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1.Personal service pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.305 shall be made upon the
mobile home owner not less than ten days before the hearing. If personal service cannot
be completed in time to give the mobile home owner the minimum notice required by this
section, the court may set a new hearing date.
2.Ifpersonalservicecannotbemadeonthemobilehomeownerbecausethemobilehome
owner is avoiding service or cannot be found, service may be made by mailing a copy of the
petition and notice of hearing to the mobile home owner’s last known address and publishing
the notice in one newspaper of general circulation in the county where the petition is filed.
If the mobile home owner’s address is not known to the real property owner, service may be
made pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.313 excep
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1. Personal service pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.305 shall be made upon the
mobile home owner not less than ten days before the hearing. If personal service cannot
be completed in time to give the mobile home owner the minimum notice required by this
section, the court may set a new hearing date.
2. Ifpersonalservicecannotbemadeonthemobilehomeownerbecausethemobilehome
owner is avoiding service or cannot be found, service may be made by mailing a copy of the
petition and notice of hearing to the mobile home owner’s last known address and publishing
the notice in one newspaper of general circulation in the county where the petition is filed.
If the mobile home owner’s address is not known to the real property owner, service may be
made pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.313 except that service is complete seven days
after the initial publication. The court shall set a new hearing date if necessary to allow the
ten-day minimum notice required under subsection 1 of this section.
3. If a tax lien exists on the mobile home or personal property at the time an action for
abandonment is initiated, the real property owner shall notify the county treasurer of each
county in which a tax lien appears by restricted certified mail sent not less than ten days
3 DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED MOBILE HOMES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, §555B.8
before the hearing. The notice shall describe the mobile home and shall state the docket,
case number, date, and time at which the hearing is scheduled, and the county treasurer’s
right to assert a claim to the mobile home at the hearing. The notice shall also state that
failure to assert a claim to the mobile home is deemed a waiver of all right, title, claim, and
interest in the mobile home and is deemed consent to the sale or disposal of the mobile home.
4. If a lien other than a tax lien exists on the mobile home or personal property at the time
an action for abandonment is initiated, the personal service pursuant to the Iowa rules of civil
procedure shall be made upon the lienholder no less than twenty days before the hearing.
The notice to the lienholder shall describe the mobile home and shall state the docket, case
number, date, and time at which the hearing is scheduled, and the lienholder’s right to assert
a claim to the mobile home at the hearing. The notice shall state that failure to assert a claim
to the mobile home within the judicial proceedings is deemed a waiver of all rights, title,
claims, and interest in the mobile home and deemed to be consent to the sale or disposal of
the mobile home. If personal service cannot be completed in time to give the lienholder the
minimum notice required by this subsection, the court may set a new hearing date.
5. In the event a tenant who was sole owner of a mobile home dies during the term of the
rental agreement resulting in the mobile home being abandoned, service shall be made in
accordance with section 562B.10, subsection 7.