{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-654.26","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 654.26","heading":"No deficiency judgment in certain cases.","body":"If the plaintiff has elected foreclosure without redemption, the plaintiff may include in the petition a waiver of deficiency judgment. If the plaintiff has elected foreclosure without redemption and does not include in the petition a waiver of deficiency judgment, if the mortgaged property is the residence of the mortgagor and is a one-family or two-family dwelling, and if the mortgagor does not file a demand for delay of sale under section 654.21, then the plaintiff shall not be entitled to the entry of a deficiency judgment under section 654.6.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 654 - FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES","Subchapter II - ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/654.26.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"173b357778a809c60f36f8e1f5e607adabfd80138b01795c5c46316bcdd50dd3","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-654.25","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-654a.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}