Purchases of real estate as provided by law may be made by a state department on written contracts providing for payment over a period of years but the obligations thereon shall not constitute a debt or charge against the state of Iowa nor against the funds of the department forwhich said purchases are made. Purchase payments shall be made fromonly capital funds appropriated for that purpose. All state-appropriated capital funds used for any one purchase contract shall be taken entirely from a single capital appropriation and shall be set aside for that purpose. In event of default, the only remedy of the seller shall be against the property itselfin rem, pursuant to chapter 654. In no event shall a deficiency judgment be entered or enforced against the state or the department making the purchase. The provisions of chapter 656 prescribinghow areal estate contract maybe forfeited shall, in no event, be applicable. In aforeclosure proceeding pursuant tothis sectionandchapter 654, the department making the purchase and the attorney general shall be the only defendants who need be named and such §8.45,DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT — BUDGET AND FINANCIAL CONTROL ACT 22 department and the attorney general may be served personally or by restricted certifiedmail. The department and the attorney general shall have thirty days from the date of completed service in which to appear.
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