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Terms Used In Iowa Code 570.7

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
570.7 Action by tenant to recover property.
An action brought by a tenant, the tenant’s assignee or undertenant, to recover the possession of specific personal property taken under landlord’s attachment, may be against the party who sued out the attachment; and the property claimed in such action may, under the writ therefor, be taken from the officer who seized it, when the officer has no other claim to hold it than that derived from the writ.
[R60, §2770; C73, §2575; C97, §3490; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10266; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §570.7]