{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-538.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 538.1","heading":"Demand required.","body":"No cause of action shall accrue upon a contract for labor or the payment or delivery of property other than money, where the time of performance is not fixed, until a demand of performance has been made upon the maker and refused, or a reasonable time for performance thereafter allowed.","path":["Title XIII - COMMERCE (Ch. 505 - 554I)","Chapter 538 - TENDER OF PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/538.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:14Z","sha256":"a7621d33e3f2a761c4e93ba66670b58659c120647b5a5e8c26b1e60d39a4842a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-537b.6","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-538.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}