2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 511 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
511.17 - CONTRACTS VOID -- RECOVERY -- DAMAGES -- ATTORNEY FEES.

        511.17  CONTRACTS VOID -- RECOVERY -- DAMAGES --
      ATTORNEY FEES.
         All contracts, promises, and agreements made by any person to or
      with any such company or association concerning any premium, policy,
      or certificate of new business, after the revocation of its
      certificates or denial of authority to do business, shall be null and
      void, and all payments of premium or assessments advanced or made by
      any person on account of any such policy, certificate of new
      business, or upon any arrangement therefor, may be recovered from
      such company or association, or its agent to whom payment was
      advanced or made, or from both of them, and in addition thereto
      plaintiff may recover an equal amount as liquidated damages, together
      with a reasonable fee to plaintiff's attorney for services in the
      case.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 1814; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8756; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 511.17]
         Referred to in § 507.16

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