# Judgment · Iowa — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim For Judgment · Iowa, limitation period is within twenty years; how the statute describes it is Those founded on a judgment of a court of record, whether of this or of any other of the United States, or of the federal courts of the United States, verified against its source on 2026-08-25. - **Type of claim:** Judgment _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **State:** Iowa _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Limitation period:** within twenty years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **How the statute describes it:** Those founded on a judgment of a court of record, whether of this or of any other of the United States, or of the federal courts of the United States _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 6. Judgments of courts of record. Those founded on a judgment of a court of record, whether of this or of any other of the United States, or of the federal courts of the United States, within twenty years, ## Source - https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/614.pdf Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25. Part of [Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim](https://referencesource.org/state-civil-statute-of-limitations/).