Terms Used In Iowa Code 557C.4

  • Mineral interest in coal: means an interest created by an instrument which creates or transfers either by grant, assignment, reservation, or otherwise, an interest of any kind in coal, as described in chapter 207, without limitation on the manner of mining the coal. See Iowa Code 557C.2
 Upon the filing of the statement of claim provided for in section 557C.3 in the recorder’s office for the county where the real estate on, or under, which the mineral interest in coal exists, is located, the recorder shall record the statement of claim and index the entries required to be made pursuant to section 557C.3 and any applicable entries specified in sections 558.49 and 558.52.