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Terms Used In Iowa Code 658.2

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
658.2 Forfeiture and eviction.
Judgment of forfeiture and eviction may be rendered against the defendant whenever the amount of damages so recovered is more than two-thirds the value of the interest such defendant has in the property injured, when the action is brought by the person entitled to the reversion.
[C51, §2135; R60, §3717; C73, §3333; C97, §4304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12403; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.2]