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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.655, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, 1 2 c, e, f, g, h, k, l, m, and n, Code 2001, are amended to read 1 3 as follows: 1 4 a. For serving a notice and returning it, for the first 1 5 person served,tenfifteen dollars, and each additional 1 6 person,tenfifteen dollars except the fee for serving 1 7 additional persons in the same household shall befiveten 1 8 dollars for each additional service, or if the service of 1 9 notice cannot be made or several attempts are necessary, the 1 10 repayment of all necessary expenses actually incurred by the 1 11 sheriff while attempting in good faith to serve the notice. 1 12 b. For each warrant served,fifteentwenty dollars, and 1 13 the repayment of necessary expenses incurred in executing the 1 14 warrant, as sworn to by the sheriff, or if service of the 1 15 warrant cannot be made, the repayment of all necessary 1 16 expenses actually incurred by the sheriff while attempting in 1 17 good faith to serve the warrant. 1 18 c. For serving and returning a subpoena, for each person 1 19 served,fifteentwenty dollars, and the necessary expenses 1 20 incurred while serving subpoenas in criminal cases or cases 1 21 relating to hospitalization of persons with mental illness. 1 22 e. For summoning a jury to assess the damages to the 1 23 owners of lands taken for works of internal improvement, and 1 24 attending them,sixtyone hundred dollars per day, and 1 25 necessary expenses incurred. This subsection does not allow a 1 26 sheriff to make separate charges for different assessments 1 27 which can be made by the same jury and completed in one day of 1 28 ten hours. 1 29 f. For serving an execution, attachment, order for the 1 30 delivery of personal property, injunction, or any order of 1 31 court, and returning it,tenfifteen dollars. 1 32 g. For making and executing a certificate or deed for 1 33 lands sold on execution, or a bill of sale for personal 1 34 property sold,twenty-fivethirty dollars. 1 35 h. For the time necessarily employed in making an 2 1 inventory of personal property attached or levied upon,eight2 2 ten dollars per hour. 2 3 k. For attending sale of property,thirtyfifty dollars. 2 4 l. For conveying one or more persons to a state, county, 2 5 or private institution by order of court or commission, 2 6 necessary expenses for the sheriff and the person conveyed and 2 7tenfifteen dollars per hour for the time necessarily employed 2 8 in going to and from the institution, the expenses and hourly 2 9 rate to be charged and accounted for as fees. If the sheriff 2 10 needs assistance in taking a person to an institution, the 2 11 assistance shall be furnished at the expense of the county. 2 12 m. For serving a warrant for the seizure of intoxicating 2 13 liquors,one dollarfive dollars; for the removal and custody 2 14 of the liquor, actual expenses; for the destruction of the 2 15 liquor under the order of the court,one dollarfive dollars 2 16 and actual expenses; for posting and leaving notices in these 2 17 cases,one dollarfive dollars and actual expenses. 2 18 n. For posting a notice or advertisement,one dollarfive 2 19 dollars. 2 20 Sec. 2. Section 642.22, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 2 21 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in 2 22 lieu thereof the following: 2 23 d. The garnishment is released by the sheriff at the 2 24 request of the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney. 2 25 EXPLANATION 2 26 This bill increases the fees which the county sheriff shall 2 27 collect for serving various notices, warrants, orders, 2 28 summons, executions, and subpoenas by amounts ranging from $2 2 29 to $5, and increases the hourly or daily fees for attending 2 30 property sales, summoning and attending juries, or conveying 2 31 patients to and from public institutions. 2 32 The fee increases are as follows: 2 33 1. For serving and returning notices, from $10 to $15 for 2 34 the first and each additional person served except in the same 2 35 household where the fee for each additional person is 3 1 increased from $5 to $10. 3 2 2. For each warrant served, from $15 to $20. 3 3 3. For serving and returning a subpoena, from $15 to $20. 3 4 4. For summoning a jury to assess the damages to property 3 5 owners for works of internal improvement, and attending the 3 6 jury, from $60 to $200 per day. 3 7 5. For serving an execution, attachment, order for 3 8 delivery of personal property, injunction, or court order and 3 9 returning the same, from $10 to $15. 3 10 6. For making and executing a certificate or deed for 3 11 lands sold on execution, or bill of sale for personal property 3 12 sold, from $25 to $30. 3 13 7. For time employed in making an inventory of property 3 14 attached or levied upon, from $8 to $10 per hour. 3 15 8. For attending a sale of property, from $30 to $50. 3 16 9. For conveying one or more persons to a state, county, 3 17 or private institution by court or commission order, from $10 3 18 to $15 per hour. If the sheriff needs assistance in making 3 19 the conveyance, the assistance shall be furnished at the 3 20 expense of the court. Currently the assistance is furnished 3 21 at the expense of the county. 3 22 10. For serving a warrant for seizure of liquor, from $1 to 3 23 $5, for destruction of liquor under court order, from $1 to $5 3 24 and actual expenses, and for posting and leaving notices in 3 25 liquor cases, from $1 to $5 and actual expenses. 3 26 11. For posting a notice or advertisement, from $1 to $5. 3 27 Concerning the release of a garnishment, Code section 3 28 642.22 is amended so that a garnishment may be released by the 3 29 county sheriff without formally serving notice to the 3 30 garnishee, if the garnishment is released at the request of 3 31 the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney. 3 32 LSB 1965HV 79 3 33 tj/gg/8
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