Terms Used In Iowa Code 656.5

  • 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.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 651.1
  • State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Iowa Code 633D.2
 If the terms and conditions as to which there is default are not performed within thirty days, the party serving the notice or causing the notice to be served, may file for record in the office of the county recorder a copy of the notice with proofs of service attached or endorsed thereon. If notice has been served by publication, a personal affidavit that personal service could not be made within this state shall also be attached or endorsed on the notice. When so filed and recorded, the said record shall be constructive notice to all parties of the due forfeiture and cancellation of the contract.