Bill Text: IA SF239 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for 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. (Formerly SSB 1009.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2021.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-03-08 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 555. [SF239 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SF239-Enrolled.html
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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 611.22, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 611.22 Actions by or against legal representatives —— substitution. Any action contemplated in sections 611.20 and 611.21 may be brought, or the court, on motion, may allow the action to be continued, by or against the legal representatives or successors in interest of the deceased. Such action shall be deemed a continuing one, and to have accrued to such representative or successor at the time it would have accrued to the deceased if the deceased had survived. If such is continued against the legal representative or successor in interest of the defendant, a notice shall be served on the legal representative as in case of original notices. If such an action by the deceased is allowed to be continued, then the court shall appoint a personal representative for the deceased as defined in section 633.3 or shall allow a successor under section 633.356 to continue the action.
Senate File 239, p. 2 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to actions that arise on or after July 1, 2021. ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY 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
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