448.10 Wrongful sales — purchaser indemnified.
If, by mistake or wrongful act of the county treasurer, a parcel has been sold on which no tax was due at the time, or when a parcel is sold in consequence of error in describing it within the county system, the county shall hold the purchaser harmless by paying the purchaser the amount due to which the purchaser would have been entitled had the parcel been rightfully sold, and the treasurer and the treasurer’s surety shall be liable to the county to the amount of the treasurer’s official bond; or the purchaser, or the purchaser’s assignee, may recover the amount directly from the treasurer and the treasurer’s surety.
[C51, §509; R60, §785; C73, §899; C97, §1446; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7293; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.10]
91 Acts, ch 191, §109
Referred to in §420.245, 420.246
Structure Iowa Code
Section 448.1 - Return of certificate of purchase — execution of deed — fees.
Section 448.3 - Execution and effect of deed.
Section 448.4 - Presumptive evidence.
Section 448.5 - Conclusive evidence.
Section 448.6 - Action to challenge treasurer’s deed.
Section 448.7 - Additional facts necessary.
Section 448.8 - Sale made by mistake.
Section 448.9 - Fraudulent sale.
Section 448.10 - Wrongful sales — purchaser indemnified.
Section 448.11 - Correcting wrongful sale.
Section 448.12 - Limitation of actions.
Section 448.13 - Cancellation of tax sale and certificate of purchase — refund of purchase money.
Section 448.14 - Officers de facto.
Section 448.15 - Affidavit by tax-title holder.
Section 448.16 - Claims adverse to tax title barred.
Section 448.17 - Indexing and recording of affidavits and claims.