Courthouse News & Announcements

Courthouse News - June 6, 2007

UNION COUNTY RECORDER, Paula White, 641-782-1725.

All Iowa Boat registrations expired April 30. The new registrations are a 3 year rotation. If you did not renew your boat, you will owe a $5.00 penalty.

Boaters Take Note: Casual sales (sales between individuals) are subject to Iowa Sales Tax and depending on the point of delivery, local option tax. You need a Bill of Sale from the seller, current registration (expire 2010) and a title if the boat is 17’ or longer.

NOTICE TO TRAVELERS

We are updating the time table to receive your passport due to the nationwide volume of passport applications.  We are now suggesting that you apply 16 weeks before your travel date to insure delivery of your passport in time to travel.  If you have not applied yet and your travel date is within this time frame you will need to expedite your application for an additional $60.00 and we strongly suggest you also include express mail both ways.  If you have already applied and you are traveling within the next 2 weeks and have not received your passport yet please contact the Union County Recorder’s office for assistance.

The Union County Website is up and running. Please log onto www.unioncountyiowa.org. Forms are available to request a vital record, marriage application, passport application or boat bill of sale form.

  

UNION COUNTY AUDITOR - Sandy Hysell, 641-782-1701.

The Auditor’s office is preparing for the Creston and East Union School Board Election to be held on September 11, 2007. The filing deadline is August 2, 2007 with the School Board Secretary. The fiscal year ends June 30, 2007.

The County Offices will be closed July 4, 2007 to observe Independence Day.

  

UNION COUNTY TREASURER - Linda Marley,641-782-1710.
Drivers License (hours 8:30-4:00).

The annual tax sale will be held on Monday, June 18th.  The list of delinquent properties was published in the Creston News Advertiser on Friday June 1st.  Any items that have not been paid prior to the sale will be offered for sale.  Anyone interested in bidding at the tax sale may find tax sale bidder packets on the website at www.iowatreasurers.org or pick one up in our office.  You must have your registration in by Thursday June 14th in order to bid at the tax sale.  Purchasing a tax sale certificate does not immediately give you deed to the property.  The certificate holder would need to hold the certificate for 1 year and 9 months before serving the 90 day expiration notice and then receiving a Treasurer’s Deed.  During that time, the certificate holder may pay any subsequent taxes that become delinquent on that property thus adding them to the tax sale certificate.  If the property owner comes in to redeem the property, they must pay all taxes and penalties paid by the certificate holder along with 2% interest per month.  The 2% interest is paid to the certificate holder along with the taxes and penalties they previously paid. 
Now that school is out, we will be seeing more students in to take tests for permits and upgrade their licenses once they have completed Drivers Ed.  There is a parental consent form that needs to have the parents signature notarized for each license type that a minor child receives, so be sure to come with your child.  The documents required to take a permit test are a certified State or County issued birth certificate, Social Security Card and the parental consent form.  Once the written test is passed, the fee for issuance of an instruction permit is $6.00.
Once the child has passed Drivers Ed and wants to upgrade to either a Minor School License or Intermediate license, they will need to bring the completed Drivers Ed Certificate and have a parent sign the parental consent form.  No drive test is required unless the Drivers Ed teacher requests it or their birthdates falls on the predetermined drive dates which are 9, 19 and 29 for the month of June.  A Minor School License requires a form from the school the child is attending and the parental consent form is located on the back of that form.  It also requires the principle or superintendents signature.

www.iowatreasurers.org
www.getyourtags.com

  

UNION COUNTY ASSESSOR - Gene Haner, 641-782-1735.

All Union County residents who have purchased a home and moved should stop in and sign a New Homestead and Military Exemption, if eligible.

The qualification for any honorably discharged member of the United Armed Forces has been changed to be eligible for the military exemption on your property taxes. Now if you have served eighteen months or more in the armed forces irregardless of when you served, you are now eligible for a Military Exemption or if you have served for twenty years in the Reserves or the National Guard you are also eligible for the military credit. What is required to sign for this credit is either a DD-214 from the regular service or a complete listing of years served from the Guard or Reserve.

You are also required to inform this office if you have removed or built any new buildings or dwellings or if you have remodeled any buildings or dwellings.

Family Farm Credit is now a one-time sign up and can be signed at any time for qualifying owners.

Union County has attempted to insure accurate information is posted to this site. However, Union County does not warrant nor guarantee the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of information on this site or information referenced or linked by this site.

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