Iowa § 9G.9 - 9G.9 Color of title relinquished.
Full text of Iowa Iowa Code § 9G.9 — 9G.9 Color of title relinquished., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9G.9. 9G.9 Color of title relinquished.
Whenever the governor is satisfied by the commissioner of the general land office that the title to any lands which may have been certified to the state under any of the several grants is inferior to the rights of any valid interfering pre-emptor or claimant, the governor is authorized and required to release by deed of relinquishment such color of title to the United States, to the end that the requirements of the interior department may be complied with, and that such tract or tracts of land may be patented by the general government to the legal claimants. [C73, §91; C97, §80; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §97; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §10.9] C93, §9G.9 Wed Dec 10 21:50:34 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 9G.9 (16, 0)
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Section 9G.9 ("9G.9 Color of title relinquished.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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