616.20 Right of nonresident defendant. Where an action provided for in sections 616.17 and 616.19 is against several defendants, some of whom are residents and others nonresidents of the county, and the action isdismissed as to the residents, or judgment is rendered in their favor, or there is a failure toobtain judgment against such residents, such nonresidents may, upon motion, have saidcause dismissed, with reasonable compensation for trouble and expense in attending at thewrong county, unless they, having appeared to the action, fail to object before judgment isrendered against them. [C73, §2587; C97, §3502; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11051; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.20] Sat Dec 23 11:18:57 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 616.20 (15, 0)
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