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Iowa Code § 622.72 (2026)
Expert witnesses — fee
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Witnesses called to testify only to an opinion founded on special study or experience in any branch of science, or to make scientific or professional examinations and state the result thereof, shall receive additional compensation, to be fixed by the court, with reference to the value of the time employed and the degree of learning or skill required; but such additional compensation shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per day while so employed. [C73, §3814; C97, §4661; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11329; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.72] Referred to in §602.11101, 815.5 Superintendent of state hospital, §226.5\n\n 622.73 Reserved.
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Cited in 30
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1960–2026 · leading case: Meyer v. City of Des Moines, 475 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1991).
Meyer v. City of Des Moines, 475 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1991). “The defendants claim this was more than the limit of $150 provided in Iowa Code section 622.72. We agree. Court costs are taxable only to the extent provided by statute.”
Iowa Dep't of Transp. v. Soward, 650 N.W.2d 569 (Iowa 2002). “The court in Taylor was careful to point out that nothing in its opinion was intended to “cast doubt on the propriety of taxing expert witness fees under Iowa Code section 622.72 (1958)” (providing for additional compensation for expert witnesses not to exceed four dollars per…”
Coker v. Abell-Howe Co., 491 N.W.2d 143 (Iowa 1992). “Regarding costs, Coker argues that the trial court erred in the taxation of expert witness fees in excess of $150 under Iowa Code section 622.72 (1991), deposition testimony expenses, and the costs of obtaining copies of transcripts of depositions taken and offered by Coker…”
Home Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Algona v. Campney, 357 N.W.2d 613 (Iowa 1984). “retroactively to cancel the operation of the due-on-sale clause; 6) whether plaintiff waived its right to bring the foreclosure action, or should be estopped from doing so; 7) whether the trial court acted permissibly in making its award of attorney fees to plaintiff; and 8)…”
Weiss v. Bal, 501 N.W.2d 478 (Iowa 1993). “82 for unpaid discovery expense. The court declined, ruling that defendants were entitled to recover no more than $150 per day plus mileage permitted for expert testimony under Iowa Code section 622.”
City of Riverdale, Iowa v. Allen Diercks, Marie Randol, & Tammie Picton, 806 N.W.2d 643 (Iowa 2011). “The district court limited the expert fee to the *660 $150 allowed as taxable court costs under Iowa Code section 622.72 and denied reimbursement for the deposition expenses because the depositions were not used at trial as required by Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.”
John Deere Dubuque Works v. Caven, 804 N.W.2d 297 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011). “00 would only be allowed as a cost reimbursement for any one doctor or practitioner’s written report as that is all that would be allowed as an expert witness fee had the expert’s views been obtained in an oral deposition under the costs provisions of Iowa Code section 622.72.…”
Pierce v. Nelson, 509 N.W.2d 471 (Iowa 1993). “At the outset we reject defendant Farm Bureau’s contention that Iowa Code § 622.72 (1991), which caps the daily compensation for expert trial testimony at $150, is controlling.”
Kendall v. Lowther, 356 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1984). “We also find no merit in Lowthers’ complaint that the trial court should have applied Iowa Code section 622.72 (1983) and limited to $150 per day the expert witness fees and expenses awarded to Kendalls as damages.”
Mason v. Robinson, 340 N.W.2d 236 (Iowa 1983). “Mason and also sent him a check for the statutory expert witness fee pursuant to Iowa Code section 622.72. One day before the scheduled deposition Dr.”
City of Ottumwa v. Taylor, 102 N.W.2d 376 (Iowa 1960). “Nothing herein is intended to cast doubt on the propriety of taxing expert witness fees under Code section 622.72 in condemnation appeals. If the additional compensation is to be increased beyond the maximum therein fixed, the legislature must provide for such increase.”
Grant v. Iowa Dist. Court for Hancock Cnty., 492 N.W.2d 683 (Iowa 1992). “Judge Bo-vard also ruled that the plaintiffs should pay Levad a reasonable fee for his services as defined in Iowa Code section 622.72 (1989) (setting fees of experts who are called to testify).”
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