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Terms Used In Iowa Code 558.1B

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
558.1B Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “”Book””, “”list””, “”record””, or “”schedule”” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer,
recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in § 445.1.
2. “”Grantee”” means the name of the transferee in the transaction used to create the
recording index. For other instruments affecting real estate, “”grantee”” includes but is not
limited to a buyer, mortgagee, lender, assignee, lessee, or party to an affidavit who is not the
affiant.
3. “”Grantor”” means the name of the transferor in the transaction used to create the
recording index. For other instruments affecting real estate, “”grantor”” includes but is not
limited to a seller, mortgagor, borrower, assignor, lessor, or affiant.
2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1023, §1