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Terms Used In Iowa Code 639.24

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
639.24 Property in possession of another.
Property of defendant in possession of another, and of which defendant is entitled to the
immediate possession, may be seized under attachment by taking possession thereof, in the same manner as though found in the defendant’s possession.
[C51, §1859, 1860; R60, §3194; C73, §2967; C97, §3896; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12100; C46,
50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.24]