{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-636.4","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 636.4","heading":"Qualifications of sureties.","body":"Each personal surety shall execute and file with the clerk an affidavit that the surety owns real estate subject to execution, other than real estate held in joint tenancy between persons other than cosureties, equal to double the amount of the bond, and shall include in the affidavit the total amount of the surety’s obligations as surety on other official or statutory bonds. If there are two or more sureties on the same bond, they must in the aggregate have the qualification prescribed in this section.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 636 - SURETIES — FIDUCIARIES — TRUSTS — INVESTMENTS","Subchapter I - SURETY BONDS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/636.4.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"a678c0051b52eb350a9d3ecc756ba3cb10464419a38250f2ef6fd1bda5d159ca","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-636.3","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-636.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}