Iowa § 558.42 Acknowledgment as condition precedent

Iowa Statutes

§ 558.42 — Acknowledgment as condition precedent

Iowa § 558.42

Title XIVPROPERTY

Ch. 558CONVEYANCES

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Iowa Code § 558.42 (2026).

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A document shall not be deemed lawfully recorded, unless it has been previously
acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed in chapter 9B, except that affidavits,
and certified copies of petitions in bankruptcy with or without the schedules appended,
of decrees of adjudication in bankruptcy, and of orders approving trustees’ bonds in
bankruptcy, and uniform commercial code financing statements and financing statement
changes as provided in chapter 554 need not be thus acknowledged.

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A document shall not be deemed lawfully recorded, unless it has been previously
acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed in chapter 9B, except that affidavits,
and certified copies of petitions in bankruptcy with or without the schedules appended,
of decrees of adjudication in bankruptcy, and of orders approving trustees’ bonds in
bankruptcy, and uniform commercial code financing statements and financing statement
changes as provided in chapter 554 need not be thus acknowledged.