624.1 Evidence in ordinary actions.
1. All issues of fact in ordinary actions shall be tried upon oral evidence taken in open court, except that depositions may be used as provided by law.
2. A party may interrogate any unwilling or hostile witness by leading questions.
3. A party may call an adverse party or an officer, director, or managing agent of a public or private corporation or of a partnership or association which is an adverse party, and interrogate the party or person by leading questions and contradict and impeach the party or person in all respects as if the party or person had been called by the adverse party, and the witness thus called may be contradicted and impeached by or on behalf of the adverse party also, and may be cross-examined by the adverse party only upon the subject matter of the examination in chief.
[R60, §2999; C73, §2741; C97, §3651; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.1]
2020 Acts, ch 1062, §64
Depositions,
R.C.P. 1.701 – 1.717
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 624 - TRIAL AND JUDGMENT
Section 624.1 - Evidence in ordinary actions.
Section 624.2 - Ordinary actions — evidence on appeal.
Section 624.3 - Evidence in equitable actions.
Section 624.4 - Equitable actions — evidence on appeal.
Section 624.5 - Abstracts in equity causes.
Section 624.9 - Detailed report of trial.
Section 624.10 - Certification — ipso facto bill.
Section 624.11 - Matters excluded.
Section 624.11A - Juror challenge — municipal taxpayers.
Section 624.12 - Panel exhausted.
Section 624.13 - Interlocutory questions.
Section 624.14 - Juror as witness — grounds to set aside verdict.
Section 624.15 - Must be on material point.
Section 624.16 - Costs of new trial.
Section 624.17 - Special execution — pleading.
Section 624.18 - Designation and calculation of damages.
Section 624.19 - Court acting as jury.
Section 624.20 - Satisfaction of judgment.
Section 624.21 - Complete record.
Section 624.22 - Personal judgment — when authorized.
Section 624.23 - Liens of judgments — real estate — homesteads — support judgments.
Section 624.24 - When judgment lien attaches.
Section 624.24A - Liens of support judgments — titled personal property.
Section 624.25 - Appellate court judgments.
Section 624.26 - Docketing transcript.
Section 624.27 - Judgment against railway.
Section 624.29 - Conveyance by commissioner.
Section 624.31 - Conveys title.
Section 624.32 - Other parties.
Section 624.33 - Approval by court.