HSB 761 (LSB 6903YC (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON NORDMAN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a convenience fee for recording instruments in a county by a person who is not a resident of the county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.604, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  Except as otherwise provided by state law, paragraph “b” of this subsection, subsection 4, or section 331.605, the recorder shall collect a fee of five dollars for each page or fraction of a page of an instrument which that is filed or recorded in the recorder’s office. If a page or fraction of a page contains more than one transaction, the recorder shall collect the fee for each transaction.
   b.  The recorder may also charge, in addition to any other fee imposed by law, a convenience fee for the filing or recording of an instrument for a person who is not a resident of the county, unless that person pays property tax to the county and provides proof of payment such as a receipt as provided in section 445.5, subsection 6, or another form of proof as determined by the county. The recorder shall not charge a convenience fee in excess of ten dollars. All moneys collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited into the county recorder’s records management fund and used for the purposes described in subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows a county recorder to charge, in addition to any other fee imposed by law, a convenience fee for the filing or recording of an instrument for a person who is not a resident of the county, unless that person pays property tax to the county and provides proof of payment. The recorder shall not charge a convenience fee in excess of $10. Moneys collected from the assessment of a convenience fee pursuant to the bill shall be deposited in the county’s county recorder’s records management fund and used for specified purposes.