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Iowa Code § 643.17 (2026)

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The judgment shall determine which party is entitled to the possession of the property, and shall designate the party’s right therein, and if such party have not the possession thereof, shall also determine the value of the right of such party, which right shall be absolute as to an

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Tue Dec 09 21:58:18 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 643 (17, 0) §643.17, REPLEVIN 4\n\nadverse party, and shall also award such damages to either party as the party may be entitled to for the illegal detention thereof. If the judgment be against the plaintiff for the money value of the property, it shall also be against the sureties on the plaintiff’s bond. [C51, §2000, 2001; R60, §3554, 3562, 3567; C73, §3229, 3239; C97, §4176; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12193; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.17]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1960–2026 · leading case: Roush v. Mahaska State Bank, 605 N.W.2d 6 (Iowa 2000).
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Roush v. Mahaska State Bank, 605 N.W.2d 6 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 643.17 (1997) (judgment for possession includes award for damages); Campbell v.”
Barry v. State Sur. Co., 154 N.W.2d 97 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 6× “17, Code, 1962: “The judgment shall determine which party is entitled to the possession of the property, and shall designate his rights therein, and if such party have not the possession thereof, shall also determine the value of the right of such party, which right shall be…”
Audio Odyssey, Ltd. v. Brenton First Nat'l Bank, 245 F.3d 721 (8th Cir. 2001). · cites it 2× “2d 473, 479-80 (Iowa 1975); see also Iowa Code § 643.17 (stating that judgment "shall also award such damages to either party as the party may be entitled to for the illegal detention [of the property]").”
Short v. Martin, 121 N.W.2d 154 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff has appealed claiming the court exceeded the bounds of judicial power prescribed by section 643.17, 1962 Code of Iowa, in permitting redemption when the contract specifically provided for the right of immediate possession in case of default by the purchaser.”
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). “2d 473, 479-80 (Iowa 1975); see also Iowa Code 643.17 (stating that judgment "shall also award such damages to either party as the party may be entitled to for the illegal detention [of the property]").”
Farmers Bank of N. Missouri v. Erpelding, 555 N.W.2d 222 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 2× “They are incorrect, however, in their contention that Farmers Bank cannot recover such fees because Iowa Code section 643.17 (which specifies the parameters of a replevin judgment) does not expressly authorize it.”
Ritchie v. Hilmer, 103 N.W.2d 858 (Iowa 1960). “*1006 The appellants in'their answer pleaded, as allowed by sections 643.17 and 643.19, for the value of the car, or, in the alternative, for the return of the car and for damages for the unlawful detention or taking.”
Zepeda v. State Sur. Co., 368 N.W.2d 212 (Iowa Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “Section 643.17 provides: The judgment shall determine which party is entitled to the possession of the property, and shall designate his right therein, and if such party have not the possession thereof, shall also determine the value of the right of such party, which right shall…”
Sibley State Bank v. Dale W. Braaksma, Danna S. Braaksma, Jesse Dale Braaksma, & Braaksma Grain Farms, Inc., 922 N.W.2d 105 (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 643.17 . The Braaksmas' only challenge to the replevin action echoes their contention in the foreclosure appeal-that they were not given the opportunity to cure their default under Iowa Code section 654.”
Tedrow v. Thicke (Iowa Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 643.17 (2022). The court noted that Thicke’s defense was “premised not on a claim of legal ownership, but on the assertion that [Tedrow] had committed fraud or wrongful conversion in taking the IH tractor to Greiner Implement for trade.”
Staley v. Barz (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “See Iowa Code § 643.17 ; see also Universal C.”
Charles E. McBeth & Janet M. McBeth, Individually & as Trs. of the Charles E. McBeth & Janet M. McBeth Revocable Trust, dated September 13, 2012 v. Carolyn McBeth (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 643.17 (2018). The purpose is to restore possession of property to the party entitled to possess it.”
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