Iowa Code § 420.221 - Tax deed to county — city’s option to purchase — city tax levies

If a county gets a tax deed for property in a special charter city, the county auditor must notify the city, and the city may buy the county’s interest within three months if a special assessment is still unpaid. The city may use its improvement fund for that payment, and it cannot levy general taxes on the property un

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Jurisdiction: United States — Iowa
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Language: en
Updated: 1 Jan 2026
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AI-assisted research summary: If a county gets a tax deed for property in a special charter city, the county auditor must notify the city, and the city may buy the county’s interest within three months if a special assessment is still unpaid. The city may use its improvement fund for that payment, and it cannot levy general taxes on the property until the county sells or conveys it.

In the event that there shall be issued to a county a tax deed for any real estate located in a special charter city which collects its own taxes, the county auditor of any such county shall promptly certify to the city treasurer of such city a statement showing each tract or parcel of real estate conveyed by any such deed, the date of conveyance thereof and the total amount which, immediately prior to the issuance of such deed, would have been required to be paid to make redemption from the sale to the county of each such tract or parcel as well as to pay all subsequent taxes due the county thereon. If any special assessment levied against any such parcel by any such city shall then remain uncollected in whole or part such city shall, at any time during three months next ensuing such certification, have the exclusive option to purchase from the county all its right, title, and interest in and to any such tract by paying to the county auditor the amount so certified in respect to such tract. Payment in any such case shall be made from the improvement fund of such city which fund it is hereby authorized to expend for the purposes stated. No general taxes shall be levied by any such city against real estate conveyed to the county by tax deed until the same shall have been sold or conveyed by the county. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.221] Referred to in §331.512, 420.220, 420.224, 420.229

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