Proof of the due and voluntary execution and delivery of a deed or other instrument may be made before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments, by one competent person other than the vendee or other person to whom the instrument is executed, in the following cases:
 1. If the grantor dies before making the acknowledgment.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 558.31

  • 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
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • grantor: includes but is not limited to a seller, mortgagor, borrower, assignor, lessor, or affiant. See Iowa Code 558.1B
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. If the grantor‘s attendance cannot be procured.
 3. If, having appeared, the grantor refuses to acknowledge the execution of the instrument.