The usual duplicate receipt of the receiver of any land office, or the certificate of such receiver that the books of the receiver’s office show the sale of a tract of land to a certain individual, is proof of title, equivalent to a patent, against all but the holder of an actual patent.
Iowa Code § 622.49
Duplicate receipt of receiver of land office
[C51, §2435; R60, §4054; C73, §3709; C97, §4641; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11302; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.49]
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