Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 909.3 (2026)

Payment of fines — plan — installments

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1. Unless a plan of payment has been issued pursuant to chapter 910, fines imposed by the court shall be paid on the day the fine is imposed, and the person shall be instructed to pay such fines with the office of the clerk of the district court on the date of imposition.

2. a. The court may, in its discretion, order a fine to be paid in installments.

b. If the court orders the fine to be paid in installments, the first installment payment shall be made within thirty days of the fine being imposed. All other terms and conditions of an installment payment plan order pursuant to this section shall be established by rule by the judicial branch. [C51, §3071, 3349; R60, §4881, 5084; C73, §4509, 4689; C97, §5440, 5604; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13588, 13964; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §762.32, 789.17; C79, 81, §909.3] 93 Acts, ch 110, §11; 2010 Acts, ch 1146, §22; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §68, 83 Referred to in §602.8107, 815.9 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2015 · leading case: State v. Nail, 743 N.W.2d 535 (Iowa 2007).
State v. Nail, 743 N.W.2d 535 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “3A, and allowing payments to be made in installments under Iowa Code section 909.3. In other words, the discretionary tools available to the district court in the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to a deferred judgment under section 907.”
State v. Peterson, 327 N.W.2d 735 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 4× “2), installment payment of fines (section 909.3), contempt for nonpayment of fines (section 909.”
Luster v. Broderick, 327 N.W.2d 224 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “1 (providing for imposition of fines); section 909.3 (providing for installment payments “whenever it appears that a defendant cannot make immediate payments”); section 909.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Dawn Marie Nail & Joshua Kucera (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “3A, and allowing payments to be made in installments under Iowa Code section 909.3. In other words, the discretionary tools available to the district court in the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to a deferred judgment under section 907.”
State of Iowa v. Patrick John Letscher (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). “§§ 909.3 and 909.3A. Of note, chapter 909 does not authorize the forfeiture of the defendant’s appearance bond as a means to satisfy the judgment in a criminal case.”
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