Iowa Code
Chapter 446 - TAX SALES
Section 446.37 - Cancellation of sale.

446.37 Cancellation of sale.
After three years have elapsed from the time of any tax sale, or after one year has elapsed from the time of any tax sale under section 446.19B, and the holder of a certificate has not filed an affidavit of service of notice of expiration of right of redemption under section 447.12, the county treasurer shall cancel the sale from the county system. However, if the filing of affidavit of service is stayed by operation of law, the time period for the filing of the affidavit shall not expire until the later of six months after the stay has been lifted or three years from the time of the tax sale, and in the case of a tax sale under section 446.19B, the time period for the filing of the affidavit shall not expire until the later of six months after the stay has been lifted or one year from the time of the tax sale. This section does not apply to certificates of purchase at tax sale which are held by a county.
[C97, §1452; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7271; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §446.37; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1231]
91 Acts, ch 191, §86; 2005 Acts, ch 34, §18, 26; 2006 Acts, ch 1070, §26
Referred to in §331.552, 420.247, 446.31, 446.45

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Iowa Code

Title X - FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Chapter 446 - TAX SALES

Section 446.1 - Sale shown.

Section 446.2 - Notice of sale.

Section 446.3

Section 446.4

Section 446.5

Section 446.6

Section 446.7 - Annual tax sale.

Section 446.9 - Notice of sale — service — publication — costs.

Section 446.10 - Publication costs and service fees.

Section 446.11 - Substituted service.

Section 446.12 - Certificate of publication.

Section 446.13 - Method of describing parcels, etc.

Section 446.14 - Irregularities in advertisement.

Section 446.15 - Offer for sale.

Section 446.16 - Bid — purchaser — bidder registration fee.

Section 446.17 - Sale continued.

Section 446.18 - “Public bidder sale” — notice.

Section 446.19 - County or city as purchaser.

Section 446.19A - Purchase by county or city for use as housing.

Section 446.19B - Public nuisance tax sale — rehabilitation for use as housing.

Section 446.20 - Remedies.

Section 446.21 - Assignment of certificate to bondholder.

Section 446.23 - Resale.

Section 446.24 - Record of sales.

Section 446.25 - Sale adjourned.

Section 446.26 - Responsibility of treasurer to attend tax sale.

Section 446.27 - Liability of treasurer.

Section 446.28 - Subsequent sale.

Section 446.29 - Certificate of purchase.

Section 446.30 - Loss of certificate.

Section 446.31 - Assignment — presumption from deed recitals.

Section 446.32 - Payment of subsequent taxes by purchaser.

Section 446.34 - School, agricultural college, or university land.

Section 446.35 - Assessment to wrong person.

Section 446.36 - Certified copies of records as evidence.

Section 446.37 - Cancellation of sale.

Section 446.38 - Suspended taxes of supplementary assistance recipients.

Section 446.39 - Iowa finance authority statement.

Section 446.45 - Applicable law.