Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 558.57 (2026)

Entry on auditor’s transfer books

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After the recorder has accepted for recording and indexed any deed, real estate installment contract, or other instrument unconditionally conveying real estate or altering a real estate contract by assigning the buyer’s or seller’s interest, changing the name of the buyer or seller, changing the legal description of the property, forfeiting or canceling the contract, or making other significant changes, the auditor shall make the proper entries upon the transfer books in the auditor’s office. [C73, §1952, 1953; C97, §2932, 2934; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10116; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.57] 85 Acts, ch 159, §8; 86 Acts, ch 1079, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §56; 2001 Acts, ch 143, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1144, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §9 Referred to in §331.507, 558.58

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1969–2025 · leading case: Bartels v. Hennessey Bros., Inc., 164 N.W.2d 87 (Iowa 1969).

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Bartels v. Hennessey Bros., Inc., 164 N.W.2d 87 (Iowa 1969). · cites it 2× “That the Linn County Recorder, pursuant to Sections 558.57 and 558.58 of the Iowa Code, before recording the deed, delivered it to the Linn County Auditor to be entered on the transfer books; that the Linn County Auditor then notified Hennessey Brothers, Inc.”

Mulhern v. Kruger (Iowa Ct. App. 2025). “§ 558.57 (requiring endorsement by auditor on “any deed or other instrument unconditionally conveying real estate” that it has been “[e]ntered upon transfer books and for taxation” before it can be recorded by the recorder); id.”

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