448.2 Form.

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Deeds executed by the county treasurer shall be substantially in the following form:

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the following

described parcel: (Here follows the description), situated in the

county of ................................ and state of Iowa, was subject to

taxes for the year (or years) A.D. ............, and the taxes on the

parcel for the year (or years) stated remained due and unpaid at the

date of the sale; and the treasurer of the county, on the ....................

day of ........................, A.D. ............, by virtue of the authority

vested by law in the treasurer, at (an adjournment of) the sale

begun and publicly held on the third Monday of June, A.D. ............,

exposed to public sale at the office of the county treasurer in the

county named, in substantial conformity with all the requirements

of the statute, the parcel described, for the payment of the total

amount then due and remaining unpaid on the parcel, and at that

time and place ...................., of the county of .................... and state

of ...................., offered to pay the sum of ............................ dollars

and ............................ cents, being the total amount then due and

remaining unpaid on the parcel, for (here follows the description of

the parcel sold) which was the least quantity bid for, and payment

of that sum was made by that person to the treasurer, the parcel was

stricken off to that person at that price; and ............................ did,

on the .................... day of ........................, A.D. ............, assign the

certificate of the sale of the parcel and all right, title, and interest

to the parcel to ........................ of the county of .................... and

state of ....................; and by the affidavit of ............................, filed

in the treasurer’s office on the .................... day of ........................,

A.D. ............, it appears that notice has been given more than

ninety days before the execution of this deed to ........................ and

........................ of the expiration of the time of redemption allowed

by law; and two years have elapsed since the date of the sale, and

the parcel has not been redeemed:

Now, I, ........................, treasurer of the county, for the

consideration of the stated sum paid to the treasurer and by

virtue of law, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these

presents do grant, bargain, and sell to ................................ (or

................................), and that person’s heirs and assigns, the parcel

described, to have and to hold unto that person (or ........................),

and that person’s heirs and assigns, forever; subject, however, to

all the rights of redemption provided by law. In witness whereof, I,

........................, treasurer of ........................ county, by virtue of the

authority vested in me, have subscribed my name on this ........ day

of ........................, A.D. ............

....................................

Treasurer

State of Iowa, )

........................ County. ) ss.

I certify that before me, ........................, in and for said county,

personally appeared the above named ........................, treasurer of

the county, personally known to me to be the treasurer of the county

at the date of the execution of the above conveyance, and to be the

identical person whose name is affixed to and who executed the

above conveyance as treasurer of the county, and acknowledged the

execution of the conveyance to be the treasurer’s voluntary act and

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deed as treasurer of the county, for the purposes expressed in the

conveyance.

Given under my hand (and seal) this ................ day of

........................, A.D. ............

....................................

[R60, §783; C73, §896; C97, §1443; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7285; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.2]

Referred to in §420.243, 448.6