HF 707 (LSB 2757HV (4) 88)

RELATING TO SERVICE OF PROCESS RELATING TO JUVENILE  DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS AND TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD  RELATIONSHIP PROCEEDINGS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 232.37, subsection 4, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Service of summons or notice shall be made personally by the sheriff by delivering a copy of the summons or notice to the person being served. If the court determines that personal service of a summons or notice is impracticable, the court may order service by certified mail addressed to the last known address, or by electronic mail or other electronic means with the consent of the party to be served. Service of summons or notice shall be made not less than five days before the time fixed for hearing. Service of summons, notice, subpoenas or other process, after an initial valid summons or notice, shall be made in accordance with the rules of the court governing such service in civil actions.
    Sec. 2.  Section 232.112, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Notice under this section shall be served personally, or shall be sent by restricted certified mail, or sent by electronic mail or other electronic means with the consent of the party to be served, whichever is determined by the court to be the most effective means of notification. Such notice shall be made according to the rules of civil procedure relating to an original notice where not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Notice by personal delivery and notice sent by electronic mail or other electronic means with the consent of the party to be served shall be served not less than seven days prior to the hearing on termination of parental rights. Notice by restricted certified mail shall be sent not less than fourteen days prior to the hearing on termination of parental rights. A notice by restricted certified mail which is refused by the necessary party given notice shall be sufficient notice to the party under this section.

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 707, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2019

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor