1. When the amount due upon judgment is paid off,or satisfied in full,the party entitled to the proceeds thereof, or those acting for that party, must acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment by the execution of an instrument referring to it,duly acknowledged or notarized in the manner prescribed in chapter 9B, and filed in the office of the clerk in every county wherein the judgment isa lien. A failure to acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment in such manner within thirty days after having been requested to do so in a writing containing a draft release of the judgment shall subject the delinquent party toa penalty offour hundred dollars tobe recovered by a motion filedin the court that rendered the original judgment requesting that the payor of the judgment, ifdifferent from the judgment debtor, be subrogated to the rights of the judgment creditor, that the court determine the amount currently owed on the judgment, or any other relief as may be necessary to accomplish payment and satisfaction of the judgment. If the motion relates to a lien of judgment as to specific property, the motion may be filed by a person with an interest in the property. 2. Upon the filing of an affidavit tothe motion that a judgment creditor cannot be located or is unresponsive to requests to accept payment within the thirty-day period described in subsection 1,and upon court order, payment upon a judgment may be made to the treasurer ofstate as provided in chapter 556 and the treasurer’s receipt forthe fundsisconclusive proof of payment on the judgment. MINOR’S LIABILITY
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