Iowa / State / 91st General Assembly, 2026 Regular Session
2026 Iowa Acts ch 1106 (H.F. 2490) Barred a county recorder from charging for records needed to file a veterans benefit claim
Added to Iowa Code section 22.3, in the open records chapter, that "A county recorder shall not charge a fee for the examination and copying of public records necessary to complete and file claims for benefits with the Iowa department of veterans affairs or the United States department of veterans affairs." The practical effect is free copies of a discharge document recorded under section 331.608, which chapter 426A requires a veteran to have recorded with the county recorder before claiming the military service property tax exemption. Tracked because the waiver binds the county recorder only and not every records custodian, so a veteran needing a record from another county office or a state agency is outside it, and because the provision sits in the open records chapter rather than in any veterans chapter and will not be found by anyone reading chapter 35 or chapter 426A.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, As HSB 578
- In committee Done, House State Government
- Passed one chamber Done, House, 88-1
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate passed it amended 44-0 on 2026-04-20; House concurred
- Signed by the governor Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- House Committee on State Government
What it touches
- Iowa Code § 22.3
- Iowa Code § 331.608
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Official record
Read 2026 Iowa Acts ch 1106 (H.F. 2490) on the jurisdiction's own record