Iowa § 554.3119 Notice of right to defend action

Iowa Statutes

§ 554.3119 — Notice of right to defend action

Iowa § 554.3119

Title XIIICOMMERCE

Ch. 554UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

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Iowa Code § 554.3119 (2026).

Text

Inanactionforbreachofanobligationforwhichathirdpersonisanswerableoverpursuant
to this Article or Article 4, the defendant may give the third person written notice of the
litigation, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other person who is
answerable over. If the notice states that the person notified may come in and defend and that
failure to do so will bind the person notified in an action later brought by the person giving
the notice as to any determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person notified
is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and
defend.

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Inanactionforbreachofanobligationforwhichathirdpersonisanswerableoverpursuant
to this Article or Article 4, the defendant may give the third person written notice of the
litigation, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other person who is
answerable over. If the notice states that the person notified may come in and defend and that
failure to do so will bind the person notified in an action later brought by the person giving
the notice as to any determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person notified
is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and
defend.