Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 643.2 (2026)

Ordinary proceedings — joinder or counterclaim

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The action shall be by ordinary proceedings, but there shall be no joinder of any cause of action not of the same kind, nor shall there be allowed any counterclaim. [R60, §4175; C73, §3226; C97, §4164; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12178; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.2]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: Roush v. Mahaska State Bank, 605 N.W.2d 6 (Iowa 2000).
Roush v. Mahaska State Bank, 605 N.W.2d 6 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 8× “Iowa Code § 643.2 . Yet, the remedy for misjoinder is not to dismiss the action, but to docket the misjoined action separately or strike those which should be stricken, always retaining at least one cause docketed in the original case.”
Brenton State Bank of Jefferson v. Tiffany, 440 N.W.2d 583 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 643.2 (1983). The Tiffanys stayed the action by their bankruptcy proceeding.”
Audio Odyssey, Ltd. v. Brenton First Nat'l Bank, 245 F.3d 721 (8th Cir. 2001). · cites it 6× “The replevin suit is governed by "ordinary proceedings" and presumptively ends in a judgment that one party or the other is entitled to possess the property in question, with or without an award of damages.”
George E. Struve, by Substitute Dianne Lawrence, Paul Struve, & Ronald Struve v. Perry Struve & Clayton Struve, 930 N.W.2d 368 (Iowa 2019). “§ 643.2 (providing that in a replevin action "there shall be no joinder of any cause of action not of the same kind, nor shall there be allowed any counterclaim"); id.”
Ankeny Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Van Gorp, 501 N.W.2d 506 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 6× “Pursuant to Iowa rule of appellate procedure 1(c), we treat Municipal Supply’s notice of appeal as an application for permission to bring an appeal in advance of final judgment and grant the application.”
First Trust & Sav. Bank of Moville v. Guthridge, 445 N.W.2d 401 (Iowa Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “Replevin is a law action, section 643.2, The Code (1987) and the findings of fact made by the trial court are binding on us if supported by substantial evidence.”
Est. of Schomer v. Piggot, 439 N.W.2d 190 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 643.2 ; Short v. Martin, 255 Iowa 189, 192 , 121 N.”
North Iowa Steel Co. v. Staley, 112 N.W.2d 364 (Iowa 1961). · cites it 2× “Section 643.2, Code of Iowa. The prohibition against counterclaims does not appear in the divorce and mechanic’s lien statutes.”
Short v. Martin, 121 N.W.2d 154 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 3× “§ 643.2, 1962 Code of Iowa, I.C.A., Ritchie v.”
Interfirst Bank, Dallas, Texas v. Hanson, 395 N.W.2d 857 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code section 643.2 (1985) (In a replev-in action “there shall be no joinder of any cause of action not of the same kind, nor shall there be allowed any counterclaim.”
Keppy v. Lilienthal, 524 N.W.2d 436 (Iowa Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “The district court held that Keppy had a herders’ lien upon the hogs pursuant to Iowa Code section 579.1 (1991). The Lilienthals have appealed.”
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