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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 518 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT 1 5 CASES. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 631.1, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 10 paragraph 2, Code Supplement 2001, is amended to read as 1 11 follows: 1 12 A civil action for a money judgment where the amount in 1 13 controversy isthree thousand dollars or less for actions1 14commenced on or after July 1, 1994, and before July 1, 1995,1 15andfour thousand dollars or less for actions commencedon or1 16afterbefore July 1,19952002, and five thousand dollars or 1 17 less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 2002, exclusive 1 18 of interest and costs. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 631.1, subsections 3, 4, and 5, Code 1 20 Supplement 2001, are amended to read as follows: 1 21 3. The district court sitting in small claims has 1 22 concurrent jurisdiction of an action of replevin if the value 1 23 of the property claimed isthree thousand dollars or less for1 24actions commenced on or after July 1, 1994, and before July 1,1 251995, andfour thousand dollars or less for actions commenced 1 26on or afterbefore July 1,19952002, and five thousand 1 27 dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1 28 2002. When commenced under this chapter, the action is a 1 29 small claim for the purposes of this chapter. 1 30 4. The district court sitting in small claims has 1 31 concurrent jurisdiction of motions and orders relating to 1 32 executions against personal property, including garnishments, 1 33 where the value of the property or garnisheed money involved 1 34 isthree thousand dollars or less for actions commenced on or1 35after July 1, 1994, and before July 1, 1995, andfour thousand 2 1 dollars or less for actions commencedon or afterbefore July 2 2 1,19952002, and five thousand dollars or less for actions 2 3 commenced on or after July 1, 2002. 2 4 5. The district court sitting in small claims has 2 5 concurrent jurisdiction of an action for abandonment of a 2 6 manufactured or mobile home or personal property pursuant to 2 7 section 555B.3, if no money judgment in excess of four 2 8 thousand dollars is sought for actions commencedon or after2 9 before July 1,19952002, and five thousand dollars or less 2 10 for actions commenced on or after July 1, 2002. If commenced 2 11 under this chapter, the action is a small claim for the 2 12 purposes of this chapter. 2 13 Sec. 3. JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT REVERSION. The 2 14 jurisdictional amount in sections 1 and 2 of this Act, which 2 15 amends section 631.1, shall revert to four thousand dollars if 2 16 a court of competent jurisdiction declares the five thousand 2 17 dollar amount unconstitutional. 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 BRENT SIEGRIST 2 22 Speaker of the House 2 23 2 24 2 25 2 26 MARY E. KRAMER 2 27 President of the Senate 2 28 2 29 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 30 is known as House File 518, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 2 31 2 32 2 33 2 34 MARGARET THOMSON 2 35 Chief Clerk of the House 3 1 Approved , 2002 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 6 Governor
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