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Iowa Code § 558.55 (2026)

Filing and indexing — constructive notice

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The recorder must endorse upon every instrument properly filed for recording in the recorder’s office, the day, hour, and minute when filed for recording and the document reference number, and enter in the index the entries required to be entered pursuant to sections 558.49 and 558.52. The recording and indexing shall constitute constructive notice to all persons of the rights of the grantees conferred by the instruments. [C51, §1214; R60, §2223; C73, §1944; C97, §2936; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10115; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.55] 2001 Acts, ch 44, §26; 2007 Acts, ch 101, §4; 2009 Acts, ch 27, §34 Referred to in §6B.3

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1963–2015 · leading case: Ahmad S. Vossoughi & C, N, & A, Inc. v. Joseph A. Polaschek, 859 N.W.2d 643 (Iowa 2015).
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Ahmad S. Vossoughi & C, N, & A, Inc. v. Joseph A. Polaschek, 859 N.W.2d 643 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 558.55 (“[T]he filing and indexing [of deeds in the recorder’s office] shall constitute constructive notice to all persons of the rights of the grantees conferred by the instruments.”
Sun Valley Iowa Lake Ass'n v. Anderson, 551 N.W.2d 621 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 2× “Section 558.55 provides that [t]he recorder must endorse upon every instrument properly filed for record in the recorder’s office, the day, hour, and minute of such filing, and forthwith enter in the index book the entries required to be made therein, except the book and page…”
Hanrahan v. Univ. of Iowa Cmty. Credit Union (In re Thomas), 387 B.R. 4 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2008). · cites it 6× “” Iowa Code § 558.55 . A properly recorded instrument constitutes the constructive notice necessary to defeat the rights of a trustee as a hypothetical bona fide purchaser.”
Wilson v. Wright, 189 N.W.2d 531 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 2× “Compare other statutory steps required to give documents legal efficacy: § 558.55 (indexing of deeds necessary although marked filed—see Nickson v.”
Beeler Dev. Co. v. Dickens, 120 N.W.2d 414 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 2× “This restriction does not become unreasonable because it is now in the hands of an owner who purchased with full knowledge of the restrictions (it could not be heard to say otherwise, the restrictions are a matter of public record, section 558.”
Amended April 22 v. Joseph A. Polaschek, No. 13–1381 (Iowa Feb. 13, 2015). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 558.55 (“[T]he filing and indexing [of deeds in the recorder’s office] shall constitute constructive notice to all persons of the rights of the grantees conferred by the instruments.”
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