2025 Session Last amended: 2003 session

§ 475.62 — Register

Plain-Language Summary

This section requires each county auditor to keep a register recording detailed information about every bond issue by any municipality located in the county, including the amount, purpose, interest rate, maturity dates, and the property tax levied for repayment. The auditor must also record state debt service loans and capital loans made to school districts, and must extend the required tax levies onto the county tax rolls each year.

Practical Notes
The county auditor’s bond register is the official public record of all local government debt obligations in the county. Taxpayers and investors can review this register to see what bonds have been issued and what property taxes have been levied for repayment. School districts that have borrowed from the state under the debt service equalization program will also have those loans recorded in the register.