{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-677.12","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 677.12","heading":"Acceptance — effect.","body":"If the plaintiff accepts the offer, and gives notice thereof to the defendant or the defendant’s attorney within five days after it was served, or within three days if served in term time, and the defendant fails in the defendant’s defense, the judgment shall be for the amount so agreed upon.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 677 - OFFER TO CONFESS JUDGMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/677.12.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"fe3e44f69a550ed25d7421da26590451e9c0a4fbce13d513027aa90a3522140e","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-677.11","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-677.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}