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A bill for an act relating to tax and special assessment collections for buildings or improvements erected on land owned by another person.(See SF 2334 .)

A bill for an act relating to tax and special assessment collections for buildings or improvements erected on land owned by another person.(See SF 2334 .)

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
ROWLEY
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2334 . S.J. 286 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to tax and special assessment collections for buildings or improvements erected on land owned by another person.(See SF 2334 .)

A bill for an act relating to tax and special assessment collections for buildings or improvements erected on land owned by another person.(See SF 2334 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to tax and special assessment collections for buildings or improvements erected on land owned by another person.(See SF 2334 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2334 . S.J. 286 .

  2. 2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

  3. 2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 11:30AM Senate Lounge.

  4. 2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Rowley, Dawson, and Dotzler. S.J. 90 .

  5. 2026-01-12 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 39 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to tax and special assessment collections for buildings or improvements erected on land owned by another person.(See SF 2334 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2032

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2032

BY

ROWLEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

tax

and

special

assessment

collections

for

1

buildings

or

improvements

erected

on

land

owned

by

another

2

person.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

445.32,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

1

follows:

2

445.32

Liens

on

buildings

or

improvements.

3

1.

If

a

building

or

improvement

is

erected

or

made

by

a

4

person

other

than

the

owner

of

the

land

on

which

the

building

5

or

improvement

is

located,

as

provided

for

in

section

428.4

,

6

and

the

actual

value

of

the

building

or

improvement

is

less

7

than

twenty

thousand

dollars,

the

building

is

not

a

residential

8

building,

or

the

improvement

is

not

a

residential

improvement,

9

the

taxes

on

the

building

or

improvement

are

and

remain

a

lien

10

on

the

building

or

improvement

from

the

date

of

levy

until

11

paid.

If

the

taxes

on

the

building

or

improvement

become

12

delinquent,

as

provided

in

section

445.37

,

the

county

treasurer

13

shall

collect

the

tax

as

provided

in

sections

445.3

and

445.4

.

14

This

section

subsection

does

not

apply

to

special

assessments,

15

or

rates

or

charges.

16

2.

If

a

building

or

improvement

is

erected

or

made

by

a

17

person

other

than

the

owner

of

the

land

on

which

the

building

18

or

improvement

is

located,

as

provided

for

in

section

428.4,

19

the

actual

value

of

the

building

or

improvement

is

twenty

20

thousand

dollars

or

more,

and

the

building

is

a

residential

21

building

or

the

improvement

is

an

improvement

to

a

residential

22

building,

the

taxes

on

the

building

or

improvement

are

and

23

remain

a

lien

on

the

building

or

improvement

from

the

date

of

24

levy

until

paid.

If

the

taxes

on

the

building

or

improvement

25

become

delinquent,

as

provided

in

section

445.37,

the

county

26

treasurer

shall

collect

the

tax

as

provided

in

sections

445.3

27

and

445.4

or

pursuant

to

chapter

446.

28

3.

If

a

county

treasurer

commences

tax

collection

29

procedures

under

this

section

for

delinquent

taxes

on

a

30

building

or

improvement,

the

county

treasurer

shall

send

31

notice

to

the

owner

of

the

land

on

which

the

building

or

32

improvement

is

collected

in

the

form

prescribed

by

section

33

446.9,

subsection

1.

34

EXPLANATION

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The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

1

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

2

When

property

adjacent

to

a

public

improvement

benefits

from

3

the

improvement,

a

special

assessment

may

be

levied

against

the

4

adjacent

properties

that

received

the

benefit

to

pay

for

all

5

or

a

portion

of

the

improvement.

Under

current

law,

principal

6

and

interest

due

and

delinquent

because

of

a

special

assessment

7

cannot

be

collected

on

a

building

or

improvement

erected

or

8

made

by

a

person

on

land

owned

by

another

person

pursuant

to

9

Code

sections

445.3

and

445.4.

This

bill

allows

collections

10

pursuant

to

Code

sections

445.3

and

445.4

or

Code

chapter

446

11

(tax

sales)

relating

to

residential

buildings

or

improvements

12

on

residential

buildings,

with

an

actual

value

of

$20,000

or

13

more,

erected

or

made

by

a

person

on

land

owned

by

another

14

person

to

include

principal

and

interest

due

and

delinquent

15

because

of

special

assessment

levies.

16

The

bill

requires

a

county

treasurer

to

provide

notice

to

17

the

owner

of

leased

land

on

which

a

building

or

improvement

18

is

erected

prior

to

commencing

tax

collection

procedures

for

19

delinquent

taxes

on

the

building

or

improvement.

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