House File 2522 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2231) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the assessment of a fee when filing a 2 praecipe. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6307HV 81 5 jm/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 602.8105, subsection 2, paragraph e, 1 2 Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 e. For filing a praecipe to issue execution under chapter 1 4 626, twenty=five dollars. The fee shall be recoverable by the 1 5 creditor against whom the execution is issued. A fee payable 1 6 by a political subdivision of the state under this paragraph 1 7 shall be collected by the clerk of the district court as 1 8 provided in section 602.8109. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill provides the filing fee for a praecipe to issue 1 11 execution is recoverable against the debtor. The bill 1 12 provides that any praecipe filing fee payable by a political 1 13 subdivision of the state shall be collected by the clerk of 1 14 the district court on a monthly basis as provided in Code 1 15 section 602.8109. A praecipe is a document filed with the 1 16 clerk of the district court that relates to enforcing a 1 17 judgment. 1 18 LSB 6307HV 81 1 19 jm:nh/je/5