Iowa Code § 29A.97
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Duration of stays.
Official statutory text
(1) A stay of an action, proceeding, attachment, or execution, ordered by a court under the provisions of this subchapter, may be ordered for the period of military service plus thirty days after its termination or any part of that time period.
(2) Where the service member in military service is a codefendant with others, the plaintiff may, with the permission of the court, proceed against the others.
2002 Acts, ch 1117, §31, 40
(2) Where the service member in military service is a codefendant with others, the plaintiff may, with the permission of the court, proceed against the others.
2002 Acts, ch 1117, §31, 40
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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