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Relating to the release of liens on snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and water vessels

Topics:Cities & counties

Same legislation: HF 894

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 894
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 894 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 894 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary If you pay off a loan on a snowmobile, ATV, or boat, you can now take proof of that payment to any county recorder's office. The recorder will then update the title and the statewide computer system to show the lien has been removed. This makes it easier to show that you officially own the vehicle without needing to go to a specific county.1

Read the official explanation

2, is discharged, the holder is required to note the cancellation of the security interest on the face of the certificate of title and send the title by first class mail to the office of the county recorder where the title was issued, or the secured party must send a notarized letter by first class mail to the county recorder where the title was issued notifying the county recorder of the cancellation of the security interest. _____ the release of the security interest. This bill authorizes proof of a release of a lien on a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or vessel to be presented to the county recorder of any county, and requires a county recorder to note the release on the face of the certificate of title and enter the release on the statewide computer system accessible by every county recorder. A similar provision exists under current law for county treasurers noting the release of liens on motor vehicles.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named March 4, 2025. On March 5, 2025 it recommended passage.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 5, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321G.32§321I.34§462A.84

How the Code works3

Lobbying

4 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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