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Iowa Code § 642.11 (2026)

Answer controverted

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When the garnishee has answered the interrogatories propounded to the garnishee, the plaintiff may controvert them by pleading thereto, and an issue may be joined, which shall be tried in the usual manner, upon which trial such answer of the garnishee shall be competent testimony. [C51, §1872; R60, §3208; C73, §2987; C97, §3945; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12168; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §642.11]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1946–2022 · leading case: Koethe v. Johnson, 328 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 1982).
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Koethe v. Johnson, 328 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff filed a petition controverting the answers of Water Works under Iowa Code section 642.11, and a hearing was held in small claims division of district court.”
Penford Prods. Co. v. C.J. Schneider Eng'g Co., 808 N.W.2d 443 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “Iowa Code § 642.11 . Where the parties have no agreement otherwise, we find that the parties cannot be compelled to arbitrate the garnishment claim.”
Home Pride Foods of Iowa, Inc. v. Martin, 686 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2004). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 642.11 . Consequently, our review is for the correction of errors at law.”
Rohlf v. Struckmeyer, 24 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 1946). · cites it 2× “Section 642.11, Code, 1946 (section 12168, Code of 1939).”
L.F. Noll, Inc. v. Premiere Bus. Solutions, LLC (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” See Iowa Code § 642.11 . We accordingly find the district court had subject matter jurisdiction of the dispute before it.”
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