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Iowa Code § 626.1 (2026)
Enforcement of judgments and orders
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Judgments or orders requiring the payment of money, or the delivery of the possession of property, are to be enforced by execution. Obedience to those requiring the performance of any other act is to be coerced by attachment as for a contempt. [C51, §1885; R60, §3247; C73, §3026; C97, §3954; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11648; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.1] Exemptions, chapter 627 Contempts, chapter 665; exceptions, §598.23
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cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1946–2022 · leading case: State v. Sluyter, 763 N.W.2d 575 (Iowa 2009).
State v. Sluyter, 763 N.W.2d 575 (Iowa 2009). “(citing Iowa Code § 626.1 (1975) *582 (“Judgments or orders requiring payment of money .”
DeKlotz v. Ford, 332 N.W.2d 110 (Iowa Ct. App. 1982). “Enforcement of other provisions of a decree is governed by Iowa Code § 626.1 (1981), which provides: 626.”
LaRue v. Burns, 268 N.W.2d 639 (Iowa 1978). “§ 626.1; see State v. Rogers, 251 N.W.2d 239, 242 (Iowa 1977).”
Bank of Am., N.A. v. Schulte, 843 N.W.2d 876 (Iowa 2014). “§ 626.1. Generally an execution “may issue at any time before the judgment is barred by the statute of limitations,” id.”
Adams v. Braginton Ex Rel. Carroll Cnty., 159 N.W.2d 479 (Iowa 1968). “The vital issue raised by petitioner herein is whether the court’s order as to child support and attorney fees rendered herein was enforceable by contempt proceedings. As we understand petitioner’s contention, he claims the court did not and could not proceed under chapter 598…”
Whittier v. Whittier, 23 N.W.2d 435 (Iowa 1946). “Section 626.1, Code, 1946 [section 11648, Code, 1939], provides: “ Judgments or orders requiring the payment of money *'.”
Rethamel v. Havey, 715 N.W.2d 263 (Iowa 2006). “Iowa Code § 626.1 . Allowing execution on a section 86.”
In Re the Marriage of Lenger, 336 N.W.2d 191 (Iowa 1983). “Iowa Code § 626.1 (1981) The following acts or omissions are contempts, and are punishable as such by any of the courts of this state, or by any judicial officer, including judicial magistrates, acting in the discharge of an official duty, as hereinafter provided: [[Image here]]…”
State v. Rudolph, 37 N.W.2d 483 (Iowa 1949). “In division three of the motion it is further alleged that the affidavit, heretofore referred to, should be stricken and dismissed for the reason that section 626.1, 1946 Code, provides that any judgment or order requiring the, payment of money is to be enforced by execution.”
Beeghly v. Wilson, 152 F. Supp. 726 (N.D. Iowa 1957). “Section 626.1 of that Chapter provides, in part, as follows: “Judgments or orders requiring the payment of money, or the delivery of the possession of property, are to be enforced by execution.”
Heishman v. Jenkins, 372 N.W.2d 506 (Iowa 1985). “Because the issue is not argued, we do not determine whether, in view of the language contained in Iowa Code section 626.1 indicating judgments for possession of property are enforceable by execution, a failure to surrender property pursuant to decree of ouster may also be…”
In Re the Marriage of Rathe, 521 N.W.2d 748 (Iowa 1994). “A special statute, involving support orders entered in dissolution of marriage decrees, provides an exception to this rule.”
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