626.50 Duty to levy — notice of ownership or exemption — notice to defendant. 1. An officer is bound to levy an execution on any personal property in the possession of, or that the officer has reason to believe belongs to, the defendant, or on which the plaintiffdirects the officer to levy, after having received written instructions for the levy from theplaintiff or the attorney who had the execution issued to the sheriff, unless the officer hasreceived notice in writing under oath from some other person, or that person’s agent orattorney, that the property belongs to the person, stating the nature of the person’s interestsin the property, how and from whom the person acquired the property, and the considerationpaid for the property; or from the defendant, that the property is exempt from execution. 2. a. The officer making the levy in subsection 1 shall promptly serve written notice of the levy on the defendant. The notice shall be served in the same manner as provided fororiginal notice. b. This subsection is not applicable to garnishment proceedings.[C51, §1916; R60, §3277; C73, §3055; C97, §3991; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11698; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, notice. b. This subsection is not applicable to garnishment proceedings.[C51, §1916; R60, §3277; C73, §3055; C97, §3991; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11698; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.50] 88 Acts, ch 1062, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1133, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1092, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 79, §1Applicable to attachments, §639.41Garnishment proceedings, see chapter 642 Sat Dec 23 11:21:23 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 626.50 (20, 0)
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