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Amendments › HF 1031

Amendment H-1271 to HF 1031

Relating to county recorder fees and land record information systems management

Adopted · April 22, 2025

Filed April 22, 2025 in the House by

What it changes

AI summary This amendment adds specific definitions for what counts as a "page" and an "additional parcel identifier" and changes the terminology from "vendor" to "platform or provider." It also expands the scope of the bill to include other public agencies, requires recorders to share fee information with auditors, and creates a free way for counties to review and manage documents through the electronic system. Additionally, it allows counties to withdraw from the statewide agreement at any time with approval from their board of supervisors.1

Read the amendment’s wording
  1. Page 1, line 1, by striking “subsection 3, Code 2025, is” and inserting “subsections 3 and 7, Code 2025, are”
  2. Page 1, after line 12 by inserting: “
  3. “Page” means a writing, printing, or drawing, other than a plat or survey or a drawing related to a plat or survey, occurring on one side only and covering all or part of such side, and not larger than eight and one-half inches in width and fourteen inches in length. “Page” also includes a plat of survey, as defined in section 355.1, subsection 9, or a drawing related to a plat of survey occurring on one side only and covering all or part of such side, with a width of not larger than twenty-four inches and a length of not larger than thirty-six inches.”
  4. Page 1, after line 14 by inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION .
  5. “Additional parcel identifier” means a parcel letter or number designation approved by the auditor in accordance with section 354.4, subsection 1, paragraph “a” , and section 558.63.”
  6. Page 1, line 24, by striking “county recorders” and inserting “counties and other public agencies”
  7. Page 1, line 28, by striking ““Statewide search website vendor”” and inserting ““Statewide search website platform or provider””
  8. Page 1, line 29, by striking “vendor approved by the Iowa county recorders association” and inserting “platform or provider approved by the electronic services system”
  9. Page 1, by striking lines 34 and 35 and inserting: “a. The governing board of the county land record information electronic services system statewide land record search website platform or provider shall not enter into an”
  10. Page 2, by striking lines 11 and 12 and inserting “or the county land record information electronic services system statewide land record search website platform or provider .”
  11. Page 2, line 15, by striking “Iowa county recorders association” and inserting “electronic services system”
  12. Page 2, lines 17 and 18, by striking “choosing the statewide search website vendor” and inserting “exploring alternative platforms and service providers for the statewide land record search website”
  13. Page 2, line 20, by striking “county recorders” and inserting “percent of the counties participating in the chapter 28E agreement with the electronic services system”
  14. Page 2, line 22, by striking “vendor” and inserting “platform or provider”
  15. Page 2, line 23, by striking “county recorders” and inserting “percent of the counties participating in the chapter 28E agreement with the electronic services system”
  16. Page 2, by striking lines 26 and 27 and inserting: “c. Upon the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent of the counties participating in the chapter 28E agreement with the electronic services system, the electronic services system shall issue a”
  17. Page 4, after line 15 by inserting: “c. The recorder shall make available any information required by the county or state auditor concerning the fees collected under this subsection 2 for the purposes of determining the amount of fees collected and the uses for which such fees are expended.”
  18. Page 5, line 3, by striking “vendor” and inserting “platform or provider”
  19. Page 8, line 13, by striking “redaction or”
  20. Page 9, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting “electronic document submitted directly through the electronic services system electronic submission service system.”
  21. Page 9, by striking lines 6 through 15 and inserting: “
  22. The electronic services system shall maintain an alternative application programming interface that shall enable a county to access an electronic document through the electronic services system electronic submission service system in a manner that will permit the county recorder to review, decline, accept, and record a document through the county land record management system. The county recorder shall return any required recording data and document images, or information about the reason for declining a document or changing a recording fee or exemption to the submission service, through the electronic services system application programming interface. Use of the interface will be at no cost to the county, the county land record management system, or the electronic services system.
  23. Any county is authorized to withdraw from the chapter 28E agreement with the electronic services system unconditionally at any time, subject to the approval of the county board of supervisors. A county that withdraws from the chapter 28E agreement shall allow for the flow of electronic documents from the electronic services system as described in subsection
  24. ”
  25. Page 12, line 13, by striking “Redaction of names or information” and inserting “Information”
  26. Page 12, lines 16 and 17, by striking “a name redaction process or”
  27. Page 12, line 23, by striking “Redaction and information” and inserting “Information”
  28. Page 12, line 25, by striking “redacted or”
  29. Page 12, lines 28 and 29, by striking “or redacted”
  30. Page 12, line 31, by striking “or redacted”
  31. Page 12, line 33, by striking “or redacted”

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book