House File 663 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 663 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 266) (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 97) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the authority to postpone an annual tax 1 sale. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1793HZ (2) 90 md/jh
H.F. 663 Section 1. Section 446.7, subsection 1, Code 2023, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. Annually, on the third Monday in June the county 3 treasurer shall offer at public sale all parcels on which taxes 4 are delinquent. The treasurer shall not, however, offer for 5 sale any parcel that is subject to a pending action as the 6 result of a municipal infraction citation under section 364.22 , 7 a petition filed under chapter 657 , or a petition filed under 8 chapter 657A , if such municipal infraction citation or petition 9 is indexed under section 617.10 and noted in the county system 10 as defined in section 445.1 . The sale shall be made for the 11 total amount of taxes, interest, fees, and costs due. If for 12 good cause the treasurer cannot hold the annual tax sale on the 13 third Monday of June, the treasurer may designate a different 14 date in June for the sale not later than one hundred twenty 15 days after the third Monday in June . After designation of a 16 different date, the treasurer may, for good cause and following 17 approval of the board of supervisors, redesignate the date of 18 the tax sale to a date not more than one hundred twenty days 19 after the immediately preceding designation, but not later than 20 date for the subsequent year’s annual tax sale. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 Code section 446.7 provides that annually, on the third 25 Monday in June, the county treasurer shall offer at public sale 26 all parcels on which taxes are delinquent. However, if for 27 good cause the treasurer cannot hold the annual tax sale on 28 that date, the treasurer may designate a different date in June 29 for the sale. 30 This bill modifies the ability of the county treasurer 31 to reschedule the tax sale for good cause by allowing the 32 rescheduled date to be a date not later than 120 days after the 33 third Monday in June. After designation of a different date, 34 the county treasurer may, for good cause and following approval 35 -1- LSB 1793HZ (2) 90 md/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 663 of the board of supervisors, redesignate the date of the tax 1 sale to a date not more than 120 days after the immediately 2 preceding designation, but not later than the date for the 3 subsequent year’s annual tax sale. 4 -2- LSB 1793HZ (2) 90 md/jh 2/ 2