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
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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