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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2313: Relating to property tax sales, including bidding procedures and foreclosures on certificates, and including applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Under current law, a notice of the annual tax sale containing certain information shall be published in at least one official newspaper.9, then the publication in the newspaper only needs to include the following: (1) date, time, and manner of the sale; (2) the street address of the parcels; and (3) the internet site address of the county containing the required information. Additionally, if there is no newspaper of general circulation, publication on the internet site is sufficient. Under current law, the bidder who offers to pay the total amount of delinquent taxes due for the smallest percentage of the parcel is the purchaser.

Sponsors

Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2026

  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Iowa State County Treasurers Association

In plain words

  1. February 12, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 18, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Dotzler and Driscoll

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF2313