§ 657A.6 — Powers and duties of receiver

Iowa § 657A.6

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 657A: ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION

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Before proceeding with the receiver’s duties, a receiver appointed by the court shall post a
bond in an amount designated by the court. The court may empower the receiver to do the
following:
1. Takepossessionandcontroloftheproperty,operateandmanagetheproperty,establish
and collect rents and income, lease and rent the property, and evict tenants. An existing
housing or building ordinance violation does not restrict the receiver’s authority pursuant to
this subsection.
2. Pay all expenses of operating and conserving the property, including but not limited
to the cost of electricity, gas, water, sewerage, heating fuel, repairs and supplies, custodian
services, taxes, assessments, and insurance premiums, and hire and pay reasonable
compensation to a managing agent.
3. Pay prereceivership mortgages and other liens and installments of prereceivership
mortgages and other liens.
4. Perform or enter into contracts for the performance of work and the furnishing of
materials necessary to abate the public nuisance, and obtain financing for the abatement of
the public nuisance.
5. Pursuant to court order, remove and dispose of personal property which is abandoned,
stored, or otherwise located on the property, that creates a dangerous or unsafe condition or
that constitutes a violation of housing or building regulations or ordinances.
6. Obtain mortgage insurance for a receiver’s mortgage from an agency of the federal
government.
7. Enterintoagreementsandtakeactionsnecessarytomaintainandpreservetheproperty
and to comply with housing and building regulations and ordinances.
8. Give the custody of the property and the opportunity to abate the nuisance and operate
the property to the owner or to a mortgagee or a lienholder of record.
9. Issue notes and secure the notes by mortgages bearing interest at the rate provided
for judgments pursuant to section 535.3, and any terms and conditions as approved by the
court. The court may provide for a higher interest rate if the receiver has established to
the satisfaction of the court that the receiver has sought financing from individuals and
institutions willing to lend money for rehabilitation of property and that the terms proposed
by the receiver are reasonable. When transferred by the receiver in return for valuable
consideration including money, material, labor, or services, the notes issued by the receiver
are freely transferable. If the receiver has notice that the mortgagee of the receiver’s
mortgage is contemplating a transfer of the mortgage, the receiver shall disclose such to the
court in the application for approval of the mortgage.