Start with the recorded deed. If both spouses are listed as owners, don’t assume one signature is enough to sell the whole property. The title company reviews the deed and required closing documents to confirm whose signatures are needed.
A divorce judgment or another court order may address whether or how the house can be sold. Share any order that mentions the property with the title company, and ask an Iowa family-law attorney what it means for your situation. Who lives in the house or has moved out does not, by itself, answer the signing question.
You can start a conversation with us while those questions are being checked. The Linn County Clerk of Court is a local court-contact route, not the office that decides who may sign for a particular property.