257B.5 Notice — sale.
When the board of supervisors shall offer for sale the sixteenth section or lands selected in lieu thereof, or any portion of the same, or any part of the five-hundred-thousand-acre grant, the county auditor shall give at least forty days’ notice, by written or printed notices posted in five public places in the county, two of which shall be in the township in which the land to be sold is situated, and also publish a notice of said sale once each week for two weeks preceding the same in a newspaper published in the county, describing the land to be sold and the time and place of such sale. At such time and place, or at such other time and place as the sale may be adjourned to, the county auditor shall offer to the highest bidder, subject to the provisions of this chapter, and sell, either for cash or one-third cash and the balance on a credit not exceeding ten years, with interest on the same at the rate of not less than three and one-half percent per annum, to be paid at the office of the county treasurer of said county on the first day of January in each year, delinquent interest to bear the same rate as the principal. Such county treasurer shall pay to the state treasurer on the first day of February all interest collected.
[R60, §1971; C73, §1846; C97, §2841; S13, §2841; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4473; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §302.5]
C93, §257B.5
Referred to in §331.552
Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Section 257B.1A - Permanent fund.
Section 257B.1B - Interest for Iowa schools fund — transfer of interest.
Section 257B.2 - Lands and escheats.
Section 257B.4 - Division and appraisement.
Section 257B.5 - Notice — sale.
Section 257B.6 - Sale without appraisement.
Section 257B.7 - Sale on credit — taxation — waste.
Section 257B.8 - Sale of lands bid in.
Section 257B.9 - Cash or collateral security.
Section 257B.10 - Uniform interest date.
Section 257B.11 - School fund accounts — audit of losses.
Section 257B.12 - Bonds to cover losses.
Section 257B.17 - Liability of county.
Section 257B.18 - Exemption of county.
Section 257B.20 - Investment of permanent fund.
Section 257B.28 - Statute of limitation.
Section 257B.30 - Release of mortgage.
Section 257B.31 - School fund account — settlement.
Section 257B.32 - Notice of default.
Section 257B.33 - Suit — attorney fee.
Section 257B.34 - Bid at execution sale.
Section 257B.35 - Sheriff’s deed to state.
Section 257B.36 - Resale by state.
Section 257B.37 - Proceeds on resale.
Section 257B.38 - Excess — loss borne by county.
Section 257B.39 - Report as to sales — interest.
Section 257B.40 - Interest charged to counties.
Section 257B.41 - Uncollected interest.