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Terms Used In Iowa Code 558.6

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
558.6 Given names — variation — effect.
When there is a difference between the given names or initials in which title is taken, and the given names or initials of the grantor in a succeeding conveyance, and the surnames in both instances are written the same or sound the same, the conveyances or the record of them is presumptive evidence that the surname in the several conveyances and instruments refers to the same person.
[S13, §2963-k; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10071; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§558.6]
84 Acts, ch 1067, §46