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Iowa Code § 573.18 (2026)

Adjudication — payment of claims

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1. The court shall adjudicate all claims for which an action is filed under section 573.16. Payments from the retained percentage, if still in the hands of the public corporation, shall be made in the following order:

a. Costs of the action.

b. Claims for labor.

c. Claims for materials.

d. Claims of the public corporation.

2. Upon settlement or adjudication of a claim and after judgment is entered, unpaid funds retained with respect to the claim which are not necessary to satisfy the judgment shall be released and paid to the contractor within twenty days of receipt by the public corporation of evidence of entry of judgment or settlement of the claim. Failure to make payment by that date shall cause interest to accrue on the unpaid amount. Interest shall accrue during the period commencing on the twenty-first day after receipt by the public corporation of evidence of entry of judgment and ending on the date of payment. The rate of interest shall be determined as set forth in section 573.14. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10315; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573.18] 91 Acts, ch 148, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261 Referred to in §573.15A, 573.19 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1961–2024 · leading case: Star Equip., Ltd. v. State of Iowa, Iowa Dep't of Transp., 843 N.W.2d 446 (Iowa 2014).
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Star Equip., Ltd. v. State of Iowa, Iowa Dep't of Transp., 843 N.W.2d 446 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 6× “§ 573.18. The court may tax reasonable attorney fees as costs.”
Lennox Indus., Inc. v. City of Davenport, 320 N.W.2d 575 (Iowa 1982). “See §§ 573.18 — .22, The Code. II. Lennox argues that because chapter 573 does not define “subcontractor” we should adopt the definition in subsection 572.”
Employers Mut. Cas. Co. v. City of Marion, 577 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 2× “We agree with the trial court that the funds retained by the highway commission constituted statutory retained percentages herein, which, subject to the priorities fixed by section 10315 [now Iowa Code section 573.”
Cmty. Sch. Dist. of Eldora v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co. of Des Moines, 194 F. Supp. 733 (N.D. Iowa 1961). · cites it 6× “” Section 573.18 of that Chapter provides as follows: “The court shall adjudicate all claims.”
Cmty. Sch. Dist. of Eldora v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 194 F. Supp. 733 (N.D. Iowa 1961). · cites it 6× “" Section 573.18 of that Chapter provides as follows: "The court shall adjudicate all claims.”
Rochon Corp. of Iowa, Inc. n/k/a Graphite Constr. Grp., Inc. v. Des Moines Area Cmty. Coll. (Iowa 2024). · cites it 3× “It is also reflected in section 573.18, which requires the court to “adjudicate all claims for which an action is filed under section 573.”
Smith v. Iowa Ass'n of Cmty. Coll. Trs. (Iowa Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” See also Iowa Code § 573.18 . But as the error was not preserved, we do not consider this issue further.”
— Iowa Code § 573.18(1) — 1 case
Rochon Corp. of Iowa, Inc. n/k/a Graphite Constr. Grp., Inc. v. Des Moines Area Cmty. Coll. (Iowa 2024). “It is also reflected in section 573.18, which requires the court to “adjudicate all claims for which an action is filed under section 573.”
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