Iowa Code 639.3 – Grounds
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 639.3
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
639.3 Grounds.
The petition or amendment to petition which asks an attachment, must in all cases be sworn
to. It must state one or more of the following grounds:
1. That the defendant is a foreign corporation or acting as such.
2. That the defendant is a nonresident of the state.
3. That the defendant is about to remove the defendant’s property out of the state without leaving sufficient remaining for the payment of the defendant’s debts.
4. That the defendant has disposed of the defendant’s property, in whole or in part, with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.
5. That the defendant is about to dispose of the defendant’s property with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.
6. That the defendant has absconded, so that the ordinary process cannot be served upon the defendant.
7. That the defendant is about to remove permanently out of the county, and has property therein not exempt from execution, and that the defendant refuses to pay or secure the plaintiff.
8. That the defendant is about to remove permanently out of the state, and refuses to pay or secure the debt due the plaintiff.
9. That the defendant is about to remove the defendant’s property or a part thereof out of the county with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.
10. That the defendant is about to convert the defendant’s property or a part thereof into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of the defendant’s creditors.
11. That the defendant has property or rights in action which the defendant conceals.
12. That the debt is due for property obtained under false pretenses.
13. That the defendant is about to dispose of property belonging to the plaintiff.
14. That the defendant is about to convert the plaintiff’s property or a part thereof into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of the plaintiff.
15. That the defendant is about to move permanently out of state, and refuses to return property belonging to the plaintiff.
[C51, §1848; R60, §3174; C73, §2951; C97, §3878; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12080; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.3]
87 Acts, ch 80, §25
Referred to in §124.407, 537.5110
The petition or amendment to petition which asks an attachment, must in all cases be sworn
to. It must state one or more of the following grounds:
1. That the defendant is a foreign corporation or acting as such.
2. That the defendant is a nonresident of the state.
3. That the defendant is about to remove the defendant’s property out of the state without leaving sufficient remaining for the payment of the defendant’s debts.
4. That the defendant has disposed of the defendant’s property, in whole or in part, with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.
5. That the defendant is about to dispose of the defendant’s property with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.
6. That the defendant has absconded, so that the ordinary process cannot be served upon the defendant.
7. That the defendant is about to remove permanently out of the county, and has property therein not exempt from execution, and that the defendant refuses to pay or secure the plaintiff.
8. That the defendant is about to remove permanently out of the state, and refuses to pay or secure the debt due the plaintiff.
9. That the defendant is about to remove the defendant’s property or a part thereof out of the county with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors.
10. That the defendant is about to convert the defendant’s property or a part thereof into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of the defendant’s creditors.
11. That the defendant has property or rights in action which the defendant conceals.
12. That the debt is due for property obtained under false pretenses.
13. That the defendant is about to dispose of property belonging to the plaintiff.
14. That the defendant is about to convert the plaintiff’s property or a part thereof into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of the plaintiff.
15. That the defendant is about to move permanently out of state, and refuses to return property belonging to the plaintiff.
[C51, §1848; R60, §3174; C73, §2951; C97, §3878; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12080; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.3]
87 Acts, ch 80, §25
Referred to in §124.407, 537.5110