§ 622.1 Certification under penalty of perjury
§ 622.2 Credibility
§ 622.3 Interest
§ 622.4 Medical expenses
§ 622.8 Witness for each other
§ 622.9 Communications between husband and wife
§ 622.10 Communications in professional confidence — exceptions — required consent to release of medical records after commencement of legal action — application to court
§ 622.10A Tax advice — confidential communications
§ 622.11 Public officers
§ 622.13 Civil liability
§ 622.21 Writing and printing
§ 622.22 Understanding of parties to agreement
§ 622.23 Historical and scientific works
§ 622.24 Subscribing witness — substitute proof
§ 622.25 Handwriting
§ 622.26 Private writing — acknowledgment
§ 622.27 Entries and writings of deceased person
§ 622.28 Writing or record — when admissible — absence of record — effect
§ 622.29 Facsimiles of signatures
§ 622.30 Photographic copies — originals destroyed
§ 622.31 Evidence of regret or sorrow
§ 622.31A Evidence — victims of sexual abuse
§ 622.31B Admissibility of evidence in certain physical abuse and sexual offense cases
§ 622.32 Statute of frauds
§ 622.33 Exception
§ 622.34 Contract not denied in the pleadings
§ 622.35 Party made witness
§ 622.36 Instruments affecting real estate — adoption of minors
§ 622.41 United States and state patents
§ 622.42 Field notes and plats
§ 622.43 Records and entries in public offices
§ 622.44 Copies of books of original entries
§ 622.45 Additional entries
§ 622.46 Officer to give copies of records
§ 622.47 Maps in office of surveyor general
§ 622.48 Certificate as to loss of paper
§ 622.49 Duplicate receipt of receiver of land office
§ 622.50 Certificate of register or receiver
§ 622.51 Official signature presumed genuine
§ 622.51A Computer printouts
§ 622.52 Effect on rules
§ 622.53 Judicial record — state or federal courts
§ 622.54 Of a justice of the peace
§ 622.55 Of a foreign country
§ 622.56 Presumption of regularity
§ 622.57 Executive acts
§ 622.58 Proceedings of legislature
§ 622.59 Printed copies of statutes
§ 622.60 Written law or public writing
§ 622.61 Foreign unwritten law
§ 622.62 Ordinances of city
§ 622.63 Subpoenas
§ 622.64 Proof of service — costs
§ 622.65 To whom directed — duces tecum
§ 622.66 How far compelled to attend
§ 622.67 Deposit — effect
§ 622.69 Witness fees
§ 622.70 Attorney, juror, or officer
§ 622.71 Certain witness fees prohibited
§ 622.71A Volunteer fire fighters — witness compensation
§ 622.72 Expert witnesses — fee
§ 622.74 Fees in advance
§ 622.75 Reimbursement to party, county, or city
§ 622.76 Failure to attend or testify — liability
§ 622.77 Proceedings for contempt
§ 622.78 Serving subpoena
§ 622.79 When party fails to obey subpoena
§ 622.80 Pleading taken as true
§ 622.81 Authority to subpoena
§ 622.82 Prisoner produced
§ 622.83 Deposition of prisoner
§ 622.84 Subpoenas — enforcing obedience
§ 622.85 Affidavits — before whom made
§ 622.86 Foreign affidavits
§ 622.87 How affidavits compelled
§ 622.88 Subpoena issued
§ 622.89 Notice
§ 622.90 Cross-examination
§ 622.91 Signature and seal — presumption
§ 622.92 Newspaper publications — how proved
§ 622.93 Applicability in certain counties
§ 622.94 Proof of serving or posting notices
§ 622.95 Other facts
§ 622.96 How perpetuated — presumption of fact
§ 622.97 Authorized use
§ 622.98 Transcript must be complete
§ 622.99 Certification
§ 622.100 Sworn verification
§ 622.101 Identification of exhibits
§ 622.102 Refusal to appear or testify
§ 622.104 Witness fees
§ 622.105 Evidence of date mailed
§ 622.106 Certified or registered mail

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Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 622 - Evidence

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Intellectual disability: means a diagnosis of intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder, global developmental delay, or unspecified intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder which diagnosis shall be made only when the onset of the person's condition was during the developmental period and based on an assessment of the person's intellectual functioning and level of adaptive skills. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Magistrate: means a judicial officer appointed under chapter 602, article 6, part 4. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • seal: shall include an impression upon the paper alone, or upon wax, a wafer affixed to the paper, or an official stamp of a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Signature: includes an electronic signature as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1