354.13 Auditor’s plats and plats of survey.
If a tract is divided or subdivided in violation of section 354.4 or 354.6 or the descriptions of one or more parcels within a tract are not sufficiently certain and accurate for the purpose of assessment and taxation under the guidelines of section 354.3, the auditor shall notify the proprietors of the parcels within the tract for which no plat has been recorded as required by this chapter, and demand that a plat of survey or a subdivision plat be recorded as required by this chapter. Notice shall be served by mail and a certified copy of the notice shall be recorded. The auditor shall mail a copy of the notice to the applicable governing bodies. If the proprietors fail, within thirty days of the notice, to comply with the notice or file with the auditor a statement of intent to comply, the auditor shall contract with a surveyor to have a survey made of the property and have a plat of survey or an auditor’s plat recorded as necessary to comply with this chapter. Upon receipt of a statement of intent to comply, the auditor may extend the time period for compliance.
90 Acts, ch 1236, §27
C91, §409A.13
C93, §354.13
Referred to in §306.42, 331.511, 354.3, 354.15, 354.16, 354.17
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 354 - PLATTING — DIVISION AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND
Section 354.1 - Statement of purpose.
Section 354.3 - Covenant of warranty.
Section 354.4 - Divisions requiring a plat of survey or acquisition plat.
Section 354.4A - Entry upon land for survey purposes.
Section 354.5 - Descriptions and conveyance according to plat of survey or acquisition plat.
Section 354.6 - Subdivision plats.
Section 354.7 - Conveyances by reference to official plat.
Section 354.8 - Review and approval by governing bodies.
Section 354.9 - Review of plats within two miles of a city.
Section 354.10 - Appeal of review or disapproval.
Section 354.11 - Attachments to subdivision plats.
Section 354.12 - Bonds to secure liens.
Section 354.13 - Auditor’s plats and plats of survey.
Section 354.14 - Appeal of notice.
Section 354.15 - Review of auditor’s plats.
Section 354.16 - Attachments to auditor’s plats and plats of survey.
Section 354.17 - Costs and collection of costs.
Section 354.18 - Recording of plats.
Section 354.19 - Dedication of land.
Section 354.20 - Action to annul plats.
Section 354.21 - Limitation of actions on official plats.
Section 354.22 - Vacation of official plats.
Section 354.23 - Vacation of streets or other public lands.
Section 354.24 - Errors on recorded plats.
Section 354.25 - Survey and replat of official plats.
Section 354.26 - Corrections or changes to plats.
Section 354.27 - Noting the permanent real estate index number.