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Terms Used In Iowa Code 714F.6

  • 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
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
 A waiver of the provisions of this chapter is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy, except a consumer may waive the three-day right to cancel provided in section 714F.4 if the property is subject to a foreclosure sale, tax sale, or contract forfeiture within the three business days and the shortened cancellation period was not caused by the foreclosure purchaser or an agent of the foreclosure purchaser. A waiver of a foreclosed homeowner‘s right to cancel shall be in a handwritten statement signed by all parties holding title to the foreclosed property.