Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 643.16 (2026)

Assessment of value and damages — right of possession

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The jury must assess the value of the property and the damages for the taking or detention thereof, whenever by their verdict there will be a judgment for the recovery or the return of the property, and, when required so to do by either party, must find the value of each article, and find which is entitled to the possession, designating the party’s right therein, and the value of such right. [R60, §3082; C73, §3238; C97, §4175; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12192; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.16]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1967–2001 · leading case: Barry v. State Sur. Co., 154 N.W.2d 97 (Iowa 1967).

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Barry v. State Sur. Co., 154 N.W.2d 97 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 4× “Defendant complains because the trial court did not fix the value of the property in the replevin action as required by section 643.16, Code, 1962. Since the replevin suit allowed neither a judgment for the value of the property nor any damages and since, further, the defendant…”

Universal CIT Credit Corp. v. Jones, 227 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 1975). · cites it 4× “More than a year later, defendant filed an amendment to his answer, setting up for the first time a claim for damages for loss of use during the time his vehicle was wrongfully detained.”

Audio Odyssey, Ltd. v. Brenton First Nat'l Bank, 245 F.3d 721 (8th Cir. 2001). · cites it 2× “The aggrieved debtor may seek a judgment on the creditor's bond, or request that a jury "assess the value of the property and the damages for the taking or detention thereof.”

Audio Odyssey, Ltd., an Iowa Corp. Dogan A. Dincer Ann M. Dincer v. Brenton First Nat'l Bank, an Iowa Banking Corp. Michael M. Bladel, Sheriff of Scott Cnty., Iowa John M. Norris, Deputy Sheriff of Scott Cnty., Iowa Charles A. Barton John C. Bradley Chris A. Pieper, Roger Hoffman Merchants Bonding Co., a Corp., Corp., Audio Odyssey, Ltd., an Iowa Corp. Dogan A. Dincer Ann M. Dincer v. Bernard J. Hofmann Anderson & Nelson, a Prof'l Corp., 245 F.3d 721 (1st Cir. 2001). “" 6 See Iowa Code 643.16, 643.17, 643.20. By contrast, the defective statute in Watertown limited the creditor's bond to $10,000, while the property seized was worth over $275,000.”

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