{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-641.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 641.5","heading":"Sheriff indemnified.","body":"If any sheriff is held liable to pay any damages by reason of the wrongful execution of any writ of attachment issued under sections 641.2 through 641.4 and if a judgment is rendered for those damages, the amount of the judgment, when paid by such sheriff, shall become a claim against the state in the sheriff’s favor, and a warrant for that amount shall be drawn by the director of the department of administrative services upon proper proof.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 641 - ATTACHMENT BY THE STATE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/641.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"95ecb7f6a45491bd7f217e11670bd6ccb28d93101e218a498fead4e107f9b093","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-641.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-642.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}