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Iowa Code § 625.14 (2026)
Costs taxable
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The clerk shall tax in favor of the party recovering costs the allowance of the party’s witnesses, the fees of officers, the compensation of referees, the necessary expenses of taking depositions by commission or otherwise, and any further sum for any other matter which the court may have awarded as costs in the progress of the action, or may allow. [R60, §3459; C73, §2942; C97, §3862; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11636; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.14]
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Cited in 19
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1962–2025 · leading case: Coker v. Abell-Howe Co., 491 N.W.2d 143 (Iowa 1992).
Coker v. Abell-Howe Co., 491 N.W.2d 143 (Iowa 1992). “See Iowa Code § 625.14 ; Iowa R.Civ.P. 157(a); Woody, 380 N.”
Woody v. MacHin, 380 N.W.2d 727 (Iowa 1986). “" Iowa Code § 625.14 . The only question here is whether the trial court erred in excluding all deposition costs from the cost award.”
Talen v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 703 N.W.2d 395 (Iowa 2005). “69 (2003), expert-witness fees as provided in Iowa Code section 625.14, and the costs of depositions entered into evidence at the trial of the case.”
Grant v. Iowa Dist. Court for Hancock Cnty., 492 N.W.2d 683 (Iowa 1992). “Iowa Code § 625.14 (emphasis added). See Lalla v.”
Hughes v. Burlington N. R.R., 545 N.W.2d 318 (Iowa 1996). “We concluded deposition costs that are taxable when an offer to confess judgment is not accepted are limited to those costs permitted by Iowa Code section 625.14 and Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 157(a).”
State v. Watson, 795 N.W.2d 94 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011). “Iowa Code section 625.14 states: The clerk shall tax in favor of the party recovering costs the allowance of the party’s witnesses, the fees of officers, the compensation of referees, the necessary expenses of taking depositions by commission or otherwise, and any further sum…”
Lalla v. Gilroy, 369 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 1985). “Iowa Code section 625.14 reads: The clerk shall tax in favor of the party recovering costs the allowance of his witnesses, the fees of officers, the compensation of referees, the necessary expenses of taking depositions by commission or otherwise, and any further sum for any…”
Cline v. Richardson, 526 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa Ct. App. 1994). “Iowa Code § 625.14 (1993). However, deposition costs are recoverable only to the extent they were incurred for depositions introduced into evidence in whole or in part at trial.”
Grant v. Laurie, 533 N.W.2d 563 (Iowa 1995). “Finally, section 625.14 directs the clerk to tax as costs “any .”
Scroggs Feed & Grain Co. v. Clarence Vos & Max Rosenstock & Co., 118 N.W.2d 543 (Iowa 1962). “It is claimed such was in violation of section 625.14, Code of 1962, which provides for taxing “in favor of the party recovering costs the allowance of Ms witnesses”.”
In re the Marriage of Schmidt (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). “But Iowa Code section 625.14 authorizes the clerk to “tax in favor of the party recovering costs” certain specified items and “any further sum for any other matter which the court may have awarded as costs in the progress of the action, or may allow.”
Robyn Mengwasser v. Joseph Comito & Capital City Fruit Co. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021). “” Iowa Code § 625.14 . But there are hurdles to clear in the effort to recover deposition costs.”
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