Relating to the authority of a county treasurer to postpone or cancel an annual tax sale

Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee

Topics:Taxes

Same legislation: HSB 664, SSB 3121, HF 2359

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2022
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2022
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 15, 2022
Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
Skipped: House committeeSkipped
Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 23, 202296–1
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary County treasurers currently have limited options if they need to change the date of their annual tax sale. This change would allow them to move the sale to any date before the next year's scheduled sale or cancel it entirely to wait until the following year. This affects how and when property with unpaid taxes is sold at public auctions.¹

Read the official explanation

Code section 446.7 provides that annually, on the third Monday in June, the county treasurer shall offer at public sale all parcels on which taxes are delinquent. However, if for good cause the treasurer cannot hold the annual tax sale on that date, the treasurer may designate a different date in June for the sale. This bill modifies the ability of the county treasurer to reschedule the tax sale for good cause by allowing the rescheduled date to be a date prior to the subsequent year’s scheduled annual tax sale, or alternatively allowing the county treasurer to cancel the sale and offer such parcels for sale at the subsequent years’ annual tax sale if the taxes on such parcels remain delinquent.

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Senate subcommittee

Named February 22, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§446.7

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Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 6 undecided · Who →

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Study bill

HSB 664Renumbered SSB 3121Renumbered

89th General Assembly

HF 2359Passed a chamberfrom HSB 664 SF 2281Cleared committeefrom SSB 3121

Picked up later

HF 266Renumbered90th GA

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Similar bills

HF 266 Relating to the authority of a county treasurer to postpone or cancel an annual tax sale
90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 663
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Matched by wording or an identical title.