No such attorney fee shall be taxed if the defendant is a resident of the county and the action
is not aided by an attachment, unless it shall be made to appear that such defendant had
information of and a reasonable opportunity to pay the debt before action was brought. This\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:11 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 625 (20, 0)
5 COSTS, §625.29\n\nprovision, however, shall not apply to contracts made payable by their terms at a particular
place, the maker of which has not tendered the sum due at the place named in the contract.
[C97, §3871; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11647; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§625.25]
Referred to in §654.4B\n\n 625.26 and 625.27 Reserved.
\n
Notes of Decisions
Peoples Trust & Sav. Bank v. Baird, 346 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 1984).
· cites it 24× “The trial court held that Iowa Code section 625.25 (1981) limited the amount of attorneys fees which could be awarded to the sum of $1,125 because that was the overdue amount the bank demanded in its written notice served before the foreclosure action was brought.”
Home Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Iowa City Inn, Inc., 152 N.W.2d 588 (Iowa 1967).
· cites it 16× “The only dispute concerns the application of section 625.25, Code, 1962. The note and mortgage provided for payment, of attorney fees of plaintiff’s attorney.”
Coop. Fin. Ass'n, Inc. v. Garst, 927 F. Supp. 1179 (N.D. Iowa 1996).
· cites it 4× “As to Garst’s defense to the payment of attorneys fees based on Iowa Code § 625.25 , on the ground that he was not given a reasonable opportunity to pay the debt before the action was brought, the court finds that this case falls within the specific exception to this requirement…”
Ncjc, Inc. v. Wmg, L.C. (Iowa 2021).
· cites it 30× “Iowa Code § 625.25 (emphasis added). “The primary purpose of Iowa Code section 625.”
Ncjc, Inc. v. Wmg, L.C. (Iowa 2021).
· cites it 30× “Iowa Code § 625.25 (emphasis added). “The primary purpose of Iowa Code section 625.”
Primebank Inc. v. TeGrootenhuis (Iowa Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 21× “And finally, Primebank maintained the court correctly concluded it is entitled to attorney fees and costs, as the Trust’s note, the first Trust mortgage, and the second Trust mortgage all contain provisions agreeing the bank could recover attorney fees and, if section 625.25…”
Ncjc, Inc. v. Wmg, L.C. (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
· cites it 9× “” Iowa Code § 625.25 (emphasis added). WMG claims this prerequisite was not fulfilled.”
Brown v. Wells Fargo Bank NA (N.D. Iowa 2020).
· cites it 2× “2D, a creditor shall give the borrower a fourteen-day demand for payment of the accelerated balance to qualify for an award of attorney fees under section 625.25 on the accelerated balance.”
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