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

For Written contract · Iowa, limitation period is within ten years; how the statute describes it is those founded on written contracts, or on judgments of any courts except those provided for in subsection 6, and those brought for the recovery of real property, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Written contract _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Iowa _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** within ten years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** those founded on written contracts, or on judgments of any courts except those provided for in subsection 6, and those brought for the recovery of real property _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 5. Written contracts — judgments of courts not of record — recovery of real property and rent. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, those founded on written contracts, or on judgments of any courts except those provided for in subsection 6, and those brought for the recovery of real property, within ten 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/).