639.45 Delivery bond. The defendant, or any person in whose possession any attached property is found, or any person making affidavit that the person has an interest in it, may, at any time before judgment,discharge the property attached, or any part thereof, by giving bond with security, to beapproved by the sheriff, or after the return of the writ, by the clerk, in a penalty at least doublethe value of the property sought to be released, but if that sum would exceed double theamount of the claim for which an attachment is sued out, then in such sum as equals doublethe amount of such claim, conditioned that such property or its appraised value shall bedelivered to the sheriff, to satisfy any judgment which may be obtained against the defendantin that suit, within twenty days after the rendition thereof. This bond shall be filed with theclerk of the court. [C51, §1876; R60, §3219; C73, §2996; C97, §3909; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12121; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.45] Referred to in §537.5110Similar provisions, §639.42, 643.12, 667.7 Sat Dec 23 12:20:04 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 639.45 (16, 1)
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