Iowa Code 641.2 – Attachment authorized
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 641.2
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- 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
- 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
641.2 Attachment authorized.
In all actions for money due to the state, or to any agent or officer for the use of the state, it shall be lawful for an attachment to issue against the property or debts of the defendant not exempt from execution, upon the filing of an affidavit of the attorney general, that the attorney general verily believes that a specific amount therein stated is justly due, and the defendant therein has refused to pay or secure the same, and unless an attachment is issued against the property of the defendant there is danger that the amount due will be lost to the state.
[C73, §3006; C97, §3919; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12153; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §641.2]
94 Acts, ch 1173, §41
Referred to in §641.4, 641.5
In all actions for money due to the state, or to any agent or officer for the use of the state, it shall be lawful for an attachment to issue against the property or debts of the defendant not exempt from execution, upon the filing of an affidavit of the attorney general, that the attorney general verily believes that a specific amount therein stated is justly due, and the defendant therein has refused to pay or secure the same, and unless an attachment is issued against the property of the defendant there is danger that the amount due will be lost to the state.
[C73, §3006; C97, §3919; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12153; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §641.2]
94 Acts, ch 1173, §41
Referred to in §641.4, 641.5