(Des Moines) The Iowa House has passed House File 1031, a major step toward modernizing the state’s land recording infrastructure.
House District 18 Representative Tom Moore said the legislation seeks to overhaul a decades-old system that has long been criticized as outdated and inefficient.
There are several keys aspects of the bill:
-Allows counties to leave the 28E agreement that is currently required of all counties to participate in the county land record information system
-Maintains a public statewide searchable database
-Requires the flow of electronically recorded documents between local county record management systems (independent counties) and the county land record information system (28E counties)
-Increases filing fees from $5 to $10 for each recorded page (limit of $250 per document). Counties participating in the 28E agreement shall pay $3 and non-participating counties shall pay $1 for the operational cost of the county land recording information system
-Codifies address confidentiality and information shielding practices
-Codifies formatting and indexing standards for recorded documents
