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Terms Used In Iowa Code 643.4

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
643.4 New parties.
If a third person claims the property or any part thereof, the plaintiff may amend and bring
the third person in as a codefendant, or the defendant may obtain the substitution by the proper mode, or the claimant may intervene by the process of intervention.
[C51, §1684, 1999; R60, §3561; C73, §3228; C97, §4166; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12180; C46,
50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.4]
Interpleader, R.C.P. 1.251 – 1.257
Intervention, R.C.P. 1.407