Iowa Code 663.8 – Form of writ
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 663.8
- 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
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
663.8 Form of writ.
If the petition is in accordance with the foregoing requirements, and states sufficient grounds for the allowance of the writ, it shall issue, and may be substantially as follows:
The State of Iowa, To…………………………..:
You are hereby commanded to have the body of ……………………, by you unlawfully detained, as is alleged, before the court (or before me, or before ……………………, judge, etc., as the case may be), at ……………………, on …………………… (or immediately after being served with this writ), to be dealt with according to law, and have you then and there this writ, with a return thereon of your doings in the premises.
[C51, §2219; R60, §3807; C73, §3455; C97, §4423; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12475; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.8]
2000 Acts, ch 1058, §53
Referred to in §822.1
If the petition is in accordance with the foregoing requirements, and states sufficient grounds for the allowance of the writ, it shall issue, and may be substantially as follows:
The State of Iowa, To…………………………..:
You are hereby commanded to have the body of ……………………, by you unlawfully detained, as is alleged, before the court (or before me, or before ……………………, judge, etc., as the case may be), at ……………………, on …………………… (or immediately after being served with this writ), to be dealt with according to law, and have you then and there this writ, with a return thereon of your doings in the premises.
[C51, §2219; R60, §3807; C73, §3455; C97, §4423; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12475; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.8]
2000 Acts, ch 1058, §53
Referred to in §822.1