Bill Text: IA HF328 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to county recorder fees and land record information systems management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-20 - Subcommittee: Nordman, Jones and Judge. H.J. 406. [HF328 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF328-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
328
BY
MOHR
and
NORDMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
recorder
fees
and
land
record
1
information
systems
management.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.604,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Each
county
shall
participate
in
the
county
land
record
3
information
system
and
shall
comply
with
the
policies
and
4
procedures
established
by
the
governing
board
of
upload
data
5
and
images
of
recorded
documents
to
the
county
land
record
6
information
system.
The
county
land
record
information
system
7
shall
allow
for
uploading
from
each
county’s
recording
software
8
provider.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
331.604,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
10
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
divisions
(a),
(c),
and
(d),
11
Code
2025,
are
amended
by
striking
the
subparagraph
divisions.
12
Sec.
3.
Section
331.604,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
13
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(b),
Code
2025,
is
14
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
(b)
Maintaining
the
statewide
internet
site
and
the
county
16
land
record
information
system
dedicated
to
preserving
and
17
maintaining
public
records
.
18
Sec.
4.
Section
331.604,
subsection
3,
paragraph
d,
Code
19
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
d.
The
local
government
electronic
transaction
fund
is
21
established
in
the
office
of
the
treasurer
of
state
under
the
22
control
of
the
treasurer
of
state.
Moneys
deposited
into
the
23
fund
are
not
subject
to
section
8.33
.
Notwithstanding
section
24
12C.7
,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
local
government
25
electronic
transaction
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
26
Moneys
in
the
local
government
electronic
transaction
fund
27
are
not
subject
to
transfer,
appropriation,
or
reversion
to
28
any
other
fund,
or
any
other
use
except
as
provided
in
this
29
subsection
.
On
a
monthly
basis,
the
county
treasurer
shall
30
pay
the
fees
deposited
into
the
county
recorder’s
electronic
31
transaction
fund
to
the
treasurer
of
state
for
deposit
into
32
the
local
government
electronic
transaction
fund.
Moneys
33
credited
to
the
local
government
electronic
transaction
fund
34
are
appropriated
to
the
treasurer
of
state
for
the
payment
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of
claims
approved
by
the
governing
board
of
the
county
land
1
record
information
system.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
2
this
subsection
,
expenditures
from
the
fund
shall
be
for
the
3
purpose
of
planning
and
implementing
electronic
recording
and
4
electronic
transactions
in
each
county,
developing
county
5
and
statewide
internet
sites
to
provide
electronic
access
6
to
records
and
information,
and
to
pay
the
ongoing
costs
7
of
integrating
and
maintaining
the
statewide
internet
site
8
dedicated
to
preserving
and
maintaining
public
records
.
9
Sec.
5.
Section
331.604,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
10
following
new
subsection:
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
A
board
of
supervisors
or
other
12
alternative
form
of
county
government
may
vote
to
adopt
an
13
additional
fee,
not
to
exceed
ten
dollars
per
transaction,
to
14
be
paid
to
the
recorder
when
filing
or
recording
an
instrument
15
in
the
recorder’s
office
pursuant
to
this
section.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
Under
current
law,
county
recorders
must
participate
in
20
the
county
land
record
information
system
and
must
comply
21
with
the
policies
and
procedures
established
by
the
governing
22
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
system.
This
23
bill
requires
county
recorders
to
upload
data
and
images
of
24
recorded
documents
to
the
county
land
record
information
system
25
and
removes
the
requirement
for
county
recorders
to
comply
26
with
the
policies
and
procedures
established
by
the
governing
27
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
system.
The
bill
28
requires
the
county
land
record
information
system
to
allow
for
29
uploading
from
each
county’s
recording
software
provider.
30
The
bill
provides
that
the
$1
fee
paid
on
each
recorded
31
transaction
for
the
purpose
of
maintaining
the
statewide
32
internet
site
be
for
the
statewide
internet
site
dedicated
to
33
preserving
and
maintaining
public
records.
The
bill
removes
34
the
following
purposes
for
which
the
$1
additional
fee
is
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to
be
used:
establishing
and
implementing
standards
for
1
recording,
processing,
and
archiving
electronic
documents
2
and
records;
integrating
information
contained
in
documents
3
and
records
maintained
by
the
recorder
and
other
land
record
4
information
from
other
sources
with
the
county
land
record
5
information
system;
and
implementing
and
maintaining
a
process
6
for
redacting
personally
identifiable
information
contained
7
in
electronic
documents
that
are
displayed
for
public
access
8
through
an
internet
site
or
that
are
transferred
to
another
9
person.
10
A
board
of
supervisors
or
other
alternative
form
of
county
11
government
may
vote
to
adopt
an
additional
fee,
not
to
exceed
12
$10
per
transaction,
to
be
paid
to
the
recorder
when
filing
or
13
recording
an
instrument
in
the
recorder’s
office
pursuant
to
14
Code
section
331.604.
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