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

SF 371: Concerning county recorder policies and procedures including the imposition of fees and the establishment of funds, and including transition and effective date 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

This bill relates to certain required document criteria to file documents and instruments with county recorders, fees paid for recording documents, funds created for recorders and the electronic services system and associated authorization for spending moneys in those funds for certain purposes, the creation of the electronic services system, organized by an agreement pursuant to Code chapter 28E (28E agreement), and the electronic filing system used to accept, manage, and make available county recorder filings electronically.

Sponsors

Sen. Mike Klimesh (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 20, 2025

  • Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 1 against

For: Electronic Services System; Iowa County Recorders Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Polk County - Board of Supervisors; Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa

Against: Iowa Land Title Association

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee
  2. February 20, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Knox and Webster
  3. March 3, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

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/SF371