Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 448.3 (2026)

Execution and effect of deed

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1. The deed shall be signed by the county treasurer as such, and acknowledged by the treasurer before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and when substantially thus executed and recorded in the proper record in the office of the recorder of the county in which the parcel is situated, shall vest in the purchaser all the right, title, interest, and claim of the state and county to the parcel, and all the right, title, interest, and estate of the former owner in and to the parcel conveyed. However, the deed is subject to all restrictive covenants, resulting from prior conveyances in the chain of title to the former owner, and subject to all \n Tue Dec 09 22:11:08 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 448 (23, 0) 3 TAX DEEDS, §448.6\n\nthe right and interest of a holder of a certificate of purchase from a tax sale occurring after the tax sale for which the deed was issued. The issuance of the deed shall operate to cancel all suspended taxes.

2. In the event that an owner of record or a person in whose name the parcel is taxed establishes that such person was not served with notice of expiration of right of redemption in accordance with section 447.9, then the county treasurer’s deed is void, subject to the provisions of sections 448.15 and 448.16. If a person entitled to service of notice under section 447.9, other than an owner of record or a person in whose name the parcel is taxed, establishes that such person was not served with notice in accordance with section 447.9, the deed is not thereby rendered invalid. However, the deed is subject to all of the right and interest of such person not served with notice, as provided in sections 448.15 and 448.16. [C51, §503; R60, §784; C73, §897; C97, §1444; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7286; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.3] 91 Acts, ch 191, §102; 95 Acts, ch 57, §22; 97 Acts, ch 121, §25; 2008 Acts, ch 1050, §1, 2 Referred to in §420.244, 448.6 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1952–2023 · leading case: Schaer v. Webster Cnty., 644 N.W.2d 327 (Iowa 2002).

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Schaer v. Webster Cnty., 644 N.W.2d 327 (Iowa 2002). · cites it 2× “§§ 448.3, .6-12. Foremost, the deed vests title of the property in the purchaser.”

Engel v. Catucci, 197 F.2d 597 (D.C. Cir. 1952). “But see Iowa Code Ann. § 448.3 (1949). 5 . Hunt v.”

Gary Kluender, Jr. v. Plum Grove Investments, Inc. (Iowa 2023). · cites it 3× “See Iowa Code § 448.3 (1). Also in August, Plum Grove sent Kluender a written demand to vacate the parcel.”

Adair Holdings, L.L.c, a Nebraska Ltd. Liab. Co. v. Matthew Thomas Trucking, L.L.C., & George Thomas, 874 N.W.2d 669 (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 448.3 . The deed can be challenged as provided in section 448.”

Judith L. Thorn v. Home Investors 12, L.C. & Home Investors 35, L.C. (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). “§ 448.3(1). “It is elementary that a tax title is not derivative but is a new and independent title in the nature of a grant from the sovereign which extinguishes all prior claims against the land.”

— Iowa Code § 448.3(1) — 2 cases

Gary Kluender, Jr. v. Plum Grove Investments, Inc. (Iowa 2023). “See Iowa Code § 448.3 (1). Also in August, Plum Grove sent Kluender a written demand to vacate the parcel.”

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