615.1 - EXECUTION ON CERTAIN JUDGMENTS PROHIBITED.

        615.1  EXECUTION ON CERTAIN JUDGMENTS PROHIBITED.         1.  After the expiration of a period of two years from the date of      entry of judgment, exclusive of any time during which execution on      the judgment was stayed pending a bankruptcy action or order of      court, a judgment entered in any of the following actions shall be      null and void, all liens shall be extinguished, and no execution      shall be issued except as a setoff or counterclaim:         a. (1)  For a real estate mortgage, deed of trust, or real      estate contract executed prior to July 1, 2009, an action for the      foreclosure of the real estate mortgage, deed of trust, or real      estate contract upon property which at the time the foreclosure is      commenced is either used for an agricultural purpose as defined in      section 535.13 or as a one-family or two-family dwelling which is the      residence of the mortgagor.         (2)  For a real estate mortgage, deed of trust, or real estate      contract executed on or after July 1, 2009, an action for the      foreclosure of the real estate mortgage, deed of trust, or real      estate contract upon property which at the time of the execution of      the mortgage, deed, or contract is either used for, or is being      acquired for, an agricultural purpose as defined in section 535.13 or      as a one-family or two-family dwelling which is the residence of the      mortgagor.         b.  An action on a claim for rent.         2.  As used in this section, "mortgagor" means a mortgagor or      a borrower executing a deed of trust as provided in chapter 654 or a      vendee of a real estate contract.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C35, § 11033-e1; C39, § 11033.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,      73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 615.1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         94 Acts, ch 1115, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1132, §2, 16; 2008 Acts, ch      1031, §66; 2009 Acts, ch 51, §2, 17         Referred to in § 654.1A, 654.17         See also § 654.1A, 654.6 
         Footnotes
         2009 amendment to subsection 1, paragraph a, designating      subparagraph (1), applies to judgments entered on or after July 1,      2009; 2009 Acts, ch 51, §17