625.22 Attorney fees — costs. 1. When judgment is recovered upon a written contract containing an agreement to pay an attorney fee, the court shall allow and tax as a part of the costs a reasonable attorney feeto be determined by the court. 2. In an action against the maker to recover payment on a dishonored check or draft, as defined in section 554.3104, the plaintiff, if successful, may recover, in addition to allother costs or surcharges provided by law, all court costs incurred, including a reasonableattorney fee, or an individual’s cost of processing a small claims recovery such as losttime and transportation costs from the maker of the check or draft. However, lost timeand transportation costs of an assignee shall not be awarded under section 631.14 to aperson who in the regular course of business takes assignments of instruments or accountspursuant to chapter 539. Only actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred in obtaining the smallclaim recovery may be awarded to the assignee. Any additional charges shall be determinedby the court. If the defendant is successful in the action and the court determines the actionwas frivolous, the court may award the defendant reasonable ee. Any additional charges shall be determinedby the court. If the defendant is successful in the action and the court determines the actionwas frivolous, the court may award the defendant reasonable attorney fees. [C97, §3869; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11644; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.22] 84 Acts, ch 1217, §2; 87 Acts, ch 137, §2; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150Referred to in §554.3513, 625.24, 631.17 Sat Dec 23 11:20:51 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 625.22 (19, 0)
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