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Terms Used In Iowa Code 809.12A

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • property: includes personal and real property. 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
809.12A Appeals.
An appeal from a denial of an application for the return of seized property or from an order for the return of seized property shall be made within thirty days after the entry of a judgment order. The appellant, other than the state, shall post a bond of a reasonable amount as the court may fix and approve, conditioned to pay all costs of the proceedings if the appellant is unsuccessful on appeal. The appellant, other than the state, may be required to post a supersedeas bond or other security, as the court finds to be reasonable, in order to stay the operation of a forfeiture order under § 809A.16.
96 Acts, ch 1133, §49
Referred to in §809.4