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Iowa Code § 625.8 (2026)

Jury and reporter fees

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1. The clerk of the district court shall tax as a court cost a jury fee of one hundred dollars in every action tried to a jury. 2. The clerk of the district court shall tax as a court cost a fee of forty dollars per day for the services of a court reporter. 3. Revenue from the fees required by this section shall be deposited in the account established under section 602.8108. [C73, §3812; C97, §3872; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11629; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.8] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10114, 10201; 94 Acts, ch 1074, §8; 2002 Acts, ch 1126, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §62, 72

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 2006–2019 · leading case: State v. Dudley, 766 N.W.2d 606 (Iowa 2009).
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State v. Dudley, 766 N.W.2d 606 (Iowa 2009). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 625.8(2) provides that “[t]he clerk of the district court shall tax as a court cost a fee of fifteen dollars per day for the servicés of a court reporter.”
State of Iowa v. Brian Patrick Clemens, 903 N.W.2d 347 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “The State notes that we were interpreting a different Code provision in Basinger and McFarland—namely, Iowa Code section 625.8. That is true, but those decisions demonstrate that Doe’s preferred definition of “case” is at least plausible, since we adopted the same definition…”
State v. Basinger, 721 N.W.2d 783 (Iowa 2006). · cites it 10× “See Iowa Code § 625.8 (1). “Action,” the State asserts, is defined as “any judicial proceeding, which, if conducted to a determination, will result in a judgment or decree.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Phillip Dean Mcfarland, 721 N.W.2d 793 (Iowa 2006). · cites it 10× “We conclude the court of appeals erred when it apportioned the court reporter fee of fifteen dollars per day pursuant to Iowa Code section 625.8(2) (2003) among the three eases, contrary to the district court’s ruling that such fee is to be taxed as to each case.”
State of Iowa v. Quinten Brice McMurry, 925 N.W.2d 592 (Iowa 2019). “§ 625.8(2) (setting a flat $40 fee for court reporter services per case no matter how many charges are included).”
State of Iowa v. Tyson J. Ruth, 925 N.W.2d 589 (Iowa 2019). · cites it 2× “8106(1)( a ), that sets a flat $100 fee "for filing and docketing a criminal case," and Iowa Code section 625.8(2), that establishes a fixed cost of $40 per day for the services of a court reporter.”
State Of Iowa Vs. William Basinger, Frank Cordaro, Carla Dawson, Gilbert Dawes, Jeanne Firth, Fran Fuller, James Johnson, Jane Magers, Michael Schorsch, Marian Soloman, Brian Terrell, Carolyn Walker, & Elton Davis (Iowa 2006). · cites it 8× “See Iowa Code § 625.8 (1). “Action,” the State asserts, is defined as “any judicial proceeding, which, if conducted to a determination, will result in a judgment or decree.”
State of Iowa v. John Doe (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “The State notes that we were interpreting a different Code provision in Basinger and McFarland—namely, Iowa Code section 625.8. That is true, but those decisions demonstrate that Doe’s preferred definition of “case” is at least plausible, since we adopted the same definition…”
State Of Iowa Vs. Larry Gene Dudley, Sr. (Iowa 2009). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 625.8(2) provides that “[t]he clerk of the district court shall tax as a court cost a fee of fifteen dollars per day for the services of a court reporter.”
— Iowa Code § 625.8(1) — 2 cases
State v. Basinger, 721 N.W.2d 783 (Iowa 2006). “See Iowa Code § 625.8 (1). “Action,” the State asserts, is defined as “any judicial proceeding, which, if conducted to a determination, will result in a judgment or decree.”
State Of Iowa Vs. William Basinger, Frank Cordaro, Carla Dawson, Gilbert Dawes, Jeanne Firth, Fran Fuller, James Johnson, Jane Magers, Michael Schorsch, Marian Soloman, Brian Terrell, Carolyn Walker, & Elton Davis (Iowa 2006). “See Iowa Code § 625.8 (1). “Action,” the State asserts, is defined as “any judicial proceeding, which, if conducted to a determination, will result in a judgment or decree.”
— Iowa Code § 625.8(2) — 7 cases
State v. Dudley, 766 N.W.2d 606 (Iowa 2009). “Iowa Code section 625.8(2) provides that “[t]he clerk of the district court shall tax as a court cost a fee of fifteen dollars per day for the servicés of a court reporter.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Phillip Dean Mcfarland, 721 N.W.2d 793 (Iowa 2006). “We conclude the court of appeals erred when it apportioned the court reporter fee of fifteen dollars per day pursuant to Iowa Code section 625.8(2) (2003) among the three eases, contrary to the district court’s ruling that such fee is to be taxed as to each case.”
State v. Basinger, 721 N.W.2d 783 (Iowa 2006). “See Iowa Code § 625.8 (1). “Action,” the State asserts, is defined as “any judicial proceeding, which, if conducted to a determination, will result in a judgment or decree.”
State of Iowa v. Quinten Brice McMurry, 925 N.W.2d 592 (Iowa 2019). “§ 625.8(2) (setting a flat $40 fee for court reporter services per case no matter how many charges are included).”
State of Iowa v. Tyson J. Ruth, 925 N.W.2d 589 (Iowa 2019). “8106(1)( a ), that sets a flat $100 fee "for filing and docketing a criminal case," and Iowa Code section 625.8(2), that establishes a fixed cost of $40 per day for the services of a court reporter.”
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