§ 663.8 — Form of writ

Iowa § 663.8

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 663: HABEAS CORPUS

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If the petition is in accordance with the foregoing requirements, and states sufficient
grounds for the allowance of the writ, it shall issue, and may be substantially as follows:
The State of Iowa,
To................................:
You are hereby commanded to have the body of ........................,
by you unlawfully detained, as is alleged, before the court (or
before me, or before ........................, judge, etc., as the case may
be), at ........................, on ........................ (or immediately after
being served with this writ), to be dealt with according to law, and
have you then and there this writ, with a return thereon of your
doings in the premises.

Legislative History

[C51, §2219; R60, §3807; C73, §3455; C97, §4423; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12475; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.8]