558.40 Liability of officer.
Any officer, who knowingly misstates a material fact in any of the certificates mentioned in this chapter or chapter 9B, shall be liable for all damages caused thereby, and shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
[C51, §1224; R60, §2232; C73, §1964; C97, §2955; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10104; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.40]
2004 Acts, ch 1052, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §49, 60
Structure Iowa Code
Section 558.1 - “Instruments affecting real estate” defined — revocation.
Section 558.2 - Corporation having seal.
Section 558.3 - Corporation not having seal.
Section 558.5 - Contract for deed — presumption of abandonment.
Section 558.6 - Given names — variation — effect.
Section 558.7 - Assignment of certificate of entry deemed deed.
Section 558.8 - Affidavits explanatory of title — presumption.
Section 558.9 - Railroad land grants — duty to record.
Section 558.10 - Patents covering land in different counties.
Section 558.11 - Record — constructive notice.
Section 558.12 - Transcript of instruments.
Section 558.13 - Transcript recorded.
Section 558.14 - Grantor described as “spouse” or “heir” — presumption.
Section 558.15 - Official stamps of nonresident public notaries — presumption.
Section 558.18 - Certification — effect.
Section 558.19 - Forms of conveyance.
Section 558.20 - Acknowledgments.
Section 558.31 - Proof of execution and delivery in lieu of acknowledgment.
Section 558.32 - Contents of certificate.
Section 558.35 - Married persons.
Section 558.36 - Attorney in fact.
Section 558.40 - Liability of officer.
Section 558.42 - Acknowledgment as condition precedent.
Section 558.44 - Mandatory recordation of conveyances and leases of agricultural land.
Section 558.45 - Notation of assignment or release on index.
Section 558.46 - Mandatory recording of certain residential real estate installment sales contracts.
Section 558.48 - Transfer fee covenant — prohibition.
Section 558.49 - Index records.
Section 558.52 - Alphabetical arrangement.
Section 558.55 - Filing and indexing — constructive notice.
Section 558.57 - Entry on auditor’s transfer books.
Section 558.58 - Recorder to collect and deliver to auditor.
Section 558.59 - Final record.
Section 558.60 - Transfer and index books.
Section 558.61 - Form of transfer book.
Section 558.62 - Form of index book.
Section 558.63 - Book of plats — how kept.
Section 558.64 - Entries of transfers.
Section 558.65 - Council’s approval of certain plats.
Section 558.66 - Updating county administrative records.
Section 558.67 - Correction of books and instruments.
Section 558.68 - Perpetuities.
Section 558.69 - Groundwater hazard statement — requirements — liability.