§ 624.1 — Evidence in ordinary actions

Iowa § 624.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 624: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT

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1. All issues of fact in ordinary actions shall be tried upon oral evidence taken in open
court, except that depositions may be used as provided by law. “Open court” includes
remote testimony of a witness by telephone, videoconference, or other remote means of
communication approved by the court.
2. A party may interrogate any unwilling or hostile witness by leading questions.
3. A party may call an adverse party or an officer, director, or managing agent of a public
or private corporation or of a partnership or association which is an adverse party, and
interrogate the party or person by leading questions and contradict and impeach the party
or person in all respects as if the party or person had been called by the adverse party, and
the witness thus called may be contradicted and impeached by or on behalf of the adverse
party also, and may be cross-examined by the adverse party only upon the subject matter of
the examination in chief.

Legislative History

[R60, §2999; C73, §2741; C97, §3651; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.1]