11—40.14 (8A) Procedure for contesting. A person liable for a liability under this heading may contest the validity or amount of the underlying liability by mailing written notification of the person’s intent to contest such a liability to the appropriate clerk of the Iowa district court. The Iowa district court will provide the person liable with the procedure and remedies for contesting the validity and amount of the underlying liability.
A person liable for a liability payable to the judicial branch that has been deemed qualified for offset may contest the validity of the offset or the right of the offset by mailing written notification to the Department of Administrative Services, Legal Counsel, Hoover State Office Building, Third Floor, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. The department will provide the procedure and remedies for contesting the validity of the offset and right of offset pursuant to the applicable contested case rules set forth in 11—Chapter 7.
If a person liable to the judicial department gives written notice of intent to contest either the validity or the amount of the liability or the validity of the offset or right of offset, the judicial department and the department will hold a payment in abeyance until the final disposition of the contested liability or offset.