2014 Iowa Code
TITLE XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
SUBTITLE 5 - SPECIAL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 654 - FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES
SECTION 654.17B - Divestment of junior liens pursuant to loan modification — repeal.

654.17B  Divestment of junior liens pursuant to loan modification — repeal.

1.  The foreclosing mortgagee and the mortgagor, including any successor in interest of the original mortgagor, of a nonagricultural one-family or two-family dwelling occupied as a residence by the mortgagor may agree in writing to a modification of the mortgage obligation to allow the mortgagor to continue to reside on the property.  If such a modification provides for a reduction of at least ten percent in the net present value of the indebtedness owing to the mortgagee, the foreclosing mortgagee and the mortgagor may move that the court divest any junior liens against the property.  If the court approves divestment, the court shall order that the junior lienholder be served personally with copies of the loan modification agreement, a verified current balance of the loan as modified, and the court’s order that the junior lienholder’s interest in the property be divested unless the junior lienholder, within forty-five days of service, either acts pursuant to section 654.8 to obtain an assignment of the mortgagee’s rights as modified or moves to quash the proposed divestment by establishing that the value of the property exceeds the amount of the mortgage debt prior to its modification.  Such divestment shall prohibit the junior lienholder from any subsequent action to enforce the junior lienholder’s debt against the mortgaged property, but, subject to the provisions of chapter 615, shall not otherwise prejudice any personal right of action the junior lienholder may have to proceed against the mortgagor’s other assets.

2.  This section is repealed July 1, 2014.

2009 Acts, ch 51, §10, 17

Section applies to all actions commenced on or after July 1, 2009; 2009 Acts, ch 51, §17