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2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 642 - GARNISHMENT › Section 642.19 - Docket to show garnishments.

642.19 Docket to show garnishments.
The docketing of the original case shall contain a statement of all the garnishments therein, and when judgment is rendered against a garnishee, the same shall distinctly refer to the original judgment.
[R60, §3213; C73, §2992; C97, §3952; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12175; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §642.19]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 642 - GARNISHMENT › Section 642.20 - Appeal.

642.20 Appeal.
An appeal lies in all garnishment cases at the instance of the plaintiff, the defendant, the garnishee, or an intervenor claiming the money or property.
[R60, §3214; C73, §2993; C97, §3953; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12176; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §642.20]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 642 - GARNISHMENT › Section 642.21 - Exemption from net earnings.

642.21 Exemption from net earnings.
1. The disposable earnings of an individual are exempt from garnishment to the extent provided by the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, Tit. III, 15 U.S.C. §1671 – 1677 (1982). The maximum amount of an employee’s earnings which may be garnished during any one calendar year is two hundred fifty dollars for each judgment creditor, except as provided in chapter 252D and sections 598.22, 598.23, and 627.12, or when those earnings are reasonably expected to be in excess of twelve thousand dollars for that calendar year as determined from the answers taken by the sheriff or by the court pursuant to section 642.5, subsection 1, question number four. When the employee’s earnings are reasonably expected to be more than twelve thousand dollars, the maximum amount of those earnings which may be garnished during a calendar year for each creditor is as follows:
a. Employees with expected earnings of twelve thousand dollars or more, but less than sixteen thousand dollars, not more than four hundred dollars may be garnished.
b. Employees with expected earnings of sixteen thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-four thousand dollars, not more than eight hundred dollars may be garnished.
c. Employees with expected earnings of twenty-four thousand dollars or more, but less than thirty-five thousand dollars, not more than one thousand five hundred dollars may be garnished.
d. Employees with expected earnings of thirty-five thousand dollars or more, but less than fifty thousand dollars, not more than two thousand dollars may be garnished.
e. Employees with expected earnings of fifty thousand dollars or more, not more than ten percent of an employee’s expected earnings.
2. No employer shall:
a. Withhold from the earnings of an individual an amount greater than that provided by law.
b. Dispose of garnished wages in any manner other than ordered by a court of law.
c. Discharge an individual by reason of the individual’s earnings having been subject to garnishment for indebtedness.
d. Be held liable for an amount not earned at the time of the service of notice of garnishment or for the costs of a garnishment action.
3. For the purpose of this section:
a. The term “earnings” means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program.
b. The term “disposable earnings” means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld.
[C51, §1901; R60, §3307; C73, §3074; C97, §4011; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11763; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §627.10; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §642.21]
84 Acts, ch 1239, §11; 85 Acts, ch 178, §14; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §77; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §111
Referred to in §537.5105, 537.5106, 537.5201, 627.6, 630.3A, 642.2, 642.22
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 642 - GARNISHMENT › Section 642.22 - Validity of garnishment notice — duty to monitor account.

642.22 Validity of garnishment notice — duty to monitor account.
1. A notice of garnishment served upon a garnishee is effective without serving another notice until the earliest of the following:
a. The annual maximum permitted to be garnished under section 642.21 has been withheld.
b. The writ of execution expires.
c. The judgment is satisfied.
d. The garnishment is released by the sheriff at the request of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney.
2. A supervised financial organization, as defined in section 537.1301, subsection 45, which is garnished for an account of a defendant, after paying the sheriff any amounts then in the account, shall monitor the account for any additional amounts at least monthly while the garnishment notice is effective.
3. Expiration of the execution does not affect a garnishee’s duties and liabilities respecting property already withheld pursuant to the garnishment.
84 Acts, ch 1239, §12; 85 Acts, ch 93, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1238, §26; 87 Acts, ch 98, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 92, §2
Referred to in §627.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 642 - GARNISHMENT › Section 642.23 - Support disbursements by the clerk.

642.23 Support disbursements by the clerk.
Notwithstanding the one-hundred-twenty-day period in section 626.16 for the return of an execution in garnishment for the payment of a support obligation, the sheriff shall promptly deposit any amounts collected with the clerk of the district court, and the clerk shall disburse the amounts, after subtracting applicable fees, within two working days of the filing of an order condemning funds as follows:
1. To the person entitled to the support payments when the clerk of the district court is the official entity responsible for the receipt and disbursement of support payments pursuant to section 252B.14.
2. To the collection services center when the collection services center is the official entity responsible for the receipt and disbursement of support payments pursuant to section 252B.14.
85 Acts, ch 178, §15; 93 Acts, ch 79, §53; 2006 Acts, ch 1081, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1129, §12
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 642 - GARNISHMENT › Section 642.24 - Garnishments — support payment priority.

642.24 Garnishments — support payment priority.
The court shall include in any order for garnishment a requirement that any amount garnisheed for the payment of a support obligation, whether or not the amount represents a current or delinquent support obligation, shall first be paid out of the garnisheed funds, after subtracting applicable fees related to the issuance of the specific garnishment, before any amounts garnisheed for other purposes are paid out of the garnisheed funds.
90 Acts, ch 1050, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.1 - Where brought — petition.

643.1 Where brought — petition.
An action of replevin may be brought in any county in which the property or some part thereof is situated. The petition must be verified and must state:
1. A particular description of the property claimed.
2. Its actual value, and, where there are several articles, the actual value of each.
3. The facts constituting the plaintiff’s right to the present possession thereof, and the extent of the plaintiff’s interest in the property, whether it be full or qualified ownership.
4. That it was neither taken on the order or judgment of a court against the plaintiff, nor under an execution or attachment against the plaintiff or against the property; but if it was taken by either of these modes, then it must state the facts constituting an exemption from seizure by such process.
5. The facts constituting the alleged cause of detention thereof, according to the plaintiff’s best belief.
6. The amount of damages which the affiant believes the plaintiff ought to recover for the detention thereof.
[C51, §1703, 1994, 1995; R60, §3553; C73, §3225; C97, §4163; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12177; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.2 - Ordinary proceedings — joinder or counterclaim.

643.2 Ordinary proceedings — joinder or counterclaim.
The action shall be by ordinary proceedings, but there shall be no joinder of any cause of action not of the same kind, nor shall there be allowed any counterclaim.
[R60, §4175; C73, §3226; C97, §4164; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12178; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.3 - Process on Sunday.

643.3 Process on Sunday.
If the plaintiff alleges in the petition that the plaintiff will lose the property unless process issues on Sunday, the order may be issued and served on that day.
[C73, §3227; C97, §4165; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12179; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.3]
Analogous or related provisions, §626.6, 639.5, and 667.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.4 - New parties.

643.4 New parties.
If a third person claims the property or any part thereof, the plaintiff may amend and bring the third person in as a codefendant, or the defendant may obtain the substitution by the proper mode, or the claimant may intervene by the process of intervention.
[C51, §1684, 1999; R60, §3561; C73, §3228; C97, §4166; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12180; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.4]
Interpleader,
R.C.P. 1.251 – 1.257
Intervention,
R.C.P. 1.407
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.5 - Writ issued.

643.5 Writ issued.
Upon direction of the court after notice and opportunity for such hearing as it may prescribe, the clerk shall issue a writ under the clerk’s hand, and the seal of the court, directed to the proper officer, requiring the officer to take the property therein described and deliver it to the plaintiff.
[C51, §1997; R60, §3555; C73, §3230; C97, §4168; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12183; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §643.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §643.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.6 - Filing — purpose of bond.

643.6 Filing — purpose of bond.
A bond shall be filed with the clerk, and be for the use of any person injured by the proceeding.
[C51, §1996; R60, §3554; C73, §3229; C97, §4167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12182; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.7 - Bond.

643.7 Bond.
When the plaintiff desires the immediate delivery of the property, the plaintiff shall execute a bond to the defendant, with sureties to be approved by the clerk, in a penalty at least equal to twice the value of the property sought to be taken, conditioned that the plaintiff will appear in court on or before the day fixed in the original notice, and prosecute the action to judgment, and return the property, if a return is awarded, and pay all costs and damages that may be adjudged against the plaintiff.
[C51, §1996; R60, §3554; C73, §3229; C97, §4167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12181; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §643.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §643.7]
Referred to in §602.8102(109)
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.8 - Wrongful removal — service.

643.8 Wrongful removal — service.
If the petition shows that the property has been wrongfully removed into another county from the one in which the action is commenced, the writ may issue from the county whence the property was wrongfully taken, and may be served in any county where it may be found.
[C73, §3230; C97, §4168; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12184; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.8]
Analogous provision, §639.21
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.9 - Following property — duplicate writs.

643.9 Following property — duplicate writs.
When any of the property is removed to another county after the commencement of the action, the officer to whom the writ is issued may follow the same and execute the writ in any county of the state where the property is found. For the purpose of following the property, duplicate writs may be issued, if necessary, and served as the original.
[R60, §3556; C73, §3231; C97, §4169; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12185; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.9]
Analogous provision, §639.21
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.10 - Execution of writ.

643.10 Execution of writ.
The officer must forthwith execute the writ by taking possession of the property therein described, if it is found in the possession of the defendant or the defendant’s agent, or of any other person who obtained possession thereof from the defendant, directly or indirectly, after the writ was placed in the officer’s hands, for which purpose the officer may break open any dwelling house or other enclosure, having first demanded entrance and exhibited the officer’s authority, if demanded.
[C51, §1998; R60, §3557; C73, §3232; C97, §4170; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12186; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.10]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.11 - Defendant examined.

643.11 Defendant examined.
When it appears by affidavit that the property claimed has been disposed of or concealed so that the writ cannot be executed, the court upon verified petition therefor, may compel the attendance of the defendant or other person claiming or concealing the property, and examine the person on oath as to the situation of the property, and punish a willful obstruction or hindrance or disobedience of the order of the court in this respect as in case of contempt.
[R60, §3558; C73, §3233; C97, §4171; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12187; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.11]
Contempts, chapter 665
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.12 - Delivery bond.

643.12 Delivery bond.
The officer, having taken the property or any part thereof, shall forthwith deliver the same to the plaintiff, unless, before the actual delivery to the plaintiff, the defendant executes a bond to the plaintiff, with sureties to be approved by the clerk or officer, conditioned that the defendant will appear in and defend the action, and deliver the property to the plaintiff, if the plaintiff recovers judgment therefor, in as good condition as it was when the action was commenced, and that the defendant will pay all costs and damages that may be adjudged against the defendant for the taking or detention of the property.
[R60, §3560; C73, §3234, 3235; C97, §4172; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12188; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.12]
Referred to in §602.8102(109)
Similar provisions, §639.42, 639.45, 667.7
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.13 - Release — return of bond.

643.13 Release — return of bond.
Said bond shall be delivered to the officer, who shall return the property to the defendant, append the bond to the writ, return it therewith to the officer issuing it, and refer thereto in the sheriff’s return on the writ.
[R60, §3559; C73, §3237; C97, §4172; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12189; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.13]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.14 - Inspection — appraisement.

643.14 Inspection — appraisement.
When the property is so retained by the defendant, the defendant shall permit the officer and plaintiff to inspect the same, and, if the plaintiff so requests, the officer shall cause it to be examined and appraised by two sworn appraisers chosen by the parties to the action, or, in their default, by the officer personally, in the manner provided for other cases of appraisement, and in case they cannot agree the officer shall select a third, and an appraisement agreed to by two of them shall be sufficient, and the officer shall return their appraisement with the writ.
[C73, §3236; C97, §4173; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12190; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.14]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.15 - Return of writ.

643.15 Return of writ.
The officer must return the writ within sixty days after its issuance or at an earlier time if the court shall order, and shall state fully what the officer has done thereunder. If the officer has taken any property, the officer shall describe the same particularly.
[R60, §3559; C73, §3237; C97, §4174; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12191; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.15]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.16 - Assessment of value and damages — right of possession.

643.16 Assessment of value and damages — right of possession.
The jury must assess the value of the property and the damages for the taking or detention thereof, whenever by their verdict there will be a judgment for the recovery or the return of the property, and, when required so to do by either party, must find the value of each article, and find which is entitled to the possession, designating the party’s right therein, and the value of such right.
[R60, §3082; C73, §3238; C97, §4175; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12192; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.16]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.17 - Judgment.

643.17 Judgment.
The judgment shall determine which party is entitled to the possession of the property, and shall designate the party’s right therein, and if such party have not the possession thereof, shall also determine the value of the right of such party, which right shall be absolute as to an adverse party, and shall also award such damages to either party as the party may be entitled to for the illegal detention thereof. If the judgment be against the plaintiff for the money value of the property, it shall also be against the sureties on the plaintiff’s bond.
[C51, §2000, 2001; R60, §3554, 3562, 3567; C73, §3229, 3239; C97, §4176; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12193; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.17]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.18 - Execution.

643.18 Execution.
The execution shall require the officer to deliver the possession of the property, particularly describing it, to the party entitled thereto, and may at the same time require the officer to satisfy any costs, damages, or rents and profits, with interest, recovered by the same judgment, out of the property of the party against whom it was rendered, subject to execution, and the value of the property for which judgment was recovered to be specified therein if a delivery thereof cannot be had, and shall in that respect be deemed an execution against property.
[R60, §3253; C73, §3240; C97, §4177; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12194; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.18]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.19 - Plaintiff’s option.

643.19 Plaintiff’s option.
If the party found to be entitled to the property be not already in possession thereof by delivery under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise, the party may at the party’s option have an execution for the delivery of the specific property, or for the value thereof as determined by the jury, and if any article of the property cannot be obtained on execution, the party may take the remainder, with the value of the missing articles.
[R60, §3563, 3568; C73, §3241; C97, §4178; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12195; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.19]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.20 - Judgment on bond.

643.20 Judgment on bond.
When property for which a bond has been given as hereinbefore provided is not forthcoming to answer the judgment, and the party entitled thereto so elects, a judgment may be entered against the principal and sureties in the bond for its value.
[C73, §3242; C97, §4179; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12196; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.20]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.21 - Concealment.

643.21 Concealment.
When it appears by the return of the officer or by the affidavit of the plaintiff that any specific property which has been adjudged to belong to one party has been concealed or removed by the other, the court may require the concealer or remover to attend and be examined on oath respecting such matter, and may enforce its order in this respect as in case of contempt.
[R60, §3564; C73, §3243; C97, §4180; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12197; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.21]
Contempts, chapter 665
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 643 - REPLEVIN › Section 643.22 - Exemption.

643.22 Exemption.
A money judgment rendered under the provisions of this chapter for property exempt from execution shall also be to the same extent exempt from execution, and from all setoff or diminution by any person, which exemption may, at the election of the party in interest, be stated in the judgment.
[R60, §4176; C73, §3244; C97, §4181; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12198; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.22]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 645 - RECOVERY OF MERCHANDISE OR DAMAGES › Section 645.1 - Definitions.

645.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Mercantile establishment” includes any place where merchandise is displayed, held, or offered for sale, either retail or wholesale.
2. “Merchandise” includes any object, ware, good, commodity, or other similar item displayed or offered for sale.
3. “Owner” means an owner of a mercantile establishment and includes a designated representative of the owner.
89 Acts, ch 99, §1; 97 Acts, ch 97, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 645 - RECOVERY OF MERCHANDISE OR DAMAGES › Section 645.2 - Actions for merchandise or damages.

645.2 Actions for merchandise or damages.
1. An action for recovery of merchandise or the purchase price, damages, and costs may be brought by an owner pursuant to this chapter in any court of competent jurisdiction, including a court of small claims if the claim does not exceed jurisdictional limits.
2. A conviction under chapter 714 is not required as a condition precedent to the maintenance of an action pursuant to this chapter.
89 Acts, ch 99, §2; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 645 - RECOVERY OF MERCHANDISE OR DAMAGES › Section 645.3 - Liability.

645.3 Liability.
1. A person who knowingly and without claim of right wrongfully appropriates, takes possession of, or alters the price indicia of merchandise of a mercantile establishment without the consent of the owner and with the intent to convert the merchandise to the person’s own use without having paid the full purchase price for it, is liable for:
a. The return of the merchandise or the purchase price of the merchandise, provided that the merchandise is not evidence in a criminal proceeding under chapter 714.
b. Actual damages for any decrease in value of the merchandise returned.
c. The greater of fifty dollars or actual costs, not to exceed two hundred dollars, incurred by the owner in recovering the merchandise or damages pursuant to this chapter.
2. Damages awarded under this section shall be reduced by any amount received by the owner pursuant to court ordered restitution under chapter 232A or 910.
3. The parent or parents of an unemancipated minor child under the age of eighteen years are liable for any judgment awarded against the child pursuant to subsection 1 in accordance with, and subject to the limits established in, section 613.16.
89 Acts, ch 99, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.1 - Ordinary proceedings — joinder — counterclaim.

646.1 Ordinary proceedings — joinder — counterclaim.
Actions for the recovery of real property shall be by ordinary proceedings, and there shall be no joinder and no counterclaim therein, except of like proceedings, and as provided in this chapter.
[R60, §4177; C73, §3245; C97, §4182; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12230; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.2 - Parties.

646.2 Parties.
Any person having a valid subsisting interest in real property, and a right to the immediate possession thereof, may recover the same by action against any person acting as owner, landlord, or tenant of the property claimed.
[C51, §2002; R60, §3569; C73, §3246; C97, §4183; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12231; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.3 - Title.

646.3 Title.
The plaintiff must recover on the strength of the plaintiff’s own title.
[C51, §2020; R60, §3591; C73, §3247; C97, §4184; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12232; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.4 - Tenant in common.

646.4 Tenant in common.
In an action by a tenant in common or joint tenant of real property against the cotenant, the plaintiff must show, in addition to the plaintiff’s evidence of right, that the defendant either denied the plaintiff’s right, or did some act amounting to such denial.
[C51, §2027; R60, §3605; C73, §3248; C97, §4185; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12233; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.5 - Service on agent.

646.5 Service on agent.
When the defendant is a nonresident having an agent of record for the property in the state, service may be made upon such agent in the same manner and with the like effect as though made on the principal.
[C51, §2004; R60, §3572; C73, §3249; C97, §4186; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12234; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.6 - Petition.

646.6 Petition.
The petition may state generally that the plaintiff is entitled to the possession of the premises, particularly describing them, also the quantity of the plaintiff’s estate and the extent of the plaintiff’s interest therein, and that the defendant unlawfully keeps the plaintiff out of possession, and the damages, if any, which the plaintiff claims for withholding the same; but if the plaintiff claims other damages than the rents and profits, the plaintiff shall state the facts constituting the cause thereof.
[R60, §3570; C73, §3250; C97, §4187; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12235; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.7 - Abstract of title.

646.7 Abstract of title.
The plaintiff shall attach to the petition, and the defendant to the answer, if the party claims title, an abstract of the title relied on, showing from and through whom such title was obtained, together with a statement showing the page and book where the same appears of record.
[C73, §3251; C97, §4188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12236; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.7]
Abstracts, §354.11, 558.11, 651.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.8 - Unwritten muniments of title — unrecorded conveyances.

646.8 Unwritten muniments of title — unrecorded conveyances.
If such title, or any portion thereof, is not in writing, or does not appear of record, such fact shall be stated in the abstract, and either party shall furnish the adverse party with a copy of any unrecorded conveyance, or furnish a satisfactory reason for not so doing within a reasonable time after demand therefor.
[C73, §3251; C97, §4188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12237; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.9 - Evidence — abstract amended.

646.9 Evidence — abstract amended.
No written evidence of title shall be introduced on the trial unless it has been sufficiently referred to in such abstract, which, on motion, may be made more specific, or may be amended by the party setting it out.
[C73, §3251; C97, §4188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12238; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.10 - Answer.

646.10 Answer.
The answer of the defendant, and each if more than one, must set forth what part of the land the defendant claims and what interest the defendant claims therein generally, and if as mere tenant, the name and residence of the landlord.
[C51, §2005; R60, §3573; C73, §3252; C97, §4189; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12239; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.10]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.11 - Landlord substituted.

646.11 Landlord substituted.
When it appears that the defendant is only a tenant, the landlord may be substituted by the service upon the landlord of original notice, or by the landlord’s voluntary appearance, in which case the judgment shall be conclusive against the landlord.
[C51, §2003; R60, §3571, 3589; C73, §3253; C97, §4190; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12240; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.11]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.12 - Possession.

646.12 Possession.
When the defendant makes defense it is not necessary to prove the defendant in possession of the premises.
[C51, §2007; R60, §3575; C73, §3254; C97, §4191; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12241; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.12]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.13 - Purchase pending suit.

646.13 Purchase pending suit.
Any person acquiring title to land or any interest therein, after commencement of an action under this chapter to recover the same, shall take subject to notice of and without prejudice to the rights of the parties to such action.
[R60, §3578; C73, §3255; C97, §4192; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12242; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.13]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.14 - Order to enter and survey.

646.14 Order to enter and survey.
The court on motion, and after notice to the opposite party, may for cause shown grant an order allowing the party applying therefor to enter upon the land in controversy and make survey thereof for the purposes of the action.
[C51, §2021; R60, §3592; C73, §3256; C97, §4193; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12243; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.14]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.15 - Service.

646.15 Service.
The order must describe the property, and a copy thereof must be served upon the owner or person having the occupancy and control of the land.
[C51, §2022; R60, §3593; C73, §3257; C97, §4194; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12244; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.15]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.16 - Verdict — special.

646.16 Verdict — special.
The verdict may specify the extent and quantity of the plaintiff’s estate and the premises to which the plaintiff is entitled, with reasonable certainty, by metes and bounds and other sufficient description, according to the facts as proved.
[R60, §3594; C73, §3258; C97, §4195; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12245; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.16]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.17 - General verdict.

646.17 General verdict.
A general verdict in favor of the plaintiff, without such specifications, entitles the plaintiff to the quantity of interest or estate in the premises as set forth and described in the petition.
[R60, §3595; C73, §3259; C97, §4196; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12246; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.17]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.18 - Judgment for damages.

646.18 Judgment for damages.
If the interest of the plaintiff expires before the time in which the plaintiff could be put in possession, the plaintiff can obtain a judgment for damages only.
[C51, §2010; R60, §3579; C73, §3260; C97, §4197; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12247; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.18]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.19 - Use and occupation.

646.19 Use and occupation.
The plaintiff cannot recover for the use and occupation of the premises for more than five years prior to the commencement of the action.
[C51, §2008; R60, §3576; C73, §3261; C97, §4198; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12248; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.19]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.20 - Improvements set off.

646.20 Improvements set off.
When the plaintiff is entitled to damages for withholding or using or injuring the plaintiff’s property, the defendant may set off the value of any permanent improvements made thereon to the extent of the damages, unless the defendant prefers to take advantage of the law for the benefit of occupying claimants.
[C51, §2023; R60, §3596; C73, §3262; C97, §4199; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12249; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.20]
Occupying claimants, chapter 560
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.21 - Wanton aggression.

646.21 Wanton aggression.
In case of wanton aggression on the part of the defendant, the jury may award exemplary damages.
[C51, §2024; R60, §3597; C73, §3263; C97, §4200; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12250; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.21]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.22 - Tenant — extent of liability.

646.22 Tenant — extent of liability.
A tenant in possession in good faith, under a lease or license from another, is not liable beyond the rent in arrear at the time of suit brought for the recovery of land, and that which may afterward accrue during the continuance of the tenant’s possession.
[R60, §3598; C73, §3264; C97, §4201; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12251; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.22]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.23 - Growing crops — bond.

646.23 Growing crops — bond.
If the defendant avers that the defendant has a crop sowed, planted, or growing on the premises, the jury, finding for the plaintiff, and also finding that fact, shall further find the value of the premises from the date of the trial until the first day of January next succeeding, and no execution for possession shall be issued until that time, if the defendant executes, with surety to be approved by the clerk, a bond in double such sum to the plaintiff, conditioned to pay at said date the sum so assessed, which shall be part of the record, and shall have the force and effect of a judgment, and if not paid at maturity the clerk, on the application of the plaintiff, shall issue execution thereon against all the obligors.
[R60, §3599; C73, §3265; C97, §4202; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12252; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.23]
Referred to in §602.8102(111)
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.24 - Writ of possession.

646.24 Writ of possession.
When the plaintiff shows that the plaintiff is entitled to the immediate possession of the premises, judgment shall be entered and an execution issued accordingly.
[C51, §2009; R60, §3577; C73, §3266; C97, §4203; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12253; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.24]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 646 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY › Section 646.25 - Judgment for rent accruing.

646.25 Judgment for rent accruing.
The plaintiff may have judgment for the rent or rental value of the premises which accrues after judgment and before delivery of possession, by motion in the court in which the judgment was rendered, ten days’ notice thereof in writing being given, unless judgment is stayed by appeal and bond given to suspend the judgment, in which case the motion may be made after the affirmance thereof.
[R60, §3600; C73, §3267; C97, §4204; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12254; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.25]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 647 - RESTORATION OF LOST RECORDS › Section 647.1 - Action in rem.

647.1 Action in rem.
1. Whenever the public records in the office of any county official in this state have been or shall hereafter be lost or destroyed in any material part, the said county on relation of said public officer or the owner of any real estate affected thereby, may bring an action in rem in equity in the district court of the state in and for the county in which said real estate is situated against all known and unknown persons, firms, or corporations that might have any interest in said real estate affected by said record, to have said lost or destroyed records restored in whole or in part.
2. Any number of parcels of land may be included in the same suit; and whenever said action is brought by the owner, the public official in whose office said lost or destroyed public records are required by law to be kept shall be made a defendant therein.
[S13, §4227-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12258; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §647.1]
2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 647 - RESTORATION OF LOST RECORDS › Section 647.2 - Proceedings.

647.2 Proceedings.
1. The petition, notice, and decree in said action to restore any lost or destroyed records, and all proceedings in said suit, so far as the same relate to unknown defendants, shall conform to the statutes of this state applicable to actions against unknown defendants and unknown claimants; and all known defendants shall be served with notice in the time and manner now provided by law; and whenever said action is brought by the owner of said real estate, all clouds upon said title and defects therein and all adverse claims thereto may be adjudicated in the same suit and title quieted therein.
2. The provisions of
rule of civil procedure 1.1011
shall be applicable to defendants served with original notice in such action by publication.
[S13, §4227-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12259; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §647.2]
2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Unknown defendants, §617.7
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 647 - RESTORATION OF LOST RECORDS › Section 647.3 - Proof required.

647.3 Proof required.
No judgment or decree restoring any lost or destroyed record in such action shall be entered by default, but the court must require proof of the facts alleged in reference thereto and the court shall make such finding of facts and decree as may be sustained by the evidence and may order such lost or destroyed record to be prepared by said public official as completely as the circumstances and proof will permit, and said record when so prepared shall be approved by the court and its approval endorsed thereon by the clerk.
[S13, §4227-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12260; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §647.3]
Referred to in §602.8102(112)
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 647 - RESTORATION OF LOST RECORDS › Section 647.4 - Filing of restored records — effect.

647.4 Filing of restored records — effect.
All public records restored as provided by this chapter shall be filed, bound, and indexed the same as original records are required to be, and shall have the same force and effect as the original records before their loss or destruction.
[S13, §4227-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12261; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §647.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 647 - RESTORATION OF LOST RECORDS › Section 647.5 - Costs of restoration — how paid.

647.5 Costs of restoration — how paid.
Whenever any public record is restored, as provided in this chapter, all court costs and necessary expenses of restoring the same shall be paid by the county to which said records belong, whether said action is commenced or prosecuted by a county official or by the owner of any real estate authorized to maintain such action.
[SS15, §4227-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12262; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §647.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 648 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER › Section 648.1 - Grounds.

648.1 Grounds.
A summary remedy for forcible entry and detainer is allowable:
1. Where the defendant has by force, intimidation, fraud, or stealth entered upon the prior actual possession of another in real property, and detains the same.
2. Where the lessee holds over after the termination of the lease.
3. Where the lessee holds contrary to the terms of the lease.
4. Where the defendant continues in possession after a sale by foreclosure of a mortgage, or on execution, unless the defendant claims by a title paramount to the lien by virtue of which the sale was made, or by title derived from the purchaser at the sale; in either of which cases such title shall be clearly and concisely set forth in the defendant’s pleading.
5. For the nonpayment of rent, when due.
6. When the defendant or defendants remain in possession after the issuance of a valid tax deed.
[C51, §2362, 2363; R60, §3952, 3953; C73, §3611, 3612; C97, §4208; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12263; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.1]
2004 Acts, ch 1101, §87
Referred to in §562A.26, 631.1, 648.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 648 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER › Section 648.1A - Nonprofit transitional housing exempted.

648.1A Nonprofit transitional housing exempted.
This chapter shall not apply to occupancy in housing owned by a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide transitional housing for persons released from drug or alcohol treatment facilities or to provide housing for homeless persons. Absent an applicable provision in a lease, contract, or other agreement, a person who unlawfully remains on the premises of such housing may be subject to criminal trespass penalties pursuant to section 716.8.
2003 Acts, ch 154, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 648 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER › Section 648.2 - By legal representatives.

648.2 By legal representatives.
The legal representative of a person who, if alive, might have been plaintiff may bring this action after the person’s death.
[C51, §2364; R60, §3954; C73, §3613; C97, §4209; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12264; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 648 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER › Section 648.3 - Notice to quit.

648.3 Notice to quit.
1. Before action can be brought under any ground specified in section 648.1, except section 648.1, subsection 1, three days’ notice to quit must be given to the defendant in writing. However, a landlord who has given a tenant three days’ notice to pay rent and has terminated the tenancy as provided in section 562A.27, subsection 2, or section 562B.25, subsection 2, if the tenant is renting the manufactured or mobile home or the land from the landlord, may commence the action without giving a three-day notice to quit.
2. A notice to quit required under subsection 1 shall be served on the defendant according to one or more of the following methods:
a. Delivery evidenced by an acknowledgment of delivery that is signed and dated by a resident of the premises who is at least eighteen years of age. Delivery under this paragraph shall be deemed to provide notice to the defendant.
b. Personal service pursuant to
rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules
, for the personal service of original notice.
c. Posting on the primary entrance door of the premises and mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the premises or to the defendant’s last known address, if different from the address of the premises. A notice posted according to this paragraph shall be posted within the applicable time period for serving notice and shall include the date the notice was posted.
3. A notice to quit served by mail under this section is deemed completed four days after the notice is deposited in the mail and postmarked for delivery, whether or not the recipient signs a receipt for the notice.
[C51, §2365; R60, §3955; C73, §3614; C97, §4210; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12265; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.3; 81 Acts, ch 183, §2]
84 Acts, ch 1054, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §15; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §80; 2010 Acts, ch 1017, §8, 11; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §165
Referred to in §562A.27A, 562A.29A, 562B.25A, 562B.27A
Owner, landlord and tenant provisions, chapters 562, 562A, 562B
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 648 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER › Section 648.4 - Notice terminating tenancy.

648.4 Notice terminating tenancy.
When the tenancy is at will and the action is based on the ground of the nonpayment of rent when due, no notice of the termination of the tenancy other than the three-day notice need be given before beginning the action.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12266; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.4]
Farm tenancies, §562.5 – 562.8
See also §562.4, chapters 562A, 562B
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 648 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER › Section 648.6 - Notice to lienholders.

648.6 Notice to lienholders.
In cases covered by chapter 562B, a plaintiff shall send a copy of the petition, prior to the date set for hearing, by regular, certified, or restricted certified mail to the county treasurer and to each lienholder whose name and address are of record in the office of the county treasurer of the county where the mobile home or manufactured home is located.
98 Acts, ch 1107, §31; 2003 Acts, ch 154, §4
Referred to in §648.22A