2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 3 - Civil Procedure
CHAPTER 626B - UNIFORM FOREIGN MONEY=JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT
626B.4 - PERSONAL JURISDICTION.

        626B.4  PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
         1.  A foreign judgment shall not be refused recognition in a court
      of this state for lack of personal jurisdiction if any of the
      following occurred:
         a.  The defendant was served personally in the foreign state.

         b.  The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings,
      other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or
      threatened with seizure in the proceedings or for the purpose of
      contesting jurisdiction of the court in the foreign state over the
      defendant.
         c.  The defendant, prior to the commencement of the
      proceedings in the court of the foreign state, had agreed to submit
      to the jurisdiction of that court in the action concerning the
      subject matter involved.
         d.  The defendant was domiciled, had its principal place of
      business, or otherwise had acquired corporate status in the foreign
      state when the proceedings were instituted.
         e.  The defendant had a business office in the foreign state
      and the proceedings in the court of the foreign state involved a
      cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through
      that office in the foreign state.
         f.  The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the
      foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action arising
      out of that operation.
         2.  A court of this state may recognize other bases of
      jurisdiction.  

         89 Acts, ch 173, §4
         Referred to in § 626B.3