{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-909.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 909.5","heading":"Nonpayment of fines and court costs — contempt.","body":"A person who is able to pay a fine, court-imposed court costs for a criminal proceeding, or both, or an installment of the fine or the court-imposed court costs, or both, and who refuses to do so, or who fails to make a good faith effort to pay the fine, court costs, or both, or any installment thereof, shall be held in contempt of court.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 909 - FINES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/909.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:20Z","sha256":"824343247b2657c73dad85afe1267c24e353a06e5b91abace0f3cc9cebf8d043","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-909.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-909.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}