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Terms Used In Iowa Code 565.3

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
565.3 Gifts to state.
A gift, devise, or bequest of property, real or personal, may be made to the state, to be held in trust for and applied to any specified purpose within the scope of its authority, but the same shall not become effectual to pass the title in such property unless accepted by the governor on behalf of the state.
[C73, §1387; C97, §2903; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10185; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §565.3]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1990
Referred to in §80.46, 565.4