809.4 Hearing — appeal. An application for the return of seized property shall be set for hearing not less than five nor more than thirty days after the filing of the application and shall be tried to the court.All claims to the same property shall be heard in one proceeding unless it is shown thatthe proceeding would result in prejudice to one or more of the parties. If the total value ofthe property sought to be returned is less than five thousand dollars, the proceeding may beconducted by a magistrate or a district associate judge with appeal to be as in the case of smallclaims. In all other cases, the hearing shall be conducted by a district judge, with appeal asprovided in section 809.12A. 86 Acts, ch 1140, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1133, §48Referred to in §602.6405 Sat Dec 23 12:34:12 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 809.4 (15, 0)
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