Text: SF00346 Text: SF00348 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 347 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 ELIMINATING COURT COSTS AND FILING AND SERVICE FEES FOR 1 5 PLAINTIFFS SEEKING RELIEF FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 236.3, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1 10 2001, is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph and 1 11 inserting in lieu thereof the following: 1 12 The filing fee and court costs for an order for protection 1 13 under this chapter shall be waived for the plaintiff. The 1 14 clerk of court, the sheriff of any county in this state, and 1 15 other law enforcement and corrections officers shall perform 1 16 their duties relating to service of process without charge to 1 17 the petitioner. When an order for protection is entered by 1 18 the court, the court may direct the defendant to pay to the 1 19 clerk of court the plaintiff's filing fees and reasonable 1 20 costs of service of process if the court determines the 1 21 defendant has the ability to pay the plaintiff's fees and 1 22 costs. 1 23 Sec. 2. Section 236.19, subsection 5, Code 2001, is 1 24 amended to read as follows: 1 25 5. Filing and service costs in connection with foreign 1 26 protective ordersmay beare waivedor deferredas provided in 1 27 section 236.3. 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 MARY E. KRAMER 1 32 President of the Senate 1 33 1 34 1 35 2 1 BRENT SIEGRIST 2 2 Speaker of the House 2 3 2 4 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 5 is known as Senate File 347, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 2 10 Secretary of the Senate 2 11 Approved , 2001 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 THOMAS J. VILSACK 2 16 Governor
Text: SF00346 Text: SF00348 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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