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Iowa Code § 321A.12

Courts to report nonpayment of judgments

Known as the Motor Vehicle Financial and Safety Responsibility Act

The act spans §§ 321–321 (38 sections).

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.12]

1. Whenever any person fails within sixty days to satisfy any judgment, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the district court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which any such judgment is rendered within this state, to forward to the department immediately after the expiration of the sixty days and upon written request of the judgment creditor, a certified copy of such judgment.

2. If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the department is a nonresident, the department shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.

92 Acts, ch 1175, §43; 99 Acts, ch 144, §5

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.