 29 which the real estate is situated. The bill also provides that 30 the recording of a mortgage or an assignment of a mortgage 31 shall be constructive notice to all persons, as provided in 32 other cases of entries upon the index of deeds maintained 33 by the recorder. The bill further provides that the county 34 recorder shall receive the same fees for recording the mortgage 35 -1- LSB 5989YH (2) 85 md/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 2318 or the assignment of a mortgage as is authorized for recording 1 other instruments. 2 The bill specifies that a mortgage or an assignment of a 3 mortgage are two of the instruments affecting real estate that 4 are not valid against subsequent purchasers for a valuable 5 consideration, without notice, or against the state or any 6 of its political subdivisions during and after condemnation 7 proceedings against the real estate, unless they are filed and 8 recorded as provided by statute. 9 The bill applies to mortgages and assignments of mortgage 10 filed for recording on or after July 1, 2014. 11 -2- LSB 5989YH (2) 85 md/sc 2/ 2