Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 656.3 (2026)

Service of notice

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1. The notice provided for in section 656.2 may be served personally or by publication, on the same conditions, and in the same manner as is provided for the service of original notices, except that when the notice is served by publication an affidavit shall not be required before publication. Service by publication shall be deemed complete on the day of the last publication.

2. The notice provided for in section 656.2 may be served on a judgment creditor of a deceased vendee or on any other person who is, as a matter of record, interested in the estate of a deceased vendee in the manner provided in section 654.4A, subsections 4 and 5. [C97, §4299; S13, §4299; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12391; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §656.3] 2013 Acts, ch 83, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §138 Referred to in §654.18, 656.2, 656.8 Manner of service, R.C.P. 1.302 – 1.315 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1974–2006 · leading case: Jensen v. Schreck, 275 N.W.2d 374 (Iowa 1979).
Jensen v. Schreck, 275 N.W.2d 374 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 2× “Section 656.3 provided that this notice shall be served personally, or by publication, in the same manner as is provided for service of original notice (at that time governed by Rule of Civil Procedure 56(a)).”
Abodeely v. Cavras, 221 N.W.2d 494 (Iowa 1974). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs’ contention is not in accordance with the record. Other contentions mentioned by plaintiffs in written brief and argument as bearing on their assertion the notice of forfeiture was technically defective either are not argued and supported by authorities or the issues…”
Fairfax v. Oaks Dev. Co., 713 N.W.2d 704 (Iowa 2006). · cites it 4× “In connection with the validity of the forfeiture, the vendees urged that the service of the statutory notice of forfeiture required by Iowa Code section 656.3 (2003) had not been properly completed as to both vendees and that this circumstance rendered the attempted forfeiture…”
Qualley v. State Fed. Sav. & Loan, 487 N.W.2d 353 (Iowa Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 656.3 provides for service of the notice of forfeiture “as is provided for the service of original notices.”
Kenneth Fairfax & Geraldine Watson Vs. Oaks Dev. Co. (Iowa 2006). · cites it 4× “In connection with the validity of the forfeiture, the vendees urged that the service of the statutory notice of forfeiture required by Iowa Code section 656.3 (2003) had not been properly completed as to both vendees and that this circumstance rendered the attempted forfeiture…”
Nash Finch Co. v. Corey Dev., Ltd., 231 F. Supp. 2d 882 (N.D. Iowa 2002). · cites it 2× “The notice may also be given in the manner prescribed in section 656.3 in which case the junior lienholders have thirty days from the completion of publication to exercise the rights of redemption.”
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