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Iowa Code § 622.59 (2026)

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Printed copies of the statute laws of this or any other of the United States, or of Congress, or of any foreign government, purporting or proved to have been published under the authority thereof, or proved to be commonly admitted as evidence of the existing laws in the courts of such state or government, shall be admitted in the courts of this state as presumptive evidence of such laws. [C51, §2443; R60, §4063; C73, §3718; C97, §4651; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11312; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.59] Referred to in §622.52

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1961–2016 · leading case: Larsen v. Warrington, 348 N.W.2d 637 (Iowa Ct. App. 1984).
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Larsen v. Warrington, 348 N.W.2d 637 (Iowa Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “The judicial interpretations of the “or otherwise” provision in those statutes indicate that Iowa has a policy of protecting the third party buyer while Minnesota has a policy of protecting the holder of the properly perfected security interest in cases, such as this one, where…”
Goetz v. Wells Ford Mercury, Inc., 405 N.W.2d 842 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 2× “The Minnesota statutes in question apparently were made of record in accordance with Iowa Code section 622.59 (1987). There is some question, however, whether Minnesota case law was proven in accordance with Iowa Code section 622.”
Matter of Est. of Allen, 239 N.W.2d 163 (Iowa 1976). “*169 §§ 622.59, 622.60, and 622.61, The Code. Although the specified procedure is not complex it is important because it is mandatory.”
In Re Drumheller's Est., 110 N.W.2d 833 (Iowa 1961). · cites it 2× “There was no designation of a statute in the pleading, rule 94, Rules of Civil Procedure, no request to the trial court to judicially notice a particular statute or an offer of such pursuant to sections 622.59 or 622.60, Code of Iowa, 1958, I.”
State v. Coburn, 294 N.W.2d 57 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 2× “Rule 94 provides a less strict means of establishing foreign statutes than section 622.59, The Code 1979. According to the statute a printed copy of such statutes may be admitted in the courts of Iowa as presumptive evidence of such foreign statutes.”
Zurn v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 482 N.W.2d 923 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 2× “The parties do not dispute the adequacy of establishing Minnesota legislation under Iowa Code § 622.59 (1991). The dispute, as it relates to Minnesota statutes, concerns whether a recent amendment is to be applied in this litigation.”
Nat'l Equip. Rental, Ltd. v. Estherville Ford, Inc., 313 N.W.2d 538 (Iowa 1981). “Sections 622.59 to .61 of the Code provide a method of proving applicable foreign law as a fact.”
In the Matter of Prop. Seized From Gordon Darnelle Watt IV, Gordon Darnell Watt IV (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 622.59 , .60; Iowa R. Civ. P.”
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