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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate File 269 modifies local government tax collections, mobile home removal procedures, and vehicle registration rules for property-owning nonresidents
Last action · April 2, 2025: Subcommittee recommends passage.Sponsor: Dave Rowley
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate File 269 adjusts local government administrative rules by allowing county treasurers to collect delinquent special assessment taxes on residential buildings worth $20,000 or more that are built on land owned by another person. It also sets out alternative vehicle registration documentation for nonresidents who own Iowa residential or farming property, expands mobile home disposal procedures to unincorporated areas, restricts parcel splits or consolidations on tax-delinquent land, and permits county treasurers to reschedule annual tax sales up to 120 days past the standard date for good cause.
Local property owners, rural residents, county treasurers, and nonresidents owning Iowa property face altered timelines and requirements for tax sales, mobile home disposals, parcel adjustments, and vehicle registrations.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
County treasurers
County treasurers receive expanded authority to collect special assessments on buildings on leased land, provide prior notice to landowners, and reschedule annual tax sales.
Nonresident property owners
Nonresidents owning Iowa residential or farming property are permitted to use out-of-state driver's license information for vehicle registration under specific conditions.
Rural property owners
Rural property owners gain specific procedures for defining and removing abandoned or valueless homes from unincorporated areas.
Key Facts
- County treasurers may collect delinquent special assessments via tax sale chapters for residential buildings with an actual value of $20,000 or more erected on land owned by another person.
- County treasurers must send notice to the owner of leased land before commencing tax collection procedures for delinquent taxes on a building or improvement.
- Claims for property tax credits or rent reimbursements must include sufficient proof of income eligibility.
- The definitions of 'mobile home' and 'valueless home' are expanded to include manufactured or modular homes located in unincorporated or rural areas.
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- Rural property owners or park owners may remove valueless homes and personal property following a determination of abandonment and an order of removal.
- Nonresidents who own residential real property or farming land in Iowa and register a vehicle primarily used at that property may use an out-of-state driver's license number instead of Iowa specific identification requirements.
- County assessors or auditors are prohibited from approving a land split or consolidation if any involved parcel is within a tax sale redemption period or has unpaid property or special assessments.
- County treasurers may reschedule the annual June tax sale to a date up to 120 days after the third Monday in June for good cause, and further redesignate it with board of supervisors approval.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can nonresidents registering vehicles in Iowa use out-of-state identification?
What happens to delinquent special assessments on buildings located on land owned by someone else?
Can a county treasurer reschedule an annual tax sale?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 2, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
- Mar 31, 2025SenateSubcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 8:30AM Senate Lounge.
- Feb 18, 2025SenateSubcommittee: Rowley, Koelker, and Townsend. S.J. 302 .
- Feb 11, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 241 .
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Expansion of Rural Mobile Home Rules
The bill extends existing manufactured and mobile home park removal frameworks to unincorporated and rural property areas.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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