HF 424 — A bill for an act relating to the forfeiture of bail. (Formerly HSB 68.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.

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HouseFile424,anActrelatingtotheforfeitureofbail.BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveHouseFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.

Sincerely, KirnTreynskl^ J Governor of Iowa cc:

SecretaryoftheSenate Clerk of the House STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES,I O W A 50319 515.281.5211 FAX 515.725.352WWW.G0VERN0R.10WA.GOV RIGHT A S S E M B I .

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Section 602.8102, subsection 131, Code 2021, is aamended mto eread nas dfollows: e d t o r e a d a s f o l l o w s :

Hold the amount of forfeiture and judgment of bail in the clerk'sclerk’s office for ninety one hundred fifty days as provided in section 811.6.

Section 811.6, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2021, are aamended mto eread nas dfollows: e d t o r e a d a s f o l l o w s :

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'sclerk’s office for a period of ninety one hundred fifty days from the date of judgment.

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(1) The defendant shall voluntarily aurrondorsurrender surrenders to the sheriff of the county, or tho^^ (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.

(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.

^b. A judgment shall not be set aside, however, under House File 424, p.

2A thisjudgment subsection unless as a condition precedent thereto, the defendant and the defendant's sureties shall havenot paidbe allset costsaside, andhowever, expensesunder incurred in connection therewith with the judgmen P A T G R A S S L E Y C H A P M A N Speaker of t P r e s i d e n t o f t h e S e n a t e I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 424, Eighty-ninthp. General Assembly.

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______________________________ ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN Speaker of the House 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