598A.5  Notice--methods.

Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction over a person outside this state shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice, and may be:

1.  By personal delivery outside this state in the manner prescribed for service of process within this state;

2.  In the manner prescribed by the law of the place in which the service is made for service of process in that place in an action in any of its courts of general jurisdiction;

3.  By publication and mailing in accordance with Iowa rules of civil procedure 60 to 63; or

4.  As directed by the court.

Notice under this section shall be served, mailed, delivered, or last published at least twenty days before any hearing in this state.

Proof of service outside this state may be made by affidavit of the individual who made the service, or in the manner prescribed by the law of this state, the order pursuant to which the service is made, or the law of the place in which the service is made.

Notice is not required if a person submits to the jurisdiction of the court.

Section History: Early form

  [C79, 81, § 598A.5]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 598A.4, 598A.10, 598A.11, 598A.12


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