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Terms Used In Iowa Code 639.8

  • 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.
  • 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.
639.8 Allowance of value in other cases.
If the demand is not founded on contract, the original petition must be presented to some
judge of the supreme or district court, or the judge of the court from which the issuance of a writ of attachment is sought, who shall make an allowance thereon of the amount in value of the property that may be attached.
[C51, §1851; R60, §3177; C73, §2955; C97, §3882; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12085; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.8]