2014 Iowa Code
TITLE XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
SUBTITLE 5 - SPECIAL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 663 - HABEAS CORPUS
SECTION 663.20 - Penalty for eluding writ.


IA Code § 663.20 (2014) What's This?

663.20  Penalty for eluding writ.

If the defendant attempts to elude the service of the writ, or to avoid the effect thereof by transferring the plaintiff to another, or by concealing the plaintiff, the defendant shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor, and any person knowingly aiding or abetting in any such act shall be subject to like punishment.

[C51, §2253; R60, §3841; C73, §3467; C97, §4435; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12487; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.20]

Referred to in §822.1

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