Iowa Code 321A.12 – Courts to report nonpayment of judgments
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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.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 321A.12
- clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Days: means calendar days. See Iowa Code 322G.2
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 321A.1
- Judgment: means a judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal during the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or a judgment if an appeal from the judgment has been perfected, which has not been stayed by the execution, filing, and approval of a bond as provided in rule of Iowa Code 321A.1
- Nonresident: means every person who is not a resident of this state. See Iowa Code 321A.1
- Person: means every natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation. See Iowa Code 321A.1
- Registration: means a registration certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles. See Iowa Code 321A.1
- Resident: means as defined in section 483A. See Iowa Code 321I.1
- State: means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada. See Iowa Code 321A.1
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.