589.16 Tax sales legalized. In all instances where a county treasurer heretofore conducted a tax sale at the time provided in section 7259, Code 1935, or section 7262, Code 1935, sales made at suchtax sale or any adjournment thereof shall not be held invalid by reason of the failure ofthe county treasurer to have brought forward the delinquent tax of prior years upon thecurrent tax lists in use by the said county treasurer at the time of conducting the sale, or byreason of the failure of the county treasurer to have offered all the property unsold beforeeach adjournment of said sale and said tax sales are hereby legalized and declared validnotwithstanding the provisions of section 7193, Code 1935, and section 7259, Code 1935,provided the delinquent taxes for which the said real estate was sold had been broughtforward upon the current tax list of the year preceding the year in which the said tax salewas conducted. Provided, however, that no tax sale so legalized and validated shall affect aspecial assessment if the same continues to remain a lien notwithstanding a tax deed nowor hereafter issued pursuant to such tax sale. wever, that no tax sale so legalized and validated shall affect aspecial assessment if the same continues to remain a lien notwithstanding a tax deed nowor hereafter issued pursuant to such tax sale. [C39, §10398.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.16]2014 Acts, ch 1026, §124 Sat Dec 23 11:09:01 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 589.16 (18, 0)
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