Iowa § 614.3 Judgments

Iowa Statutes

§ 614.3 — Judgments

Iowa § 614.3

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 614LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS

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Iowa Code § 614.3 (2026).

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No action shall be brought upon any judgment against a defendant therein, rendered in
any court of record of this state, within nine years after the rendition thereof, without leave
of the court for good cause shown, and, if the adverse party is a resident of this state, upon
reasonable notice of the application therefor to the adverse party; nor on a judgment of a
justice of the peace in the state within nine years after the same is rendered, unless the docket
of the justice or record of such judgment is lost or destroyed; but the time during which an
action on a judgment is prohibited by this section shall not be excluded in computing the
statutory period of limitation for an action thereon.

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No action shall be brought upon any judgment against a defendant therein, rendered in
any court of record of this state, within nine years after the rendition thereof, without leave
of the court for good cause shown, and, if the adverse party is a resident of this state, upon
reasonable notice of the application therefor to the adverse party; nor on a judgment of a
justice of the peace in the state within nine years after the same is rendered, unless the docket
of the justice or record of such judgment is lost or destroyed; but the time during which an
action on a judgment is prohibited by this section shall not be excluded in computing the
statutory period of limitation for an action thereon.