669.15  Attorney's fees and expenses.

The court rendering a judgment for the claimant under this chapter, or the state appeal board, with the advice and approval of the attorney general, making an award under section 669.3, or the attorney general making an award under section 669.9, as the case may be, shall, as a part of the judgment or award, determine and allow reasonable attorney's fees and expenses, to be paid out of but not in addition to the amount of judgment or award recovered, to the attorneys representing the claimant. Any attorney who charges, demands, receives, or collects for services rendered in connection with such claim any amount in excess of that allowed under this section, if recovery be had, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 25A.15]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 669.15


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