{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-625.25","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 625.25","heading":"Opportunity to pay.","body":"No such attorney fee shall be taxed if the defendant is a resident of the county and the action is not aided by an attachment, unless it shall be made to appear that such defendant had information of and a reasonable opportunity to pay the debt before action was brought. This provision, however, shall not apply to contracts made payable by their terms at a particular place, the maker of which has not tendered the sum due at the place named in the contract.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 625 - COSTS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/625.25.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"8eff3e9d9349686d90d9fae17d38ef1c5372fd9295c420a3d1b6745603ccd55a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-625.24","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-625.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}