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Terms Used In Iowa Code 524.910

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements, hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
524.910 Property acquired to satisfy debts previously contracted.
A state bank may acquire property of any kind to secure, protect, or satisfy a loan or
investment previously made in good faith. Property acquired pursuant to this section shall be held and disposed of subject to the following conditions and limitations:
1. Shares in a corporation and other personal property, the acquisition of which is not otherwise authorized by this chapter, shall be sold or otherwise disposed of within six months unless the time is extended by the superintendent.
2. Real property purchased by a state bank at sales upon foreclosure of mortgages or deeds of trust owned by it, or acquired upon judgments or decrees obtained or rendered for debts due it, or real property conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its business, or real property obtained by it through redemption as a junior mortgagee or judgment creditor, shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by the state bank within five years after title is vested in the state bank, unless the time is extended by the superintendent. This deadline may be extended up to an additional five years with prior approval of the superintendent, but in no event shall a state bank hold such property for more than ten years.
[C97, §1851; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9190; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §526.34; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
81, §524.910]
85 Acts, ch 252, §34; 90 Acts, ch 1245, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1161, §4; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §90