Title XV, JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)

If the action challenges the legality, validity or constitutionality of a proposed constitutional amendment, the appellant shall file a written argument with the supreme court within ten days after the filing of the abstract and appellee shall file an argument within ten days the…

If an appellate court affirms the judgment or order of an inferior court, it may send the cause to the appropriate court below to have the same carried into effect, or may issue the necessary process for this purpose, directed to the sheriff of the proper county, as the party may…

If, by the decision of an appellate court, the appellant becomes entitled to a restoration of any part of the money or property that was taken from the appellant by means of a judgment or order, either the appellate court or the court below may direct execution or writ of restitu…

Property acquired by a purchaser in good faith under a judgment subsequently reversed shall not be affected thereby. [C51, §1993; R60, §3541; C73, §3199; C97, §4146; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12878; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §686.16 ] C93, §625A.16

The death of one or all of the parties shall not cause the proceedings to abate, but the names of the proper persons shall be substituted, as is provided in such cases in the district court, and the case may proceed. The court may also, in such case, grant a continuance when such…

Executions issued from the appellate courts shall be like those from the district court, attended with the same consequences, and returnable in the same time. [R60, §3552; C73, §3215; C97, §4153; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12888; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §686.…

1. When the constitutionality of an Act of the Iowa legislature is drawn into question in any appellate proceeding or further review proceeding to which the general assembly or an officer, agency, or employee thereof is not a party, the majority leader of the senate, the minority…

An appellate court on appeal may review and reverse any judgment or order of the district court, although no motion for a new trial was made in such court. [C73, §3169; C97, §4106; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12828; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §686.2 ] C93, §625A.…

If the action challenges the legality, validity, or constitutionality of a proposed constitutional amendment, notice of appeal may be taken within three days from and after the entry of the decree in district court, and not afterwards. [C31, 35, §12832-d1; C39, § 12832.1; C46, 50…

Coparties, refusing to join in an appeal, cannot afterward appeal, or derive any benefit therefrom, unless from the necessity of the case, but they shall be held to have joined, and be liable for their proportion of the costs, unless they appear and object thereto. [C51, §1980, 1…

An appeal from part of an order, or from one of the judgments of a final adjudication, or from part of a judgment, shall not disturb, delay, or affect the rights of any party to any judgment or order, or part of a judgment or order, not appealed from. [R60, §3510; C73, §3177; C97…

If the action challenges the legality, validity, or constitutionality of a proposed constitutional amendment, an abstract of record shall be filed within five days after the service of notice of appeal, unless additional time, not to exceed three days, be granted by the chief jus…

1. In an action that challenges the constitutionality of a statute, the appellant shall do all of the following: a. File a notice of constitutional question stating the question and identifying the pleading, motion, or petition that raises the challenge to the constitutionality o…

If a new trial is granted by an appellate court, the clerk, as soon as the cause is at an end therein, shall transmit to the clerk of the court below all original papers or exhibits certified up from said court, and may at any time return any such papers when no new trial is awar…

1. The taking of the appeal from part of a judgment or order, and the filing of a bond, does not stay execution as to that part of the judgment or order not appealed from. 2. a. (1) Except as provided in paragraph “b” , if the judgment or order appealed from is for money, such bo…