Upon being brought before the court or judge, the debtor may enter into an undertaking in such sum as the court or officer shall prescribe, with one or more sureties, that the debtor will attend from time to time for examination before the court or judge as shall be directed, and will not, in the meantime, dispose of the debtor's property, or any part thereof; in default whereof the debtor shall continue under arrest, and may be committed to jail for safekeeping until the examination shall be concluded.
Iowa Code § 630.15