MATTER OF PROPERTY SEIZED FROM McINTYRE

ANDREASEN, Justice.

Patrick McIntyre appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for an award of costs and attorney fees which accrued during his successful resistance to the State’s forfeiture proceeding. He contends that an award was mandated by Iowa Code section 625.29 (1993). We affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

On July 1 or 2, 1994 McIntyre was injured when he fell from a bluff in a remote area in Cold Water Park, Winneshiek County. After regaining consciousness he secured assistance and was transported to a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota for treatment of a fractured jaw…