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SSB 1071Died when the session ended · January 29, 2025

Requiring that land within a levee or drainage district be included in an abstract of title

Topics:Courts & civil lawCities & counties

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 Lawyers or people who check property records must now note if a piece of land is located inside a levee or drainage district. This rule applies whenever they are preparing official documents about who owns a property.1

Read the official explanation

This bill applies to land located within a levee or drainage district. An attorney or abstractor must indicate that the land is part of such district when preparing an abstract of title.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 30, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§468.12A

How the Code works3

Lobbying

2 for · 1 against · 14 undecided · Who →

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91st General Assembly

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • SF 2156 Requiring that land within a levee or drainage district be included in an abstract of titl…
    90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
    Cleared committee

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