631.12 Entry of judgment — setting aside default judgment. 1. The clerk shall immediately enter the judgment in the small claims docket and district court lien book, without recording. Relief shall be granted as is appropriate. Upon enteringjudgment, the court may provide for installment payments to be made directly by the partyobligated to the party entitled thereto. If installment payments are ordered, execution shallnot issue as long as the payments are made, but execution shall issue for the full unpaidbalance of the judgment upon the filing of an affidavit of default. When entered on the smallclaims docket and district court lien book, a small claims judgment shall constitute a lien tothe same extent as regular judgments entered on the district court judgment docket and lienbook. However, if a small claims judgment requires installment payments, the judgment shallnot be enforceable until an affidavit of default is filed. 2. A defendant may move to set aside a default judgment in the manner provided for doing so in district court by rule of civil procedure 1.977. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.12]84 Acts, ch 1322, §5; 99 Acts, ch 144, §11; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §213 Sat Dec 23 ent in the manner provided for doing so in district court by rule of civil procedure 1.977. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.12]84 Acts, ch 1322, §5; 99 Acts, ch 144, §11; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §213 Sat Dec 23 11:22:41 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 631.12 (19, 0)
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