SSB 1065 (LSB 1646XC (1) 90)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZAUN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to service of garnishment notices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 642.5, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The sheriff of the county where the action is being enforced, or the sheriff’s designee, shall serve to the garnishee the notice of garnishment in the same manner as an original notice by personal service, certified mail service, first class mail, or electronic means. The recipient of the garnishment notice may return service in the same manner as the notice was received. The garnishee shall submit answers within twenty-one days of service.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to service of garnishment notices. The bill provides that the sheriff of the county where the action is being enforced, or their designee, shall serve the garnishment notice. Under current law, which county sheriff shall serve the garnishment notice is not specified.