Iowa Code Title XIII. Commerce [Chs. 505-554D] § 554B.3. Recording mortgage or deed of trust upon real estate

Any mortgage or deed of trust upon real estate executed by a transmitting utility may provide that property of the transmitting utility, whether owned at the time of the execution of the instrument or subsequently acquired, shall secure the obligations covered by the instrument. Recording the instrument in the office of the recorder of each county in which any portion of the property described in the instrument is situated shall give constructive notice to all persons of the lien of the mortgage or deed of trust from the time of recording or, in the case of subsequently acquired real estate, from the time of acquisition.