Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 624.24 (2026)

When judgment lien attaches

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When the real estate lies in the county wherein the judgment of the district court of this state or of the circuit or district courts of the United States was entered in the judgment docket and lien index kept by the clerk of the court having jurisdiction, the lien shall attach from the date of such entry of judgment, but if in another it will not attach until an attested copy of the judgment is filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the real estate lies except for a foreign judgment pursuant to chapter 626A, foreign-country money judgment pursuant to chapter 626B, or tribal court judgment pursuant to chapter 626D, which shall not attach until proceedings to challenge such judgment as authorized by its chapter have been concluded, and the district court finds that any such judgment is entitled to recognition. In such cases, the lien shall attach on the date the clerk of court files an attested copy of the judgment in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the real estate lies. [C51, §2486, 2487; R60, §4106, 4107; C73, §2883, 2884; C97, §3802; S13, §3802; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11603; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.24] 85 Acts, ch 100, §9; 86 Acts, ch 1014, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 192, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1053, §12, 13 Referred to in §626A.3, 626D.3

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1957–2017 · leading case: Brown v. Vonnahme, 343 N.W.2d 445 (Iowa 1984).
Brown v. Vonnahme, 343 N.W.2d 445 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “) Section 624.24 then specifically provides the time frame for the attachment of a judgment lien: When the real estate lies in the county wherein the judgment of the district court of this state or of the circuit or district courts of the United States was entered in the…”
Dwyer v. Clerk of Dist. Court for Scott Cnty., 404 N.W.2d 167 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 4× “2d 718, 721 (Iowa 1981)); see Iowa Code § 624.24 (1985) (as amended by 1985 Iowa Acts ch.”
Derrick v. Richard L. Grafe Commodities, Inc. (In Re Derrick), 190 B.R. 346 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 1995). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 624.24 . 5 A judicial proceeding must create or fix a lien upon the debtors’ property to constitute a preference.”
Kimm v. Kimm, 464 N.W.2d 468 (Iowa Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 624.24 . The judgment lien attaches against property held by the judgment debtor in another county only upon filing an attested copy of the judgment with the clerk of court for that county.”
First State Bank, Belmond v. Kalkwarf, 495 N.W.2d 708 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 624.24 (1991). On January 28, 1987, Loren went to see Hinman and showed him a notice of sheriff’s sale and dictation to the sheriff which had been issued pursuant to a general execution upon the Klooster judgment.”
In Re Karrer, 183 B.R. 177 (Bankr. D. Iowa 1994). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 624.24 . In contrast, Iowa law provides that homesteads are exempt from judicial sale.”
Crawford v. Hall, 464 N.W.2d 464 (Iowa Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “Section 624.24 then specifically provides the time frame for the attachment of a judgment lien: When the real estate lies in the county wherein the judgment of the district court of this state or of the circuit or district courts of the United States was entered in the judgment…”
Joneson v. Joneson, 102 N.W.2d 911 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 2× “As to the priority of liens appellant’s judgment became a lien on March 13, 1957.”
Gardner v. Bailey, 85 N.W.2d 586 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 2× “*1345 Section 624.24, Code, 1954, provides judgments attach as liens upon real estate from the date of such rendition.”
In re Rodemeyer, 99 B.R. 938 (N.D. Iowa 1989). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 624.24 determines when a judgment lien attaches to real estate: When the real estate lies in the county wherein the judgment of the district of this state or of the circuit or district courts of the United States was entered in the judgment docket and lien index kept…”
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