257B.33  Suit -- attorney fee.

If the debtor does not comply with the notice, the auditor shall report the noncompliance to the county attorney, who shall bring an action to recover the debt, and an injunction may issue for cause, without bond when so petitioned, and there shall be allowed in the judgment, entered and taxed as a part of the costs in the case, a reasonable sum as compensation to plaintiff's attorney, not exceeding the amount provided by law for attorneys' fees.

Section History: Early form

  [C73, § 1873; C97, § 2854; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4500; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 302.33]

Section History: Recent form

  90 Acts, ch 1168, §42

  C93, § 257B.33

Footnotes

  Attorney fees, § 625.22


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