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Iowa Code § 6B.34 (2026)
Refusal to pay final award
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Should the applicant decline, at any time after an appeal is taken as provided in section 6B.18, to take the property and pay the damages awarded, the applicant shall pay, in addition to the costs and damages actually suffered by the landowner, reasonable attorney fees to be taxed by the court. [C97, §2011; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7853; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.34] C93, §6B.34
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cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: Lehigh Clay Prods., Ltd. v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., 545 N.W.2d 526 (Iowa 1996).
Lehigh Clay Prods., Ltd. v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., 545 N.W.2d 526 (Iowa 1996). “In both cases we interpreted Iowa Code section 6B.34 (formerly section 472.34) as being designed to restore a landowner to the status quo.”
JLL LLC v. City of Cedar Falls (Iowa Ct. App. 2019). “2d 816, 819 (Iowa 1985) (reviewing assessment of costs, damages, and attorney fees under what is now Iowa Code section 6B.34 for substantial evidence and abuse of discretion); cf.”
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