{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-651.23","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 651.23","heading":"Plaintiff’s attorney fees.","body":"1. On partition of real property, but not of personal property, the court shall order a reasonable fee in favor of the plaintiff’s attorney. The fee shall be taxed as costs.\n2. If the plaintiff is the losing contestant in a contest arising from any partition action, any of the plaintiff’s attorney fees relating to such contest shall not be taxed as costs.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 651 - PARTITION","Subchapter II - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/651.23.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"f8efb97b1835415a094c32e4519cd2b99a3a606fc5ea394bb99b74a6d68bde11","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-651.22","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-651.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}