Terms Used In Iowa Code 452A.78

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
 The special remedies provided under the provisions of this chapter to enable the state to collect a fuel excise tax imposed by this chapter shall not be construed as depriving the state of any other remedy it might have either at law or in equity independent of this chapter. The state shall have the right to maintain an action at law for the collection of said taxes required to be paid herein and in connection therewith shall be entitled to a writ of attachment without bond.