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Iowa Code § 909.5

Nonpayment of fines and court costs — contempt

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Iowa Code § 909.5, Nonpayment of fines and court costs — contempt, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2323265
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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.