631.17 - PROHIBITED PRACTICES.

        631.17  PROHIBITED PRACTICES.         1.  The district court, after due notice and hearing, may bar a      person from appearing on the person's own behalf in any court      governed by this chapter on a cause of action purchased by or      assigned for collection to that person for any of the following:         a.  Falsely holding oneself out as an attorney at law.         b.  Repeatedly filing claims for costs allowed under section      625.22 which have been found by the court to have been exaggerated or      without merit.         c.  A pattern of conduct in violation of article 7 of chapter      537.         2.  A person barred pursuant to subsection 1 shall not derive any      benefit, directly or indirectly, from any case brought pursuant to      this chapter within the purview of the order of bar issued by the      district court.         3.  The district court shall dismiss any pending case based on a      cause of action purchased or assigned for collection brought on the      person's own behalf by a person barred pursuant to subsection 1, and      shall assess the costs against that person.         4.  The district court shall dismiss any case subsequently brought      directly or indirectly by a person subject to a bar pursuant to      subsection 1 in violation of that subsection and shall assess all      costs to that person, and the court shall assess a further civil fine      of one hundred dollars against that person for each such case      dismissed.         5.  The district court shall retain jurisdiction over a person      barred pursuant to subsection 1 and may punish violations of the      court's order of bar as a matter of criminal contempt.  
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         86 Acts, ch 1238, § 25; 87 Acts, ch 98, §6