Court Opinion

ID: 9687271
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 16:21:17.874877+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:25.348425
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CARTER, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent.
On the issue of statutory interpretation that is presented, we are not interpreting the word “assignments.” We are interpreting the words “including a person who takes assignments for collection in the regular course of business,” as used in Iowa Code sections 539.1 and 539.3. I am convinced that those words were intended to authorize the type of collection efforts that are an issue on this appeal. As so interpreted, the legislation effectively overturns the principle this court established in Bump v. Barnett, 235 Iowa 308,16 N.W.2d 579 (1944).
I would reverse the judgment of the district court.