354.18 - RECORDING OF PLATS.
354.18 RECORDING OF PLATS. A plat of survey prepared pursuant to this chapter and a subdivision plat, with attachments, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder, and an exact copy of the plat shall be filed in the offices of the county auditor and assessor. A replat of any part of an official plat pursuant to section 354.25, or a recorded subdivision plat of any part of an existing official plat shall supersede that part of the original official plat, including unused public utility easements. The recorder shall examine each plat of survey and subdivision plat to determine whether the plat is clearly legible and whether the approval by the applicable governing body and the other attachments required by this chapter are presented with the plat. The recorder shall also keep a reproducible copy of the plat from which legible copies can be made. The recorder may specify the material and the size of the plat, not less than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches, that will be accepted for recording in order to comply with this section. The recorder shall not record a subdivision plat that violates this chapter.
Section History: Recent Form 90 Acts, ch 1236, §32 C91, § 409A.18 C93, § 354.18 Referred to in § 331.511