641.5 - SHERIFF INDEMNIFIED. - Iowa Statutes

641.5 SHERIFF INDEMNIFIED. In case any sheriff shall be held liable to pay any damages by reason of the wrongful execution of any writ of attachment issued under sections 641.2 to 641.4 and if a judgment is rendered therefor, the amount thereof, when paid by such sheriff, shall become a claim against the state in the sheriff's favor, and a warrant therefor shall be drawn by the director of the department of administrative services upon proper proof.          Section History: Early Form [C73, § 3009; C97, § 3922; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 641.5]          Section History: Recent Form 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286