§ 654-4a

654.4A Service of process — in rem relief. In addition to any other form of service authorized by law, where in rem relief is the only relief requested in a foreclosure action or nonjudicial foreclosure under section 654.18 orchapter 655A against either a party or a person to be served with a notice pursuant to section654.15B, all of the following shall apply: 1. If the person to be served is a judgment creditor, service may be made by certified mail, with proof of delivery, to the judgment creditor’s registered agent or to the judgmentcreditor at the judgment creditor’s principal place of business in the state where the businessis organized, as indicated by the records in the office of the secretary of state, or to thejudgment creditor at the last address indicated in the case in which the judgment was entered. 2. Upon affidavit that service cannot be made on a judgment creditor either pursuant to subsection 1 or by personal service in this state, service may be made by certified mail, withproof of delivery, on the judgment creditor’s attorney of record if that attorney is a practicingattorney in this state, along with a copy of this section, and a payment of ten dollars.

ied mail, withproof of delivery, on the judgment creditor’s attorney of record if that attorney is a practicingattorney in this state, along with a copy of this section, and a payment of ten dollars. Theattorney shall forward the notice by ordinary mail to the judgment creditor’s last knownaddress but the attorney shall have no further duties under this section with respect to thenotice. 3. An attorney who agrees to accept service on behalf of a judgment creditor may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed ten dollars, for accepting service. 4. If a person, other than a governmental taxing unit, is an interested person with respect to a decedent’s estate in probate, the person may be named generally as a person interestedin the decedent’s estate and service of process shall be made by personal service or certifiedmail, along with proof of delivery, on the attorney for the personal representative. If theestate is probated in this state and a person has requested notice pursuant to section 633.42,the mortgagee shall also serve that person or the person’s attorney by ordinary mail at theaddress specified in the request for notice.

te and a person has requested notice pursuant to section 633.42,the mortgagee shall also serve that person or the person’s attorney by ordinary mail at theaddress specified in the request for notice. A person so served may intervene as a nameddefendant as a matter of right. 5. If a defendant, other than a governmental taxing unit, is a person whose identity is not reasonably ascertainable, and the person has an interest in a decedent’s estate not probatedin this state, such person may be named generally as a person with an interest in thedecedent’s estate and service of process shall be made by publication unless the mortgageehas actual notice that the decedent’s estate is probated in another state. A person so servedmay intervene as a named defendant as a matter of right. 2009 Acts, ch 51, §5, 17; 2012 Acts, ch 1053, §2Referred to in §614.21, 624.23, 654.18, 655A.4, 656.3, 657A.2 Sat Dec 23 12:21:56 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 654.4A (22, 0)