# Iowa Code § 589.1: Acknowledgments — seal not affixed

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.1

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 589.1
- **Heading:** Acknowledgments — seal not affixed
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.1

## Text

All deeds, mortgages, or other instruments in writing for the conveyance of lands which have been made and executed more than ten years earlier, and the officer taking the acknowledgment has not affixed the officer’s seal to the acknowledgment; the acknowledgment is, nevertheless, good and valid in law and equity, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.

[S13, §2942-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10384; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.1]84 Acts, ch 1090, §1; 91 Acts, ch 183, §11

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 589.1 Acknowledgments — seal not affixed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.2 Conveyances by county.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.3 Absence of or defective acknowledgments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.4 Acknowledgments by corporation officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.5 Acknowledgments by stockholders.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.6 Instruments affecting real estate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.8 Mortgages, trust deeds and realty liens — releases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.9 Marginal releases of school-fund mortgages.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.10 Marginal assignment of mortgage or lien.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.11 Conveyances by fiduciaries.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.12 Sheriffs’ deeds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.13 Sheriff’s deed executed by deputy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.13.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.14 Defective tax deeds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.14.md)
- [Iowa Code § 589.15 Tax deeds legalized.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXIV_C589_S589.15.md)

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