Senate Study Bill 3239 SENATE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KREIMAN) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the time limit on executions of judgments and 2 orders. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6543XC 82 5 rh/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 626.16, Code 2007, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 626.16 RECEIPT AND RETURN. 1 4 Every officer who receives an execution shall provide a 1 5 receipt, if required, stating the hour when the same was 1 6 received, and shall make sufficient return of the execution, 1 7 together with the money collected, on or before theone 1 8 hundred twentieththree hundred sixty=fifth day from the date 1 9 of its issuance. 1 10 Sec. 2. Section 642.23, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2007, 1 11 is amended to read as follows: 1 12 Notwithstanding theone=hundred=twenty=day1 13 three=hundred=sixty=five=day period in section 626.16 for the 1 14 return of an execution in garnishment for the payment of a 1 15 support obligation, the sheriff shall promptly deposit any 1 16 amounts collected with the clerk of the district court, and 1 17 the clerk shall disburse the amounts, after subtracting 1 18 applicable fees, within two working days of the filing of an 1 19 order condemning funds as follows: 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 This bill amends the current time limit in Code section 1 22 626.16 within which an officer must provide, upon request, a 1 23 receipt of an execution of a judgment or order, and return the 1 24 execution together with any money collected, from 123 days to 1 25 365 days. 1 26 The bill also makes a conforming change to a reference to 1 27 the 123=day time limit in Code section 624.23 relating to the 1 28 prompt deposit and disbursement of garnished funds. 1 29 LSB 6543XC 82 1 30 rh/nh/8