Claiming surplus funds in Hancock County
Surplus from sales in Hancock County is held by the county office that conducted the sale, typically the clerk, auditor, or treasurer. We confirm the holding office before anything is filed.
Iowa Code § 654.7 directs mortgage-foreclosure overplus after the mortgage and costs to the mortgagor when no other lien exists. Section 626.82 governs execution-sale overplus when competing executions or liens exist, and neither provision sets a special overplus filing deadline. Ask the sheriff or district court clerk for the accounting and seek release under the court order. Chapter 628 governs separate property redemption, not surplus distribution.