Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 663 - HABEAS CORPUS

Section 663.1 - Petition. - 663.1 Petition. The petition for the writ of habeas corpus...

Section 663.2 - Verification — presentation to court. - 663.2 Verification — presentation to court. The petition must be...

Section 663.3 - Writ allowed — service. - 663.3 Writ allowed — service. The writ may be allowed...

Section 663.4 - Application — to whom made. - 663.4 Application — to whom made. Application for the writ...

Section 663.5 - Inmates of state or federal institutions. - 663.5 Inmates of state or federal institutions. When the applicant...

Section 663.6 - Writ refused. - 663.6 Writ refused. If, from the showing of the petitioner,...

Section 663.7 - Reasons endorsed. - 663.7 Reasons endorsed. If the writ is disallowed, the court...

Section 663.8 - Form of writ. - 663.8 Form of writ. If the petition is in accordance...

Section 663.9 - How issued. - 663.9 How issued. When the writ is allowed by a...

Section 663.10 - Penalty for refusing. - 663.10 Penalty for refusing. Any judge, whether acting individually or...

Section 663.11 - Issuance on judge’s own motion. - 663.11 Issuance on judge’s own motion. When any court or...

Section 663.12 - County attorney notified. - 663.12 County attorney notified. The court or officer allowing the...

Section 663.13 - Service of writ. - 663.13 Service of writ. The writ may be served by...

Section 663.14 - Mode. - 663.14 Mode. The service shall be made by leaving the...

Section 663.15 - Defendant not found. - 663.15 Defendant not found. If the defendant cannot be found,...

Section 663.16 - Power of officer. - 663.16 Power of officer. If the defendant hides, or refuses...

Section 663.17 - Arrest. - 663.17 Arrest. In order to make the arrest, the sheriff...

Section 663.18 - 663.18 Repealed by 70 Acts, ch 1276, §16.

Section 663.19 - Defects in writ. - 663.19 Defects in writ. The writ must not be disobeyed...

Section 663.20 - Penalty for eluding writ. - 663.20 Penalty for eluding writ. If the defendant attempts to...

Section 663.21 - Refusal to give copy of process. - 663.21 Refusal to give copy of process. An officer refusing...

Section 663.22 - Preliminary writ. - 663.22 Preliminary writ. The court or judge to whom the...

Section 663.23 - Arrest of defendant. - 663.23 Arrest of defendant. If the evidence is sufficient to...

Section 663.24 - Execution of writ — return. - 663.24 Execution of writ — return. The officer or person...

Section 663.25 - Examination. - 663.25 Examination. The defendant may also be examined and committed,...

Section 663.26 - Informalities. - 663.26 Informalities. Any person served with the writ is to...

Section 663.27 - Appearance — answer. - 663.27 Appearance — answer. Service being made in any of...

Section 663.28 - Body to be produced. - 663.28 Body to be produced. The defendant must also produce...

Section 663.29 - Penalty — contempt. - 663.29 Penalty — contempt. A willful failure to comply with...

Section 663.30 - Attachment. - 663.30 Attachment. Such attachment may be served by the sheriff...

Section 663.31 - Answer. - 663.31 Answer. The defendant in the answer must state whether...

Section 663.32 - Transfer of plaintiff. - 663.32 Transfer of plaintiff. If the defendant has transferred the...

Section 663.33 - Copy of process. - 663.33 Copy of process. If the defendant holds the plaintiff...

Section 663.34 - Demurrer or reply — trial. - 663.34 Demurrer or reply — trial. The plaintiff may demur...

Section 663.35 - Commitment questioned. - 663.35 Commitment questioned. The reply may deny the sufficiency of...

Section 663.36 - Nonpermissible issues. - 663.36 Nonpermissible issues. It is not permissible to question the...

Section 663.37 - Discharge. - 663.37 Discharge. If no sufficient legal cause of confinement is...

Section 663.38 - Plaintiff held. - 663.38 Plaintiff held. Although the commitment of the plaintiff may...

Section 663.39 - 663.39 Repealed by 70 Acts, ch 1276, §20.

Section 663.40 - Plaintiff retained in custody. - 663.40 Plaintiff retained in custody. Until the sufficiency of the...

Section 663.41 - Right to be present waived. - 663.41 Right to be present waived. The plaintiff may, in...

Section 663.42 - Disobedience of order. - 663.42 Disobedience of order. Disobedience to any order of discharge...

Section 663.43 - Papers filed with clerk. - 663.43 Papers filed with clerk. When the proceedings are before...

Section 663.44 - Costs. - 663.44 Costs. 1. If the plaintiff is discharged, the costs...