Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 558.60 (2026)

Transfer and index books

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1. The county auditor shall keep in the county auditor’s office books for the transfer of real estate, which shall consist of a transfer book, index book, and plat book. As used in this context, “book” means the method of data storage and retrieval utilized by the county auditor.

2. The auditor shall index the real estate transfers by block and lot or by township, range, section, section quarter, and subdivision, as occasion may require. The transfer books shall show all of the following:

a. Each grantor.

b. Each grantee.

c. The date of the instrument.

d. The nature of the instrument.

e. The document reference number where the record of the instrument may be found.

f. The description of the real estate conveyed. [C73, §1948; C97, §2927; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10119; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.60] 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §11; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261 Referred to in §331.508, 558.66\n\n 558.61 and 558.62 Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §16. See §558.60. \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: Hanrahan v. Univ. of Iowa Cmty. Credit Union (In Re Thomas), 387 B.R. 4 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2008).

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Hanrahan v. Univ. of Iowa Cmty. Credit Union (In Re Thomas), 387 B.R. 4 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2008). · cites it 14× “Iowa Code § 558.60 . As Trustee is a hypothetical bona fide purchaser, the actual knowledge of *9 Trustee is not determinative of her status because of the provisions of 11 U.”

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