Iowa Code 714F.2 – Contract requirement — form and language
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 714F.2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Foreclosed homeowner: means an owner of residential real property, including a condominium, that is the primary residence of the owner and whose mortgage on the real property is or was in foreclosure, forfeiture, or tax sale. See Iowa Code 714F.1
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Foreclosure purchaser: includes a person that has acted in joint venture or joint enterprise with one or more acquirers in a foreclosure reconveyance. See Iowa Code 714F.1
- Foreclosure reconveyance: means a transaction involving both of the following:a. See Iowa Code 714F.1A foreclosure purchaser shall enter into a foreclosure reconveyance in the form of a written contract. The contract must be written in letters of a size equal to at least twelve point boldface type, in the same language principally used by the foreclosure purchaser and foreclosed homeowner to negotiate the sale of the residence in foreclosure, and must be fully completed and signed and dated by the foreclosed homeowner and foreclosure purchaser before the execution of any instrument of conveyance of the residence in foreclosure.