639.14 Action on bond. In an action on such bond, the plaintiff therein may recover, if the plaintiff shows that the attachment was wrongfully sued out, and that there was no reasonable cause to believethe ground upon which the same was issued to be true, the actual damages sustained, andreasonable attorney’s fees to be fixed by the court; and if it be shown such attachment wassued out maliciously, the plaintiff may recover exemplary damages, nor need the plaintiffwait until the principal suit is determined before suing on the bond. [C51, §1854; R60, §3183; C73, §2961; C97, §3887; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.14] Referred to in §445.4 Sat Dec 23 12:19:41 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 639.14 (16, 1)
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