Iowa Code 554.9525 – Fees
Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, fees for services rendered by the filing office under this part must be set by rules adopted by the secretary of state‘s office for services for that office. The rule must set the fees for filing and indexing a record under this part on the following basis:
Terms Used In Iowa Code 554.9525
- Board: means the engineering and land surveying examining board provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 542B.2
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Record: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
- Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection 1.
A rule adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must set the fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor. However, if the filing office is in the county, the board of supervisors for the county may adopt an ordinance or resolution setting the fee for responding to a request for the information. A fee for responding to a request communicated in writing must be not less than twice the amount of the fee for responding to a request communicated by another medium authorized by the office of secretary of state or the board of supervisors for the filing office where its filing office is located.
This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under section 554.9502, subsection 3. However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.