Bill Text: IA HF424 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the forfeiture of bail. (Formerly HSB 68.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-04-30 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1037. [HF424 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF424-Enrolled.html
House File 424 - Enrolled House File 424 AN ACT RELATING TO THE FORFEITURE OF BAIL. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 602.8102, subsection 131, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 131. Hold the amount of forfeiture and judgment of bail in the clerk’s office for ninety one hundred fifty days as provided in section 811.6 . Sec. 2. Section 811.6, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 2. Where a forfeiture and judgment have been entered as provided in this section , and the amount of the judgment has been paid to the clerk, the clerk shall hold the same as funds of the clerk’s office for a period of ninety one hundred fifty days from the date of judgment. 3. a. The court may, upon application, set aside such judgment if, within ninety one hundred fifty days from the date of the judgment, the any of the following occur: (1) The defendant shall voluntarily surrender surrenders to the sheriff of the county , or the . (2) The defendant’s sureties shall , at their own expense, deliver the defendant or facilitate delivery of the defendant to the custody of the sheriff. Such (3) The court determines, upon consideration of all circumstances, that setting aside the judgment is warranted. b. A judgment shall not be set aside , however, under
House File 424, p. 2 this subsection unless as a condition precedent thereto, the defendant and the defendant’s sureties shall have paid all costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith with the judgment . ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 424, Eighty-ninth General Assembly. ______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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