Iowa § 626.17 Principal and surety — order of liability

Iowa Statutes

§ 626.17 — Principal and surety — order of liability

Iowa § 626.17

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 626EXECUTION

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Bluebook

Iowa Code § 626.17 (2026).

Text

The clerk issuing an execution on a judgment against principal and surety shall state in
the execution the order of liability recited in the judgment, and the officer serving it shall
exhaust the property of the principal first, and of the other defendants in the order of liability
thus stated. To obtain the benefits of this section, the order of liability must be recited in
the execution, and the officer holding it must separately return thereon the amount collected
from the principal debtor and surety.

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The clerk issuing an execution on a judgment against principal and surety shall state in
the execution the order of liability recited in the judgment, and the officer serving it shall
exhaust the property of the principal first, and of the other defendants in the order of liability
thus stated. To obtain the benefits of this section, the order of liability must be recited in
the execution, and the officer holding it must separately return thereon the amount collected
from the principal debtor and surety.

Legislative History

[C51, §1915; R60, §3258, 3260, 3261, 3303; C73, §3039, 3041, 3042, 3071; C97, §3966; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11665; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.17]