Senate File 239 - Enrolled
Senate File 239
AN ACT
RELATING TO PROPER PARTIES IN CAUSES OF ACTIONS FOLLOWING THE
DEATH OF PERSONS ENTITLED OR LIABLE TO SUCH CAUSES OF ACTIONS
AND INCLUDING APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 611.22, Code 2021, is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 611.22 Actions by or against legal representatives ——
4 substitution.
5 Any action contemplated in sections 611.20 and 611.21 may
6 be brought, or the court, on motion, may allow the action
7 to be continued, by or against the legal representatives or
8 successors in interest of the deceased. Such action shall
9 be deemed a continuing one, and to have accrued to such
10 representative or successor at the time it would have accrued
11 to the deceased if the deceased had survived. If such is
12 continued against the legal representative or successor in
13 interest of the defendant, a notice shall be served on the
14 legal representative as in case of original notices. If such
15 an action by the deceased is allowed to be continued, then the
16 court shall appoint a personal representative for the deceased
17 as defined in section 633.3 or shall allow a successor under
18 section 633.356 to continue the action.
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19 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to actions that
20 arise on or after July 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
JAKE CHAPMAN PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 239, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 611.22
Enrolled: 611.22