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669.15 - ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPENSES -- PENALTY.

        669.15  ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPENSES -- PENALTY.         The court rendering a judgment for a claimant under this chapter      or the attorney general, making an award under section 669.3 or      669.9, shall, as a part of the judgment or award, determine and allow      reasonable attorney fees and expenses.  The attorney fees and      expenses shall be paid out of but not in addition to the amount of      judgment or award recovered, to the attorneys representing the      claimant.  Any attorney who charges, demands, receives, or collects      for services rendered in connection with such claim any amount in      excess of that allowed under this section, if recovery be had, shall      be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 25A.15]
         Section History: Recent Form
         C93, § 669.15         2006 Acts, ch 1185, §109