354.12 - BONDS TO SECURE LIENS.

        354.12  BONDS TO SECURE LIENS.         A bond in double the amount of the lien shall be secured and      recorded if a lien exists on the land included in a subdivision plat      and the required consent of the lienholder is not attached for one of      the following reasons:         1.  The lienholder cannot be found, in which case an affidavit by      the proprietor stating that the lienholder could not be found shall      be recorded with the bond.         2.  The lienholder will not accept payment or cannot, because of      the nature of the lien, accept payment in full of the lien, in which      case an affidavit by the lienholder stating that payment of the lien      was offered but refused shall be recorded with the bond.         The bond shall run to the county and be for the benefit of      purchasers of lots within the plat and shall be conditioned for the      payment and cancellation of the debt as soon as practicable and to      hold harmless purchasers or their assigns and the governing body from      the lien.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1236, §26         C91, § 409A.12         C93, § 354.12         Referred to in §354.11