Iowa Code
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. [S13, §3955; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11651; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.4]
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cases, 2017–2017 · leading case: Dutrac Cmty. Credit Union v. Douglas P. Hefel & Sheila K. Hefel, 893 N.W.2d 282 (Iowa 2017).
Dutrac Cmty. Credit Union v. Douglas P. Hefel & Sheila K. Hefel, 893 N.W.2d 282 (Iowa 2017). “Iowa Code § 626.4 (emphasis added). The language “any levy” indicates that more than one levy may be available under the single writ of execution.”
Amended June 26, 2017 Dutrac Cmty. Credit Union v. Douglas P. Hefel & Sheila K. Hefel (Iowa 2017). “Iowa Code § 626.4 (emphasis added). The language “any levy” indicates that more than one levy may be available under the single writ of execution.”
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