Iowa Code 641.5 – Sheriff indemnified
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 641.5
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
641.5 Sheriff indemnified.
If any sheriff is held liable to pay any damages by reason of the wrongful execution of any
writ of attachment issued under sections 641.2 through 641.4 and if a judgment is rendered for those damages, the amount of the judgment, when paid by such sheriff, shall become a claim against the state in the sheriff’s favor, and a warrant for that amount shall be drawn by the director of the department of administrative services upon proper proof.
[C73, §3009; C97, §3922; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §641.5]
2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §370
If any sheriff is held liable to pay any damages by reason of the wrongful execution of any
writ of attachment issued under sections 641.2 through 641.4 and if a judgment is rendered for those damages, the amount of the judgment, when paid by such sheriff, shall become a claim against the state in the sheriff’s favor, and a warrant for that amount shall be drawn by the director of the department of administrative services upon proper proof.
[C73, §3009; C97, §3922; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §641.5]
2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §370