Iowa § 626.4 Lost writ

Iowa Statutes

§ 626.4 — Lost writ

Iowa § 626.4

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 626EXECUTION

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Iowa Code § 626.4 (2026).

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When the plaintiff in judgment shall file in any court in which a judgment has been entered
an affidavit made by the plaintiff, the plaintiff’s agent or attorney, or by the officer to whom
the execution was issued, that an outstanding execution has been lost or destroyed, the clerk
of such court may issue a duplicate execution as of the date of the lost execution, which
shall have the same force and effect as the original execution, and any levy made under the
execution so lost shall have the same force and effect under the duplicate execution as under
the original.

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When the plaintiff in judgment shall file in any court in which a judgment has been entered
an affidavit made by the plaintiff, the plaintiff’s agent or attorney, or by the officer to whom
the execution was issued, that an outstanding execution has been lost or destroyed, the clerk
of such court may issue a duplicate execution as of the date of the lost execution, which
shall have the same force and effect as the original execution, and any levy made under the
execution so lost shall have the same force and effect under the duplicate execution as under
the original.