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        252.18  FOREIGN PAUPERS.
         1.  A person who is a county charge or is likely to become so,
      coming from another state and not having acquired a settlement in a
      county of this state or any such person having acquired a settlement
      in a county of this state who moves to another county, may be removed
      from this state or from the county into which the person has moved at
      the expense of the county where the person is found, upon the
      petition of the county to the district court in that county.
         2.  The court or judge shall fix the time and place of hearing on
      said petition and prescribe the time and manner of service of the
      notice of such hearing.
         3.  If upon the hearing on said petition such person shall be
      ordered to remove from the state or county and fails to do so, the
      person shall be deemed and declared in contempt of court and may be
      punished accordingly; or the judge may order the sheriff of the
      county seeking the removal to return such person to the state or
      county of the person's legal settlement.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C51, § 811; R60, § 1379; C73, § 1354; C97, § 2225; C24, 27, 31,
      35, § 5313; C39, § 3828.090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75,
      77, 79, 81, § 252.18] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 186, § 10062, 10201
         Referred to in § 331.653
         Contempts, chapter 665

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-6 > Subtitle-6 > Chapter-252 > 252-18

        252.18  FOREIGN PAUPERS.
         1.  A person who is a county charge or is likely to become so,
      coming from another state and not having acquired a settlement in a
      county of this state or any such person having acquired a settlement
      in a county of this state who moves to another county, may be removed
      from this state or from the county into which the person has moved at
      the expense of the county where the person is found, upon the
      petition of the county to the district court in that county.
         2.  The court or judge shall fix the time and place of hearing on
      said petition and prescribe the time and manner of service of the
      notice of such hearing.
         3.  If upon the hearing on said petition such person shall be
      ordered to remove from the state or county and fails to do so, the
      person shall be deemed and declared in contempt of court and may be
      punished accordingly; or the judge may order the sheriff of the
      county seeking the removal to return such person to the state or
      county of the person's legal settlement.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C51, § 811; R60, § 1379; C73, § 1354; C97, § 2225; C24, 27, 31,
      35, § 5313; C39, § 3828.090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75,
      77, 79, 81, § 252.18] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 186, § 10062, 10201
         Referred to in § 331.653
         Contempts, chapter 665

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-6 > Subtitle-6 > Chapter-252 > 252-18

        252.18  FOREIGN PAUPERS.
         1.  A person who is a county charge or is likely to become so,
      coming from another state and not having acquired a settlement in a
      county of this state or any such person having acquired a settlement
      in a county of this state who moves to another county, may be removed
      from this state or from the county into which the person has moved at
      the expense of the county where the person is found, upon the
      petition of the county to the district court in that county.
         2.  The court or judge shall fix the time and place of hearing on
      said petition and prescribe the time and manner of service of the
      notice of such hearing.
         3.  If upon the hearing on said petition such person shall be
      ordered to remove from the state or county and fails to do so, the
      person shall be deemed and declared in contempt of court and may be
      punished accordingly; or the judge may order the sheriff of the
      county seeking the removal to return such person to the state or
      county of the person's legal settlement.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C51, § 811; R60, § 1379; C73, § 1354; C97, § 2225; C24, 27, 31,
      35, § 5313; C39, § 3828.090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75,
      77, 79, 81, § 252.18] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 186, § 10062, 10201
         Referred to in § 331.653
         Contempts, chapter 665