{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-654.4","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 654.4","heading":"Separate suits on note and mortgage.","body":"If separate actions are brought in the same county on the bond or note, and on the mortgage given to secure it, the plaintiff must elect which to prosecute. The other will be discontinued at the plaintiff’s cost.","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/2026/654.4.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"4fae9f4a93f86efc6f686fe61e9a7540dfa56755ce78b3949947eb8b0cabbfa8","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-654.3","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-654.4a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}