2016 Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 655 - SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGES
Section 655.5 - Instrument of satisfaction.
655.5
Instrument of satisfaction.
When the judgment is paid in full, the mortgagee shall file with the clerk a satisfaction of judgment which shall release the mortgage underlying the action. A mortgagee who fails to file a satisfaction within thirty days of receiving a written request shall be subject to reasonable damages and a penalty of one hundred dollars plus reasonable attorney fees incurred by the aggrieved party, to be recovered in an action for the satisfaction by the party aggrieved.
[C73, §3328; C97, §4296; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12388; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §655.5]
85 Acts, ch 159, §11; 90 Acts, ch 1081, §6; 2006 Acts, ch 1129, §14; 2006 Acts, ch 1132, §12, 16; 2007 Acts, ch 85, §1
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