{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-654.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 654.1","heading":"Equitable proceedings.","body":"Except as provided in section 654.18, a deed of trust or mortgage of real estate shall not be foreclosed in any other manner than by action in court by equitable proceedings.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 654 - FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/654.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"04fd965a3419ba6ac7a43d7ccb4e6e4d8155b22de3964cfecc7342964d4d1d9c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-652.12","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-654.1a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}