Iowa Code 807.2 – Form of the summons
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 807.2
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- 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
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
807.2 Form of the summons.
The summons may be in substantially the following form:
County of …………………… (as the case may be). In the name of the people of the State of Iowa:
To the (naming the corporation).
You are hereby summoned to appear before me, at (naming the place) on (specifying the day and hour), to answer a charge made against you, upon the complaint of A.B., for (designating the offense, generally).
Dated at the city of ……………………, the ………… day of ………………..,
…………
G.H. Magistrate
(or as the case may be). [C79, 81, §807.2]
The summons may be in substantially the following form:
County of …………………… (as the case may be). In the name of the people of the State of Iowa:
To the (naming the corporation).
You are hereby summoned to appear before me, at (naming the place) on (specifying the day and hour), to answer a charge made against you, upon the complaint of A.B., for (designating the offense, generally).
Dated at the city of ……………………, the ………… day of ………………..,
…………
G.H. Magistrate
(or as the case may be). [C79, 81, §807.2]