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Iowa Code § 641.5

Sheriff indemnified

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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2012
In case any sheriff shall be held liable to pay any damages by reason of the wrongful execution of any writ of attachment issued under sections 641.2 to 641.4 and if a judgment is rendered therefor, the amount thereof, when paid by such sheriff, shall become a claim against the state in the sheriff’s favor, and a warrant therefor shall be drawn by the director of the department of administrative services upon proper proof.
If any sheriff is held liable to pay any damages by reason of the wrongful execution of any writ of attachment issued under sections 641.2 through 641.4 and if a judgment is rendered for those damages, the amount of the judgment, when paid by such sheriff, shall become a claim against the state in the sheriff’s favor, and a warrant for that amount shall be drawn by the director of the department of administrative services upon proper proof.

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