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Terms Used In Iowa Code 639.6

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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
639.6 On contract — amount due.
If the plaintiff‘s demand is founded on contract, the petition must state that something is
due, and, as nearly as practicable, the amount, which must be more than five dollars in order to authorize an attachment.
[C51, §1849; R60, §3175; C73, §2953; C97, §3880; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12083; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.6]