2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 3 - Civil Procedure
CHAPTER 626B - UNIFORM FOREIGN MONEY=JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT
626B.3 - INCONCLUSIVE JUDGMENTS.

        626B.3  INCONCLUSIVE JUDGMENTS.
         1.  A foreign judgment is not conclusive in any of the following
      cases:
         a.  The foreign judgment was rendered under a system which
      does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with
      the requirements of due process of law.
         b.  Except as provided in section 626B.4, the court of the
      foreign state did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

         c.  The court of the foreign state did not have jurisdiction
      over the subject matter involved in the action.
         2.  A foreign judgment need not be recognized in any of the
      following cases:
         a.  The defendant in the proceedings in the court of the
      foreign state did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient
      time to enable the defendant to defend against the action.
         b.  The foreign judgment was obtained by fraud.
         c.  The cause of action on which the foreign judgment was
      based is contrary to the public policy of this state.
         d.  The foreign judgment conflicts with a previous, final, and
      conclusive foreign judgment or other judgment.
         e.  The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to a
      settlement agreement entered into between the parties prior to the
      foreign judgment's being rendered by the court in the foreign state.

         f.  The court where the plaintiff is seeking to enforce the
      foreign judgment determines that jurisdiction in the court of the
      foreign state was based upon personal service only, and the doctrine
      of forum non conveniens applies to the original action.  

         89 Acts, ch 173, §3
         Referred to in § 624.24, 626B.2, 626B.6