House File 207 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY JACOBS (COMPANION TO LSB 1575SS BY WARD) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the disposal of personal property after entry 2 of a judgment for forcible entry and detainer. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1575YH 81 5 kk/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 648.22, Code 2005, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 648.22 JUDGMENT == EXECUTION == COSTS == DISPOSAL OF 1 4 PROPERTY. 1 5 1. If the defendant is found guilty, judgment shall be 1 6 entered that the defendant be removed from the premises, and 1 7 that the plaintiff be put in possession of the premises, and 1 8 an execution for the defendant's removal within three days 1 9 from the judgment shall issue accordingly, to which shall be 1 10 added a clause commanding the officer to collect the costs as 1 11 in ordinary cases. 1 12 2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, after the 1 13 defendant has been removed from the premises, or has left the 1 14 premises voluntarily before the three days from the judgment 1 15 have elapsed, the plaintiff may dispose of all personal 1 16 property remaining on the premises by placing the property in 1 17 or near the usual waste disposal receptacle, as allowed by 1 18 law. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill relates to the disposal of personal property left 1 21 in or on property after a tenant has been evicted from the 1 22 property. The bill allows a property owner who has obtained a 1 23 judgment for forcible entry and detainer against the person in 1 24 possession of the property to remove any personal property 1 25 left on the premises. The owner may remove the personal 1 26 property after possession has been returned to the owner by 1 27 execution of the judgment or by voluntary removal by the 1 28 person in possession within the three days after the judgment 1 29 is issued. The owner may place the removed property in or 1 30 near a waste disposal receptacle, as allowed by law. 1 31 LSB 1575YH 81 1 32 kk:nh/gg/14