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898.29 – Effect of assignment.

898.29 Effect of assignment. The acceptance of an assignment of any such bond shall be a bar to any action by or on behalf of the party receiving such assignment against the sheriff or other officer making the same for any escape of the prisoner executing such bond, amounting to a breach thereof.

898.20 – What is an escape.

898.20 What is an escape. The going at large of any prisoner who shall have executed such bond or of any prisoner who would be entitled to the liberties of any jail, upon executing such bond, within the limits of the liberties of the jail of the county in which the prisoner shall be in […]

898.09 – Effect of discharge.

898.09 Effect of discharge. The prisoner, after being so discharged, shall be forever exempt from arrest or imprisonment for the same debt unless the prisoner shall be convicted for having willfully sworn falsely upon his or her examination aforesaid or in taking the oath before prescribed. History: 1993 a. 486.

898.10 – Judgment to remain in force.

898.10 Judgment to remain in force. The judgment against any prisoner who is discharged as aforesaid shall remain in full force against any estate which may then or at any time afterwards belong to the prisoner; and the plaintiff in the action may take out a new execution against the goods and estate of the […]

898.11 – Inability to pay fees.

898.11 Inability to pay fees. If the prisoner is unable to pay in whole or in part the fees of the circuit court in the proceedings, the proceedings shall continue without charge to the prisoner. History: 1977 c. 449; 2001 a. 61.

898.12 – Payment and discharge.

898.12 Payment and discharge. If the debtor shall satisfy the execution the debtor shall not be entitled to his or her discharge until the debtor has paid all the charges for his or her support in prison, in addition to the sum due on the execution, and the costs and charges thereon. History: 1993 a. […]

898.13 – Discharge by plaintiff.

898.13 Discharge by plaintiff. The plaintiff in the action may, at any time, order the prisoner to be discharged, and the prisoner shall not thereafter be liable to imprisonment for the same cause. History: 1993 a. 486.

898.15 – Jail liberties.

898.15 Jail liberties. A space of ground in a square, the center of each of whose sides shall be one mile distant from the jail, is declared as the liberties of the jail of each county of the state. The sheriff of each county, where such liberties have not been heretofore so designated, shall, at […]

898.16 – When prisoner to have.

898.16 When prisoner to have. Every person who shall be in the custody of the sheriff of any county by virtue of an order of arrest, or writ of ne exeat or surrender by the person’s bail upon an order of arrest, execution except when issued in a civil action for the recovery of a […]

898.17 – Bond to be given.

898.17 Bond to be given. Such bond shall be executed by the prisoner and one or more sureties, to be approved by the sheriff, in a sum not less than double the amount of the sum in which the sheriff was required to hold the defendant to bail, or double the amount directed to be […]