{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-663.8","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 663.8","heading":"Form of writ.","body":"If the petition is in accordance with the foregoing requirements, and states sufficient grounds for the allowance of the writ, it shall issue, and may be substantially as follows:\n The State of Iowa,\n To :\n You are hereby commanded to have the body of , by you unlawfully detained, as is alleged, before the court (or before me, or before , judge, etc., as the case may be), at , on (or immediately after being served with this writ), to be dealt with according to law, and have you then and there this writ, with a return thereon of your doings in the premises.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 663 - HABEAS CORPUS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/663.8.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"9015893d3b0b1e6c54d5acb2b450ec5dd47276124340656c3c19ab4500ff5b65","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-663.7","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-663.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}