Iowa Code 558.60 – Transfer and index books
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1. The county auditor shall keep in the county auditor’s office books for the transfer of real estate, which shall consist of a transfer book, index book, and plat book. As used in this context, “book” means the method of data storage and retrieval utilized by the county auditor.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 558.60
- 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
- grantee: includes but is not limited to a buyer, mortgagee, lender, assignee, lessee, or party to an affidavit who is not the affiant. See Iowa Code 558.1B
2. The auditor shall index the real estate transfers by block and lot or by township, range, section, section quarter, and subdivision, as occasion may require. The transfer books shall show all of the following:
a. Each grantor.
b. Each grantee.
c. The date of the instrument.
d. The nature of the instrument.
e. The document reference number where the record of the instrument may be found.
f. The description of the real estate conveyed.