House File 584 - Reprinted



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 207)


    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:
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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.  a.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, after
  1 13 the defendant has been removed from the premises by execution
  1 14 or writ of removal, or has vacated or abandoned the premises
  1 15 after judgment for possession is awarded to the plaintiff, the
  1 16 plaintiff may dispose of all the defendant's personal property
  1 17 remaining on the premises.
  1 18    b.  This subsection shall not apply to the redisposition of
  1 19 a mobile, manufactured, or modular home.
  1 20    c.  The duties of the sheriff executing the judgment shall
  1 21 not be satisfied until all of the defendant's personal
  1 22 property has been removed from the premises pursuant to this
  1 23 subsection.
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