# Iowa Code § 448.10: Wrongful sales — purchaser indemnified

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.10

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 448.10
- **Heading:** Wrongful sales — purchaser indemnified
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title X / Chapter 448 / Section 448.10

## Text

If, by mistake or wrongful act of the county treasurer, a parcel has been sold on which no tax was due at the time, or when a parcel is sold in consequence of error in describing it within the county system, the county shall hold the purchaser harmless by paying the purchaser the amount due to which the purchaser would have been entitled had the parcel been rightfully sold, and the treasurer and the treasurer’s surety shall be liable to the county to the amount of the treasurer’s official bond; or the purchaser, or the purchaser’s assignee, may recover the amount directly from the treasurer and the treasurer’s surety.

[C51, §509; R60, §785; C73, §899; C97, §1446; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7293; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.10]91 Acts, ch 191, §109

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 448.1 Return of certificate of purchase execution of deed fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.2 Form.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.3 Execution and effect of deed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.4 Presumptive evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.5 Conclusive evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.6 Action to challenge treasurer’s deed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.7 Additional facts necessary.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.8 Sale made by mistake.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.9 Fraudulent sale.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.10 Wrongful sales — purchaser indemnified.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.11 Correcting wrongful sale.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.12 Limitation of actions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.13 Cancellation of tax sale and certificate of purchase refund of purchase money.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.13.md)
- [Iowa Code § 448.14 Officers de facto.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TX_C448_S448.14.md)

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