# Oral contract · Iowa — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Oral contract · Iowa, limitation period is within five years; how the statute describes it is Those founded on unwritten contracts, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Oral contract _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Iowa _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** within five years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** Those founded on unwritten contracts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 4. Unwritten contracts — injuries to property — fraud — other actions. Those founded on unwritten contracts, those brought for injuries to property, or for relief on the ground of fraud in cases heretofore solely cognizable in a court of chancery, and all other actions not otherwise provided for in this respect, within five years, except as provided by subsections 8 and 10.

## 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/).