{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-636.20","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 636.20","heading":"Suit on bond — service.","body":"Whenever suit is required to be brought on any bond given by such company, service shall be had upon any agent of such company in this state, and if there is no agent in the state, then service may be had by serving the commissioner of insurance fifteen days before the term of court in which the suit is sought to be brought.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 636 - SURETIES — FIDUCIARIES — TRUSTS — INVESTMENTS","Subchapter II - SURETY COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/636.20.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"2a53c4658adb0969d837d14d69ec2458c3fbc609c4a79eb28a42713190c70aae","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-636.19","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-636.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}