{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-557.18","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 557.18","heading":"Vendor’s lien.","body":"No vendor’s lien for unpaid purchase money shall be enforced in any court of this state after a conveyance by the vendee, unless such lien is reserved by conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument duly acknowledged and recorded, or unless such conveyance by the vendee is made after suit by the vendor, the vendor’s executor, or assigns to enforce such lien.","path":["Title XIV - PROPERTY (Ch. 555 - 594A)","Chapter 557 - REAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/557.18.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:15Z","sha256":"890bab77dd5167afc32532b56c41221df59e49f37394198538835678babf6b8c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-557.17","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-557.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}