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Terms Used In Iowa Code 642.18

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
642.18 Judgment conclusive.
The judgment in the garnishment action, condemning the property or debt in the hands of the garnishee to the satisfaction of the plaintiff‘s demand, is conclusive between the garnishee and defendant.
[R60, §3212; C73, §2991; C97, §3951; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12174; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §642.18]