Iowa Code Title XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures [Chs. 595-686] § 655A.6. Rejection of notice

1. If either the mortgagor, or successor in interest of record including a contract purchaser, within thirty days of service of the notice pursuant to section 655A.3, files with the recorder of the county where the mortgaged property is located, a rejection of the notice reasonably identifying the notice which is rejected together with proofs of service required under section 655A.4 that the rejection has been served on the mortgagee, the notice served upon the mortgagor pursuant to section 655A.3 is of no force or effect.

2. Rejection of notice pursuant to subsection 1 shall not be available to a mortgagor, or successor in interest of record including a contract purchaser, of a mortgaged property that a court of competent jurisdiction determined has been abandoned pursuant to section 657A.2, on or after the date as determined in section 657A.2, subsection 5.