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

An action or proceedings shall not be brought in any court of this state for the purpose of renewing or extending such judgment. Provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the continuance of such judgment in force against the property subject to foreclosure only for a l…

A judgment hereafter rendered on a promissory obligation secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or real estate contract upon property which at the time of the judgment is either used for an agricultural purpose as defined in section 535.13 or a one-family or two-family dwelling wh…

This chapter shall not be applied to actions which are subject to an agreement entered into pursuant to either section 628.26A or section 654.19 . 85 Acts, ch 252, §42

Actions for the recovery of real property, or of an estate therein, or for the determination of such right or interest, or for the partition of real property, must be brought in the county in which the subject of the action or some part thereof is situated. [C51, §1703; R60, §279…

Insurance companies may be sued in any county in which their principal place of business is kept, or in which the contract of insurance was made, or in which the loss insured against occurred, or, in case of insurance against death or disability, in the county of the domicile of …

No court other than that of the county in which the member resides shall have jurisdiction of actions to collect assessments levied by associations organized under the provisions of chapter 518A but such actions shall be brought in the county of the member’s residence, any statem…

No court other than that of the county in which the policyholder resides shall have jurisdiction of actions to collect premiums or premium notes payable or given for insurance other than life, but such actions shall be brought in the county of the policyholder’s residence, any st…

An action may be brought against any corporation, company, or person, owning, leasing, operating, or maintaining a coal mine, in the county where said mine is located, on any contract, or for any tort, in any manner connected with or growing out of the construction, use, or opera…

When a corporation, company, or individual has an office or agency in any county for the transaction of business, any actions growing out of or connected with the business of that office or agency may be brought in the county where such office or agency is located. [C51, §1705; R…

1. Suit may be brought against any company or corporation furnishing or pretending to furnish surety, fidelity, or other bonds in this state, in any county in which the principal place of business of such company or corporation is maintained in this state, or in any county wherei…

Actions against municipal corporations in all counties where the district court convenes in more than one place must be brought in the county and at the place where court is held nearest to where the cause or subject of the action originated. [S13, §3504-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §…

Personal actions, except as otherwise provided, must be brought in a county in which some of the defendants actually reside, but if neither of them have a residence in the state, they may be sued in any county in which either of them may be found. [C51, §1701; R60, §2800; C73, §2…

Actions arising out of injuries to a person or damage to property may be brought in the county in which the defendant, or one of the defendants, is a resident or in the county in which the injury or damage is sustained. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.18 ]

In all actions upon negotiable paper, except when made payable at a particular place, in which any maker thereof, being a resident of the state, is defendant, the place of trial shall be limited to a county wherein some one of such makers resides. [C73, §2586; C97, §3501; C24, 27…

Actions for injuries to real property may be brought either in the county where the property is, or where the defendant resides. [C73, §2577; C97, §3492; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11035; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.2 ]

Where an action provided for in sections 616.17 and 616.19 is against several defendants, some of whom are residents and others nonresidents of the county, and the action is dismissed as to the residents, or judgment is rendered in their favor, or there is a failure to obtain jud…

If, after the commencement of an action in the county of the defendant’s residence, the defendant removes therefrom, the service of notice upon the defendant in another county shall have the same effect as if it had been made in the county from which the defendant removed. [C73, …

Actions for the following causes must be brought in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose: 1. For fines, penalties, or forfeitures. Those for the recovery of a fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed by a statute; but when the offense for which the claim is made wa…

An action against a nonresident of the state, when aided by an attachment, may be brought in any county of the state wherein any part of the property sought to be attached may be found, or wherein any part was situated when the action was commenced, or where the defendant is pers…

Except as hereinafter provided, an action against a resident of this state must be brought in the county of the defendant’s residence, or that in which the contract was to be performed, except that, if an action be duly brought against such defendant in any other county by virtue…

Should such action be brought against a resident of this state in any other county than that of the defendant’s residence, the defendant may have the place of trial changed to the district court of the county wherein the defendant resides, in the same manner and upon the same ter…

When, by its terms, a written contract is to be performed in any particular place, action for a breach thereof may, except as otherwise provided, be brought in the county wherein such place is situated. [C51, §1704; R60, §2798; C73, §2581; C97, §3496; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11040…

An action may be brought against any railway corporation, the owner of stages, or other line of coaches or cars, express, canal, steamboat and other river crafts, telegraph and telephone companies, or the owner of any line for the transmission of electric current for lighting, po…

An action may be brought against any corporation, company, or person engaged in the construction of a railway, canal, telegraph or telephone line, oil, gas, or gasoline transmission lines, highway, or public drainage improvement, on any contract relating thereto, or to any part t…

Any defendant in any criminal action pending or to be brought in any court in the state of Iowa may be served with process, either civil or criminal, in any other action pending or to be brought against the defendant in the courts of this state while the defendant is present in t…

1. When a petition or municipal infraction citation affecting real estate is filed, the clerk of the district court where the petition or municipal infraction citation is filed shall index the petition or municipal infraction citation in an index book under the tract number which…

1. When a petition or municipal infraction citation affecting real estate is indexed pursuant to section 617.10 , either action shall be considered pending so as to charge all third persons with notice of its pendency, and while pending no interest can be acquired by third person…

If the real property affected is situated in the county where the petition or municipal infraction citation is filed it shall be unnecessary to show in said index lands not situated in said county. [R60, §2842; C73, §2628; C97, §3543; S13, §3543; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11094; C46…

When any part of real property, the subject of an action, is situated in any other county than the one in which the action is brought, the plaintiff must, in order to affect third persons with constructive notice of the pendency of the action, file with the clerk of the district …

From the time of such indexing, the pendency of the action shall be constructive notice to subsequent purchasers or encumbrancers thereof, who shall be bound by all the proceedings taken after the filing of such notice, to the same extent as if parties to the action. [R60, §2843;…

Within two months after the determination of the action, there shall also be filed with such clerk a certified copy of the final order, judgment, or decree, who shall enter and index the same as though rendered in that county, or such notice of pendency shall cease to be construc…

If a party commencing an action has in the preceding five-year period unsuccessfully prosecuted three or more actions, the court may, if it deems the actions to have been frivolous, stay the proceedings until that party furnishes an undertaking secured by cash or approved suretie…

If a notice is not filed or returned by the sheriff to the person from whom it was received, or if the return thereon is defective, the officer making the same shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor, and the officer shall be liable to an action for damages by any person aggrieve…

1. If the action is against any corporation or person owning or operating any railway or canal, steamboat or other rivercraft, or any telegraph, telephone, stage, coach, or carline, or against any express company, or against any foreign corporation, service may be made upon any g…

If the action is against any railway corporation which has sold or leased its property and franchises to any other railway corporation as authorized by section 327E.2 , service of the original notice may be made upon any station, ticket, or other agent of the merged, vendee, or l…

If the action is against an insurance company, for loss or damage upon any contract of insurance or indemnity, service may be had upon any general agent of the company wherever found, or upon any recording agent or agent who has authority to issue policies. [C97, §3530; C24, 27, …

When the action is against any other corporation, service may be made on any trustee or officer thereof, or on any agent employed in the general management of its business, or on any of the last known or acting officers of such corporation. [C51, §1726; R60, §2824; C73, §2612; C9…

Where it is necessary to make an unknown person defendant, the petition shall be sworn to and state the claim of plaintiff with reference to the property involved in the action, that the name and residence of such person is unknown to the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff has sou…

No person shall be held to answer or appear in any court on any day now or hereafter made a legal holiday. [C97, §3541; S13, §3541; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §617.8 ] Legal public holidays, §1C.1

1. When the action is against two or more defendants, and one or more of them shall have been served, but not all, the plaintiff may proceed as follows: 2. If the action is against defendants who are jointly, or jointly and severally, or severally liable only, the plaintiff may, …

All notices, proceedings, and other matter whatsoever, required by law or ordinance to be published in a newspaper, shall be published only in the English language and in newspapers published primarily in the English language. [C73, §306, 307; C97, §549; S13, §549; C24, 27, 31, 3…

Publications required by law shall, in the first instance, be paid for by the party causing publication, and shall be taxed as costs in the proceeding. [C51, §2558; R60, §4165; C73, §3838; C97, §1296; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11105; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, …

1. The compensation, when not otherwise fixed, for the publication in a newspaper of any notice, order, citation, or other publication required or allowed by law shall be at a rate of thirty-four cents for one insertion and twenty-three cents for each subsequent insertion for eac…

In all cases where an officer in the discharge of the officer’s duty is required to post an advertisement or notice, the officer shall, when not otherwise provided, be allowed twenty-five cents, and the same mileage as a sheriff. [C51, §2558; R60, §4165; C73, §3838; C97, §1296; C…

When the petition provided for in rule of civil procedure 1.403 is filed with the clerk of the district court in a county of ninety-eight thousand population or over, the names of the parties plaintiff and defendant in such action, the description of the real estate involved, if …

1. The governing body of any municipality or other political subdivision of the state may publish, as straight matter or display, any matter of general public importance, in one or more newspapers, as defined in section 618.3 published in and having general circulation in such mu…