Iowa Code Title XVI. Criminal Law and Procedure [Chs. 687-916] § 811.4. Undertaking of bail as liens on real estate

Undertakings of bail, immediately after such undertakings are filed with the clerk of the district court, shall be docketed as liens on real estate, entered upon the lien index as required for judgments in civil cases, and from the time of such entries, shall be liens upon real estate of the persons executing the same. Attested copies of such undertakings may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the real estate is situated, in the same manner and with like effect as attested copies of civil judgments, and shall be immediately docketed and indexed in the same manner.