{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.10119","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 602.10119","heading":"Unlawful retention of money.","body":"An attorney who receives the money or property of a client in the course of the attorney’s professional business, and refuses to pay or deliver it in a reasonable time, after demand, is guilty of a theft and punished accordingly.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH","Article 10 - ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/602.10119.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"ce6709c7e40907c0c1d2e713e499e0e0f291af40e5a1a36238600bb633c22057","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.10118","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.10120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}