IA · rules
Iowa R. Civ. P. 1.304
Response of garnishee
The officer serving a writ of attachment or execution shall
garnish such persons as the plaintiff may direct who are supposed debtors, or who possess property
of the principal defendant. Garnishment shall be effected by a notice served in the manner and as
an original notice in civil actions. The notice shall forbid the garnishee from paying any debt owing
such defendant, due or to become due, and require the garnishee to retain possession of all property
of the defendant in the garnishee’s hands or under the garnishee’s control, to the end that the same
may be dealt with according to law. Unless answers are required to be taken as provided by statute,
the notice shall cite the garnishee to appear before the court at a time specified not less than ten days
after service and answer such interrogatories as may be propounded, or the garnishee will be liable
to pay any judgment which the plaintiff may obtain against the defendant.
History
[Report 1943; amendment 1945; Report 1978, effective July 1, 1979; April 30, 1987, effective July 1, 1987; October 31, 1997, effective January 24, 1998; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002]
Provenance
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- www.legis.iowa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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