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IA Code § 626.72 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.72 - Contest.

626.72 Contest.   Any person interested may contest any claim or part thereof by filing objections thereto, supported by affidavit, with such court, receiver, trustee, or assignee, and its validity shall be determined in the same way the validity of other claims are which are sought to be enforced against such property, provided that where the claim is filed with a person charged with the property other than the officers above enumerated and a contest is made, the cause shall be transferred to the district court, and there docketed and determined.  [C97, §4021; S13, §4021; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11720; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.72]  Referred to in §626.71
IA Code § 626.73 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.73 - Priority.

626.73 Priority.   Claims of employees for labor or wages, if not contested, or if allowed after contest, shall have priority, unless otherwise stated in this chapter, over all claims against or liens upon such property, except prior mechanics’ liens for labor in opening or developing coal mines as allowed by law.  [C97, §4022; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11721; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.73]  2006 Acts, ch 1025, §2
IA Code § 626.74 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.74 - Notice of sale.

626.74 Notice of sale.   The officer must give four weeks’ notice of the time and place of selling real property, and three weeks’ notice of personal property.  [C51, §1905; R60, §3310; C73, §3079; C97, §4023; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11722; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.74]  Referred to in §626.77
IA Code § 626.75 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.75 - Posting and publication — compensation.

626.75 Posting and publication — compensation.   Notice shall be posted in at least three public places of the county, one of which shall be at the county courthouse. In addition to which, in case of the sale of real estate, or where personal property with a value of two hundred dollars or greater is to be sold, there shall be two weekly publications of such notice in some newspaper printed in the county, to be selected by the party causing the notice to be given, the first at least four weeks in the case of real estate, or three weeks in the case of personal property, before the date of sale, and the second at a later time before the date of sale. The compensation for such publication shall be the same as is provided by law for legal notices.  [C51, §1906; R60, §3311; C73, §3080; C97, §4024; S13, §4024; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11723; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.75]  90 Acts, ch 1058, §1  Referred to in §626.77
IA Code § 626.76 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.76 - Labor commissioner to represent.

626.76 Labor commissioner to represent.   The labor commissioner, appointed pursuant to section 91.2, may, at the labor commissioner’s discretion, represent laborers or employees seeking payment for labor or wage claims from the receiver, trustee, or assignee, or the court, or the person charged with the property, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of sections 626.69 and 626.71.  2006 Acts, ch 1024, §1, 2
IA Code § 626.77 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.77 - Penalty for selling without notice.

626.77 Penalty for selling without notice.   An officer selling without the notice prescribed in sections 626.74 and 626.75, shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the defendant in execution, in addition to the actual damages sustained by either party; but the validity of the sale is not thereby affected.  [C51, §1907; R60, §3312; C73, §3081; C97, §4027; S13, §4027; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11725; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.77]
IA Code § 626.78 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.78 - Notice to defendant.

626.78 Notice to defendant.   If the debtor is in actual occupation and possession of any part of the land levied on, the officer having the execution shall, at least twenty days previous to such sale, serve the debtor with written notice, stating that the execution is levied on said land, and mentioning the time and place of sale, which notice shall be served in the manner provided by  rule of civil procedure 1.305(1)  . However, upon the filing of an affidavit that the debtor is intentionally evading service of process or otherwise cannot be served despite repeated and diligent attempts, the notice may be served by placing the notice in a plain opaque envelope, addressed to the defendant and marked personal and confidential, by affixing the envelope to a main entrance of the premises subject to sale, and by mailing a copy of the notice to the debtor at the debtor’s last known address by ordinary mail.  [R60, §3318; C73, §3087; C97, §4025; S13, §4025; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11726; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.78]  2006 Acts, ch 1132, §5, 16  Referred to in §626.79
IA Code § 626.79 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.79 - Setting aside sale.

626.79 Setting aside sale.   Sales made without the notice required in section 626.78 may be set aside on motion made within ninety days thereafter.  [R60, §3318; C73, §3087; C97, §4025; S13, §4025; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11727; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.79]
IA Code § 626.80 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.80 - Time and manner.

626.80 Time and manner.   1. The sale must be at public auction, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and the hour of the commencement of the sale must be fixed in the notice.   2. The sheriff shall receive and give a receipt for a sealed written bid submitted prior to the public auction. The sheriff may require all sealed written bids to be accompanied by payment of any fees required to be paid at the public auction by the purchaser, to be returned if the person submitting the sealed written bid is not the purchaser. The sheriff shall keep all written bids sealed until the commencement of the public auction, at which time the sheriff shall open and announce the written bids as though made in person. A party who has appeared in the foreclosure may submit a written bid, which shall include a facsimile number or electronic mail address where the party can be notified of the results of the sale. If a party submitting a winning written bid does not pay the amount of the bid in certified funds in the manner in which the sheriff in the notice directs, such bid shall be deemed canceled and the sheriff shall certify the next highest bidder as the successful bidder of the sale either within twenty-four hours for an electronic funds transfer or forty-eight hours otherwise, of notification of the sale results. A sheriff may refuse to accept written bids from a bidder other than the judgment creditor if the bidder or the bidder’s agent in the action has demonstrated a pattern of nonpayment on previously accepted bids.  [C51, §1908; R60, §3313; C73, §3082; C97, §4028; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11728; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.80]  89 Acts, ch 123, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1132, §6, 16; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §106  State or municipality as purchaser, chapter 569
IA Code § 626.81 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.81 - Sale postponed.

626.81 Sale postponed.   When there are no bidders, or when the amount offered is grossly inadequate, when from any cause the sale is prevented from taking place on the day fixed, when requested by the judgment creditor, or when the parties so agree, the officer may postpone the sale without being required to give any further notice thereof, which postponement shall be publicly announced at the time the sale was to have been made, but not more than two such adjournments of not more than sixty days in the aggregate shall be made, except by agreement of the parties in writing and made a part of the return upon the execution.  [C51, §1909; R60, §3314; C73, §3083; C97, §4029; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11729; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.81]  2009 Acts, ch 51, §3, 17
IA Code § 626.82 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.82 - Overplus.

626.82 Overplus.   When the property sells for more than the amount required to be collected, the overplus must be paid to the debtor, unless the officer has another execution in the officer’s hands on which said overplus may be rightfully applied, or unless there are liens upon the property which ought to be paid therefrom, and the holders thereof make claim to such surplus and demand application thereon, in which case the officer shall pay the same into the hands of the clerk of the district court, and it shall be applied as ordered by the court.  [C51, §1910; R60, §3315; C73, §3084; C97, §4030; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11730; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.82]
IA Code § 626.83 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.83 - Deficiency — additional execution.

626.83 Deficiency — additional execution.   If the property levied on sells for less than sufficient to satisfy the execution, the judgment holder may order out another, which shall be credited with the amount of the previous sale. The proceedings under the second execution shall conform to those hereinbefore prescribed.  [C51, §1911; R60, §3316; C73, §3085; C97, §4031; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11731; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.83]
IA Code § 626.84 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.84 - Plan of division of land.

626.84 Plan of division of land.   At any time before 9:00 a.m. of the day of the sale, the debtor may deliver to the officer a plan of division of the land levied on, subscribed by the debtor, and in that case the officer shall sell, according to said plan, so much of the land as may be necessary to satisfy the debt and costs, and no more. If no such plan is furnished, the officer may sell without any division.  [R60, §3319; C73, §3088; C97, §4032; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11732; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.84]  2015 Acts, ch 29, §107
IA Code § 626.85 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.85 - Failure of purchaser to pay — optional procedure.

626.85 Failure of purchaser to pay — optional procedure.   When the purchaser fails to pay the money when demanded, the judgment holder or the holder’s attorney may elect to proceed against the purchaser for the amount; otherwise the sheriff shall treat the sale as a nullity, and may sell the property on the same day, or after postponement as above authorized.  [C51, §1913; R60, §3320; C73, §3089; C97, §4033; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11733; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.85]
IA Code § 626.86 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.86 - Sales vacated for lack of lien.

626.86 Sales vacated for lack of lien.   When any person shall purchase at a sheriff’s sale any real estate on which the judgment upon which the execution issued was not a lien at the time of the levy, and which fact was unknown to the purchaser, the court shall set aside such sale on motion, notice having been given to the debtor as in case of action, and a new execution may be issued to enforce the judgment, and, upon the order being made to set aside the sale, the sheriff or judgment creditor shall pay over to the purchaser the purchase money; said motion may also be made by any person interested in the real estate.  [R60, §3321; C73, §3090; C97, §4034; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11734; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.86]
IA Code § 626.87 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.87 - Money — things in action.

626.87 Money — things in action.   Money levied upon may be appropriated without being advertised or sold, and so may bank bills, drafts, promissory notes, or other papers of the like character, if the plaintiff will receive them at their par value as cash, or if the officer can exchange them for cash at that value.  [C51, §1914; R60, §3322; C73, §3091; C97, §4035; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11735; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.87]
IA Code § 626.88 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.88 - Real estate of deceased judgment debtor.

626.88 Real estate of deceased judgment debtor.   When a judgment has been obtained against a decedent in the decedent’s lifetime, the plaintiff may file a petition in the office of the clerk of the court where the judgment is rendered, against the executor, the heirs, and devisees of real estate, if such there be, setting forth the facts, and that there is real estate of the deceased, describing its location and extent, and praying the court to award execution against the same.  [C51, §1918; R60, §3323; C73, §3092; C97, §4036; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11736; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.88]
IA Code § 626.89 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.89 - Notice.

626.89 Notice.   The person against whom the petition is filed shall be notified by the plaintiff to appear within twenty days following completion of service and show cause, if any, why execution should not be awarded.  [C51, §1919; R60, §3324; C73, §3093; C97, §4037; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11737; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.89]
IA Code § 626.90 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.90 - Service and return.

626.90 Service and return.   The notice must be served and returned in the ordinary manner, and the same length of time shall be allowed for appearance as in civil actions, and service of such notice on nonresident defendants may be had in such cases by publication.  [C51, §1920; R60, §3325; C73, §3094; C97, §4038; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11738; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.90]  See also  R.C.P. 1.303  Service by publication,  R.C.P. 1.310
IA Code § 626.91 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.91 - Execution awarded.

626.91 Execution awarded.   At the proper time, the court shall award the execution, unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, but the nonage of the heirs or devisees shall not be held such sufficient cause.  [C51, §1921, 1922; R60, §3326, 3327; C73, §3095, 3096; C97, §4039; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11739; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.91]
IA Code § 626.92 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.92 - Mutual judgments — setoff.

626.92 Mutual judgments — setoff.   Mutual judgments, executions on which are in the hands of the same officer, may be set off the one against the other, except the costs, but if the amount collected on the large judgment is sufficient to pay the costs of both, such costs shall be paid therefrom.  [C51, §1923; R60, §3328; C73, §3097; C97, §4040; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11740; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.92]
IA Code § 626.93 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.93 - Personal property and leasehold interests — appraisement.

626.93 Personal property and leasehold interests — appraisement.   Personal property, and leasehold interests in real property having less than two years of an unexpired term, levied upon and advertised for sale on execution, must be appraised before sale by two disinterested householders of the neighborhood, one of whom shall be chosen by the execution debtor and the other by the plaintiff, or, in case of the absence of either party, or if either or both parties neglect or refuse to make choice, the officer making the levy shall choose one or both, as the case may be, who shall forthwith return to said officer a just appraisement, under oath, of said property if they can agree; if they cannot, they shall choose another disinterested householder, and with that householder’s assistance shall complete such appraisement, and the property shall not, upon the first offer, be sold for less than two-thirds of said valuation; but if offered at the same place and hour of the day as advertised upon three successive days, and no bid is received equal to two-thirds of the appraised value thereof, then it may be sold for one-half of said valuation.  [C73, §3100; C97, §4041; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11741; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.93]  Referred to in §626.94
IA Code § 626.94 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.94 - Property unsold — optional procedure.

626.94 Property unsold — optional procedure.   Subject to the provisions of section 626.93, when property is unsold for want of bidders, the levy still holds good; and, if there be sufficient time, it may again be advertised, or the execution returned and one issued commanding the officer to sell the property, describing it, previously levied on, to which a clause may be added that, if such property does not produce a sum sufficient to satisfy such execution, the officer shall proceed to make an additional levy, on which the officer shall proceed as on other executions; or the plaintiff may, in writing filed with the clerk, abandon such levy, upon paying the costs thereof; in which case execution may issue with the same effect as if none had ever been issued.  [C51, §1912; R60, §3317; C73, §3086; C97, §4042; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11742; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.94]
IA Code § 626.95 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.95 - Deed or certificate.

626.95 Deed or certificate.   If the property sold is not subject to redemption, the sheriff must execute a deed therefor to the purchaser; but, if subject to redemption, a certificate, containing a description of the property and the amount of money paid by such purchaser, and stating that, unless redemption is made within one year thereafter, or such other time as may be specifically provided for particular actions according to law, the purchaser or the purchaser’s heirs or assigns will be entitled to a deed for the same.  [C51, §1925; R60, §3331; C73, §3101; C97, §4044; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11743; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.95]
IA Code § 626.96 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.96 - Duplicate issued in case of loss.

626.96 Duplicate issued in case of loss.   When any person, firm, or corporation to whom a sheriff’s certificate of sale has been issued or an assignee thereof shall file in the office of the clerk of the district court in which the certificate was issued and in said action, a verified application signed by the purchaser or assignee, the purchaser’s or assignee’s agent, legal representative or attorney that the outstanding sheriff’s certificate of sale in said action has been lost or destroyed, the court shall fix a time for hearing thereon and prescribe the notice therefor and the manner of service thereof on the parties to said action or their successors in interest, and on said hearing if the court finds that the sheriff’s certificate of sale issued in said cause has been lost or destroyed, shall order the sheriff of said county to issue a duplicate certificate of sale as of the date of the original certificate which shall have the same force and effect as the original, and any deed executed thereunder shall have the same force and effect as if executed under the original certificate of sale.  [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.96]
IA Code § 626.97 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.97 - Cancellation after eight years.

626.97 Cancellation after eight years.   After eight years have elapsed from the date of issuance of any sheriff’s certificate of sale, and no action has been taken by the holder of such certificate to obtain a deed thereunder, it shall be the duty of the sheriff and clerk of the district court to cancel such sale and certificate of record and all rights thereunder shall be barred.  [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.97]
IA Code § 626.98 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.98 - Deed.

626.98 Deed.   If the debtor or the debtor’s assignee fails to redeem, the sheriff then in office must, at the end of the period for redemption provided by law for the particular action, execute a deed to the person who is entitled to the certificate as hereinbefore provided, or to that person’s assignee. If the person entitled is dead, the deed shall be made to the person’s heirs.  [C51, §1946; R60, §3354; C73, §348, 3124; C97, §4062; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11744; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.98]
IA Code § 626.99 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.99 - Constructive notice — recording.

626.99 Constructive notice — recording.   The purchaser of real estate at a sale on execution need not place any evidence of the person’s purchase upon record until sixty days after the expiration of the full time of redemption. Up to that time the publicity of the proceedings is constructive notice of the rights of the purchaser.  [C51, §1947; R60, §3355; C73, §3125; C97, §4063; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11745; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.99]
IA Code § 626.100 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.100 - Presumption.

626.100 Presumption.   Deeds executed by a sheriff in pursuance of the sales contemplated in this chapter are presumptive evidence of the regularity of all previous proceedings in the case, and may be given in evidence without preliminary proof.  [C51, §1948; R60, §3356; C73, §3126; C97, §4064; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11746; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.100]
IA Code § 626.101 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 626 - EXECUTION|Section 626.101 - Damages for injury to property.

626.101 Damages for injury to property.   When real estate has been sold on execution, the purchaser thereof, or any person who has succeeded to the purchaser’s interest, may, after the estate becomes absolute, recover damages for any injury to the property committed after the sale and before possession is delivered under the conveyance.  [C51, §1949; R60, §3357; C73, §3127; C97, §4065; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11747; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.101]  Recovery for waste, §658.7