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        97A.12  EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION AND OTHER PROCESS OR
      ASSIGNMENT -- EXCEPTIONS.
         The right of any person to a pension, annuity, or retirement
      allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or
      retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or death benefit,
      any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter,
      and the moneys in the retirement fund created under this chapter, are
      not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other
      process whatsoever, and are unassignable except for the purposes of
      enforcing child, spousal, or medical support obligations or marital
      property orders, or as otherwise specifically provided in this
      chapter.  For the purposes of enforcing child, spousal, or medical
      support obligations, the garnishment or attachment of or the
      execution against compensation due a person under this chapter shall
      not exceed the amount specified in 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b).  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 97A.12] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 228, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1187, § 97; 2008 Acts, ch 1171,
      §13

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-3 > Chapter-97a > 97a-12

        97A.12  EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION AND OTHER PROCESS OR
      ASSIGNMENT -- EXCEPTIONS.
         The right of any person to a pension, annuity, or retirement
      allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or
      retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or death benefit,
      any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter,
      and the moneys in the retirement fund created under this chapter, are
      not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other
      process whatsoever, and are unassignable except for the purposes of
      enforcing child, spousal, or medical support obligations or marital
      property orders, or as otherwise specifically provided in this
      chapter.  For the purposes of enforcing child, spousal, or medical
      support obligations, the garnishment or attachment of or the
      execution against compensation due a person under this chapter shall
      not exceed the amount specified in 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b).  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 97A.12] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 228, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1187, § 97; 2008 Acts, ch 1171,
      §13

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-3 > Chapter-97a > 97a-12

        97A.12  EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION AND OTHER PROCESS OR
      ASSIGNMENT -- EXCEPTIONS.
         The right of any person to a pension, annuity, or retirement
      allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or
      retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or death benefit,
      any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter,
      and the moneys in the retirement fund created under this chapter, are
      not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other
      process whatsoever, and are unassignable except for the purposes of
      enforcing child, spousal, or medical support obligations or marital
      property orders, or as otherwise specifically provided in this
      chapter.  For the purposes of enforcing child, spousal, or medical
      support obligations, the garnishment or attachment of or the
      execution against compensation due a person under this chapter shall
      not exceed the amount specified in 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b).  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 97A.12] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 228, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1187, § 97; 2008 Acts, ch 1171,
      §13