Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 626A.3 (2026)

Notice of filing

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1. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the creditor’s lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor.

2. Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit as provided in subsection 1, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor’s lawyer, if any, in this state.

3. No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed under this chapter shall issue until the expiration of twenty days after the date the judgment is filed.

4. The filing of a foreign judgment under this chapter shall not create a lien upon any real estate until after the expiration of the time provided for in this chapter for challenging the conclusiveness of the foreign judgment and pursuant to section 624.24. [C81, §626A.3] 2007 Acts, ch 192, §2 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1992–2019 · leading case: Wells Fargo Equip. Fin. Inc. v. Jason Retterath & Analia Retterath, 928 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2019).
Wells Fargo Equip. Fin. Inc. v. Jason Retterath & Analia Retterath, 928 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2019). · cites it 11× “" Iowa Code § 626A.3(1). Additionally, [p]romptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit as provided in subsection 1, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the…”
Ballanger v. Iowa Dist. Court for Appanoose Cnty., 491 N.W.2d 179 (Iowa Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 8× “She contends that under Iowa Code section 626A.3 the New Mexico decree does not confer jurisdiction upon the court of this state until it has been on file for twenty days.”
— Iowa Code § 626A.3(1) — 1 case
Wells Fargo Equip. Fin. Inc. v. Jason Retterath & Analia Retterath, 928 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2019). “" Iowa Code § 626A.3(1). Additionally, [p]romptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit as provided in subsection 1, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the…”
— Iowa Code § 626A.3(2) — 1 case
Wells Fargo Equip. Fin. Inc. v. Jason Retterath & Analia Retterath, 928 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2019). “" Iowa Code § 626A.3(1). Additionally, [p]romptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit as provided in subsection 1, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the…”
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