Iowa Code
Chapter 448 - TAX DEEDS
Section 448.2 - Form.

448.2 Form.
Deeds executed by the county treasurer shall be substantially in the following form:
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the following described parcel: (Here follows the description), situated in the county of ................................ and state of Iowa, was subject to taxes for the year (or years) A.D. ............, and the taxes on the parcel for the year (or years) stated remained due and unpaid at the date of the sale; and the treasurer of the county, on the .................... day of ........................, A.D. ............, by virtue of the authority vested by law in the treasurer, at (an adjournment of) the sale begun and publicly held on the third Monday of June, A.D. ............, exposed to public sale at the office of the county treasurer in the county named, in substantial conformity with all the requirements of the statute, the parcel described, for the payment of the total amount then due and remaining unpaid on the parcel, and at that time and place ...................., of the county of .................... and state of ...................., offered to pay the sum of ............................ dollars and ............................ cents, being the total amount then due and remaining unpaid on the parcel, for (here follows the description of the parcel sold) which was the least quantity bid for, and payment of that sum was made by that person to the treasurer, the parcel was stricken off to that person at that price; and ............................ did, on the .................... day of ........................, A.D. ............, assign the certificate of the sale of the parcel and all right, title, and interest to the parcel to ........................ of the county of .................... and state of ....................; and by the affidavit of ............................, filed in the treasurer’s office on the .................... day of ........................, A.D. ............, it appears that notice has been given more than ninety days before the execution of this deed to ........................ and ........................ of the expiration of the time of redemption allowed by law; and two years have elapsed since the date of the sale, and the parcel has not been redeemed:
Now, I, ........................, treasurer of the county, for the consideration of the stated sum paid to the treasurer and by virtue of law, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell to ................................ (or ................................), and that person’s heirs and assigns, the parcel described, to have and to hold unto that person (or ........................), and that person’s heirs and assigns, forever; subject, however, to all the rights of redemption provided by law. In witness whereof, I, ........................, treasurer of ........................ county, by virtue of the authority vested in me, have subscribed my name on this ........ day of ........................, A.D. ............
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Treasurer
State of Iowa, )
........................ County. ) ss.
I certify that before me, ........................, in and for said county, personally appeared the above named ........................, treasurer of the county, personally known to me to be the treasurer of the county at the date of the execution of the above conveyance, and to be the identical person whose name is affixed to and who executed the above conveyance as treasurer of the county, and acknowledged the execution of the conveyance to be the treasurer’s voluntary act and deed as treasurer of the county, for the purposes expressed in the conveyance.
Given under my hand (and seal) this ................ day of ........................, A.D. ............
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[R60, §783; C73, §896; C97, §1443; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7285; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.2]
83 Acts, ch 101, §92; 91 Acts, ch 191, §101; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §41
Referred to in §420.243, 448.6

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