602.10116 - ATTORNEY'S LIEN -- NOTICE.

        602.10116  ATTORNEY'S LIEN -- NOTICE.         An attorney has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon:         1.  Any papers belonging to a client which have come into the      attorney's hands in the course of professional employment.         2.  Money in the attorney's hands belonging to a client.         3.  Money due a client in the hands of the adverse party, or      attorney of such party, in an action or proceeding in which the      attorney claiming the lien was employed, from the time of giving      notice in writing to such adverse party, or attorney of such party,      if the money is in the possession or under the control of such      attorney, which notice shall state the amount claimed, and, in      general terms, for what services.         4.  After judgment in any court of record, such notice may be      given, and the lien made effective against the judgment debtor, by      entering the same in the judgment or combination docket, opposite the      entry of the judgment.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C51, § 1618; R60, § 2708; C73, § 215; C97, § 321; C24, 27, 31,      35, 39, § 10924; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,      § 610.18] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 186, § 10202(2)         CS83, § 602.10116         Attorney as surety; § 621.7, 636.5