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
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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
